Today’s Reading:
Philippians 3
Song of Songs 2
Isaiah 43
“I admit that I haven’t yet acquired the absolute fullness that I’m pursuing, but I run with passion into his abundance so that I may reach the purpose for which Christ Jesus laid hold of me to make me his own. I don’t depend on my own strength to accomplish this; however I do have one compelling focus: I forget all of the past as I fasten my heart to the future instead.”
Philippians 3:12-13 TPT
I heard the Spirit of the Living God say,
Transition is here. It’s time for an appointed change, and grace is here to shove you through that door. You will walk through under your own will. But My grace will send you through faster and more decisively. As soon as you walk through — the door will slam shut behind you. There will be no turning back to the way things have been. This is a good thing. I have been incubating you, and now it’s time to stand on your own two feet. It’s time to make different kinds of choices.
“Can you not discern this new day of destiny breaking forth around you? The early signs of my purposes and plans are bursting forth. The budding vines of new life are now blooming everywhere. The fragrance of their flowers whispers, “There is change in the air.” Arise, my love, my beautiful companion, and run with me to the higher place. For now is the time to arise and come away with me.”
Song of Songs 2:13 TPT
Grace to appreciate the closed door is also here. Delighting, wondering and relishing the challenge of the new is here for you this new place, on this side of the door. This is the next phase of your journey. It starts today.
“I run straight for the divine invitation of reaching the heavenly goal and gaining the victory-prize through the anointing of Jesus.”
Philippians 3:14 TPT
Don’t pine for the days of old. This new place, this change is full of possibilities and unknown people. You will go many places from here. Wear your running shoes.
How to Respond
- Welcome the change that the Lord brings.
- Pray, Lord help me to recognize the door You when You set in front of me. Help me to not hang back but to boldly walk through it. Thank You for the promise of Your grace to help get me across the threshold quickly. I want to be in the place that You want me to be, doing the work that You have for me to do. Thank You for the day of change Lord.
- Declare, “Stop dwelling on the past. Don’t even remember these former things. I am doing something brand new, something unheard of. Even now it sprouts and grows and matures. Don’t you perceive it? I will make a way in the wilderness and open up flowing streams in the desert.”
Isaiah 43:18-19 TPT - Decree, I will move forward as the Lord opens the door. God’s grace is here to help me successfully make the choices I need to make and to cross over to the new place He has for me. I will not linger here when He says move, and I will not dwell on the former things. I will decisively move into the new place and new work He has for me when He says go.
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