Today’s Readings:
Psalm 103
1 John 3
8 Lord, you’re so kind and tenderhearted
Psalm 103:8-11
and so patient with people who fail you!
Your love is like a flooding river
overflowing its banks with kindness.
9 You don’t look at us only to find our faults,
just so that you can hold a grudge against us.
10 You may discipline us for our many sins,
but never as much as we really deserve.
Nor do you get even with us for what we’ve done.
11 Higher than the highest heavens—
that’s how high your tender mercy extends!
Greater than the grandeur of heaven above
is the greatness of your loyal love, towering over all
who fear you and bow down before you!
Ask to See Through the Father’s Eyes
The Lord says,
Through My eyes you can see things as I see them. Ask to see your circumstances and the world through My eyes. The lenses through which I view everything are love and compassion and great care. I have the heart of a creator, of a father. Ask to see things from My perspective. Ask to view the world, the people and the circumstances you find yourself in through My eyes. I have the heart of a father. I Am the first Father and the Father to all of creation. It’s with that heart of love and compassion that I see the world.
Ask to see things through My eyes. Ask to be filled with My love, My compassion, My grace, My patience and My wisdom to approach the issues and the people that you face. Ask to see them through My eyes.
My eyes see opportunity where nothing exists. My eyes don’t see impossible. My eyes see endless possibilities and all of their many intricate details. My eyes see you for who you are, for who I made you to be — all your potential and all of the good and amazing things I wrapped into your being. That’s what I see when I look at you.
Ask to see people and your circumstances through My eyes. It will change your perspective. It will change your stance. It will soften your heart, and it will bring light to the situation. Ask for My perspective. Come up higher. Come see from My perspective.
Breathe. Ask Me for patience. Patience is a fruit of the Spirit. Are you cultivating it? Are you tending your garden to maximize your fruitfulness? Tend to your garden. Do what you need to do to allow patience, and all of the other fruits of the Spirit – love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, gentleness, faithfulness and self-control to flourish. How are you tending to these? Dedicate yourself to ensuring these plants have healthy soil and are not being choked out by unnecessary, unfruitful things that you are allowing to remain in your garden.
2 Beloved, we are God’s children right now; however, it is not yet apparent what we will become. But we do know that when it is finally made visible, we will be just like him, for we will see him as he truly is. 3 And all who focus their hope on him will always be purifying themselves, just as Jesus is pure.
1 John 3:2-3
Choose peace. Choose to dwell in peace. Dig deeper into My heart. Dig deeper into understanding My character, My ways, My personality and learning My voice. As you surround yourself with Me, as you delve deep into the pursuit of Me, My peace will surround you. My peace will become very easy to access. As long as you make Me bigger in your eyes than your problems, circumstances, trials and troubles, peace will be easy to access. When all of the other things become bigger in your eyes, peace is hard to find. Keep your perspective right. Keep your eyes on Me, and continually pursue My perspective. My perspective and My Presence are your access points to peace.
18 Beloved children, our love can’t be an abstract theory we only talk about, but a way of life demonstrated through our loving deeds. 19 We know that the truth lives within us because we demonstrate love in action, which will reassure our hearts in his presence.
1 John 3:18-19
Kingdom Builders
The Lord says, I’m choosing those whose lives are built on love. I’m choosing them to build My Kingdom, My Church. I’m choosing them to be the brick layers on top of My foundation of love in this unshakeable Kingdom. Those whose lives are built on love, those who choose love and live love, they are the ones who I am building with now. They are the ones upon whom this movement, this Kingdom Movement, this Glorious Movement will be built. These are the laborers, the harvesters, the brick layers and the ones upon whom I am endowing a great magnetic energy. The magnetic force is from My love inside of them. My love inside of them is what draws others to them and acts as a great beacon of hospitality, and grace. My love inside of these is a bright light that beckons to the seeking, the hurting, the wandering, the lost and the broken. It beckons them come, and they introduce them to Me. This is how the Glorious Movement, the Kingdom Movement is happening. It’s happening at the personal level, the grassroots level. It’s happening by many lovers of Mine being great shining lights that draw many unto themselves – and ultimately to Me.
These lights, these magnetic beacons are ones upon whom My glory rests. They are My lovers who walk in purity and live with clean lips and clean hands. Ones whose hearts and minds are stayed upon Me.
9 Everyone who is truly God’s child will refuse to keep sinning because God’s seed remains within him, and he is unable to continue sinning because he has been fathered by God himself. 10 Here is how God’s children can be clearly distinguished from the children of the Evil One. Anyone who does not demonstrate righteousness and show love to fellow believers is not living with God as his source.
1 John 3:9-10
Once again, this is a call to purity. The call is high but there’s nothing in the world like the joy and freedom that comes from being about the Father’s business. Leave what is entangling you behind, and come follow Me. See life from My perspective. Let My light shine so brightly that people will know that I Am indeed your God. This is a call to be pure and to be about your Father’s business. Nothing is more important. Nothing is more urgent. Say yes to My call.
How to Respond
- Ask the Lord to help you see things from His perspective.
- Ask the Lord for a greater measure of compassion, love and grace for the people who come into your path.
- Declare that the days of the Kingdom Movement and the Glorious Movement are here and continuing to arrive.
- Ask the Lord how you can continue to purify your heart and mind, so that you can carry the assignment He has for you in this hour.
- Say yes to the Lord’s call to be about His business.
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