Infinity

Day 132
Why do you think I gave you an imagination? So you can meditate on Me. With your finite mind, you cannot comprehend my thoughts. My ways of thinking are far beyond you. But if you give your imagination to Me, let my Spirit take the wheel and drive you into the deep of my heart, you will begin to experience more of Me.

What do you enjoy in my creation? Basking in a beautiful sunset at the ocean's shore? Riding the exhilerating white waters of a mighty river that splits through a formidible canyon? Resting in the peaceful quiet of the great redwood forest, sparking sunlight gently falling on your shoulders through the treetops? Reaching the peak of a Rocky mountaintop, sharing the eagle's view, miles of amazing beauty stretching out beneath my sky of blue? Staring into the black, star-speckled night, resting in perfect peace on a hilltop far away from every manmade thing? Walking through a beautiful garden, fragrant breezes flowing over flowers and grasses, hedges and shrubs of every pastel and brilliant color, size and shape?

Let these places be doorways of your imagination for my Spirit to take you into new discoveries of who I am and how I long to reveal myself to your heart. Fix your mind and heart on the immensity of Me.

Deep calls to deep in the roar of your waterfalls; all your waves and breakers have swept over me. -- Psalm 42:7

He lets me rest in green meadows; he leads me beside peaceful streams. -- Psalm 23:2

And he carried me away in the Spirit to a mountain great and high, and showed me the Holy City, Jerusalem, coming down out of heaven from God. -- Revelation 21:10

For as the earth bursts with spring wildflowers, and as a garden cascades with blossoms, so the Master, God, brings righteousness into full bloom and puts praise on display before the nations. -- Isaiah 61:11

The wall was jasper, the color of Glory, and the City was pure gold, translucent as glass. The foundations of the City walls were garnished with every precious gem imaginable: the first foundation jasper, the second sapphire, the third agate, the fourth emerald, the fifth onyx, the sixth carnelian, the seventh chrysolite, the eighth beryl, the ninth topaz, the tenth chrysoprase, the eleventh jacinth, the twelfth amethyst. The twelve gates were twelve pearls, each gate a single pearl. The main street of the City was pure gold, translucent as glass. -- Revelation 21:17-21

Limited?

Day 131
What limitations have you placed on Me? Is the problem too big? Are the resources not available? Is there not enough time? Not enough money? Is the road too long? Are the people too resistant? Do they argue with you, mock you, persecute you? Have you endured for too long? Is the difficulty too deeply entrenched? Are things happening too quickly? Too slowly? Is there too much confusion? Is the pain too debilitating? Are you surrounded by people who doubt Me? People who don't understand? Have you already tried everything? Have you lost hope? Can you see no way of escape?

Okay. Now lift up your eyes and begin to focus on Me. I am above every limitation. It's only the direction of your gaze that keeps Me out of your picture.

Autumn Asters

I look up to the mountains; does my strength come from mountains?
No, my strength comes from God, who made heaven, and earth, and mountains.
He won't let you stumble, your Guardian God won't fall asleep.
Not on your life! Israel's Guardian will never doze or sleep.
God's your Guardian, right at your side to protect you—
Shielding you from sunstroke, sheltering you from moonstroke.
God guards you from every evil, he guards your very life.
He guards you when you leave and when you return, he guards you now,
He guards you always. -- Psalm 121 [The Message]

Do you not know? Have you not heard? Has it not been declared to you from the beginning? Have you not understood from the foundations of the earth? It is He who sits above the circle of the earth, and its inhabitants are like grasshoppers, Who stretches out the heavens like a curtain and spreads them out like a tent to dwell in. He it is who reduces rulers to nothing, Who makes the judges of the earth meaningless. Scarcely have they been planted, scarcely have they been sown, scarcely has their stock taken root in the earth, but He merely blows on them, and they wither, and the storm carries them away like stubble.

"To whom then will you liken Me that I would be his equal?" says the Holy One. Lift up your eyes on high and see who has created these stars, the One who leads forth their host by number, He calls them all by name; because of the greatness of His might and the strength of His power, not one of them is missing. Why do you say, O Jacob, and assert, O Israel, "My way is hidden from the Lord, and the justice due me escapes the notice of my God"?

