Good Morning Brothers,
Man, I have SO much I want to share with you – to encourage you in Jesus Christ. We have times in our walk where we just seem to receive so much revelation at one time. This past week and this week are just this for me. And, it’s incredibly exciting, uplifting, encouraging, and faith power building.
Emails are tough to communicate through because it takes so much to try and convey the Word to you. But something is better than nothing, and God’s Word doesn’t return void (Isaiah 55:11).
Isaiah 54 is a wonderful chapter of promise to us as Believers. We’ll deal only with Isaiah 54:1-4 today.
Isaiah 54:1
Sing, O barren, thou that didst not bear; break forth into singing, and cry aloud, thou that didst not travail with child: for more are the children of the desolate than the children of the married wife, saith the LORD.
The barren woman spoken of in this verse is Believers. Our Father is telling us to break forth into singing, praises, and decrees. Why in the world would someone tell a barren woman to break forth into singing, praises, and decrees? What a seemingly cruel thing to do – reminding a barren woman of her inability to produce children. But, this barren woman is not just somebody. She is the child of the Most High God – El Elyon and El Shaddai.
Isaiah 54:2
Enlarge the place of thy tent, and let them stretch forth the curtains of thine habitations: spare not, lengthen thy cords, and strengthen thy stakes;
This verse is AWESOME! Our Father is instructing us to prepare for increase – to enlarge the borders of our tent – to stretch out our tent further and strengthen the stakes (as a tent grows larger and larger, you’ll need larger and larger stakes, and they’ll need to be placed further and further from the tent to pull the ropes tight to hold up the growing tent size). Notice, He said “spare not,”. This means your provision will only be as large as your vision. If you have a weak vision, you’ll have a provision to match. Likewise, if you have a great vision, you’ll have a great provision. God commands us to have EXPECTATION. If you don’t have faithful expectation, you’ll receive little-to-nothing.
Isaiah 54:3
For thou shalt break forth on the right hand and on the left; and thy seed shall inherit the Gentiles, and make the desolate cities to be inhabited.
Again, another AWESOME verse of promise. God is decreeing this for us. However, He has no legal authority to bring it to pass on this earth. Only man – us – Believers – can bring this to pass when we decree this in complete faith and expectation. Our Father is telling us we are going to break out in every direction in our lives with prosperity – in our health, in our families, in our businesses, in our finances, in our relationships, in our ministries, in our emotions, in everything to which we put our mouth and hands. Praise our Father!!! Our seed (this means our children, grandchildren, and generations to come) shall inherit (have on this earth) that which the Gentiles (in this case, it being in the Old Testament, it means the unsaved) have accumulated and built (their wealth, their homes, their businesses, etc.). Desolate means “without God.” Just as our Father gave the Children of Israel the Promised Land and cities they did not build, homes with goods they did not purchase, fields they didn’t plant, silver and gold they didn’t earn by the sweat of their brow (curse), etc., He is promises this to us – the modern day Believer through THE BLESSING.
Isaiah 54:4
Fear not; for thou shalt not be ashamed: neither be thou confounded; for thou shalt not be put to shame: for thou shalt forget the shame of thy youth, and shalt not remember the reproach of thy widowhood any more.
Our Father is promising us that if we believe on Him and walk with faith in THE BLESSING, we shall not be ashamed, we’ll be bold and courageous; we will not be amazed, dumbfounded, or stumped in any situation; we will always be blessed and our name made great. We’ll come to understand the pure, unconditional, amazing love of God which will cause us to forget our past, our sins, any reproach we’ve had or caused in our lives, and our barren state will be transformed into one of thriving, victory, plenty, blessing, health, prosperity, blessing others, deliverance, etc.
Isaiah 53 is a Messianic chapter, speaking of the coming and the offering of our Savior Jesus Christ for the sins and curses of the world. Once this occurred, chapter 54 is executed upon the giving of the Holy Spirit at Pentecost. Jesus Christ reconnected us back to THE BLESSING our Father spoke on Adam in Genesis 1:28, Noah and his family in Genesis 9:1, and Abraham and his Seed and seed (us) in Genesis 12:2-3. We were the barren woman without the Holy Spirit, which was taken out of man with the original sin and given back to man by the Last Adam and His sacrifice and resurrection. We are no longer barren, but made whole by Jesus Christ.
So, our Father’s challenge to YOU is – I’m speaking to each of you individually now – are you going to continue to reject the fullness of Grace given to you by our Father? Are you going to continue to put your faith in your wisdom, in the wisdom of the world, in religion, or in your Father’s Word? If you answer “in my Father’s Word,” then you must believe and act on the four verses I’ve shared with you this morning. Otherwise, you live no differently than the world. And because of this, you’ll be subjected to everything to which the world is subjected. This is not God’s intention or God’s best for you. Plus, if you choose to operate in opposition to these four verses, you cannot fulfill your covenant with our Father – “you’ll be a blessing to others.” Our Father has done everything to fulfill His part of the covenant (contract) with you – “I will bless you, and make your name great.” If you’re not blessed (prosperous in all areas of your life) and your name becoming great, then you’re not walking in THE BLESSING. This means there is no way you can uphold your part of the covenant.
I love all of you and pray for you often. I pray the Spirit of wisdom and revelation of the knowledge of Jesus Christ will overcome you in all areas of your live, that you’ll sell out to Jesus Christ, that you’ll put aside yourself, the world, the world’s thinking, and sell out to the ways and thoughts of our Father (Isaiah 55:8-9). I promise you that walking in THE BLESSSING will be incredible. I’m having the time of my life, and I’ve ONLY scratched the surface of THE BLESSING. I can promise you that you can watch me in the coming days, weeks, months, and years, and you’ll see my family and myself increase daily in every area of our lives. And, every year my family and I will become greater and greater blessings to others – Praise God!! When I’ve completed all of my Father’s assignments for me on this earth and I leave for Heaven (temporary resting place until I come back with Jesus Christ to rule on this earth for 1,000 years and then to usher in the new earth where we’ll live with our Father and Jesus for eternity), my grave marker will read this:
Genesis 24:1
And Larry was old, and well stricken in age: and the LORD had blessed Larry in all things.
Praise God!! Man, I’m walking in THE BLESSING. Don’t be a casualty of war my Brothers. We are coming from a place of Victory, not trying to win a victory. That’s what religion teaches us today – we are trying to win a victory through our works, our labor, our wisdom, our righteousness. Sorry, but I can tell you what the scoreboard will read for all those that believe in this manner. Satan – A LOT – Unbelieving Believer – A LITTLE. As Andrew Wommack says, ” Satan’s score should read zero with the rim knocked off.”
Believe and achieve great things for our Father and His Kingdom.
Love to all,
Larry