Journals of the Heart

Word of the Day

I am ever present with you, no matter what you may be experiencing or feeling. I am present in all your trouble (Psalms 46:1) I am not bound by your emotions or situations. I am Your ever adoring and loving Father who delights in you every moment of your life (1 John 3:1). I particularly enjoy your times of quiet rest. Your times of respite are very precious to Me and enable Me to speak in ways I otherwise could not.

I take great pleasure in watching you relax: it is like gentle winds blowing across fields of grain waiting for the harvest. Many times I lead you beside still waters and cause you to lie down in green pastures bringing peace and replenishment to your soul, your spirit. I love for you to rest. Take some time to do so.

During these times I fill you and prepare you. Sometimes you get anxious during times of rest, feeling you should be busy. There is no need to do so. Remember, I often went away to rest and to pray. Our Father rested on the seventh day. Why not you?

When you rest, I am at work preparing ground for the release of seed I have planted in you, all the while placing new things into the depths your heart, into good soil. I am always doing a new thing. I never rely on old manna and neither should you. Look up, look out to the horizon and see your fields ripe for harvest. I have planned new manna to fill your life each and every day. Remember, rest is a good thing My beloved. Even now My wind is blowing, anticipating its journey through your heart. Won’t you join Me? Read Complete Love Letter…

Who has prepared and done this, calling forth and guiding the destinies of the generations [of the nations] from the beginning? I, the Lord–the first [existing before history began] and with the last [an ever-present, unchanging God]–I am He (Isaiah 41:4 Amplified)How great is the love the Father has lavished on us, that we should be called children of God! And that is what we are! The reason the world does not know us is that it did not know him. (1 John 3:1 Amplified)

Prayer

The Lord is with me. The Lord is for me, whom or what shall I fear; nothing or no one. My emotions and my situations are in submission to the mighty name of Jesus. My Father in Heaven delights in me and watches over me with a protecting love. I am secure and safe in Him. I am one who rest beside the still waters of His presence among the green pastures of His grace. I rest in Him and I am being prepared, being filled for His good purpose.

All the things planted in me by the Lord are being tended by His loving care and are maturing in the light of His love. I rest in Him and my heart is receptive to winds of refreshing and freedom. My fields are ripe for harvest and I walk in a place of rest and new manna. Amen

Reflect and Journal:

1. Is there anything, be they emotions, circumstances, people or anything else seeking to convince you that you have somehow limited His abilities in your life?

2. Is it hard for you to rest and what do you think might happen if you take the time to do so?

3. Take some time today to listen to some worship, rest quietly in His presence and hear His voice. Record His thoughts.