Daily Bread - March 19, 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.

When the Image of the Cross Is Held In God's Light, Monuments of Faith and Trust Are Unveiled

I am the spirit of the Father, the spirit of Christ, which speaks in you. I am omnipresent. I am in you.....IN YOU....IN YOU. I have transformed your life; therefore, your mind is transformed such that you have access to the unlimited power of the mind of Christ. The mind of God is within you. I have given you the mind which was in Christ Jesus. Now believe that, and you will never be limited by the limitations of human reasoning again. I am the light which holds back the darkness that threatens to come. I am the hand, which holds back the giant roller that threatens to roll you over and flatten your life as the pavement. I am the tree, which was cut down for you. Though the ax is laid at the root of your life, I am the hand that restrains the axe man that prepares to swing against your life. Be not afraid of the axe man of the darkness, for his ax has no power against you. I have placed you within me and hidden you in the light. Walk on in the light as I am in the light, for here you have fellowship with me, and my blood continually cleanses you from all unrighteousness.

Today shall bring to you that which I did make. The formation, which is by my hand, does not include the design of defeat, nor destruction for you. Though the voices of your enemy cry victory, yet they do not have victory over you. I have not ordained their victory over you. The enemy says that you have stumbled. With their big feet, they rush to trample you, but I am the hand that pulls you from under the big feet of destruction. I am on your side, and the floods of the adversary shall not go over your head. I have raised you up and made you to sit together with me in places which are heavenly. Do not fear the big feet of the tramp which walks about in the earth. The tramp of the darkness seeks whom he may devour, but I have not chosen you to be devoured, for you are chosen unto eternal salvation. Rejoice in your salvation, for this jungle of life is not a place of your defeat, but it is a scene of my glorious love, which does save and keep you from all harm.

Be fully persuaded that I will keep your feet from falling and will present you faultless before the presence of my own glory with exceeding joy. Be fully persuaded that I am the light in a dark place and that there is nothing that can be against you. Lift up your voice on high, and cry aloud that I am Lord. I have saved by my own grace. I have lifted you by my love. Now as the serpent was lifted upon the pole in the wilderness, so have I have been lifted up; therefore, look up unto me, and know that I will lift you up also unto my glorious victory and triumph.

I am the light that shines in the darkness. The darkness has no foundation to build upon. The darkness is without any foundation or strategy against you, for you are the light of this world. Allow me to remove the small things from your life and then will the shadows which appear so big vanish from your vision. My light is shining. Everything that you see is made possible by the light of my glory. As my light shines past the small sins in your life, they are manifested as huge images of defeat and trouble. Bring me all of your sins by confession today, and I will cause them to vanish in the presence of my light of love and forgiveness. When I shed forth my forgiveness, then there are no structures to produce these images of defeat. I do give you images of righteousness and holiness. I do give you fresh images which stand as monuments of faith and trust. Take this image of the cross, and hold it in the light then will you see the manifestation of my victory. Then will you say with your mouth, "Defeat, where is your glory? Trouble, where is your threat? Sickness, where is your consummation? Poverty, where are your rags? Death, where is your sting? Grave, where is your victory?"

Don't you know that the sting of death is sin and that the strength of sin is the law?

I came and fulfilled the law. Now there is no strength left in sin. I robbed sin of all of its strength as I swallowed up death by accepting its sting. I have taken the sting of death. Now all of the images of death are mere passing vapors of dark smoke in the presence of the breath of my righteousness. I blow with my breath the breath of love and forgiveness. The sting of death, which has reared up its ugly head again, shall not be the instrument which produces shadows on the wall of your mind. By love, I do forgive you, and take the pen of condemnation from the hand of death that death will not write or draw his images of defeat upon the walls and chambers of your heart. By love, I blot out all the other images, and now I write and draw the images of righteousness upon the walls and chambers of your heart.

Now follow the path of the righteousness of God, which has spoken for you, for the word is nigh you even in your mouth and in your heart, the word of faith that I told you to preach. Arise from the dust of defeat and destruction. Arise from the pavement of this world, for I have not appointed you to be the gravel in the tar of sin that is to be rolled and leveled for the feet and the vehicles of the darkness, but I have chosen you to dwell in my heavenly places of peace and victory. Arise, for I do give you light today. Thus have I, the Lord, spoken unto you from within you. I am the faithful witness, the spirit of the Father, which speaks in you. Believe me, for I am real. I am true. I am faithful.

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?