Today’s Reading:
Colossians 1
“There is a divine mystery—a secret surprise that has been concealed from the world for generations, but now it’s being revealed, unfolded and manifested for every holy believer to experience. Living within you is the Christ who floods you with the expectation of glory! This mystery of Christ, embedded within us, becomes a heavenly treasure chest of hope filled with the riches of glory for his people, and God wants everyone to know it! Christ is our message! We preach to awaken hearts and bring every person into the full understanding of truth. It has become my inspiration and passion in ministry to labor with a tireless intensity, with his power flowing through me, to present to every believer the revelation of being his perfect one in Jesus Christ.”
Colossians 1:26-29 TPT
The Spirit of the Lord says,
My heart is for you. My life is on you. My life is radiant, vibrant, energetic and everlasting. It has no corruption in it. My life is on you to thrive. Don’t hem yourself in accepting ailments or excuses. My life is on you to thrive. My life is on you to succeed, to excel and to accelerate. My life is on you, and it is in you. You have a deposit of resurrection life with in you. Live accordingly! Live with life. Live from life more abundant that you could ask, hope or imagine! Life from life to life. Live from abundance to abundance, from grace to grace, from glory to glory. Live in My abundant life. Why are you hiding your life, your name, your voice, your face under a bushel when I called you to be a light-filled city on a hill? Get up and live! Get up and speak! Get up and be a beautiful example of the hope of Christ that lives in you — the hope of glory!
“Your faith and love rise within you as you access all the treasures of your inheritance stored up in the heavenly realm. For the revelation of the true gospel is as real today as the day you first heard of our glorious hope, now that you have believed in the truth of the gospel. This is the wonderful message that is being spread everywhere, powerfully changing hearts throughout the earth, just like it has changed you! Every believer of this good news bears the fruit of eternal life as they experience the reality of God’s grace. He’s informed us of the many wonderful ways love is being demonstrated through your lives by the empowerment of the Holy Spirit.”
Colossians 1:5-6, 8 TPT
I Am calling you out of the shadows. I Am calling you out of obscurity. I Am calling you to bring light to this darkness. You say, but it’s so dark! Yes, it’s dark! But I have put the light inside of you. Turn it on! Stand up. You are the light in this dark place. Why do you cower indoors? Why do you hide behind closed doors? In back rooms? Go where your light meets a need. Many are out there stumbling and sinning, living in darkness because there is a void of light. Rise up My children of light! It’s time to shine! It’s time to shine! I have risen upon you. Now rise up and shine My beautiful ones. Your time to leave the nest is now. Your time to leave the cocoon is now. Your time to leave the hiding place is now! Rise up and step out. Use your voice to be a sound of truth. Your very being carries light. Send out frequencies of light with your voice. Light up the darkness with the hope of Christ the Savior and His Kingdom Come! Proclaim the Good News of everlasting life in Jesus. Sing, dance and be a beautiful hope-filled example of the freedom you have found in Me.
“We pray that you would walk in the ways of true righteousness, pleasing God in every good thing you do. Then you’ll become fruit-bearing branches, yielding to his life, and maturing in the rich experience of knowing God in his fullness! And we pray that you would be energized with all his explosive power from the realm of his magnificent glory, filling you with great hope. Your hearts can soar with joyful gratitude when you think of how God made you worthy to receive the glorious inheritance freely given to us by living in the light.”
Colossians 1:10-12 TPT
Rise up. Stand up. Come out! Come out! Come out! It’s time to shine! It’s time to be a light in the darkness! Come out! Rise up! Shine! Walk in the grace of My generous anointing. Walk on the well-lit path I have given you. Be the light in this darkness. Be a light. My life is on you to shine. I have marked out every step. Just walk in My footprints. It’s really that simple. I will never lead you anywhere I haven’t gone before you. Fear not, I Am with you always, even until the end of the ages. I have gone before you, and I will hem you in on every side. I’ve got you covered. It’s time to light up the darkness My child. It’s time to rise up and shine!
How to Respond
- Don’t delay obedience to the Lord’s calling. Get moving and get busy doing what He’s instructed you to do.
- Pray, Lord, I confess I have complained about the darkness while hiding behind closed doors. Show me the people You want me to be a light for. Show me dark places You want me to light up. Give me the courage and wisdom I need to be a light of Yours there, in partnership with You. Thank You for never calling me to do anything alone. Thank You for the promise that You are always with me, and You never leave nor forsake me. Embolden me to go out and do what You’ve asked me to do Lord.
- Declare, the Lord is sending out His sons and daughters of light into a dark world to light it up and be examples of hope and freedom to the world.
- Decree, I will go where the Lord calls when He calls. I will do what He instructs, and I will not hide my light under a bushel any longer. I will rise up and shine and be the example of the hope that He has placed inside of me. He is for me. Who can be against me? Whom or what shall I fear?
For more encouragement from Glory & the New Wine, check out the post from this day in 2022: It’s Time to Participate in the Building of Your Destiny
And in 2021: Days of Salvation & Transformation
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