Give thanks to the LORD, for He is good; for His lovingkindness is everlasting. Psalm 118:29.
Today your LORD (יהוה) God (אלהים) says:
Today I want to share with you that I am with you! Yes, I am a living God, a very present help in time of trouble. I hear you when you cry to Me and My eyes are always upon you. My delight is to be with you. My delight is to take care of you. My delight is to shower you with blessings.
I will make them and the places around My hill a blessing. And I will cause showers to come down in their season; they will be showers of blessing. Ezekiel 34:26.
I made the eye; do you think I do not see? I made the ear; do you think I do not hear? I want you to know I do hear and see you always. You are always on My mind. Jesus ever lives to make intercession for you and He is seated at My right hand. We are always talking about you.
Do you know what My Glory is? Often in My Word you see that when I was present with the Israelites they saw My Glory. That My Glory filled the temple or that they saw My Glory across the desert.
My Glory is the exercise of My immense power in love to produce goodness and eradicate evil. It is the manifestation of My presence with you. So really you can define My Glory as the manifestation of My goodness, for that is what My glory always produces. It is My Kingdom touching earth so that goodness results—forgiveness, healing, prosperity, health, provision, blessing. Yes, I want you to know something very important. I am a good God. I delight in doing good to you.
“Ask, and it will be given to you; seek, and you will find; knock, and it will be opened to you. For everyone who asks receives, and he who seeks finds, and to him who knocks it will be opened. Or what man is there among you who, when his son asks for a loaf, will give him a stone? Or if he asks for a fish, he will not give him a snake, will he? If you then, being evil, know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will your Father who is in heaven give what is good to those who ask Him! Matthew 7:7-11.
“I am the good shepherd; the good shepherd lays down His life for the sheep. He who is a hired hand, and not a shepherd, who is not the owner of the sheep, sees the wolf coming, and leaves the sheep and flees, and the wolf snatches them and scatters them. He flees because he is a hired hand and is not concerned about the sheep. I am the good shepherd, and I know My own and My own know Me, even as the Father knows Me and I know the Father; and I lay down My life for the sheep.” John 10:11-15.
Remember when Peter, James and John were on the mountain with My Son and He was transfigured before their eyes? He shone with dazzling light– a physical sign of the Glory. I came in a shining cloud. Light. Dazzling light. When I am there, there is light. There is no darkness in Me. In Heaven, they see Me face-to-face and there is no need of sun or electricity there for My Glory lights Heaven. But My Glory is more than magnificent shining light, it is a result of the goodness that is flowing from Me to you and to every corner of the universe.
Well, on that mountain of the transfiguration, when My Glory, My presence shone forth, Peter said, “Rabbi, how good it is for us to be here.” It is good to be in My presence.
But as for me, the nearness of God is my good; I have made the Lord (Adonai) LORD (Yahavah) my refuge, that I may tell of all Your works. Psalm 73:28.
In the goodness of My presence is found fullness of joy. Psalm 16:11.
Do not get mixed up about what comes into your life from Me and what does not. I will give you a very simple test. If it is good, pure unadulterated good, absolute goodness, it is from Me. Every good thing, every perfect gift is from Me. If it is bad, it is not from Me, it is from the evil one. And if it is not good, rebuke it, resist it, and do not receive it. I have given you all the tools you need to do so. I have given you My Word and I have given you the Name of Jesus. With these, you can conquer the world. I have told you that in Christ you are more than a conqueror. Never refuse to go forward because of fear. Fear is not from Me. I am love and perfect love casts out all fear. I do not give you a spirit of fear but of power, love and a sound mind.
My Son redeemed you from the curse of the law and opened the Blessing to you. The Blessing is all about My goodness. It surrounds you with favor and causes you to prosper, to increase. Not only in wealth so that you can be generous with others and promote the Kingdom of Light, but also in every way that makes your life whole and good– in health, in relationships, in a fulfilling life.
I want each of you to know Me in your life. This means for you personally to experience My goodness. Yes, taste and see My goodness and you will want more!
And how do you experience My goodness? Long ago I told Abraham the way to do so, I told Moses the same, I told Joshua the same, and you will see I keep telling you over and over throughout history by My prophets and then, in these last days, through My Son. If I keep repeating the same thing so often, you have to know it works and that it makes the difference between whether you experience life or death, blessing or curse, prosperity or poverty, health or sickness, joy or sorrow. As I told the Israelites, chose life that you and your descendants may live, and I mean really live—a long, satisfying, healthy, happy life filled with good works and My intimate presence.
And what is the answer? I told Abraham to walk blameless in My sight and all of you who are in Christ Jesus are blameless and holy in My sight. I told Moses if the people would hear and obey My Word, the blessings would chase them and overwhelm them. I told Joshua if he was careful to keep My Word and meditate on it day and night and speak it out with his mouth, everything he did would prosper and he would be a success. I called the people to listen to and obey My Word so that their lives would be good repeatedly through My prophets, such as Elijah, Elisha, Isaiah, Jeremiah, Ezekiel, Hosea, Zechariah, and Malachi. I could go on and on. And then My Son came and told you the same. If you love Me you will keep My Word and I will reveal Myself to you and you will bear fruit, much fruit.
