Word of the Day
Beloved, My favor and high regard are yours right where you are…right now. My desire to render you fruitful…to multiply you….to establish and ratify My covenant with you will never change regardless of what you go through…what you experience or don’t experience.
I am God of all situations and circumstances. I am present and accounted for today when it comes to your life and heart. I am present and accounted for to give you a future and a hope. I am present and accounted for to root out your enemies and destroy them as you line up in agreement with Me. I am here to defend you on every turn as you surrender to Me and My Word. I am here to lean into you (Leviticus 26:9-10).
I am your God and I have no limitations. Neither time nor space can limit what I do. Neither devils nor demons can limit what I am capable of doing. Devils know this. Do you? Do you really know what I can and will do? Do you really know… know what the ratification of My covenant gives you on a practical level day by day?
Beloved, do you know old things are passed away and behold (there’s that word again) all things are becoming new each and every day. “Are” speaks of ongoing process and I do love process. I know it isn’t something you are always ready to hear or experience; but, I do love it. Once you realize how much I love it and do not condemn or despise the things you go through or the mistakes you make, you will be more relaxed…more released to be who I have called you to be. You will be able to truly rest in the finished work of the Cross. After all, you are already spotless and without blemish.
The making of a son is a beautiful thing. The letting go and making room for more of Me is something I delight in…take part in…and relish because in the process you become more like Me. When you become more like Me our intimacy grows because you are able to accept the fact that you are loved unconditionally on a whole new level. Like aged wine, our relationship gets more potent with each passing day.
Remember, I am God who restores the years the locust have eaten just as easily as you can think about or say My name. Nothing is beyond redemption to the surrendered heart who knows it is My life flowing out of them that pleases the Father….who knows Jesus’ blood cleanses from all sin. Knowing this makes it easier to let go and receive forgiveness because identity is found in Me and not in your ability to do or not do.
Beloved, knowing who you are changes everything…knowing who you are enables you to let go. Today is a new day of letting go and making room for the new wine of a better covenant bought with blood…a new day of grace where My mercies are new every morning.
One last thing, I love you and I have come to meet with you right where you are today…to give you favor, to make you fruitful, to multiply My Kingdom in you, to establish you in the covenant of My everlasting love, and in the process make all things new (Hebrews 9:15; Hebrews 12:24).
For I will be leaning toward you with favor and regard for you, rendering you fruitful, multiplying you, and establishing and ratifying My covenant with you And you shall eat the [abundant] old store of produce long kept, and clear out the old [to make room] for the new. (Leviticus 26:9-10 Amplified)
[Christ, the Messiah] is therefore the Negotiator and Mediator of an [entirely] new agreement (testament, covenant), so that those who are called and offered it may receive the fulfillment of the promised everlasting inheritance–since a death has taken place which rescues and delivers and redeems them from the transgressions committed under the [old] first agreement. (Hebrews 9:15)
And to Jesus, the Mediator (Go-between, Agent) of a new covenant, and to the sprinkled blood which speaks [of mercy], a better and nobler and more gracious message than the blood of Abel [which cried out for vengeance]. (Hebrews 12:24 Amplified)
Prayer
Lord, thank you for establishing and ratifying Your Covenant with me. I have an everlasting and incorruptible inheritance with You because of the New Covenant…because of the Cross. I have Your favor and high regard now!
Therefore, I trust You to root out my enemies and destroy them as I line up with Your word and walk in agreement with You. You are here with me to defend me as I surrender my will to You and Your word. I praise You for You have NO limitations. All things are possible with You. My life is forming in such a way as to demonstrate the fullness of son-ship. Growing in You…growing in my son-ship is a beautiful thing in Your sight. Just as a father joys in the first steps of his children, so you joy in every progress I make no matter how large or small. Simply put, You delight in me at all times.
Thank You that old things do pass away, and I am becoming new every day. I rejoice in the reality of new mercies I see and have the opportunity to participate on a morning by morning…on a moment by moment basis. Help me to relax in the process of growing in son-ship as You continue to work within me. I let go of the old and make more room for You in every area of my heart and life. Amen.
Reflect and Journal
1. What areas of your life are you willing to let go of to make more room for the Lord?
2. Take time to understand what the word process means. Here are some definitions to consider: to treat or prepare something in a series of steps or actions, a series of actions directed toward a specific aim, to discuss the interpersonal dynamics and emotional content of an event or situation, treated or prepared using a special process, progression, practice, course of action, development, sort out and method.
3. Can you identify areas in your life the Lord is taking you through a process of healing or restoration? Consider some of the definitions above.
4. God has no limitations in time or space. Do you understand nothing is truly too difficult for God? Are there areas in your life where you believe God may be limited and cannot work on your behalf?
5. Meditate on the meaning of God’s Covenant with you. Write down what you believe the Lord means when it is written, “I will establish and ratify My Covenant with you”. God is not a man that he could lie; therefore He will keep His word. What do your Covenant rights look like to you in a practical way for your life?