Today’s Reading:
John 14
Luke 17
Jesus explained, “I am the Way, I am the Truth, and I am the Life. No one comes next to the Father except through union with me. To know me is to know my Father too. And from now on you will realize that you have seen him and experienced him.”
John 14:6-7 TPT
I heard the Spirit of the Living God say,
Jesus is the key to My heart. Love Jesus deeply, passionately. Desire to know Him, to truly see who He is and how He lived, and you will possess the key to My heart. No man can come to the Father except by Jesus. Jesus alone gives you access to My heart, and in it are all the storehouses of the treasures of Heaven.
“Don’t worry or surrender to your fear. For you’ve believed in God, now trust and believe in me also. My Father’s house has many dwelling places. If it were otherwise, I would tell you plainly, because I go to prepare a place for you. And when everything is ready, I will come back and take you to myself so that you will be where I am. And you already know the way to the place where I’m going.”
John 14:1-4 TPT
Heaven is the place that perfectly reflects My heart. This is the place where the many mansions are. This is the place where the streets are paved with pure gold. Heaven is My heart. Jesus is the One — the only One — who can provide entrance to Me, to My heart, to Heaven. There is no other way. One man, One Name, One God. He is the key.
“So when that day comes, you will know that I am living in the Father and that you are one with me, for I will be living in you. Those who truly love me are those who obey my commands. Whoever passionately loves me will be passionately loved by my Father. And I will passionately love him in return and will reveal myself to him.”
John 14:20-21 TPT
Riches untold await you here — beauty and wonder beyond your wildest dreams. Fix your eyes on Jesus. He is the only way. He is the delight of My soul. He is perfect theology. He is the measuring stick and the plumb line. It’s Him. Every answer can be found in Him. Every need can be satisfied in Him. Fix your eyes on Jesus, and set your heart to know Him. A deep love and knowledge of Jesus unlocks access to riches and glory untold. Delight yourself in Me, and I will give you the desires of your heart. Any answer that you need, every answer that you seek can be found in Jesus. Delight yourself in Him, and I will give you the desires of your heart. Jesus is the way, the truth and the life. He’s the only way to the Father’s heart, and the Father’s heart is Heaven.
How to Respond
- Love the Lord Jesus with all your heart, mind, soul and strength. Pursue Him. Make Him your chief desire.
- Pray, Holy Spirit thank You that You lead me to all truth and that You teach me everything I need to know. Help me to refocus my gaze on Jesus. Help me to pursue Him with my whole heart and life.
- Pray, Our Father, who is in Heaven, hallowed be Your Name. Your kingdom come. Your will be done, on Earth as it is in Heaven. Give us this day our daily bread and forgive us our debts as we forgive our debtors. Lead us not into temptation but deliver us from evil. For yours is the kingdom, the power & the glory forever and ever. Amen.
- Declare, to know Jesus is to know the Father. If you have seen Jesus, you have seen the Father. The kingdom of God does not come with observation; nor will they say, ‘See here!’ or ‘See there!’ For indeed, the kingdom of God is within us.
- Decree, I accept the Lord’s invitation to get closer to Jesus, to better understand the ways and heart of Jesus. By pursuing and loving Jesus, I will pursue and love and know the Father. Belief and surrender to Jesus gives me access to the Father’s heart. The Father’s heart is Heaven.
- Decree & ponder, The Father’s heart IS Heaven. When we accept Jesus, He comes into our heart and He sends Holy Spirit to help us and teach us. When we love and pursue the knowledge of Jesus and His ways, we have access to God’s heart (Heaven). Evidence of loving Jesus is obeying His commands. As we live in unison with Jesus, we are expanding the territory and reign of the Kingdom of Heaven (God’s heart) on Earth.
For more encouragement from Glory & the New Wine, check out the post from this day in years past:
2023: You Are the Flood of Righteousness
2022: Make the Lord the Center of Your Home
2021: You Are a Glory in the Sight of the Lord
