Today’s Reading:
Isaiah 55
Psalm 23
John 15
Joel 2
“The wicked need to abandon their ways, and sinful ones need to banish every evil thought. Let them return to Yahweh, and they will experience his compassionate mercy. Yes, let them return to God, for he will lavish forgiveness upon them. “For my thoughts about mercy are not like your thoughts, and my ways are different from yours. As high as the heavens are above the earth, so my ways and my thoughts are higher than yours.”
Isaiah 55:7-9 TPT
I heard the Spirit of the Living God say,
Broaden your horizons. Widen your perspective. The truth will set you free. He whom the Son sets free is free indeed. And lo, I Am with you always even unto the ends of the earth. Even until there is time no longer. Be at rest and perfect peace in Me. Find your center of gravity and your firm footing in Me. Reconciliation is coming in a way the world has never seen nor experienced.
“Even though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I fear no evil, for You are with me; Your rod and Your staff, they comfort me. You prepare a table before me in the presence of my enemies; You have anointed my head with oil; My cup overflows. Surely goodness and lovingkindness will follow me all the days of my life, And I will dwell in the house of the Lord forever.”
Psalms 23:4-6 NASB1995
Watch as I bring the rebels to their knees to be reconciled with Me. Then I will seat them at your table. Will you reject he whom I’ve forgiven? Will you rebuff one and refuse one whom I have set free? This will be a great test of the hearts of the righteous. Can you withstand My mercy, My goodness, My favor, My acceptance when it kisses your enemies? How else will the Sauls be made into Pauls? Check yourself. Check your heart, and keep it on a very short leash in submission to Me. Those you have deemed traitors, mafia members, cartel leaders, thieves, scoundrels and worse — I will seat them at your table with a command that you all be one with Me.
“So this is my command: Love each other deeply, as much as I have loved you. For the greatest love of all is a love that sacrifices all. And this great love is demonstrated when a person sacrifices his life for his friends. “You show that you are my intimate friends when you obey all that I command you.”
John 15:12-14 TPT
We are coming into glorious days. We are coming into earth shattering, world shaking days. We are coming into days of what feels like the violent release of truth. But My Spirit will be guiding it, directing it and falling on the criminals, thieves and innocent alike. This isn’t the reckoning you imagined. It’s not the reckoning you even knew to pray for. But it’s the reckoning My soul desires. It is the reckoning merged with reconciliation. It’s the truth merged with repentance. It’s justice mixed with mercy. Its independence, liberty and freedom kissed by My favor. Hear My command today. I will have My own way. You have prayed, “Thy kingdom come, thy will be done on Earth as it is in Heaven.” So shall it be. So get on board. Be on board. Be humble and quick to forgive. Release the open seat next to you to one who has hated you, tormented you and even gone out of their way to persecute you.
“Then afterward, I will pour out my Spirit on everyone. Your sons and your daughters will boldly prophesy, your elderly will have supernatural dreams, and your youth will experience ecstatic visions. And I will even pour out my Spirit in those days upon every servant, both male and female.”
Joel 2:28-29 TPT
This is the time of My favor for all, and I will not forget you in that number. But My ways are higher than your ways. My ideals and designs are for all. Even them. Even those at the outskirts of your mind whom you said you’ve forgiven — yes those for whom you believe no bitterness lingers. I will call on you to prove it. I will put them at your table. Be one with Me, and you will have the grace to succeed. I will make you their leader. And you will know what it means to be David with his mighty men. It won’t be easy. But it will be worth it, and it will cause you to taste sweet, sweet victory. You have plenty to learn from them too. You know they know how to fight. Choose this day whom you will serve. I Am upping the ante.
How to Respond
- Pray, Lord help me to stay so close to You, so aligned with Your heart that I am readily able to invite those who have been my enemies and those who I have rightly called traitors and thieves to sit at my table at Your command. Thank You Lord that You don’t reject even the worst of sinners. I have been one. Help me to see and love, to live and lead from Your perspective.
- Declare, And everyone who sincerely worships Yahweh will be saved. For in Mount Zion and in Jerusalem there will be a remnant who are spared, as I, Yahweh, have promised. They will be the chosen survivors whom I, Yahweh, will call.”
— Joel 2:32 TPT - Decree, The Lord’s ways are higher and more merciful, more inclusive than my ways. His plans are for all of His children, regardless of what they have done. He is bringing a reckoning with the fullest reconciliation the world has ever seen. This is how America will be saved. This is how America will be healed. This is how He brings us into the Promised Land of a new day.
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