Today’s Reading:
Isaiah 49
8 Thus says the Lord,
Isaiah 49:8-9
“In a favorable time I have answered You,
And in a day of salvation I have helped You;
And I will keep You and give You for a covenant of the people,
To [g]restore the land, to make them inherit the desolate heritages;
9 Saying to those who are bound, ‘Go forth,’
To those who are in darkness, ‘Show yourselves.’
Along the roads they will feed,
And their pasture will be on all bare heights.
The Spirit of the Lord says,
You will be a witness to change, to great change. Recall how the commentators would marvel at the changes made in the lifetimes of WW2 veterans — how technology just moved so fast in their lifetimes. You will see leaps and changes that punctuate history. The changes you will see and experience will make it seem like the whole earth may have tilted on its side. Change will be so pervasive, so inescapable, so globally experienced that thousands of books will not be able to contain it. We are walking into days of tremendous change.
11 “I will make all My mountains a road,
Isaiah 49:11-13
And My highways will be raised up.
12 “Behold, these will come from afar;
And lo, these will come from the north and from the west,
And these from the land of Sinim.”
13 Shout for joy, O heavens! And rejoice, O earth!
Break forth into joyful shouting, O mountains!
For the Lord has comforted His people
And will have compassion on His afflicted.
We are walking into days of wiping the slate clean and starting completely over. We are walking into days of dismantling systems that have been entrenched for centuries, of destroying those systems and starting afresh. We are walking into day of invented new methods to accomplish old tasks. We are walking into days of great sustainability, great community and great, excited, hope-filled inventiveness. We are walking into days where change is not bound by convention. We are walking into days where change is not constrained or put down by the mob. We are walking into days of boundary-less dreaming, boundary-less inventing and boundary-less building. We are walking into days of freedom. The biggest dreams that have ever been dreamed can be realized in this time. The biggest hopes that have been hoped can be made real in this time. The change we are walking into is not temporary, is not fragile, is not limited. The change and the field that we are walking into will be one free of systemic hindrances, will be free of mob rule hindrances, will be free of counterproductive legal hindrances.
17 “Your [h]builders hurry;
Isaiah 49:17-19
Your destroyers and devastators
Will depart from you.
18 “Lift up your eyes and look around;
All of them gather together, they come to you.
As I live,” declares the Lord,
“You will surely put on all of them as [i]jewels and bind them on as a bride.
19 “For your waste and desolate places and your destroyed land—
Surely now you will be too cramped for the inhabitants,
And those who swallowed you will be far away.
In this place you will see teams and you may be part of teams who are dismantling the old systems — teams who are removing the relics of the old mobs and old mob ways, people who are clearing out hindering laws to make way for fresh, effectual, unhindered innovation and advancement. This is a time and place where the worst has been removed, where the vestiges are being systematically dismantled and hauled away, and the remnant who remains operates as the fully functioning Body of Christ. This is a time that reflects and even greatly builds upon the heart of the early Church in Acts 2. My grace, My fire and My creative ingenuity will fall in power upon My Remnant Church as she walks into days of unprecedented and unparalleled change.
How to Respond
- Keep your eyes and your heart focused on the Lord and His Word.
- Pray, Holy Spirit thank You for moving us into a time where much justice has been done, where many systems of constraint and hindrance have been removed, so Your Body can operate in freedom and in boundary-less creativity for the advancement of Your Kingdom. Lord, help us to be Your hands and feet in that time. I want to be among those who are active participants in Kingdom-led change.
- Declare, the Earth is the Lord’s and the fullness therein. He marks the times and seasons. He raises rulers up, and He takes rulers down. His grace will lead us into a completely new time.
- Decree, I will be one who unwaveringly holds on to the Word of the Living God. I will be one who remains after the shaking and is part of the days of change, of cleansing, of dismantling old systems and building new Kingdom-inspired designs, inventions and processes whose possibilities know no bounds.
For more encouragement from Glory & the New Wine, check out the post from this day in 2022: Sudden Scorching Victory
And in 2021: The Fires of the Crucible & the Spirit
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