Now listen, Joshua the high priest, you and your friends who are sitting in front of you—indeed they are men who are a symbol, for behold, I am going to bring in My servant the Branch. For behold, the stone that I have set before Joshua; on one stone are seven eyes. Behold, I will engrave an inscription on it,’ declares the LORD of hosts, ‘and I will remove the iniquity of that land in one day. Zachariah 7:8-9.
“Come to Me, all who are weary and heavy-laden, and I will give you rest. Take My yoke upon you and learn from Me, for I am gentle and humble in heart, and you will find rest for your souls. For My yoke is easy and My burden is light.” Matthew 11:28-30.
Today your LORD (יהוה) God says:
I am smiling at you. That is what people mean when they email you or text you a smiley face. I am pleased with you in My Son. Do not fear, I am with you. But I do ask you to speak the mountains down and ask for good things. And many of you do not do this. I have put My Words in your mouth and covered you with the shadow of My hand to establish the earth, to stabilize things. Right now the things not built on Me are shaking, but I told you this would happen. I am removing those things that can be shaken, as of worldly things, so that those things which cannot be shaken remain, i.e., those on the solid foundation stone of My Word, which is Jesus. Hebrews 12:26-27.
You are redeemed from the curse by the death of Jesus on the Cross, Galatians 3:13-14, but it is still in the earth. And in the curse I included all the diseases of which you were afraid in the past that cling on people still and “also every sickness and every plague which, not written in the book of this law” but which will come to destroy those who are living outside Christ Jesus and disobeying My Word, in other words those still operating in the earth cursed system who have not transferred to the Kingdom system in Jesus. Deuteronomy 28:60-61. In the Kingdom system you are in the world but not of the world and I can keep you from the curse. In the present time it is of utmost importance to save souls into the Kingdom and out of the realm of darkness.
Things are being shaken. Satan is stepping up his demonic activity because he knows his time is short but you are not to be unaware of his tactics. You are to be as innocent as doves but as clever as the snake. Discern spirits. With no weapon or government takeover he has managed to close down church services for the first time in United States history by the threat of a germ. Do you not know you have authority over creeping things? And over the devil himself? You cast him out in Jesus’ Name, by the Blood of the Lamb and the Word of your testimony. My Word of victory in your mouth. But know this, I always lead you out in triumph and I make all things work together for good for those who love Me and are called according to My purpose. Trust in Me and speak My Words and watch what I am up to but be careful lest the devil steal your crown from you.
You are not without protection. I have not left you orphans. You have a great High Priest and a great good Shepherd. You have nothing to fear. And you have My power residing in your mortal body. My Holy Spirit.
There is nothing that you lack to live a triumphant fruitful and victorious life. 2 Peter 1:3. There is only one way you can miss it. The spirit of fear. And the lying spirit. And the spirit of greed, which is idolatry. If you open your mouth to the lies and speak those, you have sealed your own destiny. Just as the first group of Israelites I redeemed out of Egypt did. They kept themselves out of the Promised Land and all the good I had in store for them by the spirit of fear, the spirit of greed, and the lying spirit which they gave voice to over their lives. Selah.
What have you been speaking over your lives and over your state and over your country? My Words or the words of the stranger? Those who belong to Me hear the voice of the great good Shepherd. Not the words of the local news, but the news from the eternal Kingdom. SIGNS. Spirit is giving news. Pray in tongues more than ever.
Now, I will tell you what your solution is if you are very burdened and find life wearisome. It could be your job, your co-workers, your family, your friends, your enemies, the news, and countless other little fires fueled by hell, but I will tell you it is primarily yourself that is the problem to you. If you are right in your thoughts and heart, if you are walking in integrity and the Word, the other things will take care of themselves. But if you are beaten down and sad, if life no longer seems to have meaning and you feel you are not where you want to be, let Me tell you what to do. Go to your great good Shepherd. Listen to His invitation, and you would be very wise to accept it:
“Come to Me, all you who are weary and heavy-laden, and I will give you rest. Take My yoke upon you and learn from Me, for I am gentle and humble in heart, and you will find rest for your souls. For My yoke is easy and My burden is light.” Matthew 11:28-30. This is an amazing invitation from your Lord God and I mean every word of it. What other god is there that is so close to you as I am? None, I know of no other.
