Journals of the Heart

Arise, shine, for your light has come, and the glory of the LORD rises upon you (Isaiah 60:1 NIV).Awake, my soul! Awake, harp and lyre! I will awaken the dawn (Psalms 57:8 NIV)

I am rousing you to wakefulness with My beauty, causing you to forsake all at its revealing. I will touch your eyes, removing the sleep that has formed there, enabling you to behold My beauty. I am causing My goodness to pass before you. The brightness of My glory will radiate from your life. It may seem painful for a moment when the hidden places of your heart that cause you to slumber are revealed. During this time of preparation you must remember that things are only manifest so they might be destroyed (1 John 3:8).

Always know this, My only desire is to bring you into the glorious purpose I planned for you before the foundations of the world (Ephesians 2:10). Be confident of this: joy comes in the morning (Psalms 30:5). It would be selfish and unkind of Me to leave you in a state of slumber when so much is at stake for the lost, and for you personally. Your awakening produces someone else’s awakening. The law of multiplication will take effect…