Daily Bread - January 4, 2005

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 am not a man that I should lie. It is impossible for me to lie. I am the truth, and in me, is no lie. I am the light, and in me, there is no darkness. I am the Lord, and I change not. There is no shadow of turning in me. You must be in agreement with me if we are to continue to walk together. Can two walk together except they are agreed?

I will do nothing except I reveal my secret unto my servants, the prophets. I have spoken, so go and prophesy. I am speaking things which have been kept secret from the foundation of the world. Who I am is yet a mystery to many, which was kept secret since the world began. I have manifested it now, but many do not know me. No one can come unto me unless the Father draws him. All things are delivered of the Father, and no man knows who the Son is but the Father and who the Father is but the Son and he to whom the Son will reveal him. Your eyes are blessed, for they see. Many prophets and kings have desired to see the things that you see and have not seen them and to hear the things that you hear and have not heard them. Offer praise today. You are blessed. The secret things belong unto me, your God. The things that are revealed belong to my children forever. I am a God that hides myself. I have concealed my identity from the wise and prudent. My name was a secret, but I manifested it.

The secret of the Lord is with them that fear him, and I show them my covenant. You have been plucked out of many nets, for your eyes were toward me. Your trust has been in me; therefore, I have kept your soul and delivered you. You will not be ashamed, for integrity and uprightness shall preserve you as you wait on me. I have shown you mercy. The enemy told you that you were desolate. The troubles in your life were enlarged, but I brought you out of all of your distresses. Men afflicted you. The pains in your life were increased. I forgave all your sins and considered your many enemies as redemption brought you out of all your troubles. I have become very intimate with you. You counseled with me, your light and your salvation. Whom shall you fear?

I will make your enemies stumble and fall when they come upon you. Though a host should encamp against you, your heart shall not fear. Though war rises against you, be very confident of my promises. In the secret of my tabernacle, I have hidden you. You are set upon a rock. In the time of trouble, I have you hidden in my pavilion. Your head is lifted up above your enemies round about you, so offer the sacrifices of joy. Sing praise unto me, for I am good, and my mercy is everlasting. I have placed you in a secret place. Now abide in this secret place. Though men see you, they do not understand how you are hidden. Go and do the work of God.

I have placed a curtain of grace about you; therefore, are you hidden behind this curtain. I have dropped the curtain of grace and closed the scenes of the past on your enemies. The curtain of grace has been drawn as your protection, but it has shut out the trouble of the past. You are concealed; therefore, do not fear the voices of trouble from your past, neither the vessels that these voices speak through. You are kept under the wraps of my love behind a curtain, in secret. Rejoice.

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?