Daily Bread - January 16, 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 have kept you as the apple of my eye. I found you in a desert place and in the waste wilderness of this world. I have given you instruction in your night season. As an eagle stirs up her nest, flutters over her young, spreads abroad her wings, takes her young, and bears them on her wings, I have lead you in the past. I will continue to lead you. I have flown into your life forever. I did not visit you. I came to live inside of you. As I spread my wings, ride out of this present trouble on my wings. My wings are great and long winged. They are full of feathers. I am the everlasting God, the Lord, and the Creator of the ends of the earth. I do not faint, neither do I grow weary. There is no searching of my understanding. I give power to the faint and to them that have no might; I increase their strength. Wait on me. I shall renew your strength. You shall mount up with wings as an eagle. You shall run and not be weary. You shall walk and not faint. I have brought you unto myself.

I have given you grace so that you may obey my voice and keep my covenant. Now you are a peculiar treasure unto me. You are a priest unto me and a part of a holy nation. By my power, you are stronger than a lion and swifter than an eagle. Exercise the power given unto you. I have given you precious promises. I placed a rainbow in the sky as a reminder to my people that I would never destroy the earth again by water. The light that I have given you will not fade. The manifold light that I have given is supplying all that you need right now. The raging waters shall not destroy you. You shall not drown in the waters that seem to have swept you away. You shall not fall to the rocks below. Though the waters seem to carry you high into the mountains of trouble, you will not be abandoned there. Though the waters carry you low into the ravine of the valley below, you will not be deserted there. Though the rains beat down upon you with an unrelenting force, I have supplied you shelter from them. I have placed the wall of my power in front of these waters. Now will they be halted and cease to rage.

Look upon the horizon, and see that the sun rises in the distance. The storm is passing, and the sun is going to shine on you again. You have felt like you were all alone. Not many understood what you were going through. With the sunlight in the distance, there come many friends, brethren, and sisters to lift up your heavy hands and feeble knees. Weeping has endured for the night, but joy comes with the sunshine. You will know that the ministry, which is given to you, is appreciated by many. I have many people in the world whose ears are opened to hear my voice. I have many sheep that hear my voice. The prophetic word, the therapeutic word will continue to speak through you even in a greater measure.

I have given you grace to endure unto the end. You will not let go of your faith, for love will not depart from you. Love and faith are one. Love works faith. The trouble will not last always. The sunshine brings a new joy to your soul. You have wept in secret, but now I will turn your weeping into laughing. The dark veil of fog that has been before you has been moved. There comes the sun of my love to warm your heart and your spirit. At the end of this storm, there lies a valley of green pasture. You will lie down there in peace and tranquility. Rest, the storm is over. Drink of the fresh waters in the new valley of blessings. Milk and honey wait on you to taste.

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?