Today’s Reading:
Matthew 5
Hebrews 11
Isaiah 61
Psalm 119
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
I heard the Spirit of the Living God say,
Every impulse will be made clean. I’m purifying impulses. I’m purifying cravings. I’m rebalancing the equation. Lives have been disrupted by impure cravings, by such a heavy emphasis and marketing campaign on impure cravings. I Am striking a chord in hearts that shifts the interest from there, and as I do a hunger for holiness will rise. And messages and discussions, content and conversations around holiness will be craved and will begin to change the focus of the people. The appetites of the people will be changed from unholy to holy, from impure and selfish, to pure and sacrificial.
“How enriched you are when you crave righteousness! For you will be satisfied.
Matthew 5:6 TPT
I Am rebalancing the equation, and many will hunger and thirst for righteousness. And the fruit that is meant to tempt men and women and draw them away from My heart will be found shriveled, dead and drying up on the tree. Its interest, its allure and its takers gone. But the land and the interest, the hunger for righteousness, for holiness, for purity and for My Name’s sake will be like a vast open field — full of opportunity, full of possibilities, welcoming and a place that is undeveloped for the hungry.
Faith motivated Abraham to obey God’s call and leave the familiar to discover the territory he was destined to inherit from God. So he left with only a promise and without even knowing ahead of time where he was going, Abraham stepped out in faith. He lived by faith as an immigrant in his promised land as though it belonged to someone else. He journeyed through the land living in tents with Isaac and Jacob who were persuaded that they were also co-heirs of the same promise. His eyes of faith were set on the city with unshakable foundations, whose architect and builder is God himself.
Hebrews 11:8-10 TPT
This is a land and a field to develop — this vast, unmarred place set aside for those who desire, who hunger and crave purity, those in whom the chord of purity has been struck and within whom the chord of purity resonates when it is heard from the outside. This is a field to plow. This is a playground to be built. This is a place for imaginations to run wild and for pioneers, inventors, authors and speakers close to My heart to develop a place, this vast, wide, open space, for those whose desire has turned to purity. Look. Open your eyes, and see the vast swath of desirable, undeveloped land, ready to be built upon in purity and passion and love, for those whose hearts love holiness and crave it.
How to Respond
- Pray, Lord to give me eyes to see the undeveloped fields You have set aside for purity. Thank You for rebalancing the equation — for striking a chord in hearts that turns desire away from impurity to holiness. Help me to be part of developing a place for these desires to be fulfilled through the gifts and vision You have given me.
- Declare, How can a young man stay pure? Only by living in the Word of God and walking in its truth. I have longed for you with the passion of my heart; don’t let me stray from your directions! I consider your Word to be my greatest treasure, and I treasure it in my heart to keep me from committing sin’s treason against you.
Psalms 119:9-11 TPT - Decree, The Lord is purifying impulses and cravings. He is striking a chord in hearts that causes the people to hunger and thirst for purity, righteousness and holiness. Vast opportunity exists to develop the fields set apart for those whose desires are pure, and I will be a part of pioneering, inventing, building and establishing structures and venues, entertainment and businesses to fulfill this unmet tremendous need.
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