Daily Rhema: PREPARE YE THE WAY OF THE LORD

MARCH 31

PASTOR OLUBI JOHNSON

PREPARE YE THE WAY OF THE LORD

Isaiah 40:3-5 KJV:
The voice of him that crieth in the wilderness, Prepare ye the way of the LORD, make straight in the desert a highway for our God. Every valley shall be exalted, and every mountain and hill shall be made low: and the crooked shall be made straight, and the rough places plain: And the glory of the LORD shall be revealed, and all flesh shall see it together: for the mouth of the LORD hath spoken it.

God is declaring unto His people to prepare a way in the wilderness, so the glory of God can be manifested and seen by all flesh. He is making this call through a prophetic (voice ministry) typified by John the Baptist.

1). The wilderness is symbolic of our souls in a state of spiritual barrenness:
– Will: stubborn and rebellious not tempered with humility.
– Mind: not enlightened by revelation knowledge (2Cor. 4:6; Eph.1:17-18),
– Emotions: not controlled by the power of the fruit of the Spirit.

2). The way is divine love perfected in our hearts (1Cor. 12:31; 14:1). The more excellent way of love is supposed to lead us to Zion (Ps. 84:5).

3). Zion is the Church in the perfection and the fulness of Christ, without spot, blemish or wrinkle (Eph.5:27).

The Church under a wrong leadership, has forsaken the highway to Zion for the byways (Judg. 5:6-7). There is an over emphasis on prosperity, healing, deliverance, and a stubborn refusal to go beyond the foundational principles of Christ that cannot lead to Zion, but to perishing in the wilderness (1Cor. 10:5).

But God is removing this Saul/Shamgar (strange children) leadership. He is raising up a new leadership like David (an apostolic and prophetic ministry) who will prepare the highway to Zion, through their teaching on perfecting the love of God (1Jn.2:5).

Now, we must prepare the way of the Lord, a highway unto Zion, because the glory will be manifest only in Zion (Ps. 102:16). We prepare the way of the Lord as typified in Isa. 40:4-5.

(1) Valleys represents low self-esteem, condemnation and discouragement. The antidote is revelation of our rights in God, through the frequent cleansing by the blood and growth in divine love (Eph. 1:6,7).

(2) Mountains and hills represents pride and arrogance made low by daily walking in the fear of God, by cultivating honesty and humility of heart (1Pet. 5:5-7).

(3) Crooked places are a 0lack of revelation knowledge, straightened by praying daily for the spirit of wisdom and revelation (Eph. 1:17,18).

(4) The rough places represent unbelief, smoothened by obeying the distilled instructions of wisdom of fathers (The How of the How (Pro. 4:1,13).

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