Today’s Reading:
Proverbs 14
Isaiah 10
The household of the wicked is soon torn apart, while the family of the righteous flourishes.
Proverbs 14:11 TPT
I heard the Spirit of the Living God say,
Castles of sand are being built alongside castles of stone. To the outside eye, they don’t appear to be very different. The castles of sand seem to be built and established much more quickly than the castles of stone. A greater number of the castles of sand are being built, because the castles of stone require more tedious work. But when the waves come, the people will see what remains. Only what is true and sure will remain. All that was constructed from sand will be washed away.
Woe to those who legalize injustice and write oppressive legislation! You rip away the rights of the poor and prey upon widows and orphans! What will come of you on your day of visitation when disaster comes from afar? To whom will you run for help? And what will you do then with all your great wealth? You’ll have no option but to cringe among the captives or fall among the corpses of the slain! Yet despite all this, his anger has not subsided, and his hand is poised to strike.
Isaiah 10:1-4 TPT
The castles of stone will be very few in number, but they will be trustworthy and true. They will stand against the winds and the waves. Watch as many castles of sand fall. These are false domains. These are businesses built without true sound principles. These are government institutions built on lies and red tape. These are even relationships of convenience and self-promotion. All of these will be exposed by the coming waves. The enemy is so foolish as to even stir up a storm and even stir up waves. He cannot see or understand that it is with his own waves I will tear down these false structures. He can’t see that he is actually the one tearing them down with his own hands, and only truth will remain. Only what is built on the Rock will remain. Only that which has a firm foundation will remain.
In that day, neither the remnant of Israel nor the survivors of the house of Jacob will lean anymore upon the one who abused them, but they will lean fully on the faithfulness of the Lord Yahweh, the Holy One of Israel. A remnant will return, the remnant of Jacob’s tribes to the mighty God. Though your people Israel were as many as the sand on the seashore, only a remnant will return. Destruction has been decreed, and it will be overflowing with righteousness. For the Lord Yahweh, Commander of Angel Armies, will complete the destruction he has decreed upon the whole land. So hear what the Lord Yahweh, Commander of Angel Armies, has to say: “My Zion-people, do not be gripped with fear over the Assyrians who oppress and abuse you, as the Egyptians did long ago. After only a brief moment, I will end my indignation against you, and it will fall upon them to their destruction!” The Lord Yahweh, who commands angel armies, will wield his whip against them, as when he struck Midian at the rock of Oreb. And once again he will raise his rod over the waters, as he did in Egypt. In that day the Lord will remove the heavy burden from your shoulders and break off the yoke of bondage from your necks because of the heavy anointing upon you!
Isaiah 10:20-27 TPT
Purity and truth will be left standing, and the false structures, the false ties, the false weights and measures even will crash and be no more. Then my people will see that they have been ruled and oppressed by puppets whose castles were made of sand, whose scales were made of sand, whose decrees were made of sand. Only what is true will remain. Stand firmly on what is true, and watch as the enemy exposes and destroys his fortresses, towers, strongholds and castles with his own hands.
How to Respond
- Ensure that you are standing in truth.
- Pray, Holy Spirit thank You that You are bringing exposure and judgement on all of the false structures the enemy has built to oppress us. Thank You that You are allowing the enemy to use what he thinks will destroy the people to ultimately only destroy the false structures he has built. Help me to keep my eyes on You and not the waves and destruction. Thank You that the coming destruction is bringing freedom greater than we have ever known.
- Declare, though the enemy intended evil against the Lord and devised a plot, they will fail. – Psalm 21:11
- Declare, The Word of the Lord, “Everyone who hears my teaching and applies it to his life can be compared to a wise man who built his house on an unshakable foundation. When the rains fell and the flood came, with fierce winds beating upon his house, it stood firm because of its strong foundation. But everyone who hears my teaching and does not apply it to his life can be compared to a foolish man who built his house on sand. When it rained and rained and the flood came, with wind and waves beating upon his house, it collapsed and was swept away.” – Matthew 7:24-27 TPT
- Decree, I will see the waves that the enemy stirs up cause the destruction of his own works. Structures and institutions built on falsehood, lies and evil will be exposed and come down. False weights and measures will be exposed and destroyed. Wicked leaders will be exposed as puppets and their reputations and power will be destroyed. All that will remain is that which is pure, true and built on the Rock.
For more encouragement from The Glory & the New Wine, check out the post from this day in years past:
2023: Trust In the Lord & Keep Going
2022: Worship with Abandon
2021: Your Life Is a Beautiful Garden
