A LIVING WORD YESTERDAY

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A Son Eating from the Father's Table, Not a Gentile Dog Eating Crumbs from the Floor

SCRIPTURES REFERENCES

Matthew 15:22-28

22 And, behold, a woman of Canaan came out of the same coasts, and cried unto him, saying, Have mercy on me, O Lord, thou Son of David; my daughter is grievously vexed with a devil. 23 But he answered her not a word. And his disciples came and besought him, saying, Send her away; for she crieth after us. 24 But he answered and said, I am not sent but unto the lost sheep of the house of Israel. 25 Then came she and worshipped him, saying, Lord, help me. 26 But he answered and said, It is not meet to take the children's bread, and to cast it to dogs. 27 And she said, Truth, Lord: yet the dogs eat of the crumbs which fall from their masters' table. 28 Then Jesus answered and said unto her, O woman, great is thy faith: be it unto thee even as thou wilt. And her daughter was made whole from that very hour.

Mark 7:25-30

25 For a certain woman, whose young daughter had an unclean spirit, heard of him, and came and fell at his feet: 26 The woman was a Greek, a Syrophenician by nation; and she besought him that he would cast forth the devil out of her daughter. 27 But Jesus said unto her, Let the children first be filled: for it is not meet to take the children's bread, and to cast it unto the dogs. 28 And she answered and said unto him, Yes, Lord: yet the dogs under the table eat of the children's crumbs. 29 And he said unto her, For this saying go thy way; the devil is gone out of thy daughter. 30 And when she was come to her house, she found the devil gone out, and her daughter laid upon the bed.

I heard the Spirit say,

You were strangers and foreigners to the covenants of promise. No way was made for you to enter into the relationship that was common to the sons of Abraham. I came as your lamb and made a way for you to enter into the holiest of all by my blood. Now that you are sons and daughters of adoption, I have caused you to sit at the table of mercy and goodness to eat with my sons of promise. Rejoice in the salvation of the Lord, your God. I have stretched forth a scepter of righteousness to your hands of faith and passed life to you instead of death. Death was your lot, and hell was your destination, but now by the precious blood of Jesus, life is your lot, and heaven is your new destination.

Behold the goodness of God and the wonders of my mercy. I have brought forth the newness of the promises and have taken away the old things of the covenant of old. I took away the first and established the second. Life is imparted to those who have believed according to the scriptures. The bellies of faith are now filled with rivers of living water. These rivers now flow out of bellies, which were empty and dry. Your belly was once a barren place, a pit without water, but now by the blood of the covenant, I have sent you forth out of this empty place of prisoners and dogs.

I have brought you to the banqueting table of bread and wine. Eat of the goodness of the Master's hand, and behold the freshness of his provision. Lift up your eyes from the crumbs that you have sought for. Climb to the seat that was reserved for you at the Master's table. Adorn yourself properly, and embrace the beauty of holiness as a son of a king and not a blind prisoner of Lucifer. Remove all resemblance of your old father, the devil. Adorn yourself in the beautiful things of holiness and purity. Place the cloth of righteousness about your neck before you eat at the table of plenty in the Master's house. You are now seated with sons and daughters of the covenant, and you are no longer a child of the darkness.

Look around, and see that none was worthy of this place at my table. I chose you because of my love for you. You were all unworthy of this habitation, but my works and love made provision for you. Lift up your eyes from the tears that drop to the floor, and wash your face in the fresh waters of redemption. The washing of regeneration and the renewing of my Holy Spirit is waiting on your arrival.

Come for the washing of regeneration today, and renew yourself in the Spirit that is within you as a river. Do not simply come and stand by the river, and watch others bathe in the Spirit, but dive in yourself, and be cleansed in these waters of washing and cleansing. The time of your personal revival is here. Some have said, "Revive us, O, God. Let your people rejoice in you." Now I say, "Come to the waters of revival, and wash yourself in these waters." These waters shall awaken you from slumber. They shall alert you to the things about you, for they shall bring a different temperature unto your being. These waters are the cool stream of the garden and the clean, still waters for the sheep of my hand.

Come and wash. Come and drink. Come and walk to the other side, and there will you find a new relationship with your king, the Lord of glory. Lift up your eyes from yourself. Go on beyond what you are able to see and think. If you do not go beyond yourself, you will never find what you have sought. I am not a man that I should lie. I have beckoned you to come to the place of repentance. I have not hidden it so that you cannot find it, but this day I have brought the place of repentance and placed it before the rivers within your soul.

Seek again for the place of repentance, and you shall find it. Break your heart and your spirit upon the rock there in the place of repentance, and there will you find your birthright restored to you. You had sold out, but now have I brought back your opportunity, which was spurned. Come and see that I have given you another chance at love. Come and see that my love is not elusive, neither full of vengeance, but my love is full of compassion, forgiveness, and mercy. Come and see. There is love for you. Come.