"I remain confident of this; I will see the goodness of the Lord in the land of the living. Wait for the Lord; be strong, take heart, and wait for the Lord."
~ Psalm 27:13-14
"I remain confident of this; I will see the goodness of the Lord in the land of the living. Wait for the Lord; be strong, take heart, and wait for the Lord."
~ Psalm 27:13-14
My husband and I, have sort of a running ditty, since we met. We look at each other and say, "I can't live without you" to a silly tune we sang in our 20's.
The other day I came across this song and when it starts to play, I just start to cry. It begins and ends so tender, like a deep and intimate love song to Jesus. "I can't live without you." I can't imagine a life without Jesus. Such a tender Lover. Such a faithful Friend. A beautiful Redeemer. Constant Companion . . . so, so much more.
"I will never leave you or forsake you." ~ Jesus
He said to me, “Human one, these bones are the entire house of Israel. They say, ‘Our bones are dried up, and our hope has perished. We are completely finished.’ So now, prophesy and say to them, The LORD God proclaims: I’m opening your graves! I will raise you up from your graves, my people, and I will bring you to Israel’s fertile land. You will know that I am the LORD, when I open your graves and raise you up from your graves, my people. I will put my breath in you, and you will live. I will plant you on your fertile land, and you will know that I am the LORD. I’ve spoken, and I will do it. This is what the LORD says.” - Ezekiel 37:11-14
I wanted to share some Thoughts on the end part of Ezekiel 37:1-14 as it has been my focus the last couple days. We know that at this time in history, Jesus is opening graves. He is doing it in the natural (raising people from the dead - https://www.go2020.world/en/node/816) as well as in the Spirit. When all hope is perished and we feel completely finished, Ezekiel encourages us to prophesy, an opening up of our graves. Ezekiel goes on to say that God will put His Spirit in us, we will live and we will settle in our own land (He will plant you on your fertile land). This part about settling in our own land has been on my mind lately.
Sometimes dreams get put on hold and the circumstances of life can put things in the grave, so to speak. But I love the picture of God opening up graves and pulling out people, destinies, dreams, hopes, vision, purpose, etc.
When I moved to Arizona, I stood on our land, in the country, and God dropped a verse into my lap about "land". He begin to speak to me regarding geographical land, spiritual inheritance for regions, etc. Recently my girlfriend reminded me of those land verses.
"The land you are entering to take over is not like the land of Egypt, from which you have come, where you planted your seed and irrigated it by foot as in a vegetable garden. But the land you are crossing the Jordan to take possession of is a land of mountains and valleys that drinks rain from heaven. It is a land the Lord your God cares for; the eyes of the Lord your God are continually on it from the beginning of the year to its end." ~ Deuteronomy 11:11
God is taking His kids into the land that He has positioned them for. This land may be literal geographical land, or it could be a destiny, purpose and call of God on our lives. But there is "land" that He is giving us to possess and see fruitfulness. I love this picture in Deuteronomy of the land God is giving us "drinking rain from heaven and God caring for." Do you have a a place you know God is calling you to possess, that needs Holy Spirit (rain from heaven) to release a drink too? Is there a call or destiny from God upon your life, and it's good to know that you don't have to "irrigate it by foot" any longer? God has got it. He's got your seed and He is watering it, caring for it, and his eye is continually on it. Ezekiel says, HE will plant you on your fertile land. Deuteronomy says, He is doing the irrigating.
May you be encouraged today that God is doing a new thing! It is upon us. He is handing out lands and territory for His kids to possess. He is "planting you on your fertile land." He is doing it. There is something of your "own" that He has assigned to you, and as you partner and yield to Him, He is about to make fertile and irrigate.
"For the Lord your God is bringing you into a good land—a land with brooks, streams, and deep springs gushing out into the valleys and hills; a land with wheat and barley, vines and fig trees, pomegranates, olive oil and honey; a land where bread will not be scarce and you will lack nothing; a land where the rocks are iron and you can dig copper out of the hills. When you have eaten and are satisfied, praise the Lord your God for the good land he has given you." ~Deuteronomy 8:7-10
Photos compliments of John Weldon - taken of the geographical land in my backyard
“This is what the Sovereign Lord says to these bones: I will make breath enter you, and you will come to life. I will attach tendons to you and make flesh come upon you and cover you with skin; I will put breath in you, and you will come to life. Then you will know that I am the Lord.’”
Then he said to me, “Prophesy to the breath; prophesy, son of man, and say to it, ‘This is what the Sovereign Lord So I prophesied as he commanded me, and breath entered them; they came to life and stood up on their feet.” ~ Ezekiel 37
Well, we think COVID has hit our little household a few times over this past year. Our son became pretty sick in February. I remember he was in the back seat of the car after church, running a fever and telling us he was having problems breathing. We moved the car in the direction of Costco to get some Robitussin cough syrup or something that would clear the congestion and we laid hands on him and began to pray for his airways to clear up . . . this was before anyone knew what COVID was. Then we think our daughter had it the next week and in the course of her "cold" she said, "Mom, I think I need to go to the doctor as I may have pneumonia". So, I think our family got hit before COVID was widely recognized.
I've been dreading the thought of getting COVID, because, I think all sickness is awful and would never want any person sick. But, I also fight claustrophobia and so the thought of struggling to breathe is terrifying. Well, a couple weeks ago, it seems I got hit with COVID as well. High fevers, congestion in my lungs, no taste, cough, awful taste in mouth, no smell, exhaustion, etc. I went to a couple locations to get tested and they were not doing testing, so I gave up and figured I have so many of the symptoms, I'm sure this is what I am fighting and I will self quarantine.
THE COOL THING - the cool thing is that at the height of being sick, I was struggling to breathe and feeling claustrophobic, my husband came into my bedroom laid hands on me, my parents began to pray and my girlfriend began to pray and immediately my airways cleared up! Come on!! Go God!! That was the end of that.
THE NOT SO COOL THING - the not so cool thing is that I still cannot smell anything. I talked to my Aunt who had COVID and she said for some people it can be a many months, before they fully regain their smell. CRAZY! Well, this is no little thing . . . I mean, I put on new perfume the other day and could not even smell a trace of it. I can get close to our dog, talk in his face, and be all lovey with him, and not smell his breath (this is actually a joy). I can go into public bathrooms and not pull out my poo pourri, because everything smells just fine around me. ha!! :-) TMI.
OTHER NOT COOL - the other not so cool thing is that I've been gaining weight. You would think I would lose, and I did initially and then I started to gain. Could not figure it out, until this weekend. I'm a foodie and I love to eat. When I cook I throw in spices and do not follow recipes. Well, when I cannot taste I am constantly looking for something that is spicy or sweet (these two I can taste a bit) to fill the void of no flavor and I tend to keep eating till I find it. This will DEFINITELY have to be curbed this week. I am going to hit it hard today. I mean I live in Arizona and I am still in a bathing suit in October. ha! :-)
On another note, I have some spiritual thoughts about COVID too, but I will just have to share those in a blog tomorrow. Until then, these are some silly, some miraculous and some personal journeying through COVID in my house. Super thankful that I'm on the other side.