Today’s Reading
Isaiah 28
Isaiah 35
16 Therefore thus says the Lord [n]God, “Behold, I am laying in Zion a stone, a tested stone,
Isaiah 28:16-19 NASB 1995
A costly cornerstone for the foundation, [o]firmly placed.
He who believes in it will not be [p]disturbed.
17 “I will make justice the measuring line
And righteousness the level;
Then hail will sweep away the refuge of lies
And the waters will overflow the secret place.
18 “Your covenant with death will be [q]canceled,
And your pact with Sheol will not stand;
When the overwhelming scourge passes through,
Then you become its trampling place.
19 “As often as it passes through, it will [r]seize you;
For morning after morning it will pass through, anytime during the day or night,
And it will be [s]sheer terror to understand [t]what it means.”
The Spirit of the Lord says,
Be firmly planted. Keep your feet firmly planted on Christ the solid rock and firm foundation. I Am your rock and firm foundation. Remain in Me, and you shall not be moved. The shaking is here. The shaking is here. The shaking will shake the Earth to its very foundations. Keep your feet firmly planted on Me, on Jesus — your rock and the only firm foundation upon which to stand and upon which to build. The truth is behind the shaking. The truth is causing the shaking, and the truth will shake loose and shatter all of the lies. The lies have been built tall and high, have spanned many thousands of miles, and they will crumble. They will crumble and fall to the ground, never to be raised up again.
20 The bed is too short on which to stretch out,
Isaiah 28:20-22 NASB 1995
And the blanket is too [u]small to wrap oneself in.
21 For the Lord will rise up as at Mount Perazim,
He will be stirred up as in the valley of Gibeon,
To do His task, His [v]unusual task,
And to work His work, His [w]extraordinary work.
22 And now do not carry on as scoffers,
Or your fetters will be made stronger;
For I have heard from the Lord [x]God of hosts
Of decisive destruction on all the earth.
Destruction is near. Destruction of false constructs, destruction of lies, destruction of faulty logic and destruction of cover ups. They will say of the cover ups, yes, your blanket is too short to cover you as you lie on the bed of your own making. No, their lies will no longer be sufficient to cover them. The truth is pouring out. The truth is pouring out thickly and generously. It will be like a sticky substance that cannot be escaped. It will adhere to and stick to everything and everyone it touches. Like honey, molasses or tar, it will be impossible to get rid of it once it has spilled out and adhered.
7 The [e]scorched land will become a pool
Isaiah 35:7-10 NASB 1995
And the thirsty ground springs of water;
In the haunt of jackals, its resting place,
Grass becomes reeds and rushes.
8 A highway will be there, a roadway,
And it will be called the Highway of Holiness.
The unclean will not travel on it,
But it will be for him who walks that way,
And fools will not wander on it.
9 No lion will be there,
Nor will any vicious beast go up on it;
[f]These will not be found there.
But the redeemed will walk there,
10 And the ransomed of the Lord will return
And come with joyful shouting to Zion,
With everlasting joy upon their heads.
They will [g]find gladness and joy,
And sorrow and sighing will flee away.
The impossible will be possible. The impossible will overcome the possible. The impossible has superseded the possible and has triumphed over the possible. The impossible has been held down, chained down, bound and weighted down, but it will break free. The impossible will break free and dance and march around in victory, in triumph, in mocking the enemy and in elated delight. The impossible will break free from its shackles, and it will be called supernatural and the hand of the Living God. As the impossible breaks free and mocks the mockers, maligns the maligners, dances and praises the God of the Living who is the Living God and the Great I Am, this impossible victor will proclaim, Great is the Lord and worthy to be praised. It will be his anthem. It will be his song. It is the theme that is written on his heart. The impossible victor who has been bound will suddenly burst free in great victory that cannot be contained, cannot be usurped, cannot be overcome, because I Am the one who did it. I Am the one who released him. I Am the one who made the impossible break free. It will not be locked up again.
How to Respond
- Pray, Lord, You are the God of the Living — the Living God, the resurrected Savior who has overcome the world. Nothing is impossible for You. Lord, thank You for releasing truth. Thank You for making a way for truth. Thank You for destroying the lies and the cover-ups with truth that cannot be held back, hidden or covered over any longer. You are the one who makes the impossible break free, right before our eyes.
- Declare, Great is the Lord and worthy of all praise.
- Decree, I will keep my feet firmly planted on Christ, my solid rock and firm foundation. I will not be moved. I will see the shaking and the destruction of all of the lies that have been built sky high and thousands of miles long. I will see them crumble as the truth shakes and destroys them. I will see the Lord break the impossible free and cause the impossible to mock the mockers and dance in victory and worship to the Lord Most High.
For more encouragement from Glory & the New Wine, check out the post from this day in 2022: Rise Up, Shake Off the Dust and Live Free
And in 2021: It’s Time to Trust, Plan and Build
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