Today’s Reading:
Isaiah 60
Isaiah 61
Rise up in splendor and be radiant, for your light has dawned, and Yahweh’s glory now streams from you! Look carefully! Darkness blankets the earth, and thick clouds covers the nations, but Yahweh arises upon you and the brightness of his glory appears over you! Nations will be attracted to your radiant light and kings to the sunrise-glory of your new day.
Isaiah 60:1-3 TPT
I heard the Spirit of the Living God from whom all blessings flow say,
The sunlight of My favor is shining on my sons and daughters. It is causing them to glisten, to sparkle and to shine like the sun. They are rising up to reflect their king, Jesus. The whole earth has been groaning, standing on tiptoe waiting for the revealing of the sons and daughters of the King, and now they are arising. Now they are shining. Now they are boldly and unapologetically making themselves known. Where many had been hidden in obscurity, in training, in the wilderness, in the throes of projects, tasks and callings, they are throwing off the coverings that had hidden them from view. They are throwing back the coverings, and revealing themselves as sons and daughters of light, as heirs of the King; and the gates of hell will not prevail against them.
Lift up your eyes higher! Look all around you and believe, for your sons are returning from far away and your daughters are being tenderly carried home. Watch as they all gather together, eager to come back to you!” “Then you will see with understanding and be radiant. Your heart will be thrilled and swell with joy. The fullness of the sea will flow to you and the wealth of the nations will be transferred to you! Caravans of camels will cover your land, young camels loaded with goods from Midian and Ephah. All the wealthy merchants from Sheba will come, bearing gold and frankincense and singing the praises of Yahweh!
Isaiah 60:4-6 TPT
This is a time of great, holy, powerful advancing. This is a time where the boundaries of My Kingdom make rapid, notable, even shocking leaps outward. The growth of My Kingdom is a happening rapidly now. What the enemy meant for evil, I will cause to overwhelm him as a flood of such epic proportions that every stronghold, every institution, every plan, scheme and hole he has dug will be demolished and become point after point after point of failure and become traps of his own making that will envelop and snare him and those in his camp. This is that time when many will change sides. Loyalties are shifting, and those the enemy thought he had tied up in lies and deceit, those he thought he’d confused and bound in traps of wrong identity — all of these tactics are failing in the light of the Son of God, in the light of the One who made them and gave up everything, sacrificed everything including His own body and His own life to save them. The lies of the enemy are eroding rapidly, and and eyes are opening, hearts are awakening, and many, many, many who were held captive, who were even operatives of the enemy are coming to life and changing sides.
The mighty Spirit of Lord Yahweh is wrapped around me because Yahweh has anointed me, as a messenger to preach good news to the poor. He sent me to heal the wounds of the brokenhearted, to tell captives, “You are free,” and to tell prisoners, “Be free from your darkness.” 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.
Isaiah 61:1-3 TPT
This is a time of many reversals. This is a time that confuses the enemy’s camp so badly, as the attrition rates on his side are overwhelming. The battle is already won. The warriors aligning in the camp of the Lord are vast and growing, and the boundaries of the Kingdom are stretching out rapidly now. They are stretching out powerfully now. And the spirit of heaviness will be exchanged for garments of praise. Mourning will be traded for the oil of joy. Sadness and despair will be replaced by the laughter of the bride and the bridegroom. Change is here.
How to Respond
- Pray, Lord thank You that You turn all things for good for those who love You and are called according to Your purposes. Thank You that Your Kingdom is in rapid expansion mode, and Your sons and daughters are rising, shining and being revealed for all Creation to see. Thank You for the great movement of attrition on the side of the enemy, as You awaken those who have been asleep and those who have been held captive by lies, deceit and wrong identities. Thank You that You set the times and seasons, and this is a time of Kingdom expansion and great reversals.
- Declare, I will sing and greatly rejoice in Yahweh! My whole being vibrates with shouts of joy in my God! For he has dressed me with salvation and wrapped me in the robe of his righteousness! I appear like a bridegroom on his wedding day, decked out with a beautiful sash, or like a radiant bride adorned with sparkling jewels. In the same way the earth produces its crops and seeds spring up in a garden, so will the Lord Yahweh cause righteousness and praise to blossom before all the nations!
Isaiah 61:10-11 TPT - Decree, The Lord always has the upper hand. He is never taken by surprise, and He is never outwitted or outgunned by the enemy. The Lord is causing the enemy’s plans to backfire in epic proportions and ways he could have never imagined. And as a result, the Kingdom of God is expanding and overtaking darkness at an unprecedented pace. The sons and daughters of the King are rising, shining and defeating darkness wherever they tread. Our God reigns.
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