Daily Bread - July 27, 2004

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. And she answered and said unto him, Yes, Lord: yet the dogs under the table eat of the children's crumbs.

I have given you living water. You drank from the cisterns of the world and continued to thirst. Now that you have drunk of this living water, you shall never thirst again. It is a well of water springing up into everlasting life. Those who believe on me shall never thirst, nor hunger. Rejoice in your salvation. Rejoice in your God, for I am the Holy One of Israel. There is none holy as I am, and there is none besides me, neither is there any rock like me.

I have broken the bows of the mighty, and now I do bring your foes down to the grave. I have brought you up, but now I do bring them down. I am the Lord, and I make poor, and I make rich. I bring low and lift up. I have raised you up out of the dust. I have given you an inheritance. You have inherited the throne of glory. The pillars of the earth are mine. I have set the world upon them. Your feet shall not slip, for I am keeping your feet. The wicked have looked at their own strength. By strength, no man shall prevail. I shall break your adversaries in pieces. I shall thunder upon them out of heavenly places. You are anointed, and I will exalt your horn. I have called you in righteousness. I am holding your hand. I will keep you and give you the benefits of the covenant of peace. Go forth and proclaim my word, for I have come to open the blinded eyes, to bring out the prisoners from the prison, and those that sit in darkness out of the prison house.

Behold the desolate heritages. You are looking upon the places that you shall inherit. Behold the souls that are therein. They shall not hunger nor thirst, neither shall the heat nor sun smite them, for I shall have mercy upon them. Go and bring them by the springs of water that I am giving them to drink from. Before the foundations of the earth, I engraved them upon the palms of my hands. It is my good pleasure to give them my Holy Spirit, and they shall not perish. I did not spare my own Son. I delivered him up for all of you. With my Son that I offered up, I am giving you all things. Only believe. Look upon the offering of the Son. By baptism, you were placed in him. Now are you in Christ Jesus, who has been made unto you wisdom, righteousness, sanctification, and redemption. I have also given you the spirit of Christ, which is an unspeakable gift. You did not earn this unspeakable gift, for by grace were you saved. It is the gift of God, not by works of righteousness, which you have done, but according to my mercy, I saved you. Of my fullness, have you received and grace for grace. This gift is eternal life. I am the life in you.

I am your sun and your shield. I am giving you more grace, and no good thing will I withhold from you if you walk uprightly. Be not filled with dismay, and do not despair. All things are working together for good. You love me and are called according to my purpose. Worry not about the things that you do not understand. Know this of a truth, I am teaching you by the Holy Ghost. Do not compare spiritual things with natural things, but compare spiritual things with spiritual. The natural man does not receive the things of the Spirit of God, for they are foolishness unto him, neither can he know them because they are spiritually discerned. He that is spiritual judges all things, yet he himself is judged of no man. No man knows the mind of God. Who can instruct the Almighty?

Lift up your eyes and your heart. I have given you the mind of Christ. You have access to this unlimited mind. Now receive of the things that are issuing forth from my mind. They are marvelous. Behold a new dimension of learning.

Amos 3: 7 - 8

Surely the Lord GOD will do nothing, but he revealeth his secret unto his servants the prophets. The lion hath roared, who will not fear? The Lord GOD hath spoken, who can but prophesy?