Today’s Readings:
John 17
Zechariah 9
16 And the Lord their God will save them in that day
Zechariah 9:16-17
As the flock of His people;
For they are as the stones of a crown,
Sparkling in His land.
17 For what comeliness and beauty will be theirs!
Grain will make the young men flourish, and new wine the virgins.
The Lord says,
The Name of Jesus, the salvation of Jesus, the saving grace and unmatched power of Jesus will spread like wildfire across the lands. He will be invited into many hearts and many homes for the first time, and yet others will invite Him in afresh. He will be invited in, and He will be given a place of great honor, preeminence and reverence.
Jesus’s love, grace, mercy and transformative power will light many homes, will warm many homes and will cause peace to rest upon many homes. This will be the result of a great and sudden, a strong and deliberate shift in worldview by many. It will be like one moment they are going about their lives as they have been, and then suddenly something changes; and they see things very differently, very clearly, very starkly. This will happen both in individual lives and in large group settings.
11 As for you also, because of the blood of My covenant with you,
Zechariah 9:11-12
I have set your prisoners free from the waterless pit.
12 Return to the stronghold, O prisoners who have the hope;
This very day I am declaring that I will restore double to you.
My Presence is coming to open eyes, un-stop ears and shift mindsets in an instant. Some events that unfold on a global scale will also be catalysts for the removal of lies that blinded many eyes and stopped up many ears from receiving or seeing or even perceiving the truth. Things are shifting. Many kinds of shifts will happen, and they will have individual significance as wake-up calls for the people. They will have significance in their own right for the change they bring, and they will play a larger part in the changing landscape of public opinion — of what people see, hear, accept and believe. It is all making a massive shift toward what is right, toward the right.
17 Sanctify them in the truth; Your word is truth.
John 17:17
The shift may seem gradual at first. These shifts may be the target of rancor, dissent, protest and loud screeching, but the continuation of shifts will just compound the effect this has on the people. And the people will continue to gain clarity, will continue to increase in understanding, and they will continue to turn to the right.
9 Rejoice greatly, O daughter of Zion!
Zechariah 9:9
Shout in triumph, O daughter of Jerusalem!
Behold, your king is coming to you;
He is just and endowed with salvation,
Humble, and mounted on a donkey,
Even on a colt, the foal of a donkey.
This steady and increasing drum beat of truth will cause people to change their minds, open their eyes and ears, and it will make them increasingly receptive to greater and stronger doses of the truth. This drum beat of truth will ultimately introduce them to Jesus; and even greater change across the landscape will occur as so many truly meet Jesus and can hear the truth about Jesus with new ears and an open heart. Their fresh eyes will see Him for Who He is and what He has accomplished, the priceless gift that He has bought for them. And they will see themselves honestly, clearly. The natural, unhindered reaction will be to run into Jesus’s open arms of grace, love and mercy and to be made whole, to be made clean, to be made a joint-heir with Him.
8 for the words which You gave Me I have given to them; and they received them and truly understood that I came forth from You, and they believed that You sent Me.
John 17:8
They will find their worth, their value and their total healing in Him. And they will invite Him into their homes, and He will change everything about them to be more beautiful, more lovely, more kind, more gentle, more patient, more loving. He will change the landscape of many hearts and the culture of many homes.
How to Respond
- Spend time in worship and cultivating gratitude for the Lord’s faithfulness and His persistence in reaching every single soul.
- Pray, Holy Spirit, thank You for opening many eyes and ears to the truth. Thank You for giving people a change in perspective. We join You in the desire that they change their minds and open their hearts to You.
- Declare, the Lord is moving in powerful shifts to open the eyes and ears of many who have been blinded and unable to see because of lies and great deception. Eyes will be opened. Ears will be unstopped and the multitudes upon multitudes of people will see, hear, perceive and accept the truth.
- Decree, no amount of protests, screeching, screaming or rioting is going to stop the Lord’s truth movement. The Lord will overwhelm their protests with His powerful Presence, and even many of the loudest, most ardent protesters and criminals will see, hear and receive the truth. Even they will turn to Jesus and be saved.
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