Today’s Reading:
Psalm 16
Psalm 18
Song of Songs 2
His love broke open the way, and he brought me into a beautiful, broad place. He rescued me—because his delight is in me! He rewarded me for doing what’s right and staying pure. I will follow his commands and I’ll not sin by ceasing to follow him, no matter what. For I’ve kept my eyes focused on his righteous words, and I’ve obeyed everything that he’s told me to do. I’ve been blameless before him and followed all his ways, keeping my heart pure. And so Yahweh has rewarded me according to my righteousness, because I kept my heart clean before his eyes.“
Psalms 18:19-24 TPT
I heard the Spirit of the Living God from whom all blessings flow say,
I have created this wide-open spacious place, this pure place, this clean and unpolluted place for you. Dwell in it. Occupy it. Vigilantly guard and protect it. Let me lead you out like a man leads a horse on foot to water and to pasture. Let me lead you out to the place that is broad, wide, open, spacious and free — to the place that I created for you to dwell and occupy. It’s a pure place. It’s a holy place, set apart for Me by Me. And as its caretaker, you get to tend to it. You get to ensure that it remains continually pure, continually clean, continually protected and continually set apart for Me, even as I have gifted it to you.
You must catch the troubling foxes, those sly little foxes that hinder our relationship. For they raid our budding vineyard of love to ruin what I’ve planted within you. Will you catch them and remove them for me? We will do it together.
Song of Songs 2:15 TPT
Don’t let the foxes that destroy enter — they are bitterness, anger, sharp words and vengeance. Do not let them into this pure place. Judgement is Mine. Vengeance is Mine. They reside outside and far above this place I have given you.
Stay in purity. Stay in love. Stay delighted in tending this beautiful wide-open spacious place I have given you as your own. Be careful who you permit to enter. Guard who you allow to come into it. This is a sacred space, a sacred place, and you are the one who maintains the atmosphere of freedom, of love, of hospitality marked by My grace. My favor is upon you to tend this place with delight and diligence, with insight and wisdom, with power and purity, with prophetic anointing and innocence. This is the blend that I love — power and purity, boldness with innocence, truth and love. This is My way. I have equipped you will all of these. But you must pick them up and use them as appropriate.
Declare, I said to Yahweh, “You are my Maker and my Master. Any good thing you find in me has come from you.” And he said to me, “My holy lovers in the land are my glorious ones, who fulfill all my desires.”
Psalms 16:2-3 TPT
Like a master designer, architect or builder, I Am teaching you how and when to use these tools, this equipping for maximum potency, for maximum results, for maximum return. My grace is upon you to learn how to wield these tools and hone your skills and your craft. This is a gift, and I Am taking you to a higher level. You are entering the place of the higher-level training, the higher-level apprenticeship. And you are very well learning the ways and approaches, the handiwork of the Master. Delight in the learning, and delight and be vigilant to protect this wide open spacious place you have been given by My hand. Steward it well.
How to Respond
- Give thanks to the Lord for the space He has given you — as a delight to you and as a responsibility to steward.
- Pray, Holy Spirit thank You for Your generous gifts to me. Thank You for the way You guide me and teach me how to care for what You have given me. Thank You for giving me this space that brings freedom and delight. Help me to guard it with diligence and ensure that the atmosphere around me remains one of love, truth and hospitality — marked by Your grace. Help me to shun any desire or tendency toward anger, bitterness, hate or vengeance. I will leave judgement and vengeance to You.
- Declare, Your pleasant path leads me to pleasant places. I’m overwhelmed by the privileges that come with following you! The way you counsel me makes me praise you more, for your whispers in the night give me wisdom, showing me what to do next. Because I set you, Yahweh, always close to me, my confidence will never be weakened, for I experience your wraparound presence every moment. My heart and soul explode with joy—full of glory! Even my body will rest confident and secure. —Psalms 16:6-9 TPT
- Decree, the Lord has given me a wide-open spacious place to operate, to live and to delight. I am taking seriously my responsibility to diligently guard the boundaries of this place and to cultivate and maintain the atmosphere of love, purity and hospitality — and to delight in it as I do. He will continue to teach me and to bless the works of my hands as I remain in Him. A peaceful, quiet life of bliss is my portion.
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