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I Will Set You in a Monument of Victory!

God is taking many from proving out their faithfulness to living proof! He’s setting them into His outworked, greater perfection. If this is you, it’s God’s time to show the world what He did in your life! He’s leading you right into your next place with next people, and His sudden shifts are right before you. 

I hear The Lord say, “Where I Am sending you will be a testament to My Glory that helped you overcome and enter into much more of My manifest abundance. I will cause you to shine for Me as you live out your heart’s desires that I have long placed there and revealed specifics to you along the way.”

This next-level living will deliver freedom in ways you’ve never had! And “new” is very key here, such as new wine, new leadership, new-to-you property, renewed relationships and new Kingdom projects.

In these shifts, God will reveal to you what to bring along and what to leave behind—tangibles and intangibles—even specifics on what to do with particular items. Some of the objects you will have to give up you have valued for a long time. Some are practical things like clothing, souvenirs or family heirlooms; because the place God has for you is Holy ground and not every item is suitable. 

I hear Holy Spirit say:

I have new and better treasure for you to live with and take hold of. So, let go of everything that’s not of Me and is, in fact, a misfit for where I’m sending you. My mantels are greater and you will not miss lesser or former things. Behold I do a new thing. This is a level of consecration I have grown you into. 

You will have no seconds in this place. Only firsts. For My better is My very best for you. Not just a little bit better but first rate. Your days of settling are over. I Am establishing you in tangible, generational breakthrough that will affect every area of your life. I Am changing your generations forever! Renewing and restoring them. No more lack of any kind!

All around you will reflect the transformation I have done in you over the years, in the little by little. All of those pieces will come together, and you will experience the fullness of joy in My specific promises to you fulfilled. You will live as a testament in this monument of victory that I have provided for you. And you will inspire others to overcome, as they, too, make Me Lord of All!

You will be guarded, safeguarded against storms of life and darkness in the world. And you will live in peace, because you have chosen My way above all others in the things that pressed you and tried to exalt themselves above Me. When you said “no” to them, I said “yes” to you. Oh, I have not forgotten! 

And just as I have met you in the inward transformation, I will meet you in the outward transition and strengthen you. I will escort you in with My loving-kindness, in the grace-power of My Glory. By My Spirit I will bring you in and with My righteous right hand I will establish you. Nothing will be able to stand against Me! No, nothing is too great!

So, keep your eyes on Me as you continue to ready yourself for My sudden moves, and I will have you sail (sale) right in. I will be your rear guard, your mighty fortress against all that would try to hinder.

In Jesus’ Name,

Amen.

Key Verses:

Romans 12:2 NKJV – “And do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind, that you may prove what is that good and acceptable and perfect will of God.”

Psalm 67:6 AMPC – “The earth has yielded its harvest [in evidence of God’s approval]; God, even our own God, will bless us.”

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Captivity to Freedom – Part 2

God’s Word tells us that true freedom is victory in Jesus (Ac 2:24, Lk 4:18). 

And God’s Word never fails (Is 40:8).

In Jeremiah 1:12 AMPC God says, “…I am alert and active, watching over My word to perform it.”

So, although the enemy of our soul may try to ensnare us, God’s anointed Word cannot be bound (2 Ti 2:9). It is continually at work in us and around us to deliver us into more of His freedom by His Spirit. 

2 Corinthians 3:17 AMPC says, “Now the Lord is the Spirit, and where the Spirit of the Lord is, there is liberty (emancipation from bondage, freedom).

Since Holy Spirit is the Spirit of Truth, who lives in God’s saints, when we believe Him at His Word by faith, He guides us into all truth, which sets us free from bondage (Jn 16:13). 

Matthew 11:6 AMPC says that “…blessed (happy, fortunate, and to be envied) is he who…is not hindered from seeing the Truth.”

Hebrews 4:12 AMPC says, “For the Word that God speaks is alive and full of power [making it active, operative, energizing, and effective]; it is sharper than any two-edged sword, penetrating to the dividing line of the breath of life (soul) and [the immortal] spirit, and of joints and marrow [of the deepest parts of our nature], exposing and sifting and analyzing and judging the very thoughts and purposes of the heart.”

