Good Morning,
As I waited on the Lord to see what he would say to Me for this day, I received two thoughts that was on His heart. I will attempt to share them with you now.
First, this year 2009, is a year of "finality and judgment." Finality, for years of seeds that have laid dormant in our lives. The seeds being, those prophetic words and promises that you have kept and have warred for, by consistently confessing the prophetic words. Holding on to them when it looked like they had dried up on the vine. This is the final year and then a beginning of great harvest, a multiplied harvest. Judgment in the sense that judgment is defined as — a definitive or an authoritative decision; a formal utterance or pronouncing of an authoritative opinion; an official decree. Is. 42:8,9; says, "I Am the Lord that is my name! And My glory will I not give to another nor My praise to graven images. Behold, the former things have come to pass and new things I now declare; before they spring forth I tell you of them." Job 22:28 says, "You shall also decide and decree a thing and it shall be established for you and the light of God's favor shall shine upon your ways. When they make you low, you will say, there is a lifting up and the humble person He lifts up and saves." I believe God is telling us that this year what we decree or pass judgment on in our lives will be established with a "springing forth". The word for us is up, up, up, we are going up no matter the obstacles in life. We must go up. I am awe as as I see this lived out in Israel now. There is war all around them, yet they are not backing down, their cry is that they must go up! Their Helper is God Almighty, He is the One who will help us go up also! They war with a "prophetic promise"; that Jerusalem was given to them by God, and they received it and won't be denied. Let's war with our promised word!!!
The second thought is that intimacy is the breeding ground for trust. Intimacy is knowing the genuine inner core of someone; indicative of ones deepest nature, interconnected, interwoven, interrelated, very close connection. We discussed this in an earlier message. We understand that God will share His secrets with those who are intimate with Him. Psalm 25:14 says, "The secret [of sweet, satisfying companionship] of the Lord have they who fear (revere and worship) Him, and He will show them His covenant and reveal to them its [deep, inner] meaning." The Message Bible says it this way, "God-friendship is for God-worshipers; they are the ones He confides in." I want to be one of those that God confides in, don't you? Connect that thought with this one in Matthew 5:8 – "Blessed are the pure in heart: for they shall see God." Pure means, clean and clear, free from dust, dirt or taint, free from harshness or roughness, containing nothing that impairs or that is hurtful, free from what harms, weakens or pollutes, uncontaminated. This is the character that God by His Spirit helps us to become and then He delights to have intimate relationship with the pure in heart. While we are becoming more intimate with Him, our hearts are being made more pure. That is how trust is built and He then confides with the pure in heart and shares His secrets with them. I want a pure heart so I must stay in the presence of the Purifier of hearts. Then, what I decree will come from a pure heart not a dirty, tainted, polluted, harsh, hurtful, harmful and rough heart. When I come from the place of intimacy with God and having a pure heart then my decrees will be backed with pure love. Since, love never fails [1 Corin. 13:8], then my decrees will not fail, they will be with finality and judgment! We have a lot of prophetic promises this year, miracles, transitions, enlargement, and greater glory, etc. It all begins with a pure heart. Remember, God is a God of the heart, who knows our thoughts, motives and intents. Let's strive for a pure heart.
Love,
Pastor D.
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