Precious Son

My precious son, the Lord used our disagreement to give me my wings. I am now free where I didn't even realize I was bound. Even though I categorically reject the content of your complaint, the Lord used the Spirit of it to pinpoint for me my remaining problem. Fact are just that: Facts. My love for you has fortified my expectations of you and your anger had bound me to perpetual victimhood and fear, but only because the unforgiven were my sons, not the father. It's true. I've never harbored thoughts of vengeance against my abuser. I expected him to act that badly. What hurt me the most, was the collusion, to silence my inconvenient cries of pain, from those I loved without limits, and gave my life to. This action is an enabling of evil. 

Now, by the Lord's revelation, the enemy has been disarmed! My burden of fear has been lifted! The prisoner has been released! Do not worry, my son! You are a grown man! I release you from my authority! Your choices are now your own, along with their respective burdens! I can carry them for you no longer!

Be aware. Authority is not license to force your will on others! It is, instead, the power to empower others, to give them the good news so they can make the decision to be set free! It is the will to encourage, to be self sacrificial! By the way, it also means you have been gifted with the ability to forgive!

God as Servant

Isaiah 43:9-11New American Standard Bible (NASB)

9 All the nations have gathered together
So that the peoples may be assembled.
Who among them can declare this
And proclaim to us the former things?
Let them present their witnesses that they may be justified,
Or let them hear and say, “It is true.”
10 “You are My witnesses,” declares the Lord,
“And My servant whom I have chosen,
So that you may know and believe Me
And understand that I am He.
Before Me there was no God formed,
And there will be none after Me.
11 “I, even I, am the Lord,
And there is no savior besides Me.

Isaiah 49:4-6New American Standard Bible (NASB)

4 But I said, “I have toiled in vain,
I have spent My strength for nothing and vanity;
Yet surely the justice due to Me is with the Lord,
And My reward with My God.”
5 And now says the Lord, who formed Me from the womb to be His Servant,
To bring Jacob back to Him, so that Israel might be gathered to Him
(For I am honored in the sight of the Lord,
And My God is My strength),
6 He says, “It is too [a]small a thing that You should be My Servant
To raise up the tribes of Jacob and to restore the preserved ones of Israel;
I will also make You a light [b]of the nations
So that My salvation may [c]reach to the end of the earth.”

Isaiah 53:10-12
10 But the Lord was pleased
To crush Him, [a]putting Him to grief;
If [b]He would render Himself as a guilt offering,
He will see His [c]offspring,
He will prolong His days,
And the [d]good pleasure of the Lord will prosper in His hand.
11 As a result of the [e]anguish of His soul,
He will see [f]it and be satisfied;
By His knowledge the Righteous One,
My Servant, will justify the many,
As He will bear their iniquities.
12 Therefore, I will allot Him a portion with the great,
And He will divide the booty with the strong;
Because He poured out [g]Himself to death,
And was numbered with the transgressors;
Yet He Himself bore the sin of many,
And interceded for the transgressors.

A Daniel Prayer

Great and good God, who's loving kindness has built up the nations, so that all have seen the glory of Your mercy and compassion in the radiance of Your Annointed Deliverer, Your people dwell in Your House without knowledge! They know not Your face, for You are the Lord our Righteousness. There is no other recourse but You. Your people need that revelation from You that opens their eyes. Give them the sign of Your coming. Justify Your remnant in the eyes of their enemies. Beautify the souls, resurrect the bodies, Almighty Father. Bring down the proud and haughty and lift up the daughter of Your people! Open her eyes! Comfort her sorrow. Let her pay the price of seeing as You lift Your servants to Your Throne! Let Your servants glory in Your works which You have done with us, and through this let my sister finally understand! Confirm what You have spoken to my sister, the security of her inheritance! This is the love that You have given her, that You would plan the course of the world to bring about her redemption! According to the number of years which You told us, the time has come for the Kingdom of God, that she should regain her dominion! The years were numbered and the seventh day has dawned! The two eclipses at the new year mark the beginning of the new millennium! Turn Your countenance towards her and display Your glory to her!

In the tradition of Daniel, I have prayed on behalf of my people. I am a woman that the Lord has called to be a mother to sons! It is not for my sake that He has done this (although I am exceedingly grateful to be of service), but for the reason of there being a voice of reconciliation, to His people, in this very generation! I am a vessel. It must be HIS voice only that you hear and obey! 

I am the key to turn in the lock, before you enter your spiritual inheritance. My removal, as a body, will signal the return of the ambassadorship to Israel. I will rejoice in the throne room of His glory as my sister awakens! She has not known the face of her beloved, and how He longs to reconcile to her! With the new day she will know the joy of the discovery of her King once again!