Do you not know? Have you not heard? The Everlasting God, the Lord, the Creator of the ends of the earth does not become weary or tired. His understanding is inscrutable. He gives strength to the weary, and to him who lacks might He increases power. Though youths grow weary and tired, and vigorous young men stumble badly, yet those who wait for the Lord will gain new strength; they will mount up with wings like eagles, They will run and not get tired, They will walk and not become weary. -- Isaiah 40:21-31 [NASB]

Hiding Place

Day 130
Have you found your hiding place? Do you know that no matter where in the world you find yourself, no matter what the climate is around you or what manner of people and circumstances surround you, night or day, your hiding place is intact, and I will always meet you there. You need to meet with Me there often, because everything else you meet with (even in your sleep) drains the life out of you. I am the only One who replenishes life within you. All through the day, you're giving life away, or people are taking life energy from you. It has to be replenished, or you will be overcome and eventually your life will be snuffed out.

Run to the hiding place and be refueled -- over and over and over again. Drink and be drenched in my eternal wellspring of life, or you will have nothing to give to those who are in need. When you are full of my life, empty people can find a connection with Me through you, and you can introduce them to their hiding place in Me.

Then the word of the Lord came to Elijah: "Leave here, turn eastward and hide in the Kerith Ravine, east of the Jordan. You will drink from the brook, and I have ordered the ravens to feed you there." So he did what the Lord had told him. He went to the Kerith Ravine, east of the Jordan, and stayed there. The ravens brought him bread and meat in the morning and bread and meat in the evening, and he drank from the brook. -- 1 Kings 17:2-6

The Lord said, "Go out and stand on the mountain in the presence of the Lord, for the Lord is about to pass by." Then a great and powerful wind tore the mountains apart and shattered the rocks before the Lord, but the Lord was not in the wind. After the wind there was an earthquake, but the Lord was not in the earthquake. After the earthquake came a fire, but the Lord was not in the fire. And after the fire came a gentle whisper. -- 1 Kings 19:11-12

As Moses went into the tent, the pillar of cloud would come down and stay at the entrance, while the Lord spoke with Moses. Whenever the people saw the pillar of cloud standing at the entrance to the tent, they all stood and worshiped, each at the entrance to his tent. The Lord would speak to Moses face to face, as a man speaks with his friend. Then Moses would return to the camp, but his young aide Joshua son of Nun did not leave the tent. -- Exodus 33:9-11

Hear-Say

Day 129
Like apples of gold in settings of silver -- these are the words I want to speak through you. I have many beautiful things to say to my children, those who will quiet their minds and humble their hearts to listen to Me.

Be a mouthpiece for Me. I want to speak words that will put courage into the timid ones. I want to speak words of comfort and soothing to those who are ovecome by sadness. I want to sing a song of joy to fill the heart of the person who is depressed. I want to whisper a word of profound wisdom to the one who is confused, a piece of brilliant insight to the one who lacks direction. I want to minister words of healing, flowing like water, into the innermost being of those who are being physically and emotionally oppressed. I want to teach stewardship, generosity and divine investment strategies to those who are struggling financially.


Will you be my mouthpiece for these things? All right. Then get into my word, come into my presence, and get your ears on . . .

A word aptly spoken is like apples of gold in settings of silver. -- Proverbs 25:11 [NIV]

Like apples of gold in settings of silver Is a word spoken in right circumstances. [NASB]

A word fitly spoken and in due season is like apples of gold in settings of silver. [AMP]

Timely advice is lovely, like golden apples in a silver basket. [NLT]

The right word at the right time is like a custom-made piece of jewelry. [MSG]

He sent His word and healed them, And delivered them from their destructions. -- Psalm 107:20

When evening came, they brought to Him many who were under the power of demons, and He drove out the spirits with a word and restored to health all who were sick. -- Matthew 8:16 [AMP]

Parts is Parts

Day 128
Why do people just want little pieces of Me? They pick and choose the things about Me they think they want. Every one wants what every one wants. People will do exactly what they want to do. If they want to go after the riches of this world, they will. If they want to know Me, they will. If they want parts of Me, that's what they will get -- parts. This is why my church is fragmented. They all prefer different parts of Me.

Does it seem like your life is fragmented? Is there confusion? Look to Me. Lay everything else aside, and look only to me. Can you do this? Are you open to receive all I have to give and to do in your life? Or do you just want pieces? You want Me to replace the parts of this world that you're not happy with, but to hold onto the parts you like.

All I am is available to you. All of Me is what you need, but you are resisting Me in some ways. Check the first commandment again. More than a command, it's a promise to you. What you embrace will rule your life.

