Today's Readings:
Psalm 139
Matthew 18
Matthew 19:13-15
Jesus called a little one to his side and said to them, learn this well: Unless you dramatically change your way of thinking and become teachable, and learn about Heaven’s Kingdom realms with the wide-eyed wonder of a child, you will never be able to enter in. Whoever continually humbles himself to become like this gentle child is the greatest one in Heaven’s Kingdom realm. And if you tenderly care for this little one on my behalf, you are tenderly caring for Me. But if anyone abuses one of these little ones who believe in Me, it would be better for him to have a heavy boulder tied around his neck and be hurled into the deepest sea than to face the punishment he deserves.
Matthew 18:2-6
He Tenderly Cares for You
The Lord says,
Genesis. I’m going back to the beginning. To where it all started. To the shapeless formless void. Do you know why I called it a void? Because you were not there with Me. I desire to be with you. And that void in your life is the space I created for Me. We were meant to be together. I Am regardless of you. But I desired you. I desired to be in real relationship and partnership and friendship with you. That’s why I created you. You wouldn’t exist without Me. Yet in practice, you can, and many do. That void in your life, that yearning that you mistake for the next thing – a partner, a child, a friend, a new house – the incessant, insatiable longing that you have not found a way to fill – that’s the spot reserved for Me. And no one and nothing else can fill it.
When you do invite Me in, when we truly partner and co-habit, you may see your desires shift and change. They may be the same desires but have less urgency around them, because you are secure. You have your security and your identity in Me. Everything else is an enhancement. All these things will be added unto you. I desire them for you too. But as you walk hand in hand with Me, as we embark on adventure together, I will place these treasures in your (our) path. And it will be to your great delight.
You can do it alone. You can certainly make your own choices, go your own way and live without Me. But the life of freedom, security, partnership and a satisfied soul – these are found in Me. And I will add to it. And I will sustain you, and I will sustain all of the pieces, all of the enhancements that I bring into your life. This is part of the package. Maintenance is included.
Come to Me ye who are weary and heavy laden, and I will give you rest (Matthew 11:28-30). I will satisfy your soul (Jeremiah 31:25). I will make you to lie down in green pastures (Psalm 23:2). Surely goodness and mercy will follow you all the days of your life (Psalm 23:6).
I desire to see My people, the ones I have chosen to create, therefore I have chosen them – I long to see them living an abundant life, with their eyes and their gaze locked on Me and not hunched over under the weight of stresses and busyness and drama and pain. I long to unlock their hearts. They must give Me the key. But I long to unlock their hearts and lighten their load. Share the load and give them a wide open spacious life – one of freedom, one of rest, one without anxiety, one with a healed heart and redeemed vision for the world around you. When I redeem your vision, when I give you eyes to see the way I see – you will see things very differently. And this perspective will make your responses to offense gentler, will give you greater compassion for those who lash out in pain, and I will be an anchor of peace in your soul. Let Me redeem your vision.
The Voices of the Little Ones
The Lord says,
I Am teaching the little ones how to sing. I Am giving a voice to My little ones, to the children. I have always heard their voices, but now I am turning up the volume on their song. On the beautiful pure songs of their hearts. I Am amplifying and really turning of the volume on the voices of children, and it will be heard by all. It will be deafening. No one will be unable to hear their voices. Their voices will touch everyone. It will be a sound so loud that it will hurt the ears of the hearers.
The sound of My children, the voices of My little ones will be heard and will be inescapable. It will roar with the sound of a mighty rushing wind, like a violently crashing wave. It will not be ignored, and it will not be something that can be missed. All will experience it. The voices of the children will tell of the adults not protecting them, of the adults who exposed them to evil. The children will speak of those who have hurt them and those who have been careless with them and those who have done evil to them.
This is a serious reality. These are serious and grave accusations. And it will break the hearts of many. It will seriously grieve many, but the voices of these little ones will be silenced no longer. I Am amplifying their voices, I Am causing all to hear them and to see them, to look into their faces and to acknowledge them, to acknowledge their pain. And I will bring the justice. I will bring the healing. I will bring the safety, the new families, the changes. I will not deal lightly with those who have harmed My little ones. This is not a small thing, this is a very grave thing. And I will roar, and I will break their bondage. And I will devour the perpetrators of evil who have harmed My little ones.
Just as I have chosen and created you, so have I chosen and created these little ones. There is no difference. Adults and parents are to be guardians and protectors of these little ones of mine. They are to be teachers and and care takers, givers of pure affection and safety. These roles and this system has been badly, grotesquely violated, and I will not stand for it any longer. I Am exposing and breaking this broken system, and I Am returning My little ones to safety. Woe to those who have caused harm to come to any of My little ones. My roar is terrifying and my jaws inescapable.
Consider My words. Consider My view of the matter. Consider My move to rescue My little ones. Ask Me, what your part is. Ask Me how I have positioned you to help. Is it your voice? Your money? Your home? How have I positioned you to be a vessel of healing, of comfort, a source and conduit of My love to these little ones?
How to Respond
- Declare today the day of the Lord’s favor on you and on your life. If you have not given Him the key to your heart, do that today. And see your life transformed. See your vision redeemed. Feel the peace rush in.
- Ask the Lord to show you how to release your hurts, your baggage, your insecurities to Him and find wholeness. He will answer you. It may sound like an unexpected thought, it may come as a feeling, an impression or a picture. But He will tell you in some way like this, and He will give you a concrete answer.
- Ask the Lord to show you your part in His rescue mission for children. Is it volunteering at a crisis pregnancy center? Is it getting certified to foster a child? Is it donating your time or your finances somewhere? Is it mentoring at a school in an at-risk area? Babysitting for a sibling, a single parent, or a friend?
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