dailywordofdestiny

Cleft

 My dove in the clefts of the rock, in the hiding places on the mountainside, show Me your face, let Me hear your voice; for your voice is sweet and your face is lovely.  Catch for us the foxes, the little foxes that ruin the vineyards, our vineyards that are in bloom.  (Song of Solomon 2: 14, 15)

This particular passage is often identified for those united in marriage and the little foxes are an example of the kinds of problems that can disrupt or destroy a relationship.  The lovers wanted anything that could potentially cause problems between them revealed and removed.  It is often the “little hidden things” that cause the biggest problems. 

All believers in Jesus Christ, the Son of God, see Him as their spiritual and eternal husband (2 Corinthians 11: 2, 3).  He desires transparency (to be viewed by light passing through it) in our relationship with Him.  God’s light of TRUTH WILL  shine upon each of us and it WILL illumine and cheer us as we walk with Him.  However, it will also penetrate the dark and secret places of our hearts, revealing perhaps some sin, or fault.  We should desire its radiance, for not only its comfort and guidance, but for its revelation of all that is within us that is not wholly the Lord’s.  He requires each of us to look within our ‘self’ for the hidden things we have not yet given to Him (Proverbs 27: 19; Psalm 86: 11, 12; Jeremaih 17: 9).

Transparency of  heart comes by the power of Jesus Christ and His invitation is always extended to us, to live in the secret place of the Most High, under the shade of His almighty hand.  Rest in His Presence, not clamouring, not supplicating, but resting, until the impurities of our hidden places (the dross) in our character is refined.  “Create in me a pure heart, O God and renew a stedfast spirit within me.”  Only then can we go forward strengthened to do all that God has planned for each of us.  Don’t you desire to know about any areas of weakness BEFORE you go into battle?  To win a war (spiritual, or natural) you must be fully covered, head to toe, with Christ!  (2 Corinthians 10: 3-6; Ephesians 6: 10-18)

Brokenness

The LORD your God is with you, He is mighty to save.  He will take great delight in you, He will quiet you with His love, He will rejoice over you with singing (Zephaniah 3: 17).

It is becoming more and more evident that there are many within the body of Christ who are really hurting people.  Many feel unloved, worthless, alone, unproductive, depressed, wounded, bitter, anxious, etc. even though they say they have received Christ as Lord over all areas of their life.  You may be one of these people, or you may very well be one sitting right beside one those who is suffering.  Those who are going through troubling times may be wondering what they have done to make God so angry or, what sin is in their life that has allowed Satan to come in and wreak havoc.  I believe God is sovereign and therefore, everything that affects our life is either from God or allowed by Him to bring us into closer relationship with Him.  God watches our “reactions” to the storms and people in our life; where, in whom, or what we place our trust to get us through.   How much time are you spending with Him? 

“I pray that out of His glorious riches He will strengthen you with power through His Spirit in your inner being, so that Christ will dwell in your heart through faith.  That you, being rooted and established in His love, may have power to grasp how all encompassing is Christ’s love for you and that you will experience the healing power of His love touch every aspect of your pain (body, soul, or spirit) right now as you read, in Jesus name.  Amen.” 

Yoshi Hunts

We do, however, speak a message of wisdom among the mature, but not the wisdom of this age or of the rulers of this age, who are coming to nothing.  No, we speak of God’s secret wisdom, a wisdom that has been hidden and that God destined for our glory before time began. …For who has known the mind of the Lord that he may instruct Him?  But we have the mind of Christ   (1 Corinthians 2: 6-16).

Although you may feel as if you are going nowhere in this world, your spiritual journey is another matter altogether, taking you along steep, treacherous paths of ADVENTURE.  That is why walking in the Light of God’s Presence is essential to keep you from stumbling.  Even the most routine part of your day CAN be a spiritual act of worship, holy and pleasing unto God.

