Today’s Reading:
Isaiah 54
Isaiah 55
“Rejoice with singing, you barren one! You who have never given birth, burst into a song of joy and shout, you who have never been in labor! For the deserted wife will have more children than the married one,” says Yahweh.
Isaiah 54:1 TPT
I heard the Spirit of the Living God say,
We are entering exceptional days — days Hollywood couldn’t fathom if you’d told them. These are days when what happens in the Earth is more fantastic, more amazing, more shocking and more transformative than anything you could ever see on a screen produced in Hollywood. You’ve heard the saying the truth is stranger than fiction. Well, these are days where reality is far, far greater than fantasy. Lives will change. Perspectives and alliances will shift.
For those who have felt like finding the way, the truth and life has been like looking for a needle in an unending field of haystacks, they will find Me. Of course many of them dismissed Me in the first instance and continued looking…which is what made it so hard for them. But, this is the time of the circle back. This is a circle back moment for many hearts that have wandered. This is a circle back moment for many who have defected from the faith and rejected My Name. This is a full circle moment.
“Increase is coming, so enlarge your tent and add extensions to your dwelling. Hold nothing back! Make the tent ropes longer and the pegs stronger. You will increase and spread out in every direction. Your sons and daughters will conquer nations and revitalize desolate cities.”
Isaiah 54:2-3 TPT
Don’t be a slave to religious systems as you encounter and engage with these ones walking the path of restoration. Do not be a slave to man made systems. And do not try to enslave them or line them up and push them through a system as if they were trains on a track. This is not cookie cutter religion. This is messy life. Make room for it. This is relationship. This is heated debate. This is instructing them in the way they should go. This may be a time to throw out old systems completely even though they worked well or reasonably well in the past. This must be time where intentionality and personal connection is elevated above a system, a course or a way of doing things. Discipleship is important. It’s incredibly vital. But it doesn’t look like outsourcing. Did I bring them to you? Guess what? There’s a solid chance they are needing to be discipled by you. This is an all hands on deck moment. This is a stretch out the corners of your tent and extend the reach of your tent pegs moment. This is more territory, more harvest, more responsibility, so you’re gonna have to make room for it in your life.
“As the snow and rain that fall from heaven do not return until they have accomplished their purpose, soaking the earth and causing it to sprout with new life, providing seed to sow and bread to eat. So also will be the word that I speak; it does not return to me unfulfilled. My word performs my purpose and fulfills the mission I sent it out to accomplish.” For you will leave your exile with joy and be led home wrapped in peace. The mountains and hills in front of you will burst into singing and the trees of the field will applaud! Cypress trees will flourish where there were only thorns and myrtle trees instead of briars. These will stand as a testimony to Yahweh’s renown, everlasting signs that will not be cut off.”
Isaiah 55:10-13 TPT
You’re gonna have to change what your day looks like to accomodate the fruitfulness of this harvest. Be flexible. Be moveable when it comes to the ordering of your day. Set your list aside when I bring people into your midst that need a word from Heaven, that need to learn about Me, that need encouragement or a cold glass of water. I always put people before process, and I always prioritize them over what must get done. If it absolutely must get done, bring them along with you. Put them to work alongside you. You prayed for harvest. You prayed for prodigals. You prayed for U-Turns. They are here. Don’t mismanage this moment, this season, this great, vast, wide opportunity. The harvest is here.
How to Respond
- Love the Lord your God with all your heart, mind, soul and strength, and love your neighbor as yourself.
- Pray, Lord, give me eyes to see that the fields are white and ready to be harvested. Help me to be open, loving and ready to receive all who come in Your Name or come searching for You. Help me to set aside my agenda and prioritize Yours instead. Thank You for hearing our prayers. Bring the prodigals in my family home. Bring the wanderers and the rebellious to the foot of Your Cross. Thank You for this great, expansive, messy, sweet harvest.
- Declare, You unhappy one, storm-tossed and troubled, I am ready to rebuild you with precious stones and your intimacy with me will be built on a foundation of sapphires. I will make your towers of rubies, your gates of sparkling jewels, and all your walls of precious, delightful stones. All your children will be taught by Yahweh, and great will be their peace and prosperity.
— Isaiah 54:11-13 TPT - Decree, The harvest is here and now. I will not attempt to outsource the responsibility of discipleship that the Lord sends to me. I will not be a slave to manmade systems and structures. I will prioritize relationships and people over customary practices and over my to-do list. I will rejoice in the harvest and praise the Lord of the harvest for the great work He has done.
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