Beloved of the Lord, this blessing for your spirit is two-fold. One, for posterity, as the timing of this writing is the last few days of 2025. For the afflicted and those with afflictions, the year has been traversed one day at a time through torment, suffering, vexation, worry, hurt – and sickness, disease, conditions, disorders – the dictionary and human meaning of afflicted and afflictions. Christ traversed it not in part, but all. A day will come when the enhanced vision of the eyes of your heart alight with joy and satisfaction over God’s ways. Part of the heritage of the servants of the Lord is that what He has declared, the same will come to pass.
This blessing also serves as a recital of the Spirit of Truth and that which has never been displaced from God’s heart amid distractions, illness, resentment, pain, loss, accusation, sin, disobedience, or conflict.
We are reminded that Israel was guilty on all counts; especially that of turning away time after time from God. Yet the nation He chose from among the nations of the earth to be His, will obtain vindication from Him. We live in the unfolding of Israel’s reckoning in righteousness the fact that they belong to the LORD.
Spirit, so do you through His call, will, and desire – for you belong to a holy God for life and eternity.
Long ago, even before he made the world, God chose us to be his very own through what Christ would do for us; he decided then to make us holy in his eyes, without a single fault—we who stand before him covered with his love. Ephesians 1:4 (Living Bible)
As children of God, grafted in as ancient Israel’s spiritual counterpart, we share in the faith-filled, hoped-for promise of God’s heritage for His servants. Don’t give up today. Tomorrow we can say we didn’t. Stand fast.
Beloved, listen with your spirit to Elohyim’s own declaration of the heritage of the servants of the Lord:
Isaiah 54:11-17 (AmpC)
11 O you afflicted [city]1, storm-tossed and not comforted, behold, I will set your stones in fair colors [in antimony* to enhance their brilliance] and lay your foundations with sapphires.
12 And I will make your windows and pinnacles of [sparkling] agates or rubies, and your gates of [shining] carbuncles, and all your walls [of your enclosures] of precious stones.
13 And all your [spiritual] children shall be disciples [taught by the Lord and obedient to His will], and great shall be the peace and undisturbed composure of your children.
14 You shall establish yourself in righteousness (rightness, in conformity with God’s will and order): you shall be far from even the thought of oppression or destruction, for you shall not fear, and from terror, for it shall not come near you.
15 Behold, they may gather together and stir up strife, but it is not from Me. Whoever stirs up strife against you shall fall and surrender to you.
16 Behold, I have created the smith who blows on the fire of coals and who produces a weapon for its purpose; and I have created the devastator to destroy.
17 But no weapon that is formed against you shall prosper, and every tongue that shall rise against you in judgment you shall show to be in the wrong. This [peace, righteousness, security, triumph over opposition] is the heritage of the servants of the Lord [those in whom the ideal Servant of the Lord is reproduced]; this is the righteousness or the vindication which they obtain from Me [this is that which I impart to them as their justification], says the Lord. ▪
To every precious portion of your human spirit – Prophet, Servant, Teacher, Exhorter, Giver, Ruler, Mercy –
Every purpose of God is sealed with His “Yes, so be it.” For the portions who have questioned why the Holy One would create the ability to forge weapons and create the devastator to destroy, the answer is found in this very prophecy given to the servants of the Lord through the heart, mind, and lips of the prophet Isaiah.
When He has completed all that is to occur in this Age, our mighty and majestic Ancient of Days will have only just begun. What a glorious heritage of the servants of the Lord in the Ages to come!
Yet even now, as we live and breathe, He is performing His promises as His strong arm works and builds. Spirit, like Abraham of long ago, keep looking forward to the city that has foundations, whose architect and builder is God.2 Devastation will not have the last word; His beauty and brilliance are increasing day by day.
As we enter 2026, this heartfelt prayer echoes from the depths of my wellspring for the whole community of your human spirit and mine –
I keep asking that the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the glorious Father, may give you the Spirit of wisdom and revelation, so that you may know Him better. I pray that the eyes of your heart may be enlightened in order that you may know the hope to which He has called you, the riches of His glorious inheritance in His holy people, and His incomparably great power for us who believe. (Ephesians 1:17-19a NIV)
In Christ’s love,
~ Nancy
1 Matthew 5:14 – “You are the light of the world. A city set on a hill cannot be hidden.” 2 Hebrews 11:8-10
*Antimony – God promises to rebuild Zion: “I will set your stones (people, living stones) in antimony,” meaning He will build the city with beautiful, lustrous mortar, making the jewels shine.
Royalty Realm – Stunning Beauty │ Royalty Realm – In a Manner Worthy of a King │ Wellspring of Life 2012
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Nanc
May He shower you with peace and grace for 2026! may His Words continue to pour out through all that you do.
love CP
Thank you, Nancy. This is lovely. Our God is so gracious and you pointed out so many ways here. Blessings to you on the new year.