Finding God

So much of life is given over to desperation. My sentience is the will I impose on what I call reality. The physical resists me. An unfathomable result, for isn't my perception the definition of truth? The pain I feel would seem to indicate not. Competing voices also make claims of entitlement to truth, but observation seems to show magnified pain, rather than relief. Any joy achieved is shallow and evaporates rather quickly, when in pursuit of appearances. Apparently it takes a miracle to wake up to the Director of the drama, for He is deeper than our perceptions!

There are many who have searched all around themselves, frantically looking for what was right in front of them all along. In His time, a prayer will make blind eyes see. For identity is a concept that cannot be realized in the dark. His light must come to us.

I testify that I had assumed that the knowledge of the truth would make the pain go away. In actuality, the pain became much more intense, but I could not deny Him after being witness to the miraculous. In Him, my pain becomes the validation of my identity, for it proves the enemy knows my name. Glory to the Lord!

Being of frail flesh, we get tired, and begin to resent the pain. He told me this would happen. I am too cowardly to question God, so instead, I began to hate my life, become depressed and despondent. Elijah knows. While the enemy assumes he has me sidelined, the Lord is teaching me great and mighty things!

 I learn how to be a conduit, of The Light of Glory, in the dark. I learn the temper and feel of who God IS, the vastness of His mercy and compassion, the dizzying heights of His perception and understanding, that He can receive my tormented weakness, and then use even evil forces, to
refashion me into His very own image, breathtakingly beautiful! He suffers with me as I suffer, to
redeem what was crushed, broken and untouchable, what seemed beyond repair. I am made into the representation of Him, in this world, to do the work He does so He can then use me to heal my small portion of the universe. It is when I lift Him up in the dark night of my soul, that my soul is transformed. I access the joy of heaven in the fearless, grateful worship of the King! I am incandescent and luminous with His glory! This burning JOY is indestructible!

Retaining Innocence

The flashpoint, ground zero, is this grand drama of the cross,

The innocence of God exposed, naked, to the depths of our loss.

That all the intentionality of hell was focused here

Where hell was convinced it had won, was a mere

Part of His plan to multiply our peace and glory!

From the most hopeless of all nights with no dicernable victory

The way of mercy for sinners is discovered here

Where he put an end to our slavery and servitude to fear.

A conflagration of love has destroyed death's claim.

No one who has trusted in Him can ever be put to shame,

For on the immovable, exalted Rock of His Word they stand,

Their very vulnerability, protected, by His personal fulfillment of His own demand!

The light of His glory is of loving servitude.

Gracious surrender our image too, fashioned in the interlude,

The time it takes to grow in relationship with Him as King.

Those whom He loves, He lifts up to His throne on wings.

Any not driven by the need to know Him well

Will be abandoned to inconsolable devastation of their self created hell.

The One who created all and then gave all is qualified the judge of all

To elicit fervent self sacrificial giving, when we recall

We, who are His body are considered dead to the lies.

All calling to accountability for our crimes, with Him, dies.

Then sent forth in freedom bearing that innocence of God,

For that dance of wisdom and innocence in us, is no mere facade.

Only the Lord of Glory has gathered the wisdom of the ages,

Yet retains His joy in mercy, His innocence, which is contagious!

Second Passover

Celebration of the Passover the dinner party of the King!

30 Then Hezekiah sent word throughout all Israel and Judah, and he also wrote letters to Ephraim and Manasseh to come to the Lord’s temple in Jerusalem to observe the Passover of Yahweh, the God of Israel. 2 For the king and his officials and the entire congregation in Jerusalem decided to observe the Passover of the Lord in the second month, 3 because they were not able to observe it at the appropriate time. Not enough of the priests had consecrated themselves and the people hadn’t been gathered together in Jerusalem. 4 The proposal pleased the king and the congregation, 5 so they affirmed the proposal and spread the message throughout all Israel, from Beer-sheba to Dan, to come to observe the Passover of Yahweh, the God of Israel in Jerusalem, for they hadn’t observed it often,[a] as prescribed.[b]

6 So the couriers went throughout Israel and Judah with letters from the hand of the king and his officials, and according to the king’s command, saying, “Israelites, return to Yahweh, the God of Abraham, Isaac, and Israel so that He may return to those of you who remain, who have escaped from the grasp of the kings of Assyria. 7 Don’t be like your fathers and your brothers who were unfaithful to Yahweh, the God of their ancestors so that He made them an object of horror as you yourselves see. 8 Don’t become obstinate[c] now like your fathers did. Give your allegiance[d] to Yahweh, and come to His sanctuary that He has consecrated forever. Serve the Lord your God so that He may turn His burning anger away from you, 9 for when you return to Yahweh, your brothers and your sons will receive mercy in the presence of their captors and will return to this land. For Yahweh your God is gracious and merciful; He will not turn His face away from you if you return to Him.”

