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Here is the revelation that is shaping my life today – you will never see and know God through the intellectual evidential search, you must arrive at a point of faith for evidence will never see him.
Hebrews 11:1,13,14-16,33
Now faith brings our hopes into reality and becomes the foundation needed to acquire the things we long for. It is all the evidence required to prove what is still unseen.
Hebrews 11:13
These heroes all died still clinging to their faith, not even receiving all that had been promised them. But they saw beyond the horizon the fulfilment of their promises and gladly embraced it from afar. They all lived their lives on earth as those who belonged to another realm.
Hebrews 11:14-16
[14] For clearly, those who live this way are longing for the appearing of a heavenly city. [15] And if their hearts were still remembering what they left behind, they would have found an opportunity to go back. [16] But they couldn’t turn back for their hearts were fixed on what was far greater, that is, the heavenly realm! So because of this God is not ashamed in any way to be called their God, for he has prepared a heavenly city for them.
Hebrews 11:33
Their faith fastened onto their promises and pulled them into the reality.

Here is the revelation that is shaping my life today – it’s personal. Love makes it personal.

Luke 13:23 TPT
[23] A bystander asked him, “Lord, will only a few have eternal life?”

Here is the revelation that is shaping my life today – I am home free, no more sacrifices required of me, only the faithfulness to come and be loved.

Hebrews 10:1 TPT
[1] The old system of living under the law presented us with only a faint shadow, a crude outline of the reality of the wonderful blessings to come. …9] And then he said, “God, I will be the one to go and do your will.” So by being the sacrifice that removes sin, he abolishes animal sacrifices and replaces that entire system with the new covenant…..14] And by his one perfect sacrifice he made us perfectly holy and complete for all time!….18] So if our sins have been forgiven and forgotten, why would we ever need to offer another sacrifice for sin?…..20) For he has dedicated a new, life-giving way for us to approach God. For just as the veil was torn in two, Jesus’ body was torn open to give us free and fresh access to him!…..22] We come closer to God and approach him with an open heart, fully convinced by faith that nothing will keep us at a distance from him. For our hearts have been sprinkled with blood to remove impurity and we have been freed from an accusing conscience and now we are clean, unstained, and presentable to God inside and out!

Here is the revelation that is shaping my life today – the value, the worth, of a thing, especially when that thing is me, is so important. We discard things of little worth and prize things of great value. So what is my value?

Luke 12:6-7 TPT
[6-7] “What is the value of your soul to God? Could your worth be defined by an amount of money? God doesn’t abandon or forget even the small sparrow he has made. How then could he forget or abandon you? What about the seemingly minor issues of your life? Do they matter to God? Of course they do! So you never need to worry, for you are more valuable to God than anything else in this world.

Here is the revelation that is shaping my life today -Does modern man still live in the dark ages? A new age has dawned, it’s the age where sin has been abolished, am I living here?

Hebrews 9:26,28 TPT
….But now he has appeared at the fulfilment of the ages to abolish sin once and for all by the sacrifice of himself! ……28] But when we die we will be face-to-face with Christ, the One who experienced death once for all to bear the sins of many! And now to those who eagerly await him, he will appear a second time; not to deal with sin, but to bring us the fullness of salvation.

Here is the revelation that is shaping my life today – important issues should never be prioritised over the importance of love. We become frauds of the Kingdom when we are more concerned with issues and behaviour than we are with the sacrificial expression of love.

Luke 11:42 TPT
[42] “You Pharisees are hopeless frauds! For you are obsessed with peripheral issues, like paying meticulous tithes on the smallest herbs that grow in your gardens. These matters you should do. Yet when you unjustly cheat others, you ignore the most important duty of all: to walk in the love of God. Readjust your values and place first things first.

Here is the revelation that is shaping my life today – there is a better way than law and manipulation – it’s the way of the heart and God has chosen it!

Hebrews 8:6-7,10 TPT
[6] …since he (Jesus) is the catalyst of a better covenant which contains far more wonderful promises! [7] For if that first covenant had been faultless no one would have needed a second one to replace it. ……10] For here is the covenant I will one day establish with the people of Israel: I will embed my laws within their thoughts and fasten them onto their hearts. I will be their loyal God and they will be my loyal people.

Here is the revelation that is shaping my life today – the way to live intimately loved by God is completely, forever open to all.

Hebrews 7:19,25,27 TPT
[19] For the law has never made anyone perfect, but in its place is a far better hope which gives us confidence to experience intimacy with God! [25] So he is able to save fully from now throughout eternity, everyone who comes to God through him, because he lives to pray continually for them. [27] ….he finished the sacrificial system, once and for all when he offered himself.

Here is the revelation that is shaping my life today – if you try, even just a little bit, if you put your “I” in the salvation story, you miss the whole story.

Luke 10:25 NIV
[25] On one occasion an expert in the law stood up to test Jesus. “Teacher,” he asked, “what must I do to inherit eternal life?”

Here is the revelation that is shaping my life today – I was never meant to work hard to find life, it can’t be found in its fullness in the fullness of my efforts, it is waiting for me in the intimacy and fullness of God’s heart.

Hebrews 6:18 TPT
[18] And now we have run into his heart to hide ourselves in his faithfulness. This is where we find his strength and comfort, for he empowers us to seize what has already been established ahead of time-an unshakeable hope!

Here is the revelation that is shaping my life today – which life do I want to live? There are two versions of life, two versions of me, and Jesus comes to bring revelation to me of the difference and to offer and open the way to becoming my true self me.

Luke 9:23-25 NIV
[23] Then he said to them all: “Whoever wants to be my disciple must deny themselves and take up their cross daily and follow me. [24] For whoever wants to save their life will lose it, but whoever loses their life for me will save it. [25] What good is it for someone to gain the whole world, and yet lose or forfeit their very self?

Here is the revelation that is shaping my life today – everything is available in the spiritual realm from love’s open hands, but not everything is experienced and received for there is a responsibility to receiving.

Hebrews 4:1-3 TPT
[1] Now God has offered to us the same promise of entering into his realm of resting in confident faith. So we must be extremely careful to ensure that we all embrace the fullness of that promise and not fail to experience it. [2] For we have heard the good news of deliverance just as they did, yet they didn’t join their faith with the Word. Instead, what they heard didn’t affect them deeply, for they doubted. [3] For those of us who believe, faith activates the promise and we experience the realm of confident rest!

Here is the revelation that is shaping my life today – the secrets and mysteries of the spiritual realm and heard by a listening heart, not an inquiring mind. And I have been given this heart. So I lack nothing to understand the secrets and mysteries of God, other than my choice to exercise my listening heart.

Luke 8:9-10,18 TPT
[9] Later his disciples came to Jesus and asked him privately what deeper meaning was found in this parable. [10] He said, “You have been given a teachable heart to perceive the secret, hidden mysteries of God’s kingdom realm. But to those who don’t have a listening heart, my words are merely stories. Even though they have eyes, they are blind to the true meaning of what I say, and even though they listen, they won’t receive full revelation. [18] So pay careful attention to your hearts as you hear my teaching, for to those who have open hearts, even more revelation will be given to them until it overflows. And for those who do not listen with open hearts, what little light they imagine to have will be taken away.”

Here is the revelation that is shaping my life today- the desire, or even sense of entitlement, that I should live without facing ‘life’s ordeals’, has me miss God and his intended beauty.

Hebrews 2:14,18 TPT
[14] Since all his “children” have flesh and blood, so Jesus became human to fully identify with us.….. [18] He suffered and endured every test and temptation, so that he can help us every time we pass through the ordeals of life.