Good Morning,
This year we must reposition ourselves to hear and see, the when and where of Holy Spirit. Everything that was allowed to happen in our lives last year, even some of those things that brought us disappointment, discouragement, failures and hurt, can be a turned around for our good. Psalms 119:67; "Before I was afflicted I went astray; but now your Word do I keep [hearing, receiving, loving and obeying it]." Verse 71 says, "It is good for me that I have been afflicted, that I might learn your statues." Our Father specializes in turning around the things that were meant to destroy to build, sadness into dancing and sackcloth into gladness. (Isaiah 61:3-Psalms 30:11) We will stay in the place of purity if we allow the Word to work in those areas where we have built strongholds. Keep yourself stirred up by remembering how good God has been to you and He will continue to show His-self strong on your behalf. Stay revived!
Psalms 92:10-13; "But my horn (emblem of excessive strength and stately grace) You have exalted like that of a wild ox; I shall be anointed with fresh oil. My eye looks upon those who lie in wait for me; my ears hear the evildoers that rise up against me. The uncompromisingly righteous shall flourish like the palm tree [be long-lived, stately, upright, useful, and fruitful]; they shall grow like a cedar in Lebanon [majestic, stable, durable, and incorruptible]. Planted in the house of the Lord, they shall flourish in the courts of our God." Fresh is to be green, verdant, (fresh new vegetation-or growth); invigorating, lively, not exhausted or fatigued; not known or experienced before. Oil is to shine; to make wax or fat (to satisfy in order to make fertile and grow; to increase in size; to pass from one state to another) Rich, wealthy and affluent. In order for this fresh oil to flow we must 'arise' in order to stay fresh. Arise means to get up, lift up, pitch and raise up, to perform and ordain, to rouse up, stand up, stir up, to strengthen and succeed. Isaiah 60:1-3; "Arise, [from the depression and prostration in which circumstances have kept you–rise to a new life]! Shine (be radiant with the glory of the Lord), for your light has come and the glory of the Lord has risen upon you. For behold, darkness shall cover the earth, and dense darkness [all] peoples, but the Lord shall arise upon you [O Jerusalem], and His glory shall be seen upon you. And nations shall come to your light, and kings to the brightness of your rising." When we choose to arise, then we will stay filled with fresh anointing. We will not be fatigued or exhausted, we will stay fresh and continue growing. Always invigorating and lively! We will be on the increase, as we pass from one state to another. As we stay fresh, we will begin to hear and see clearly. Get up and be sensitive to Holy Spirit and all that He is saying and doing. Meditate on this, and next week we will open our eyes to see the wondrous things in God and His Word.
Isaiah 60:1
Love,
Pastor D.
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