Today’s Reading:
Psalm 34
Isaiah 55
Lord! I’m bursting with joy over what you’ve done for me! My lips are full of perpetual praise. I’m boasting of you and all your works, so let all who are discouraged take heart. Join me, everyone! Let’s praise the Lord together. Let’s make him famous! Let’s make his name glorious to all. Listen to my testimony: I cried to God in my distress and he answered me. He freed me from all my fears! Gaze upon him, join your life with his, and joy will come. Your faces will glisten with glory. You’ll never wear that shame-face again.
Psalms 34:1-5 TPT
I heard the Spirit of the Living God say,
Rest in the finished work of Christ. Take heart, because He has overcome the world. Yours is a work of reclamation. What has been ceded to the enemy, the places that have been stolen by the enemy — he is occupying with squatter’s rights. As kings and priests of My Kingdom, you are to retake territory. You are to evict and remove the enemy from your rightfully held land, from the places that I have given you. Remember what I said to Joshua? It is true for you too. I will give you every place the soles of your feet tread. So tread on the serpent and take back your territory. Demand restitution from him for all that has been stolen, lost, broken and destroyed. Appeal to Me, your Perfect and Ultimate Judge to rule on your behalf.
The Lord sees all we do; he watches over his friends day and night. His godly ones receive the answers they seek whenever they cry out to him. But the Lord has made up his mind to oppose evildoers and to wipe out even the memory of them from the face of the earth. Yet when holy lovers of God cry out to him with all their hearts, the Lord will hear them and come to rescue them from all their troubles. The Lord is close to all whose hearts are crushed by pain, and he is always ready to restore the repentant one. Even when bad things happen to the good and godly ones, the Lord will save them and not let them be defeated by what they face.
Psalms 34:15-19 TPT
Squatter’s rights are not rights. They are fake and made up rights. Just as you would chase out vermin, rise up in your authority, the authority given to you by Christ Jesus and command the enemy and those with him out. Force them to flee. Retake the fullness of the ground and the gardens that I have given you. Repair the breaches in your boundary lines and stir up your most holy faith as a fortification for your mind against the encroaching and invading lies of the enemy.
The battle is won. Through Christ Jesus it is all done. So do your work of reclaiming the territory, of restoring the desolate heritages, of rebuilding the walls; and force out the enemy with songs, with worship, with the joy of the Lord as your strength. With decrees and declarations fill the atmosphere. Charge it with faith, and the enemy must flee. And call on Me, the Most Holy Judge to render judgement for restitution for all that has been taken, lost, ceded, stolen, broken and destroyed. I will render My righteous judgement, and the enemy must pay. He will pay. Rise up as great stewards of the land, and reclaim all that has been stolen. Occupy and fortify the places once lost. Call on Me, and I will render My judgement of restitution.
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 55:12-13 TPT
This is work for the joyful, for the joy-filled. You do this work from the overflow of faith, communion with Me and absolute unwavering belief that My justice will prevail. This is a different approach than the one you have taken, because this is a new time, a new moment. This is a moment where My joy fills you, strengthens you and urges you forward. This is a time where My Pleasure and My Presence draw you directly to the place that I Am calling you to reclaim. This will not be like the work of old. This is Spirit-led, Spirit-orchestrated, methodical, though sometimes messy reclamation. The joy and the pleasure of the Lord will lead you and mark you. Don’t be led by anything else. Let your songs of worship fill the air, and watch as I call your feet to step forward. Worship is the way.
How To Respond
- Pray, Holy Spirit thank You for Your presence, for Your instruction, for the way You hide me and minister to me. Help me to stir up my most holy faith. Help me to commune so deeply with you that wellsprings of joy burst forth. As I stay in unity with You guide me to exactly the places and assignments You have for me. Thank You that wherever I go and whatever the assignment is, the battle has already been won by Christ my King. My job is to take out the trash, to drive out the squatters and force the enemy to flee. My right is to appeal to the Most High God, the Greatest Judge for restitution of all that the enemy has stolen, broken, destroyed and all that I have ceded because of his deception. You are righteous and just Lord, and You will make the enemy repay.
- Declare, Drink deeply of the pleasures of this God. Experience for yourself the joyous mercies he gives to all who turn to hide themselves in him. Worship in awe and wonder, all you who’ve been made holy! For all who fear him will feast with plenty. Even the strong and the wealthy grow weak and hungry, but those who passionately pursue the Lord will never lack any good thing.
Psalms 34:8-10 TPT - Decree, My job is to stir up my most holy faith. My job is to worship my King in spirit and in truth. My job is to commune with the Lord unceasingly and draw on His joy as my strength. I will take back the territory that the Lord directs me to reclaim. I will evict and fully remove the enemy through worship of the One True King, through joy and faith-filled declarations and decrees. I will occupy the place. I will rebuild the place. I will refortify the boundary lines of that place, and then I will take on the Lord’s next assignment. I refuse to be intimidated by the enemy, and I refuse to entertain or give space for his lies. King Jesus is Lord of all.
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