Daily Bread - February 20, 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.

The Light of Love Leads Us Through Dangerous and Deceitful Spirits of Hatred and Betrayal

The light of love has marked a path for your feet. It is a lamp along the treacherous paths of a world lying in gross darkness. Through dangerous and deceitful spirits, this light has laid out a clear way and kept darkness away from your heart and mind. As a plague, darkness has covered the whole earth. This is a devouring darkness. It has been sent forth to darken the hearts of many. You know me. Now glorify me as God, and be thankful lest you become vain in your imaginations and your heart becomes darkened with the foolish that think that they are wise.

My tender mercies have followed you. I did not hide my face from you when you were in trouble. I heard your cry unto me and turned my lovingkindness toward you when your enemies fired arrows poisoned with reproach and shame. Dishonor was in the design of shame that was forged against you. When your comforters left you at the table of alienation and enemies in friends' clothing approached your face, I sent mighty justification as meat and deliverance as drink. I caused the table of your enemies to become a snare unto them. The things that they planned for their own welfare became their traps. I darkened their eyes so that they could not see. I made their sides shake. My wrathful anger has taken hold of them, and salvation has set you up on high.

Praise me with a song. Magnify me with thanksgiving. This is better than all the vain testimonies of the self-righteous. Be poor in spirit and contrite in heart. I have heard you and held your hand as darkness growled and roared in vain. As a father walking with a child, I have led you through deceptive loneliness and treasonous beasts. Now as a husband walking with his new bride, I am comforting you in the strong arms of complete confidence and absolute faithfulness. With the silver cord of love, I have bound myself to you. This silver cord will not be loosed, for my commitment to you is eternal. I have given you the sure mercies of David and called you blessed.

While my right hand of judgment prepares to swing with wrath and fierce anger to lay the land desolate, my arms are lifting those who are mine unto my bosom for departure. I am preparing to turn off the stars of heaven and the constellations thereof. They shall not give their light. The sun shall be darkened in his going forth, and the moon shall not cause her light to shine. I will punish the world for their evil and the wicked for their iniquity. I will cause the arrogance of the proud to cease, and I will lay low the haughtiness of the terrible. Be content to dwell in my bosom and in my arms, for I will set my bride out of reach of my wrath before I shake the heavens and remove the earth out of her place. Take heed that no man deceives you and draws you away from this relationship. Allow not the discreditors of the hour to shake your faith in my voice. My sheep know and hear my voice, and they will not follow the voice of another. Seek to walk closer with me. Seek to please me. If you do not please me, then how will you escape the hands of deception?

The darkness of deception shall not find you if you please me. When the great day of my wrath comes, I will hide you with my bride as I position her as kings and priests. Grace has come to you. Now follow the light of it into new dimensions of submission and love for me. I am teaching you how to love me. I am teaching you how to please me. By faith, Enoch was translated that he should not see death and was not found because I translated him, for before his translation, he had this testimony that he pleased me. My covenant of life and peace is with you. Be not haughty or high-minded, but fear the Lord, your God, and keep my commandments. This is the whole duty of man.

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?