Friends, we need to wrap our “minds around the riches of God, the depth of his wisdom, and the marvel of his perfect knowledge” as He wraps His Presence around us (Ro 11:33). We need to wear our blood-bought hope (assurance) of salvation like a protective helmet against doubt, unbelief and giving up as Holy Spirit renews our minds with the washing of His Word

With God, we always have a hope and a future (Je 29:11).

Jeremiah 29:11-14 NIV say, “‘For I know the plans I have for you,’ says the LORD. ‘They are plans for good and not for disaster, to give you a future and a hope. In those days when you pray, I will listen. If you look for me wholeheartedly, you will find me. I will be found by you,’ says the LORD. ‘I will end your captivity and restore your fortunes. I will gather you out of the nations where I sent you and will bring you home again to your own land.'”

Friends, revelation brings transformation. 

John 16:13 NLT says, “When the Spirit of truth comes…He will tell you about the future.”

God may reveal some events and timelines to us as we move further into His freedom. He’ll reveal strategies, wisdom and course corrections along the way. 

So, even if we find ourselves held in captivity—like Paul and Silas, who were released from jail after they praised God (Ac 16:25-26); or like Daniel, who was delivered from lions in a closed off den as he trusted God (Da 6:22); or even like Jonah, who was expelled from a whale of an encounter as he turned to God (Jon 2:10)—we can trust God and know that captivity can be a platform for glorious miracles, a turning point of breakthrough for greater freedom and higher purposes. 

These saints experienced that, with God, captivity gets reworked by His authority to further mobilize their divine legacy (inheritance) and their divine destiny (pre-determined plan for them).

Like these saints, God intentionally and specifically enables us to come out of captivity by faith when we praise Him, trust Him and turn to Him in humility in impossible situations. 

The grace work God does in our soul, during what feels like limited times, is cleansing and will make a way for His explosion of new (resurrection) life that will prove His faithfulness, His Word and His love as limitless. 

Even if we were to find ourselves exiled, like the Israelites in Egypt, we could be certain that God ultimately has our restoration in mind. This is His covenant promise to us.

Acts 13:17 TPT says that “…While they were enslaved in Egypt, he made them great, both in numbers and in strength, until he unveiled his mighty power and led them out of bondage.”

So, God can purpose captivity to be like a cocoon to do deep works in us, and cause us to be made stronger in Him. He can make us more grateful and receiving of His purpose for our new-found freedom once released.

Exodus 12:13 reminds us of our blood covenant of protection and provision when the Israelites remained in their divinely-designated safe place, which was behind closed doors, for a time.

They may have felt like they were held captive within captivity for a moment, but God had their greater deliverance in mind all along.

Friends, always remember, the greatest resistance will give way under the mighty arm of sovereign God, and we have access to Him through grace by faith. Jesus sits at God’s right hand, the hand of authority. And we are seated with Him as He is established with us on earth—liberating us from the captivity of darkness. 

Psalm 16:11 tells us that, at His “right hand there are pleasures forevermore. [Acts 2:25-28, 31],” and that in “His presence is fullness of joy, also that He will show us “the path of life.”

Romans 5:17 TPT says, “…now, how much more are we held in the grip of grace and continue reigning as kings in life, enjoying our regal freedom through the gift of perfect righteousness in the one and only Jesus, the Messiah!”

I believe God is releasing His recompense: I believe He is about to deliver multitudes into a new level of freedom from the immorality of their past, like never before. What once choked out their blessings, will be no more. I believe what 2 Timothy 2:26 AMPC says, which is “…that they may come to their senses [and] escape out of the snare of the devil, having been held captive by him, [henceforth] to do His [God’s] will.” I believe God will launch His pure-hearted ones into deep, abundant life that will extend to others in miraculous ways, meeting them at awestruck. I believe God is promoting His saints, who will continue to pursue holiness in any and every circumstance, even like Daniel (2 Ti 2:22, Da 6:20, 22-23).

And I pray that you will be one of them. 

To God be the glory. 

This video-devo was graciously re-posted by the Salem Web Network, which includes iBelieve.com.