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Lamentations 5:7
Our father’s sinned and are no more, but we bear their iniquities. Servants rule over us; there is none to deliver us from their hand. We get our bread at the risk of our lives because of the sword in the wilderness. Our skin is hot as an oven because of the fever of famine. They ravished the women in Zion, the maidens in the cities of Judah. Princes were hung up by their hands and elders were not respected. Young men ground at the millstones; boys staggered under loads of wood. The elders have ceased gathering at the gate and the young men from their music. The joy of our heart has ceased; our dance has turned into mourning. The crown has fallen from our head. Woe to us, for we have sinned! Because of this our heart is faint; because of these things our eyes grow dim; because of Mount Zion which is desolate with foxes walking about on it. You O Lord, remain forever; your throne from generation to generation. Why do you forget us forever and forsake us of so long a time? Turn us back to you O Lord, and we will be restored; renew our days as of old, unless you have utterly rejected us and are very angry with us.
Psalms 14
The fool has said in his heart, “there is no God.” They are corrupt, they have done abominable works. There is none who does good. The Lord looks down from heaven upon the children of mine to see if there are any who understand, who seek God. They have all turned aside, they have together become corrupt; there is none who does good, no not one.
Have all the workers of iniquity knowledge, who eats up my people as they eat bread and do not call on the Lord? There they are in great fear, for God is with the generation of the righteous. You shame the counsel of the poor, but the Lord is his refuge. Oh, that the salvation of Israel would come out of Zion! When the Lord brings back the capacity of his people, let Jacob rejoice and Israel be glad.
Psalms 17:5
Uphold my steps in your paths, that my footsteps may not slip. I have called upon you, for you will hear me, O God; incline your ear to me and hear my speech. Show your marvelous loving-kindness by your right hand, O you who saves those who trust in you from those who rise up against them. Keep me as the apple of your eye; hide me under the shadow of your wings from the wicked who oppress me, from my deadly enemies who surround me. They have closed up their fat hearts; with their mouths they speak proudly. They have now surrounded us in our steps; they have set their eyes, crouching down to the earth as a lion is eager to tear his prey and like a young lion lurking in secret places.
Arise, O Lord confront him, cast him down; deliver my line from the wicked with your sword, with your hand from men, O Lord, from men of the world who have their portion of life, and whose belly you fill with your hidden treasure. They are stiff with children and leave the rest of their possessions for their babes. As for me, I will see your face in righteousness; I shall be satisfied when I awake in your likeness.
Psalm 5
Give ear to my words, O Lord, consider my meditation. Give heed to the voice of my cry, my King and my God, for to you I will pray. My voice you shall hear in the morning, O Lord; in the morning I will direct it to you and I will look up. For you are not a God who takes pleasure in wickedness, nor shall evil dwell with you. The boastful shall not stand in your sight; you hate all workers of iniquity. You shall destroy those who speak falsehood; the Lord abhors the bloodthirsty and deceitful man, but as for me, I will come into your house in the multitude of your mercy; in fear of you I will worship toward your holy temple. Lead me, O Lord, in your righteousness because of my enemies; make your way straight before my face. For there is no faithfulness in their mouth; their inward part is destruction; their throat is an open tomb; they flatter with their tongue. Pronounce them guilty, O God! Let them fall by their own counsels; cast them out in the multitude of their transgressions for they have rebelled against you. But let all those rejoice who put their trust in you; let them ever shout for joy because you defend them; let those also who love your name be joyful in you. For You, O Lord, will bless the righteous; with favor you will surround him as with a shield.
Psalm 74
O God, why have you cast us off forever? Why does your anger smoke against the sheep of your pasture? Remember Your congregation which you have purchased of old. The tribe of your inheritance which you have redeemed. This Mount Zion where you have dwelt. Lift up Your feet to the perpetual desolations. The enemy has damaged everything in the sanctuary. Your enemies roar in the midst of your meeting place. They set up their banners for signs. They seem like men who lift up axes among the thick trees and now they break down its carved work. All at once with axes and hammers. They have set fire to your sanctuary; they have defiled the dwelling place of your name to the ground. They said in their hearts, “let us destroy them altogether.” They have burned up all the meeting places of God in land.
We do not see our signs; there is no longer any prophet; nor is there any among us who knows how long. O God, how long will the adversary reproach? Will the enemy blaspheme your name forever? Why do you withdraw your hand, even your right hand? Take out of your bosom and destroy them.