For they mouth empty, boastful words and, by appealing to the lustful desires of sinful human nature, they entice people who are just escaping from those who live in error. They promise them freedom, while they themselves are slaves of depravity--for a man is a slave to whatever has mastered him. If they have escaped the corruption of the world by knowing our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ and are again entangled in it and overcome, they are worse off at the end than they were at the beginning. -- 2 Peter 2:18-20

I am the Lord your God, who brought you out of Egypt, out of the land of slavery. You shall have no other gods before me. -- Exodus 20:2-4

You say, 'I am rich; I have acquired wealth and do not need a thing.' But you do not realize that you are wretched, pitiful, poor, blind and naked. I counsel you to buy from me gold refined in the fire, so you can become rich; and white clothes to wear, so you can cover your shameful nakedness; and salve to put on your eyes, so you can see. Those whom I love I rebuke and discipline. So be earnest, and repent. Here I am! I stand at the door and knock. If anyone hears my voice and opens the door, I will come in and eat with him, and he with me. To him who overcomes, I will give the right to sit with me on my throne, just as I overcame and sat down with my Father on his throne. He who has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the churches. -- Revelation 3:17-22

Higher

Day 127

Keep following Me. Keep coming up higher. Why do you think I would just leave you sitting somewhere, overwhelmed by all your troubles? Get up! Get up and start walking again. My hand is reaching out to you. Take it! Be lifted up! Don't wallow. Don't gripe and murmur and mumble. Don't despair. Do not doubt Me! It is your doubt, and only your doubt, that limits Me.

Lift up your head. Look up. Take my hand. Take both of my hands. Look into my eyes. See me smile. I'm waiting to embrace you. Let Me pull you close and enfold you completely in my arms. Will you let Me take you? Come up.
Here we go . . . !

Lord, how they are increased who trouble me! Many are they who rise up against me. Many are saying of me, "There is no help for him in God." But You, O Lord, are a shield for me, my glory, and the lifter of my head. -- Psalm 3:1-3

From the ends of the earth I call to you, I call as my heart grows faint; lead me to the rock that is higher than I. -- Psalm 61:2

After this I looked, and there before me was a door standing open in heaven. And the voice I had first heard speaking to me like a trumpet said, "Come up here, and I will show you what must take place after this." -- Revelation 4:1

My heart is steadfast, O God; I will sing and make music with all my soul. Awake, harp and lyre! I will awaken the dawn. I will praise you, O Lord, among the nations; I will sing of you among the peoples. For great is your love, higher than the heavens; your faithfulness reaches to the skies. Be exalted, O God, above the heavens, and let your glory be over all the earth. Save us and help us with your right hand, that those you love may be delivered. Give us aid against the enemy, for the help of man is worthless. With God we will gain the victory, and he will trample down our enemies. -- Psalm 108:1-6, 13

Are You Open?

Mountain Lake, Colorado
by Josh Tracy

Day 126
Let Me overwhelm you for deliverance. Let Me overwhelm you for healing. Let Me overwhelm you for instruction. Let Me overwhelm you for vision. Let Me overwhelm you for future. Open wide the door of your being to Me. Give Me greater entrance.

I have created you. I have given you gifts. I have set you in a safe place, your feet upon the Rock. I have turned your face to the right direction.

You must now allow me to overwhelm you and fill you so that all the right movement can occur, so that you can do the works you see Me doing, on earth as it is in heaven.

As you yield, every day, saying yes to Me, without conditions, without reservation, without placing your own limits upon Me, my life will saturate you. You will be moved to follow Me exclusively. We will do mighty things together, you and I.

I am overwhelmed with joy in the Lord my God! For he has dressed me with the clothing of salvation and draped me in a robe of righteousness. I am like a bridegroom in his wedding suit or a bride with her jewels. -- Isaiah 61:10 [NLT]

Behold, I stand at the door and knock; if anyone hears and listens to and heeds My voice and opens the door, I will come in to him and will eat with him, and he [will eat] with Me. -- Revelation 3:20 [AMP]

Because the Sovereign Lord helps me, I will not be disgraced. Therefore, I have set my face like a stone, determined to do his will. And I know that I will not be put to shame. -- Isaiah 50:7 [NLT]

And such as do wickedly against the covenant shall he corrupt by flatteries: but the people that do know their God shall be strong, and do exploits. -- Daniel 11:32 [KJV]


The earth is the Lord’s, and everything in it. The world and all its people belong to him. For he laid the earth’s foundation on the seas and built it on the ocean depths. Who may climb the mountain of the Lord? Who may stand in his holy place? Only those whose hands and hearts are pure, who do not worship idols and never tell lies. They will receive the Lord’s blessing and have a right relationship with God their savior. Such people may seek you and worship in your presence, O God of Jacob.

Open up, ancient gates! Open up, ancient doors, and let the King of glory enter. Who is the King of glory? The Lord, strong and mighty; the Lord, invincible in battle. Open up, ancient gates! Open up, ancient doors, and let the King of glory enter. Who is the King of glory? The Lord of Heaven’s Armies— he is the King of glory. -- Psalm 24 [NLT]