Today’s Reading:
John 17
“Father, I have manifested who you really are and I have revealed you to the men and women that you gave to me. They were yours, and you gave them to me, and they have fastened your Word firmly to their hearts. And now at last they know that everything I have is a gift from you, And the very words you gave to me to speak I have passed on to them. They have received your words and carry them in their hearts. They are convinced that I have come from your presence, and they have fully believed that you sent me to represent you.”
John 17:6-8 TPT
I heard the Spirit of the All Powerful, Omnipresent Living God say, Truth remains an occupation. Remain on truth. Occupy the place of truth. Stand on truth, and wave the banner of truth. Do not be moved. Yours is an occupation of truth. Your assignment is to occupy truth, to camp out on truth, and to refuse to leave the place of established truth.
“Your Word is truth! So make them holy by the truth. I have commissioned them to represent me just as you commissioned me to represent you. And now I dedicate myself to them as a holy sacrifice so that they will live as fully dedicated to God and be made holy by your truth.”
John 17:17-19 TPT
Your voice will go out from this place of truth. As you occupy truth, the mountain will be elevated to great heights. You won’t have to climb the mountain of truth, because I Am elevating the mountain even as you stand firmly and refuse to be moved from this place. I have given you a bullhorn to speak the truth boldly, to proclaim it, to point to it as great, firm evidence and to refuse to back down from it. Truth is your portion. The mountain of truth is your place to occupy.
Temptations may come to draw you away from the mountain of truth to other honorable places, to other worthy places. But the place I have for you is right here atop this fixed and rising, growing mountain of truth. All your days, you will not be able to exhaust the resources, the rich, rich vast resources of this beautiful and intimidating mountain. This is the place where purity is possible. This is the place where growth is possible. Truth is required for both of those. I have given you this place to occupy on the mountain of truth. Remain there, and do not be moved. Speak boldly the words of truth I reveal and place on your heart. It’s only the truth that will see you free.
“I have given them your message and that is why the unbelieving world hates them. For their allegiance is no longer to this world because I am not of this world. I am not asking that you remove them from the world, but I ask that you guard their hearts from evil, For they no longer belong to this world any more than I do.”
John 17:14-16 TPT
Camp out. Establish your dwelling. Build a great permanent structure atop this mountain of truth. This will be the way you dwell in freedom. You will be perfectly and completely free as you remain and occupy this imposing, very steep, rugged and even dangerous mountain of truth. Very few will ascend to its heights. Many will have their dwellings and encampments at the base of this mountain and even along higher places from there. But I have called you to live atop this mountain, and I have called you to refuse to be moved.
How to Respond
- Love the truth. Steep yourself in the Word, and refuse to back down from what the Lord speaks.
- Pray, Holy Spirit thank You that You lead me into all truth. I will gladly take on this occupation of the mountain of truth. I will not move from it. I will not be tempted to other places of honor. I will remain firmly planted in this place that You have for me. I will speak the truth boldly and unapologetically. All of my days I will never exhaust the riches of the vast resources hidden in Your mountain of truth.
- Declare, only the truth will set us free.
- Decree, I will occupy the appointed high place the Lord has established for me on the peak of the mountain of truth. I will not be moved. Even as I occupy it now, the Lord will elevate this mountain to great heights. I will speak the truth boldly — in authority and in power as I wave the banner of truth over the nations. I will live in the destiny of the great calling the Lord has on my life to live established and immovable in the great unending riches of His truth.
For more encouragement from The Glory & the New Wine, check out the post from this day in years past:
2023: A Great Dome of Truth Will Cover the Earth
2022: Warriors Are Being Resurrected in the Desert
2021: A Mighty Flood of Truth
