Zechariah 1-2, Isaiah 59, Revelation 13

What God said to me – Humanity for the most part is limited in their perspective and the ability to see beyond time and space.  It’s difficult to see beyond the temporal into the eternal ramifications.  People tend to focus on My love out of their need to be loved and accepted so they project their own desires into My love and extrapolate it to mean I love them the way they are so they can live any way they want.  The reality is that My love for My children will not allow them to continue to live in sin but transforms them so they can walk in holiness. People think My goodness means that nothing they consider “bad” comes from My hand and yet I use “bad” things every day to bring about good for My children.  I allowed My own Son to die because “I AM” good.  Don’t let your understanding of Me be limited to one characteristic because your view becomes temporal rather than eternal.  When something happens to you or in the world that you deem unloving or bad, you lose faith because your restricted viewpoint can’t see the overall picture.  Look at everything in the light of My overall character and sovereignty so you can hold on to the truth that “I AM” working for your good and My glory in all that happens.  This is the perseverance and faith of the saints.

Haggai 1-2, Isaiah 58, Revelation 12

What God said to me – In the Jewish law there were things dedicated to Me and cleansed that were considered holy – the furniture and utensils and dishes in the temple – meat and grain and wine that were offerings.  When something holy was touched by something unclean, the unclean thing was not made holy, but the holy thing was made unclean, and it was not made holy again until it was cleansed and re-dedicated to Me.  The same is true of your life.  When you repented of your sin and I saved you, I made you holy to Me.  I commanded you to walk in holiness and to be holy as “I AM” holy.  In your life you will encounter things that are unclean, whether it’s inadvertently or purposefully.  When it’s inadvertent, you must turn away and when it’s purposeful, you must repent in order to be made holy.  You must constantly guard your heart and mind.  Be careful what you watch or read or listen to so you are not made unclean by them.  Set your mind on things above and walk in holiness.

Zephaniah 3, Isaiah 57, Revelation 11

What God said to me – You live in a day where people think nothing of what they say or how they say it.  All around you hear crass and coarse speech so much that you are immune to it because it is so common.  People try to be funny or shocking or with it.  Even My children say crude things without a thought.  However, I said that what proceeds out of the mouth is what is in your heart.  When Isaiah saw me high and lifted up, he fell on his face crying, “Woe is me for I am a man of unclean lips.”  He understood that what came out of his mouth revealed his sinful condition.  I told Isaiah that in the last days I would give My people purified lips so that they could call on My name.  So, be careful what you say and how you say it so that you are not praying and praising out of a mouth that is also coarse and crude.  Let Me transform your heart and mind so that what comes out of your mouth is pleasing to Me.