"I am your everlasting light and your glory! This is the time to declare your time of mourning is coming to an end, and your dreams that have gone wasted will be revived! For I am setting you free! I am setting you free from your 'prison' and bondage. I am setting you free from those tricky situations. I am showing you a way to be set free, and I am redeeming those 'wasted' time of yours!"
This is the Part 2 of what the Lord has spoken regarding Year 2020. Part 1 was released on the 1st January 2020. The key chapter to read (and receive by faith) at the moment is Isaiah 61. This chapter begins with Isaiah 61:1 (NLT) saying, 'The Spirit of the Sovereign Lord is upon me, for the Lord has anointed me to bring good news to the poor. He has sent me to comfort the brokenhearted and to proclaim that captives will be released and prisoners will be freed'.
Indeed, people of God, this is the time to be set free - free to be who you are meant to be in God's sovereign plan!
What are the areas in your life that need to be set free?
- Health problems
- Financial problems
- Family feud
- Bondage and curse
- Tricky situations (difficult situations to deal with, and seemingly no way out)
Whatever your situation may be, the good news is the Lord has a way out for you! Look to Him and believe that your time to be set free has come! He will know how to set you free from your 'prison', and He will know how to redeem whatever 'wasted' or 'lost' time of yours!
Isaiah 60:19-20 (NLT) says, 'No longer will you need the sun to shine by day, nor the moon
to give its light by night, for the Lord your God will be your everlasting light, and your God will be your glory. Your sun will never set; your moon will not go down. For the Lord will be your everlasting light. Your days of mourning will come to an end'. These two verses are beautiful 'pictures' of knowing that the Lord has become your everlasting light and your glory, instead of you looking to the physical world and physical creation for the answer to your problems.
As you can see, Isaiah 61 (the chapter to read at the moment) comes right after Isaiah 60 (that speaks of the Lord being your everlasting light).
Because the Lord has become your everlasting light (that never dims), you can therefore boldly proclaim 'your days of mourning has also come to an end'. Hallelujah! Isaiah 61:7 (NLT) then says, 'Instead of shame and dishonor, you will enjoy a double share of honor. You will possess a double portion of prosperity in your land, and everlasting joy will be yours'. See how Isaiah 61 ties up with Isaiah 60 here?
Let's look at one example in the Scripture - someone who had seemingly 'wasted' or 'lost' his time, his dreams, and even his opportunities. His life then got from bad to worse (from being a slave to being a prisoner). Yes, he's none other than Joseph. After sharing his dreams about how his brothers would bow down to him, his brothers hated him even more! (Genesis 37:5-9) Speaking of releasing words at the wrong place and wrong time, to the wrong people! He was then thrown into a pit by his brothers, sold as a slave in Egypt, and later on ended up in prison, being falsely accused of trying to rape his master's wife! (Genesis 39:19-20) Things certainly did not look good at all at that point of time!
But God! What was seen by the world as 'a totally hopeless case' eventually had a turn around! With man, it may be impossible; but with God, all things are possible! Joseph's moment of being set free finally came! Pharaoh needed someone to interpret his dreams, but none could interpret the dreams he had - not even the best of all the magicians or wise men in all of Egypt! (Genesis 41:8) It was then that someone (i.e. the king's chief cup-bearer) remembered Joseph, and told Pharaoh that Joseph had the ability to accurately interpret dreams. Pharaoh immediately sent for Joseph, and he was quickly brought from the prison (Genesis 41:14). The rest, of course, is history. Joseph went on to become the person he was meant to be in God's sovereign plan, and in fact, the earlier dreams he had about his brothers bowing down to him actually came to pass!
Interestingly, during that time in Egypt, Joseph had two sons - Manasseh and Ephraim (Genesis 41:50-52). 'Manasseh' ('Menashsheh' in Hebrew) means 'causing to forget (past troubles)', and
'Ephraim' ('Ephrayim' in Hebrew) means 'double fruitfulness'.
People of God, like Joseph, your time of being set free has also come! Look not at those 'wasted' or 'lost' time of yours, but look to the Lord who makes all things beautiful in His time! Know that you are set free for such a time as this, because the Lord has a plan for you to enjoy double honor and possess double portion this year 2020. Amen!