For God is my King from of old, working salvation in the midst of the earth. You divided the sea by your strength; you broke the heads of the sea serpents in the waters. You broke the heads of Leviathan in pieces and gave him as food to the people inhabiting the wilderness. You broke open the fountain and the the flood; you dried up mighty rivers. The day is yours, the night also is yours; you have prepared the light and the sun. You have set all the borders of the earth; you have made summer and winter.
Remember this, that the enemy has reproached, O Lord, and that foolish people have blasphemed your name. Oh, do not deliver the life of your turtle dove to the wild beast! Do not forget the life of your poor forever. Have respect to the covenant; for the dark places of the earth are full of haunts of cruelty. Oh, do not let the oppressed return ashamed! Let the poor and needy praise your name. Arise, O God, plead your own cause; remember how the foolish man reproaches you daily. Do not forget the voice of your enemies; the tumult of those who rise up against you increases continually.
The Lord is saying that many people will be lost and without a leader. No shepherd to be found. Great losses all around from children to teenagers, from adults to the elderly. Many will walk around in chaos not knowing where to go as if they were disconnected and unplugged to the life they once knew, but no longer exist. He is calling those who walk in righteousness to come up to a higher and deeper level so that they can hear his voice. If they choose not to, they will be disconnected to the word and they will join those who are lost wandering around aimlessly.
My children, hear my voice, remove all distractions for the whole earth will be coming into deeper darkness and walking in places they do not know at all.
My word requires application. It requires people to come into a covenant with me in order to come out of the places of darkness and distraction. I call my children and my children are distracted. I place my words in their heart, but they do not seek me, they do not search for me. They have placed fear, anxiety, and deceit. They choose to believe the lies of the enemy. They have forgotten who their God is that stands on the throne. Oh my children, you run after many desires of your heart and I am far from your thoughts.
Draw ever so close to me so that I can pour my thoughts into your heart and you can find your way once again to the place of deep intimacy with me. Seek me and you shall find me, knock and I will open the door. For without me, you will be led into deep darkness where you will not find me. You will not hear me call you from the depths that you drown your thoughts… I am the one true King. I am the author and the finisher of your purpose and destiny. I will be forever your father if you open your door and let me lead you.
They have lost their way. They have fallen to the desires of their lust and demonic ways. It is I that will walk beside you and rescue you from the pits of hell. For I chase after you night and day. You risk everything in this hour. Your seek nothing that can satisfy your thoughts or your heart.. You keep chasing what is ungodly and find the emptiness and the darkness before you but you keep walking deeper into a place that I can not understand, why you travel down the road of complete despair. For I am the way, the truth and I will cleanse you with my blood and I will protect you my child, of all that wants to devour your very being. I am enough and I know all that you have done, but I love you with all my being. I will cleanse you of all my blood and it will wash you clean. You belong to me for I chose you from the very beginning. Surrender your heart, your mind, and soul and I will renew you and cause your roads to become straight. My ways are higher than your ways. I am your father and I will never stop loving you. My love pours oceans deep. It flows daily and never stops. You are my child and I love you. I ask that you surrender to me… Surrender your life and I will give you a purpose and destiny that you can’t imagine. I will bring forth my kingdom and I will hold to my covenants for my words are alive and they will be fulfilled. Changes are all around, your mindset will begin to change as those around you begin to fall into places you have never seen before. They will walk in depression, anxiety, fear, confusion, and they will spin in circles thinking they have made it into a place of safety, but to find out they are still lost. My ways, I direct. I give understanding. I lead with such power and might that you know that there is a God.
I will not be misunderstood for I am a God of might and power. I know who I am and I know the way I lead my children. They will walk with such a boldness people will know who they walk with and why they walk in such a way.
Come now and surrender, for in your surrender, I will cover you with a robe of protection. No one or nothing can touch you for I have marked you with a protection that they will fear the God who covers you. I am a mighty God and I will have no other Gods before me. I am jealous and I will only want you to love me and not other Gods before me. Listen to my heart my son/daughter… hear my heart beat.. it has a beat that speaks of my love for you. Listen and you will feel the calming in my heart. You will feel the truth overwhelm you with a love so deep… Do you hear me my child… I am speaking to you. I am the great I am. I am the God who desires all of you. Surrender and I will bring you into my wings of protection. I have no agenda but to love you.