So what is the way to know the good, abundant, blessed, satisfying life? By keeping My Word. It means if I find something important enough to communicate it to you, it should be final authority in your life. It means it is a secret to success. It means it is the perfect law of freedom. Perfect, because it always works as promised. Law, because it works for everyone no matter who you are. Of freedom, because it sets you free when you know the truth, free from addictions, compulsion, greed, anger, fear, depression and all negative emotions.
And basically what do I tell you? I tell you not to lie. I tell you to rejoice always in Me, to pray without ceasing and to give constant thanks. I tell you to forgive those who hurt you by praying for them and doing good to them. I tell you not to let the sun go down on your anger. I tell you that in everything in your life you should make your requests known to Me in prayer and petition, with thanksgiving. I tell you to take every thought captive for Christ when it is contrary to My Word and speak the opposite out loud so that you tear down fear and every stronghold of the devil in your life. I tell you to cast out demons in the Name of Jesus and to lay your hands on the sick and they will recover. I tell you to seek My Kingdom first and My righteousness and not just be running after what you are to eat and drink and I will add those things to your life also. I tell you to tithe to My house and to give offerings to My Work in order to prosper. I tell you to call to Me and I will answer you. I tell you to love one another as I have loved you.
I could go on but you can read My Word for yourself. That is why I gave it to you. Read it as it is, and do it. You will not be disappointed. No, as My Son told you, I only ask you to do these things so that My joy may be in you and your joy may be complete. John 15:11. I made you, I know what you need to do to be happy.
My Son came to bring you an abundant life, not a merely getting by life. He gave up the great glory He had with Me from before the creation of the world to take the form of a man and humble himself to death on a cross—to become a servant—so that He could give you that abundant life, so that you could reign with Him in this life (Romans 5:17) and in the age to come (Revelation 22:5). He emptied himself of glory so that you could become rich by His poverty. For a time, He gave up Heaven to come and redeem you from the curse. Do not waste and despise what He did for you by living a life of defeat, depression, sickness, shame, abuse and poverty. You do not have to if you do what I say. My Word works for anyone; it is the perfect law of freedom, whether you were born in poverty on the streets of a third world country or in the richest palace in the world. I am no respecter of persons, I respect faith and anyone who acts uprightly and keeps My Word is acceptable to Me and I can, and want, to do good for that person.
I want to prosper you. I take delight in the prosperity of My servants. Why? Because I love you and delight in doing good to you, and because, as I told Abraham, when I bless you with abundance you in turn can be a blessing to others and your light can shine before men so that they see the goodness in your acts and give Me Glory. For how can I manifest My generosity, My goodness in the world but through you? You are now the Body of Christ on earth and I depend on you to authorize Me to work in the world.
I have given dominion of the world to man and your leasehold is not yet up, so until My Son returns, I cannot act on earth unless one of you authorizes Me to do so by speaking My Word and activating it on earth. Otherwise it just remains a seed lying on the ground that cannot return to Me until someone will return it by being a doer and speaker of the Word. Be My prophets. I do nothing without first revealing it to the prophets so that they will declare it and activate My Word on the earth.
Come to Me and let Me fill your life with My love. My commandments are not burdensome. It is much better to be thinking beautiful thoughts rather than upsetting yourself with anxiety, hatred, bitterness, fear, resentment, jealousy and the like. I cannot see why you would want to dwell on these things, they only make you feel sick, make you sleepless and give you a headache– and do not accomplish anything anyway. It is much better to think on excellent things, on My great plans for your life, on peace, prosperity, creative ideas, inventions, songs, discoveries, revelations of My Word– and I will give you all those if you let Me. Just call to Me and I will answer you and I will tell you great and mighty things you could not know. Jeremiah 33:3. Have you ever tried it? Start now. I want to make your life beautiful, the most beautiful life ever lived. But I cannot unless you let Me.
I am looking for people who will talk with Me and give Me room in their hearts.
So, come, taste and see My goodness. My yoke is easy and My burden light. Get to know Me. Let My Glory in. Remember when Moses asked to see My Glory? I answered that I would make My goodness pass before Him. I am not hard of hearing. My Glory is My manifest presence which is My goodness. And one day My Glory will cover the earth as water covers the sea.
Remember when I first made the world and all there is in it? I saw and said it was good. And when I made you, I said you were very good! After all, I made you in My image. Remember who you are. You are filled with goodness.
I love you. I am with you. And I am good. Let Me do good to you. And if what you are doing for Me has become burdensome to you, then it is not from Me, for My yoke is easy and My burden light, and in Me you will find rest for your souls.