Morning by Morning, August 31 - "Come Away with Me," Says the Lord!
Good morning, Lord Jesus. I seek to humble my heart in worship and prayer to begin my day embraced by my Father, centered in Christ, and filled with Your Holy Spirit. ...
"The Lord says, 'Come away! Flee from Babylon in the land of the north, for I have scattered you to the four winds. Come away, people of Zion, you who are exiled in Babylon! ... The Lord says, 'Shout and rejoice, O beautiful Jerusalem, for I am coming to live among you!" (Zechariah 2:6-10 NLT)
We live out our faith every day in the midst of the Babylonian world around us. It's a world that encourages pride rather than humility, self-promotion rather than preferring one another, building our own kingdoms instead of seeking first Your kingdom. Like in the days of the tower of Babel, the mindset of our world is to exalt ourselves in our own power and wisdom, insisting on our own ways in rebellion to Yours (Genesis 11:1-9). And so we are scattered -- scared and insecure even as we outwardly project our false confidence in the allusion of our control apart from trusting submission to the Lordship of Christ.
But You say, "Come away with Me! Come trust in Me; come yield to Me! My ways are good; My yoke is easy; My burden in light. Come find rest for your souls. As you humble yourselves in My sight, I will lift you up!" ...
Yes, Lord. Thank You for the promises of Your Word about Your yoke, Your burden, and Your ways to lift us up into Your Presence to live out Your purposes, secure in our identity in You (Matthew 11:28-30; James 4:10; 1 John 3:1). We don't have to strive and strain to exalt ourselves and live our lives in our own power and wisdom to build our own kingdoms that will never stand and never satisfy.
Let us hear the cry of Your Spirit, where Deep calls out to deep (Psalm 42:7). Your Spirit cries out, "I will repay Babylon and all the inhabitants of Chaldea before your very eyes for all the wrong that they have done in Zion, says the Lord.... I will punish Bel in Babylon.... Come out of her, My people! Save your lives, each of you, from the fierce anger of the Lord! Do not be fainthearted or fearful.... Assuredly, the days are coming when I will punish the images of Babylon; her whole land shall be put to shame, and all her slain shall fall in her midst. Then the heavens and the earth, and all that is in them, shall shout for joy over Babylon! (Jeremiah 51:24-48) Even as Your prophetic words continue to be fulfilled in our day and in the days to come, Your Spirit cries out, "Fallen, fallen is Babylon the great! It has become the dwelling place of demons.... Come out of her, My people, so that you do not take part in her sins, and so that you do not share in her plagues; for her sins are heaped high as heaven, and God has remembered her iniquities!" (Revelation 18:2-5)
Bring us out of Babylon! Deliver us from the spirit of Babylon and fill us with the Spirit of the Bride! (Revelation 21:9) "Christ loved the church and gave Himself up for her, in order to make her holy by cleansing her with the washing of water by the Word, so as to present the church to Himself in splendor, without a spot or wrinkle or anything of the kind -- yes, so that she may be holy and without blemish" (Ephesians 5:25-27). "Let us be glad and rejoice, and let us give honor to Him. For the time has come for the wedding feast of the Lamb, and His bride has prepared herself!" (Revelation 19:7 NLT)
Father God, thank You for sending Your Holy Spirit to prepare the bride of Christ. Come, Holy Spirit. Call us out and fill us up! Come, Lord Jesus! "The Spirit and the bride say, 'Come!" (Revelation 22:17) And we embrace the hope and promise of Your Word, "He who is the faithful witness to all these things say 'Yes, I Am coming soon!" (Revelation 22:20) So in faith we respond with the final words of Your Word: "Amen! Come, Lord Jesus! May the grace of the Lord Jesus be with God's holy people!" (Revelation 22:20-21) In Jesus' name I pray. Amen.
Be encouraged today! In the Love of Jesus, Tommy Hays
My friend, I pray you are filled afresh with the Holy Spirit of the living God and set free from the spirit of Babylon to be made ready and prepared as the bride of Christ in Jesus' name! Please pray the same for me. God bless you, my friend!
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Comments
Acts 4:31 After they prayed, the place where they were meeting was shaken. And they were all filled with the Holy Spirit and spoke the word of God boldly. NIV
Acts 13:52
And the disciples were filled with joy and with the Holy Spirit. NIV
2 Cor 1:21, 22 Now it is God who establishes both us and you in Christ. He anointed us, placed His seal on us, and put His Spirit in our hearts as a pledge of what is to come. BSB
Judges 6:34
NIV Then the Spirit of the LORD came on Gideon.
ESV But the Spirit of the LORD clothed Gideon.
HCSB The Spirit of the LORD took control of Gideon.
GW Then the LORD's Spirit gave Gideon strength.
NLT Then the Spirit of the LORD took possession of Gideon.