On our walk this morning, I was talking with the Lord and asked Him to reveal His words to me today.  Yoshi was across a small field from me and he was trying to “scare up some turkeys”.  One flew into the air and I continued on.  Suddenly a large hawk flew right above me and it carried a large mouse in its talons.  The hawk was struggling to maintain height due to the weight of the mouse.  Two every large crows were flying right behind the hawk chattering incessitantly.  As I crossed to another path, a lone vulture flew over and perched on a high tree looking toward the noise of the birds.  I was touched by the hawk’s plight, thinking these scavengers were ready to jump on any remains of the mouse; so I prayed for the hawk.  On our journey home, I thought more about the three birds and the mouse. 

When I got in, I decided to find these birds in the concordance and find out the Biblical meaning for each and also see what my Bible dictionary said about each one.  HAWK:  flashing speed; exceptional eyesight, can detect nets from a distance, strikes with devastating swiftness, his powerful claws crush his prey which he eats whole (Prov. 1: 17).  RAVEN (large crow):  idea of covering/to give or be security/give pledge;  has keen eyes and strong wings (Job 34: 41; 1 Kings 17: 4).  VULTURE:  rapid flight, keen vision.  MOUSE:  unusual root with lit. sense of ‘entangling’, a spider (as weaving a network); one of most destructive animals in the world; when Philistines stole the Ark of the Covenant, God punished them by sending in swarms of mice (1 Samuel 6: 4, 5, 11, 18).

I believe this was God’s special word to me for this morning.  That He has me covered as I step out in faith in building this prayer network.  That He has many working together with Him and millions will be saved.  These people of faith will see and hear supernaturally and will intercede with timely prayers of covering.  The enemy will be unaware of what is being accomplished because we will operate in the supernatural realm (1 Cor. 2: 8).  “No eye has seen, no ear has heard, no mind conceived what God has prepared for those who love Him” but God HAS REVEALED it to us by His Spirit!   Praise God!  🙂 

Send in your prayers, your comments and let others reading KNOW that you are part of God’s global secret service team!  God bless you.

I looked, and behold, a great multitude which no one could number, of ALL NATIONS, TRIBES, PEOPLES, and TONGUES, standing before the throne and before the Lamb, clothed with white robes, with palm branches in their hands.  These are the ones who come out of the great tribulation, and washed their robes and made them white in the blood of the Lamb.  They shall neither hunger anymore nor thirst anymore; the sun shall not strike them, nor any heat; for the Lamb who is in the midst of the throne will shepherd them and lead them to living fountains of waters.  And God will wipe every tear from their eyes.  There is therefore, NOW, no condemnation to those who are in Christ Jesus, who do not walk according to the flesh, but according to the Spirit.  Stand fast therefore in the LIBERTY by which Christ has made us free (Revelation 7: 9, 14-17; Romans 8: 1; Galatians 5: 1; John 18: 35, 36).

Ten years ago approximately 2762 people lost their lives in the 9-1-1 bombing of the WORLD- trade center.  Included in the immediate fatalities were people from 25 American states and 91 nations from around the world (these numbers do not include the loss of those who were on Flight 93 or in the Pentagon that same day).  This death toll does not include the ones who continue to lose their lives in pursuit of the Taliban (Afganistan) or the countless others who continue to grieve over the loss of their loved ones.   As I pause to remember these people; I also think of how many die every day in equally tragic circumstances.  None of us know when death will take us and bring us to the gate of eternity. 

I ask each of you to pray into the lives of all those within your area of influence; for them to have the guarantee of eternal LIFE that is found only in and through Christ Jesus.  You may feel there are not that many you can pray for, but I remind you, distance is not a problem for God; He can touch any heart and He is faithful in answering the prayers of His people.  There are several people from various nations of the world who read this Blog and it is incumbent upon you to pray for the people God has given you spiritual authority over as well as for all people in all the nations of the world.  I pray that Holy Spirit will put a heavy burden of prayer into each of your hearts that you will have visions of people in need, that names will drop into your mind, that you will be awakened throughout the night at all hours to fall on your knees for someone you know and care about and even more, for someone you do not know and that God will then astound you when you hear and see answers to the prayers you specifically prayed!

“I proclaim a PRAYER PORTAL be opened over every person who reads this, over the body of Christ as a whole throughout all nations of the world…ALL IN UNITY AND IN ONE SPIRIT crying out for the SOULS of those whose names are not YET written in the Lamb’s Book of LIFE, in Jesus name!  Lord, pour out Your fire onto Your people; let them BURN WITH ZEAL FOR SOULS and all the glory, honor,  and praise will be given to You alone Father!  Amen.”

