Today’s Reading:
Isaiah 59
8 They do not know the way of peace,
Isaiah 59:8-11
And there is no justice in their tracks;
They have made their paths crooked,
Whoever treads on them does not know peace.
9 Therefore justice is far from us,
And righteousness does not overtake us;
We hope for light, but behold, darkness,
For brightness, but we walk in gloom.
10 We grope along the wall like blind men,
We grope like those who have no eyes;
We stumble at midday as in the twilight,
Among those who are vigorous we are like dead men.
The Spirit of the Lord says,
Grace and the justice drumbeat. My grace is coming in on the sound, the frequency of the justice drumbeat. My grace is riding on the sound that speaks of coming justice. The sound goes out and My grace goes with it. It’s My grace that enables change — My grace that breaks open the doorways for change, for truth, for justice. My grace is going out on the alarm sound, the warning sound of justice. Justice is steadily and surely marching in. It’s marching into capitals. It’s marching into town centers. It’s marching into public squares.
15 Yes, truth is lacking;
Isaiah 59:15-18
And he who turns aside from evil makes himself a prey.
Now the Lord saw,
And it was displeasing in His sight that there was no justice.
16 And He saw that there was no man,
And was astonished that there was no one to intercede;
Then His own arm brought salvation to Him,
And His righteousness upheld Him.
17 He put on righteousness like a breastplate,
And a helmet of salvation on His head;
And He put on garments of vengeance for clothing
And wrapped Himself with zeal as a mantle.
18 According to their deeds, so He will repay,
Wrath to His adversaries, recompense to His enemies;
To the coastlands He will make recompense.
The sound of justice is carrying My grace that will break open and unblock doors that have been dead bolted to prevent change. My grace will blow them open, will blast them open, will crack them open. My grace will breach their protective defenses, so that justice can come with a fiery blaze. My grace is the under the radar, silent actor that sets the scene for change. Where justice has been lacking, where justice has been an intractable, unreachable, impossibly stuck thing, My grace is greasing the airways, opening the doors, loosening the hinges and chiseling out justice from her cemented position as a relic and a symbol. My breath is breathing life into justice again. She will no longer be a static statue. She will no longer be a plaque on the wall, nailed down, glued down and inert. No, she will be a fiery spirit, a hot reality that is loosed and awakened in the halls that bear her name. She will be loosed and awakened in the streets, in the public squares. She will be awakened and loosed like a hungry roaring tiger, and she will not be tamed.
19 So they will fear the name of the Lord from the west
Isaiah 59:19-20
And His glory from the rising of the sun,
For He will come like a rushing stream
Which the wind of the Lord drives.
20 “A Redeemer will come to Zion,
And to those who turn from transgression in Jacob,” declares the Lord.
My grace is going out on the warning sounds of justice. My grace is loosing justice from the shackles and concrete, the locks and doors that have held her. My breath is animating and restoring justice to life and active movement again. And My grace will cause justice, will enable justice to fall like fire, to blow in like fire, to roar like a hungry uncaged tiger set loose on the streets and in the institutions where she has long not been free to roam. Oh, she will be free, and her fiery roar will not be tamed, controlled or silenced. She’s the boss now. The tables have turned. The justice drumbeat is a beautiful sound.
How to Respond
- Sit with the Lord and examine your life. Ensure that your heart and hands are pure before Him.
- Pray, Holy Spirit come. Thank You for Your grace that goes in like a covert operator, opening doors and unlocking things that have long been held captive. Release your grace in my family, community, state and nation. Release your grace that opens the doorways for change. Breathe on the captured and static justice that has not been permitted to move freely here. Cause Your breath of life to reanimate and release justice like a hungry, roaring wild tiger across the land.
- Declare, the Lord’s justice warning is carrying a grace for change. The Lord is breathing on, reawakening, and releasing justice to roam freely in America again.
- Decree, I will see justice in my day. The Lord’s justice is coming to my family, my community, my state, my nation and the nations of the world. The Lord has heard and responded to the people’s cry for justice, and He is moving to perform it.
For more encouragement from Glory & the New Wine, check out the post from this day in 2022: A New Season of Advancing & Fulfillment Is Here
And in 2021: It’s Open Season
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