Today’s Reading:
Isaiah 9
Psalm 18
Psalm 56
Psalm 68
I trust in the Lord. And I praise him! I trust in the Word of God. And I praise him! What harm could man do to me? With God on my side, I will not be afraid of what comes. My heart overflows with praise to God and for his promises. I will always trust in him.
Psalms 56:10-11 TPT
I heard the Spirit of the Living God say,
It’s the end of a thing. A significant end has come. You are in the position of knowing the end has come but not knowing what will come next. A curtain has closed. Even as this decisive end has come, the curtains are rising on the new thing.
Those who walked in darkness have seen a radiant light shining upon them. They once lived in the shadows of death, but now a glorious light has dawned!
Isaiah 9:2 TPT
The curtain is rising on blinding truth. It’s truth that is so concentrated and so pervasive that its brightness even burns the eyes of all who look at it. But it is difficult to avoid it, because this truth has taken center stage. The shining, concentrated, many bright lights of truth are shining in this act and for the duration of this play. Those who attempt to diminish the truth or remove the truth from the center stage, from the view of the world will fail miserably and be exposed themselves. Their hidden agendas and disguises no longer work as they once did.
God, all at once you turned on a floodlight for me! You are the revelation-light in my darkness, and in your brightness I can see the path ahead.
Psalms 18:28 TPT
The truth will be an immovable blinding interconnected structure for the duration of this performance that is being played out for all the world to see. Grab your popcorn. It’s showtime, and it’s gonna be so good. Rejoice and celebrate. Get your hopes up, because it’s going to be so good.
How to Respond
- Trust the Lord. Pursue and love truth, and get your hopes up.
- Pray, Lord bring truth in all its blinding brightness to center stage. Cause those who have tried to hide it to our detriment to be exposed. Cause those who try to remove it or dismantle it or diminish it in any way to be exposed. Bring justice to the people — to our nation and the nations of the world. Help me to get my hopes up, so I truly expect that all of the areas we have been cheated, lied to, poisoned and stolen from and destroyed will not only come to light for all to see — but this exposure will be swiftly and powerfully followed by true justice.
- Declare, Our God is a mighty God who saves us over and over! For the Lord, Yahweh, rescues us from the ways of death many times. But he will crush every enemy, shattering their strength. He will make heads roll for they refuse to repent of their stubborn, sinful ways. I hear the Lord God saying to all the enemies of his people, “You’d better come out of your hiding places, all of you who are doing your best to stay far away from me. Don’t you know there’s no place to hide? For my people will be the conquerors; they will soon have you under their feet. They will crush you until there is nothing left!” O God, my King, your triumphal processions keep moving onward in holiness; you’re moving onward toward the Holy Place! — Psalms 68:20-24 TPT
- Decree, The Lord sees everything. He never fails. He never lies. He never leaves. He is the Always Victorious One. He has brought an end to the previous act of the play, and a new act of extraordinary, unavoidable exposure has begun. Justice will have a big role in this time.
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