VICTORY OVER DEATH

“Behold, I shew you a mystery; we shall not all sleep, but we shall all be changed, in a moment, in the twinkling of an eye, at the last trump:  for the trumpet shall sound, and the dead shall be raised incorruptible, and we shall be changed.  For this corruptible must put on incorruption, and this mortal must put on immortality. … then shall be brought to pass the saying that is written, Death is swallowed up in victory.  O death, where is thy sting?  O grave, where is thy victory?  Thanks be to God, which giveth us the VICTORY through our Lord, Jesus Christ.  THEREFORE, my beloved brethern, be stedfast, unmovable, always abounding in the work of the Lord, forasmuch ye know that your labour is not in vain in the Lord”  (1 Corinthians 15: 51-58)

My friend Jeanie was in the arms of Jesus September 4th and I participated in the celebration of her LIFE yesterday.  She suffered many of the days of the past few years, yet she rejoiced always in how good her Lord was.  Jeanie prayed unceasingly for the unsaved in her immediate family and for those in darkness all over the world, right up until God’s work for her here was done.

I am always reminded in these times that none of us know when God is going to say, “Your time here is over.”  I believe many of us close our eyes to our mortality.  We go from day to day putting off important times alone with God, our family, and others.  Not Jeanie, she never missed an opportunity to speak about Jesus and the blessed Hope of ETERNAL LIFE we have through His life, death, and resurrection.

She would often quote three favorite passages to anyone who sat with her for any amount of time:  Romans 8: 22-28; Philippians 4: 19; and then, “Who shall separate us from the love of Christ?  shall tribulation, or distress, or persecution, or famine, or nakedness, or peril, or sword?  NO, in  ALL THESE THINGS WE ARE MORE THAN CONQUERORS  through Him who loved us.  For I AM PERSUADED, that neither death, nor life, nor angels, nor principalities, nor powers, nor things present, nor things to come, nor height, nor depth, nor any other creature, shall be able to separate ME/us from the love of God, which is in Christ Jesus, our Lord” (Romans 8: 35-39). 

I know that Jeanie’s body often “groaned in pain”, yet she continually looked upward with love and in faith for all the good things that God had waiting for her throughout eternity!  I rejoice with her!

Streams of Living Water

“Your love, O LORD, reaches to the heavens, Your faithfulness to the skies…How priceless is Your unfailing love!  Both high and low among men find refuge in the shadow of  Your wings.  They feast on the abundance of Your house; You give them drink from Your river of delights.  For with You is the fountain of life; in Your light we see light”  (Psalm 36: 5-9)

I was hiking in the Appalachian mountains a few days and took several pictures of  some of the waterfalls and stream beds.  God revealed “ministries” to me at this particular spot.  Each believer in Jesus Christ and His accomplished work at the cross has a ministry and you are represented in one of these small streams.  As other streams join with yours, the width, depth, speed, etc. is increased.  Before Jesus ascended into heaven, He directed a specific message (Commission) to the disciple/s  (Matthew 28: 18,19).

As I thought more about this, the story of Pentecost came to me (check out Acts 1: 5; 2: 1-4, 42 -47).  Each stream is able to accomplish something, for God knew you and chose you before the foundation of the world; all your days He fashioned when as yet there were none of them.  Yet, He has MANY streams and He WILL bring them together to become ONE that is much deeper, wider, and faster and it will  accomplish His global work with greater efficiency and power.

Ephesians 2: 11-22 tells us about the barriers that can keep streams from coming together: age, appearance, intelligence, political persuasion, economic status, race, theological perspective (denominations); basically, anything that is even a tiny bit different than your stream.  Fortunately for each of you, Christ KNOCKED DOWN all the barriers and HE IS BRINGING TOGETHER A UNITED FORCE by the power of His Spirit!

I have added some new LINKS that will give you a glimpse into some ministries that I feel are doing great kingdom work.  God has brought them all to this place and for this time with His purpose ahead.  Each of them have talents, visions, and prayer power that can be shared in order to accomplish EXPONENTIAL GLOBAL GOD IMPACT.   Watch and see what GOD IS ABLE TO DO through you!

