God (G) – Be still. So much going on. Rest with me and sit and watch it unfold. I AM in charge. You can safely relax and just receive. Receive me – my wisdom. Holy Spirit is busy – very busy, showing. It is time for you to see and the display is glorious. I want you to see truth and I want you to see without burden. It is time. Relax and receive truth. It is my time to showcase you and you will revel, celebrate and be in awe as I show you You. It is enough. It is pure in me. It is divine. I am showcasing, unfurling the beauty that rests in you. Yes, it is true. I want you to believe me more. For reals. I am well pleased. This has been a hard road and you are on new ground and in new territory with me. The old is done. We are new. Watch and see the unfurling of the beauty that resides in you with me. Steady – Steady – Steady – hear me in the words – Steady men – Steady – hear me as I exclaim over you – hear kingdom – hear it in love – hear it. I love you. I adore you. I am so proud of you. This life has been hard, and you are magnificent with me. What you are choosing, to bring up your son as a man of God – full of confidence, purpose, value, tender and sensitive, full of compassion, inquisitive – it is amazing – the conversations, the time, the purpose – it is beautiful. He is a miracle – you have done well with me.
You trust. You believe. You rest. You receive. You praise. You thank. You see kingdom. You are sensitive, daring, radical, forgiving, and full of love. You stay with me. You keep standing with me. You keep believing the very best and you rest. Rest and trust. It is your greatest gift and your greatest strength. It is enough. You watch and see what I do. I am up to greatness. I am up to glory. I am up to awe and wonder. I am up to radical. I am up to new ways. I am up to something so big and so good. It is truly beyond what you can think or imagine and it is New. It is for you. You deserve this and it is more than you even asked because I AM is beyond. Beyond your heart’s desire – I know better. It is true.
Beth (B) – Thank you Lord – Wow – the shift is amazing – the truth is freeing. Thank you, Lord. Show me your glory.
I AM fearless with you.
I AM radical with you.
I AM love with you.
I AM free with you.
I AM joy with you.
I AM forever with you.
Thank you, Lord.
Something lingers yet – the doubt and I say No – you have no place. I believe and that is enough – flee all you cross thoughts. Flee you liar – you are the pit dweller and you lose every time. I am without you – no fear, no condemnation, no death, no lies – I AM says I am His and that is done – finished and enough for me. I AM says and it is true. I am done with OLD – OLD is dead – new is life. Thank you, Lord, for your way and your truth. I AM – I AM with you.
Jeremiah 33:6 “Nevertheless, I will bring health and healing to it; I will heal my people and will let them enjoy abundant peace and security.”
Jeremiah 33:9 Then this city will bring me renown, joy, praise and honor before all nations on earth that hear of all the good things I do for it; and they will be in awe and will tremble at the abundant prosperity and peace I provide for it.”
Security Lord – I want that. It was stolen in OLD – there was none. (The state of being free from danger or threat – freedom from fear or anxiety. Synonyms: cover, defense, guard, protection, shield). So OLD was no security. New is all security – God is my shield, my defender, my protector and no arrow, harm, word, thought is allowed to penetrate – I choose full armor of GOD –
Ephesians 6:10-17 Finally, be strong in the Lord and in his mighty power. Put on the full armor of God so that you can take your stand against the devil’s schemes. For our struggle is not against flesh and blood, but against the rulers, against the authorities, against the powers of this dark world and against the spiritual forces of evil in the heavenly realms. Therefore put on the full armor of God, so that when the day of evil comes, you may be able to stand your ground, and after you have done everything, to stand. Stand firm then, with the belt of truth buckled around your waist, with the breastplate of righteousness in place, and with your feet fitted with the readiness that comes from the gospel of peace. In addition to all this, take up the shield of faith, with which you can extinguish all the flaming arrows of the evil one. Take the helmet of salvation and the sword of the Spirit, which is the word of God.
B – Stand Firm with the Belt of Truth buckled around waist
Breastplate of Righteousness in place
Feet fitted with Readiness that comes from Gospel of Peace
Take up the Shield of Faith = extinguish flaming arrows
Helmet of Salvation
Sword of Spirit = Word of God = Holy Spirit
So Lord, I see you give me choice –
I choose to stand firm with the belt of truth buckled – I am not lazy – it is buckled around my waist – firmly supporting me – I feel it – the truth – in every move – Left or Right – And I feel it as I stand firm – it supports my midsection – my core – my core beliefs are firmly supported by truth.
You gifted me the breastplate of righteousness when I accepted Jesus as my Lord and Savior – I have this gift in place and I always wear it – always.
Feet fitted – you gave me Gospel and I see Gospel of peace – I put the Gospel – your God breathed words – on my feet – I stand with my feet fitted with your gospel of peace – Thank you Lord.
You gave me the shield of faith and as I choose faith – my shield gets bigger. I pray for more faith Lord and a larger shield – no flaming arrows are permitted past – they can come but they will be extinguished and I will see them extinguished by my Shield of Faith that you are growing by my choices.
You gave me the Helmet of Salvation – when I choose you Lord – you gave me the helmet – perfectly fitted and protecting my mind – nothing can enter my mind through your helmet of protection.
Sword of Spirit = Word and I see Holy Spirit – the counselor, teacher, friend – bringing your word to life and the sword – a gift given and it is not heavy – Holy Spirit moves it in my hand and I am not doing the heavy lifting – it is wisdom and revelation through Holy Spirit – the mysteries unveiled, the timing just right, the sword moves effortlessly and swiftly – double edged sword separating bone and marrow….
Hebrews 4:12 For the word of God is living and active. Sharper than any double-edged sword, it penetrates even to dividing soul and spirit, joints and marrow; it judges the thoughts and attitudes of the heart.
So there Lord – all your gifts and all my choices and I say Yes and Amen to you and your ways and I choose to stand when you call me to stand and tuck in (Psalm 91) when you call me to rest.
Psalm 91
He who dwells in the shelter of the Most High will rest in the shadow of the Almighty.
I will say of the Lord, “He is my refuge and my fortress, my God, in whom I trust.”
Surely he will save you from the fowler’s snare and from the deadly pestilence.
He will cover you with his feathers, and under his wings you will find refuge; his faithfulness will be your shield and rampart.
You will not fear the terror of night, nor the arrow that flies by day, nor the pestilence that stalks in the darkness, nor the plague that destroys at midday.
A thousand may fall at your side, ten thousand at your right hand, but it will not come near you.
You will only observe with your eyes and see the punishment of the wicked.
If you make the Most High your dwelling – even the Lord, who is my refuge –
then no harm will befall you, no disaster will come near your tent.
For he will command his angels concerning you to guard you in all your ways;
They will lift you up in their hands, so that you will not strike your foot against a stone.
You will tread upon the lion and the cobra; you will trample the great lion and the serpent.
“Because he loves me,” says the Lord, “I will rescue him; I will protect him, for he acknowledges my name.
He will call upon me, and I will answer him; I will be with him in trouble, I will deliver him and honor him.
With long life will I satisfy him and show him my salvation.”
Excerpt from An Encourager’s Heart