Today’s Reading:
Psalm 24
Isaiah 33
Isaiah 61
John 15
Lamentations 3
“Who, then, is allowed to ascend the mountain of Yahweh? And who has the privilege of entering into God’s Holy Place? Those who are clean—whose works and ways are pure, whose hearts are true and sealed by the truth, those who never deceive, whose words are sure.”
Psalms 24:3-4 TPT
I heard the Spirit of the Living God say,
I’m purifying the world, and sometimes purification looks like ashes. Sometimes to achieve purity you have to return to the nothingness of before the beginning to start afresh and see what compound interest attains. Compound interest on My faithfulness attains a great deal. Compound interest on purity — even purity achieved through destruction — will beget a new land, a new hope, a new day. As you look out on this nation a lot of what has grown familiar will be burnt up in the purity of My Presence.
““Now I will arise,” says the Lord. “Now I will exalt myself; now I will unveil my majesty! Assyria, your plans are worthless, as useless as chaff. My breath will be a fire that consumes you. As a thorn bush is cut down and thrown into the fire, your nation will be burned to ashes of lime.” “You who are far away, listen to what I have done, and you who draw near to me, acknowledge my power and strength! Sinners in Zion are afraid, and the godless are gripped with panic, saying, ‘Who can dwell with such an all-consuming fire? Who can live in the presence of the never-ending flame?’ Only those who walk with integrity and speak what is true, who despise even the thought of cheating the poor, and do not accept a bribe, nor plot violence, nor contemplate doing evil — they will live safely on the heights and make their safe place the mountain strongholds, with bread in steady supply and water assured.” In this high place, your eyes will see the king in his stunning beauty and gaze upon his broad domain.”
Isaiah 33:10-17 TPT
My faithfulness is enough to pull you through. Don’t mourn or long for the former ways when they are made into ash. My grace winds, My gentle breeze of empowering, enabling, refreshing grace is here for building, is here for creativity — true creativity, not what is found in an ideabook on the internet, not what is designed by AI — but true, real creativity — to solve problems long-faced, to build structures that are whole and holy and serve the people well. This is not the time to give up or faint. This is the next phase of battle. This is the part where My Presence, My direction burns up, destabilizes and causes to crumble all that was built on sinking sand, all that was built on lies, usury, false weights and measures and all that was built on concealment and deception.
“I am sent to announce a new season of Yahweh’s grace and a time of God’s recompense on his enemies, to comfort all who are in sorrow, to strengthen those crushed by despair who mourn in Zion— to give them a beautiful bouquet in the place of ashes, the oil of bliss instead of tears, and the mantle of joyous praise instead of the spirit of heaviness. Because of this, they will be known as Mighty Oaks of Righteousness, planted by Yahweh as a living display of his glory. They will restore ruins from long ago and rebuild what was long devastated. They will renew ruined cities and desolations of past generations.”
Isaiah 61:2-4 TPT
My truth is coming like a wrecking ball, and old institutions will not remain. But take heart. I have anointed and appointed and positioned you to rebuild the desolate heritages. I will destroy those systems and works that were set and designed for your destruction, and you get to rebuild and reinvent with a mind for holiness, prosperity and love.
“I am the sprouting vine and you’re my branches. As you live in union with me as your source, fruitfulness will stream from within you—but when you live separated from me you are powerless. If a person is separated from me, he is discarded; such branches are gathered up and thrown into the fire to be burned. But if you live in life-union with me and if my words live powerfully within you—then you can ask whatever you desire and it will be done. When your lives bear abundant fruit, you demonstrate that you are my mature disciples who glorify my Father!”
John 15:5-8 TPT
Hold on during the shaking. Hold on during the fires and the demolition. It’s not gonna be pretty. But it’s necessary to take this nation back to before the beginning — to the very rootstock of My faithfulness — upon which you were founded. I Am the vine and you are the branches, and great, oh so great, so incomprehensible and vast is My faithfulness. I Am with you, come what may. Don’t fall into temptation. Don’t fall into sin. Don’t doubt My goodness. Just hold on. Pray, sing and recount again and again My faithfulness. It will greet you in the morning. And you will recognize the destruction was Me. It was Mine. On purpose — to set you back on pure ground and reunite you to the true vine that is Me.
How to Respond
- Pray, Holy Spirit help me to discern the times. Help me to recognize Your hand at work — even if it looks like destruction. Help me to stay connected to You come what may, so I can abide in peace and be raised up by Your grace winds to build afresh. Thank You for caring so much about us that You would move to demolish everything that has been sent to destroy us. I love You Lord.
- Declare, “Yahweh’s tender mercies have no end, and the kindness of his endless love is never exhausted. New, fresh mercies greet me with every sunrise. So wonderfully great is your faithfulness! I tell my soul, “Yahweh is my abundant portion. I need nothing more. So, I will put all my hope in him.” Yahweh is always good to all who trust in him, to the soul who searches for him. It is always good to hope, quietly waiting for Yahweh’s deliverance.”
Lamentations 3:22-26 TPT - Decree, I will not give in to fear, and I will not mourn the destruction of the systems that were built to destroy me. I will worship the Lord. I will remain hidden under the shelter of His wing, and I will recount His great faithfulness to me. When He is done, I will rise up from the ashes, and I will rebuild. America will be returned to as it was before the beginning — grafted once again in to the rootstock of King Jesus.
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