Waiting With Expectation

“I had fainted, unless I had BELIEVED TO SEE the goodness of the LORD in the land of the living.  WAIT on the LORD:  be of good courage, and he shall strengthen thine heart:  WAIT, I say, on the Lord”  (Psalm 27: 13, 14)

I am hearing the cries of many believers who are suffering with acute attacks of the “Dis- prefix”.  It is an illness that has a negative or reversing force against the believer’s FAITH in Jesus Christ and what He accomplished for them on the cross.  There are many types and they are all LIFE threatening.  Some that I’ve seen recently are: dis-appointment, dis-trust, dis-cord, dis-turber, dis-suader, dis-torted, dis-couraged, dis-belief, dis-tressful, dis-heartened, dis-tracted, dis-approval, dis-agreeable, and I am sure there are many others that I am unaware of at the moment.  It seems to be pandemic so I have been talking to God about it alot and today He revealed a simple, but often neglected remedy.  In case you have some symptoms that may progress into significant illness, I want to assure you, there is hope for immediate reversal and complete healing.

Yoshi’s walk this afternoon proved to be very tiring as it was very hot.  When we arrived at the off-leash area, he headed straight into the nearby pond.  When he came out he was running about and playing but when I called him, he came to me right away because he anticipates the treat he knows I’ll have for him.  He will sit in front of me and wait for me to give him permission to take the treat being offered.  During the time I held the treat, the word “rest” came into my spirit.  Not only was Yoshi waiting to get the treat, while he was waiting, he was resting in the shade provided by a tree I was standing under.  His strength was being renewed, even though he wasn’t conscious of it during the wait.

My friend, the world is so complex and overstimualting that you can easily lose your sense of direction.  Doing endless activities will drain you of energy very quickly.  If you would put aside all that is waiting to be done and just sit quietly in His Presence; He will strengthen and prepare you to face whatever the day will bring.  By waiting on God, you are actually proclaiming the REALITY of HIS LIVING PRESENCE and this demonstration of your trust in God for all things, will weaken principalities and powers of darkness.  The most effective way to resist evil is to draw nearer to Him.  STAND resting in Him (Isaiah 40: 28-31; Luke 12: 22-26; Ephesians 6: 10-18).

Yoshi with Olive

He brought me up out of a horrible pit, out of the miry clay, and set my feet upon a rock, and established my steps.  He has put a new song in my mouth–praise to our God.  God demonstrates His own love toward us, in that while we were still sinners, Christ died for us.  God, who is rich in mercy, because of His great love for which He loved us, even while we were dead in trespasses, made us ALIVE together with Christ! 

I will bless the LORD at ALL TIMES; His praise shall CONTINUALLY be in my mouth.  Oh magnify the LORD with me, and let us EXALT His name together!  The Lord will give grace and glory; NO GOOD THING will He withhold from those who walk uprightly.  Oh LORD of hosts, blessed is the man who TRUSTS in You!  Bless the LORD, oh my soul; and all that is within me, bless His holy name! 

I took Yoshi for his early morning walk and listened and looked at the harmony in God’s creation.  The cicadas were humming, the birds singing, the crickets clicking, the breeze gently blowing, and above me, the sky was cloudless and notably blue.  The song, Holy, holy, holy came up in my spirit and I sang it as I walked and praised God for revealing Himself so clearly to me in this hour of time. 

Is anyone cheerful?  Let him sing; be filled with the Spirit; sing and make melody in your heart to the Lord, giving thanks always for ALL THINGS!  Sing with grace in your hearts to the Lord!  At midnight (after being nearly beaten to death and then placed in stocks within the dungeon jail) Paul and Silas were praying and singing hymns to God and the prisoners WERE LISTENING to them.  SUDDENLY, there was such a violent earthquake that the FOUNDATIONS OF THE PRISON WERE SHAKEN, and the PRISON DOORS FLEW OPEN!  Rejoice in the Lord always no matter where you are for the world WILL take notice.  The jailer came before Paul and Silas and said, “Sirs, what must I do to be saved?”  Again I will say, REJOICE! 🙂