Rest. Rest for your souls. Your soul is your mind (thoughts), your will and your emotions. It is these things that wear you down and dishearten you. Physical tiredness cannot grieve you and drain you as much as emotional upheaval and an anxious mind. But come to the great good Shepherd and have your soul restored, refreshed, and renewed.
How does He give rest to your troubled heart when nothing has really changed in your life? He will light the lamp of your heart and that healing light will go through all your innermost parts. Paul prayed that you would be strengthened in the inner man. He prayed that the eyes of your heart would be enlightened to the hope of your calling, the riches of your inheritance with the believers in the light, and the surpassing greatness of the power I have put in you in accordance with that power by which I raised Jesus from the dead. Resurrection power can lift you up and put your feet on the height even now, out of the swamp to the rock that is higher than you. And Paul prayed you would know My love in your inner being, the love that surpasses all understanding but keeps you in perfect peace.
Enlighten the eyes of your heart. Jesus said, “The eye is the lamp of the body; so then if your eye is clear, your whole body will be full of light. But if your eye is bad, your whole body will be full of darkness. If then the light that is in you is darkness, how great is the darkness!” Matthew 6:22-23. What “eye” is He talking about? The inner man. The eyes of your heart. The eyes of the Spirit. And remember? The Spirit has seven eyes. “And I saw between the throne (with the four living creatures) and the elders a Lamb standing, as if slain, having seven horns and seven eyes, which are the seven Spirits of God, sent out into all the earth.” Revelation 5:6. Wisdom, understanding, counsel, fortitude, the fear of the LORD, and his delight is the fear of the LORD. Isaiah 11:2. Seven. And I told the high priest Joshua at the time of Haggai and Zachariah, the prophets, “Now listen, Joshua the high priest, you and your friends who are sitting in front of you—indeed they are men who are a symbol, for behold, I am going to bring in My servant the Branch (the branch from Jesse’s stem). For behold, the stone (Jesus is the cornerstone) that I have set before Joshua; on one stone are seven eyes. Behold, I will engrave an inscription on it,’ declares the LORD of hosts, ‘and I will remove the iniquity of that land in one day’” Zachariah 7:8-9. And I did, the day of Jesus. The day on the Cross. I redeemed you and took all your sins away in one day. “Then a shoot will spring from the stem of Jesse, and a branch from his roots will bear fruit. The Spirit of the LORD will rest on Him, the spirit of wisdom and understanding, the spirit of counsel and strength, the spirit of knowledge and the fear of the LORD, and He will delight in the fear of the LORD.” Isaiah 11:1-3.
A strong spirit will get you through any trial, but a depressed spirit will dry up your bones. Feed your spirit with My Word before you become so weak you cannot fight the enemy. You can only fight him in the spirit, not in the flesh. The flesh is his territory. The spirit is Mine. You choose. Speak spirit and life or death and defeat. Faith or fear. Joy or woe. What you say is where you will go, for that is what is in your heart. It will manifest in your mouth. Get rid of the clutter and let in the Light. The clutter of fear, depression, sins, reproach, blame, anxiety—they will block the light from entering the eyes of your heart and then how deep will the darkness be. Come to your great good Shepherd and let Him lead you out of the dark valley of the shadow of death to the green pastures filled with light and restful waters of peace. That is where you belong. I have redeemed you and rescued you from the realm of darkness by the Blood of the Cross and put you in the Kingdom of My beloved Son. Let Him give you rest. Let Him lead you. Let Him be your teacher. Learn from Him for He is gentle and humble of heart. I did not send him to condemn you but to save you. Stop condemning yourself and let Him lead you out to a wide and open space of peace.
Learn His ways of truth, honesty, and love. Start today. It is never too late.
The eye is the lamp of your body; when your eye is clear (uncluttered of evil, looking in the light of My Word), your whole body also is full of light; but when it is evil (cluttered with worldly emotions and things, looking always in the dark side of things), your body also is full of darkness. Then watch out that the light in you is not darkness. If therefore your whole body is full of light, with no dark part in it, it will be wholly illumined, as when the lamp illumines you with its rays.” Luke 11:34-36.
Drive out the dark in you by opening to the Light of the Word who enlightens every man. Come to Him and drink. He is inviting you to come. I am too. For I was in Christ reconciling the world to Myself through Him. When you come to Him you walk right through to Me, right into My everlasting arms.