God’s Immovable Banner

Word of the Day
Beloved, My banner over you is love. Banners are proclamations, bold statements of fact displayed over people, places and things. They are My indisputable declarations meant for all to see. When you heard My Word and accepted My truth, I placed a seal upon you, a seal of ownership (Ephesians 1:13). It is I who makes you stand for I have put My seal within your heart as a deposit of what is and what is to come (2 Corinthians 1:22, 2 Corinthians 5:4-5).

I make many declarations over you for the entire world to see. I want everyone to know you are Mine. It is My great pleasure to brag on you, to show you off to the world and all the powers that be.

You are My vessel of honor fashioned on My potter’s wheel to hold every essence of who I am. I do not hide you away like some would a fine piece of antique china or pottery. I do the very opposite. I share you. I take the very best of who I am and pour it into you and in turn you are poured out. I give you all My goodness and beauty and in return many are brought under My banner of love through your life. Being in Me is a safe and fruitful place of abiding love—love that is even now waving its banner over you.

Therefore, you must believe there is great security under My immovable banner for I change not (James 1:7). Rejoice for I have already gone before you to make the crooked way straight and the rough ways smooth (Luke 3:5). Under My banner there is no other way. Receive it as already done. It is not a future thing. It is a now thing..

“He has taken me to the banquet hall, and his banner over me is love” (Song of Songs 2:4 NIV).

Prayer
Lord, I so desire to always be aware of Your great love as it covers me . . . as it overshadows me. My heart is sealed in You and I belong to You and You alone. There is none like You in all the earth. Help me to see myself the way You do. Sometimes I feel so inadequate to carry Your presence, to display Your glory in the earth. Fashion me and make me according to Your great purpose. Let my life be an example of Your goodness and beauty.

I am safe in Your arms and You contend with all my enemies. There is no more secure place than with You. Show me where I walk in doubt or unbelief. Take me into a more fruitful place as You make every crooked path straight and every rough path smooth. Fashion me according to Your desire and not mine. You are my banner of love and I rest in the habitation of Your divine protection. May my heart always be aware of who You say I am. May my heart always be a vessel ready to pour out all You have given me. Amen

Reflect and Journal

1. Reflect on the banner of the Lord waving over you, declaring His ownership and love.
2. You are His vessel of honor, formed to carry all of who He is. Have you found this true in your life or have you disqualified yourself in any way?
3. Write down the gifts you know He has placed in you . . . things of Himself He has given you.
4. How have you used these gifts in the lives of others? How have you poured yourself out?
5. What crooked, rough way are you facing in your life? Reflect on the fact He has already gone before you.
6. Are there things you have been afraid to trust Him with because of inadequacy, fear of rejection or failure? He is secure and immovable and nothing surprises Him. He already knows anyway.
7. Fear not and ask Him to put you on His potter’s wheel. Ask Him to shape you in such a way you can hold more of His goodness and beauty.