10 The couriers traveled from city to city in the land of Ephraim and Manasseh as far as Zebulun, but the inhabitants[e] laughed at them and mocked them. 11 But some from Asher, Manasseh, and Zebulun humbled themselves and came to Jerusalem. 12 Also, the power of God was at work in Judah to unite them[f] to carry out the command of the king and his officials by the word of the Lord.

13 A very large assembly of people was gathered in Jerusalem to observe the Festival of Unleavened Bread in the second month. 14 They proceeded to take away the altars that were in Jerusalem, and they took away the incense altars and threw them into the Kidron Valley. 15 They slaughtered the Passover lamb on the fourteenth day of the second month. The priests and Levites were ashamed, and they consecrated themselves and brought burnt offerings to the Lord’s temple. 16 They stood at their prescribed posts, according to the law of Moses, the man of God. The priests sprinkled the blood received from the hand of the Levites, 17 for there were many in the assembly who had not consecrated themselves, and so the Levites were in charge of slaughtering the Passover lambs for every unclean person to consecrate the lambs to the Lord. 18 A large number of the people—many from Ephraim, Manasseh, Issachar, and Zebulun—were ritually unclean, yet they had eaten the Passover contrary to what was written. But Hezekiah had interceded for them, saying, “May the good Lord provide atonement on behalf of 19 whoever sets his whole heart on seeking God, Yahweh, the God of his ancestors, even though not according to the purification rules of the sanctuary.” 20 So the Lordheard Hezekiah and healed the people. 21 The Israelites who were present in Jerusalem observed the Festival of Unleavened Bread seven days with great joy, and the Levites and the priests praised the Lord day after day with loud instruments. 22 Then Hezekiah encouraged[g] all the Levites who performed skillfully before the Lord. They ate at the appointed festival for seven days, sacrificing fellowship offerings and giving thanks to Yahweh, the God of their ancestors.

23 The whole congregation decided to observe seven more days, so they observed seven days with joy, 24 for Hezekiah king of Judah contributed 1,000 bulls and 7,000 sheep for the congregation. Also, the officials contributed 1,000 bulls and 10,000 sheep for the congregation, and many priests consecrated themselves. 25 Then the whole assembly of Judah with the priests and Levites, the whole assembly that came from Israel, the foreigners who came from the land of Israel, and those who were living in Judah, rejoiced. 26 There was great rejoicing in Jerusalem, for nothing like this was known since the days of Solomon son of David, the king of Israel.

27 Then the priests and the Levites stood to bless the people, and God heard their voice, and their prayer came into His holy dwelling place in heaven.

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Isaiah 62

62 I will not keep silent because of Zion,
and I will not keep still because of Jerusalem,
until her righteousness shines like a bright light
and her salvation, like a flaming torch.
2 Nations will see your righteousness
and all kings, your glory.
You will be called by a new name
that the Lord’s mouth will announce.
3 You will be a glorious crown in the Lord’s hand,
and a royal diadem in the palm of your God.
4 You will no longer be called Deserted,
and your land will not be called Desolate;
instead, you will be called My Delight is in Her,[a]
and your land Married;[b]
for the Lord delights in you,
and your land will be married.
5 For as a young man marries a young woman,
so your sons will marry you;

and as a groom rejoices[c] over his bride,

so your God will rejoice over you.

Jerusalem,I have appointed watchmen on your walls;

they will never be silent, day or night.
There is no rest for you,
who remind the Lord.
7 Do not give Him rest
until He establishes and makes Jerusalem
the praise of the earth.

8 The Lord has sworn with His right hand
and His strong arm:

I will no longer give your grain

to your enemies for food,
and foreigners will not drink your new wine
you have labored for.
9 For those who gather grain will eat it
and praise the Lord,
and those who harvest the grapes will drink the wine
in My holy courts.

10 Go out, go out through the gates;

prepare a way for the people!

Build it up, build up the highway;

clear away the stones!
Raise a banner for the peoples.
11 Look, the Lord has proclaimed
to the ends of the earth,
“Say to Daughter Zion:
Look, your salvation is coming,
His reward is with Him,
and His gifts accompany Him.”
12 And they will be called[d] the Holy People
the Lord’s Redeemed;

and you will be called Cared For,

A City Not Deserted.