Today’s Reading:
Isaiah 55
Psalm 27
Seek the Lord while He may be found; Call upon Him while He is near. Let the wicked forsake his way And the unrighteous man his thoughts; And let him return to the Lord, And He will have compassion on him, And to our God, For He will abundantly pardon. “For My thoughts are not your thoughts, Nor are your ways My ways,” declares the Lord. “For as the heavens are higher than the earth, So are My ways higher than your ways And My thoughts than your thoughts. For as the rain and the snow come down from heaven, And do not return there without watering the earth And making it bear and sprout, And furnishing seed to the sower and bread to the eater; So will My word be which goes forth from My mouth; It will not return to Me empty, Without accomplishing what I desire, And without succeeding in the matter for which I sent it. For you will go out with joy And be led forth with peace; The mountains and the hills will break forth into shouts of joy before you, And all the trees of the field will clap their hands. Instead of the thorn bush the cypress will come up, And instead of the nettle the myrtle will come up, And it will be a memorial to the Lord, For an everlasting sign which will not be cut off.”
Isaiah 55:6-13 NASB1995
I heard the Spirit of the Living God say,
My grace looks different than you might think. My ways are higher than your ways, and My thoughts are higher than Your thoughts. Be flexible. Be able to bend. Rigidity in this hour will bring pain and breaking. Rigidity will cause things to snap in two. I need limber minds. I need limber opinions. I need flexibility in approach, and I need willingness to look, operate and be different. What I’m doing in this hour does not follow a previous approach. It does not follow a linear approach. It does not follow a prescribed approach or your preferred affiliation’s approach. It is MY approach. And it is different. This is the hour and the time of difference. Things on the outside may not make sense. Things that I am shifting, changing, maneuvering and bringing to the surface may startle, confuse or confound you. That’s okay. Go with it.
I would have despaired unless I had believed that I would see the goodness of the Lord In the land of the living.
Psalms 27:13 NASB1995
Move with the wave of My Spirit. Don’t fight the waves. That only hurts you, brings delay and frustration and even fear. Ride the waves of My Spirit in this time, and know that I Am God. It is with that mindset, that heart set, that loose and flexible approach to My move and the revelations and developments that are unfolding before you that you can delight in the rising and falling, that you can truly enjoy the ride. This is a time for those who know that I Am for them, not against them. This is the time for those who have known and believe that I have made them the head not the tail. Things may turn upside down. Things will look like they have completely been flipped upside down. But it’s not to drown you. You have to just let go and rise to the surface. Don’t cling to the underside of that which I have turned upside down. Let go. Rise to the surface. Put your head above My waves, and see that I Am with you, and I Am for you, and I Am doing something different.
Here’s what I’ve learned through it all: Don’t give up; don’t be impatient; be entwined as one with the Lord. Be brave and courageous, and never lose hope. Yes, keep on waiting—for he will never disappoint you!
Psalms 27:14 TPT
Even the way you thought things would go will be disrupted, disturbed, up-ended or blown apart. This is a time where no one could have predicted or gamed out My plan, and I guarantee you it will turn out abundantly better than you could have asked, dreamed or imagined. So hold on loosely. Remain flexible in your mind and heart. Ride the waves of My glory, the waves of My change — My waves that destroy and up-end. It is all for your good. It is all for your benefit. It is all to set things to right.
How to Respond
- Trust the Lord. Ask Him to help you relax and get into a flexible position, so you can ride the waves He is bringing that will change everything.
- Pray, Holy Spirit thank You for who You are. Thank You for being unchanging when everything around me is changing. Thank You for loving me, for seeing me and for moving to turn things to right. Help me to be flexible in my thinking, in my understanding and in my heart, so I am not upset by what I see and don’t understand. I want to be able to enjoy the ride on the waves of change and the waves of Your glory that You are releasing.
- Declare, the Lord’s ways are higher than my ways, and His thoughts are higher than my thoughts.
- Decree, I will hold loosely to my opinions, mindset, heart set and ways of operating. I will become flexible, so I am able to adjust well to the changes that the Lord brings. I will not panic when it does not look or go the way I expected. I will trust the Lord and ride it out, and I will see in the end that He pulled it off perfectly — better than I could have thought, dreamt or imagined.
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