Today’s Reading:
1 Chronicles 4
Isaiah 54
Isaiah 55
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
I heard the sounds of worship going out from my heart as I sat with the Lord in prayer. In my mind I could see the vibrations traveling outward in all directions.
Then I heard the Spirit of the Living God say,
The resonance of your love for Me transforms the atmosphere. Microcurrents of your love for Me pierce the atmosphere and charge it with life and light. My light and My love gain energetic entry as your songs of praise, your declarations of love ring out and transform the atmosphere. They pierce the veil and welcome My light to come in.
“Rejoice with singing, you barren one! You who have never given birth, burst into a song of joy and shout, you who have never been in labor! For the deserted wife will have more children than the married one,” says Yahweh. “Increase is coming, so enlarge your tent and add extensions to your dwelling. Hold nothing back! Make the tent ropes longer and the pegs stronger. You will increase and spread out in every direction. Your sons and daughters will conquer nations and revitalize desolate cities.”
Isaiah 54:1-3 TPT
I have set your feet upon a broad place, on a strongly established spacious place, and I desire for you to occupy until I come. Stake your claim on the rocks, the hill, the mountains I have given you; and do not cede one inch. This territory is Mine, and I have placed it in your care through My triumphant victory. Be on watch. Be a faithful steward. Be a warrior who lives and delights in — one who is vigilant in securing, claiming, establishing and building in the land.
“You unhappy one, storm-tossed and troubled, I am ready to rebuild you with precious stones and your intimacy with me will be built on a foundation of sapphires.“
Isaiah 54:11 TPT
With your worship as your warfare, stake your claim. Allow your voice to ring out. Allow your praises to ring out. The sound of your voice, the volume and the resonance of your voice sets the boundaries. For those who will worship Me loudly, purely, unashamedly and in an undignified manner, they will gain the largest portion. Their voice sets the boundaries. Their faithfulness secures it. Their stewardship secures it. Their diligence establishes it. Cause the sound of your praise and the testimony of My goodness to ever be on your lips. As you speak, as you sing, as you testify, the borders of your territory will be expanded.
I will make your towers of rubies, your gates of sparkling jewels, and all your walls of precious, delightful stones. All your children will be taught by Yahweh, and great will be their peace and prosperity. You will be established in righteousness. Oppression—be far from you! Fear—be far from you! Yes, terror will not come near you, nor will you be afraid.
Isaiah 54:12-14 TPT
Your worship, your thanksgiving sets the boundary lines. Your stewardship secures them. And your faithfulness, your diligence to seek Me establishes you. The wisdom that I give you in the secret place releases your blueprints to build. As you follow them, you will be established in this place. Those are the keys. Worship, steward, seek and build.
How to Respond
- Worship, steward, seek and build.
- Pray, Lord God I adore You. I worship You alone, and You alone are worthy of all glory, honor and praise. You are my Savior, my King, my Helper, Counselor, Redeemer and the Shining One from whom all blessings flow. Let Your praise ever be on my lips. Teach me how to diligently steward the territory that You have put under my care. And reveal to me blueprints of what and how to build a stronghold that establishes me in this place.
- Declare, Jabez was a better man than his brothers, a man of honor. His mother had named him Jabez (Oh, the pain!), saying, “A painful birth! I bore him in great pain!” Jabez prayed to the God of Israel: “Bless me, O bless me! Give me land, large tracts of land. And provide your personal protection—don’t let evil hurt me.” God gave him what he asked.
1 Chronicles 4:9-10 MSG - Decree, The Lord is the Creator of Heaven and Earth. The world is the Lord’s and the fullness thereof. He has given us, His people charge of the earth. I will worship and praise and give thanks to the Lord. I will testify of His goodness, His faithfulness and His triumphant victories. I will vigilantly watch over and faithfully steward the territory the Lord has given me, and my faithfulness and stewardship will secure the land. As I seek Him in the secret place, He will reveal blueprints to me for building a stronghold that establishes me here, and I will not be moved or conquered.
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