Word of the Day
As you rose this morning I was present at your side, at the opening of your eyes. Angels attend Me, and their wings rustle as they stand over you, watching out for every aspect of your life and heart. The very fragrance of who I am is stirred by their wings and infiltrates the atmosphere of your home and family. Joy is arising from the very depths of your being and wants to be shouted forth in grateful praise.
Joy says to you this morning, “I am your strength. I am the joy of your salvation, so don’t focus on your lack (Psalms 95:1; Psalms 118:15). Focus with a grateful heart on all the Lord has done in bygone days. Focus on the promises He has given you with a heart of faith. Feast on His acts of goodness, and look to the future with anticipation and desperation for more.”
Satisfaction and desperation can live hand in hand, crowding out all attitudes of ungratefulness and lack. Live in the throes of divine tension and be amazed. It has not yet entered into your heart all I have planned for you, but it will (1 Corinthians 2:9). Like I said, “Live in divine tension, and prepare yourself to be amazed.”
Then he said to them, “Go, eat of the fat, drink of the sweet, and send portions to him who has nothing prepared; for this day is holy to our Lord. Do not be grieved, for the joy of the LORD is your strength (Nehemiah 8:10 NASB)
Prayer
I acknowledge Your presence and the host of heaven attending You have come to do Your bidding in my life. I adjust my focus and set my face like flint in Your direction, according to the word spoken to me this day. I choose to remember all the good things You have done and are doing. I feed on Your acts of kindness with a heart of gratefulness while my heart cries out for more of You, more of Your presence. You are good and Your love toward me is never ending. Amen
Reflect and Journal
1. Have you been looking at things from a place of lack instead of having a heart of gratefulness? Confess and readjust your focus.
2. What areas have you seen God move on your behalf and yet still desire so much more. Start thanking Him and cry out for more.