Boundary Lines
I know that you have felt a stretching within you in this season.
You have felt me drawing attention to those parts deep within you that are in conflict with the best that I have for you. I am allowing you to feel this stretching, for it will lead to a separation. A separation within you from the worth and values you find from this world, to the identity and authority that you have in me.
For now I am drawing boundary lines within you. Just as in the beginning I separated the light from the darkness, and separated the waters; so I will separate the light and dark within you. That which comes from above, and that which comes from below.
At that separation point I will draw my boundary lines. This is not something meant to restrict or contain you; for the boundary line between sea and sky becomes the horizon. And from the horizon the sun will rise.
From this separation within you, you will rise and shine. No longer divided of heart – but boundaried into freedom.
Activation: Ask the Holy Spirit to draw attention to those areas in your life that he wants to separate out. Give him full permission to complete the separation process, and to draw the boundary lines within you; a boundary between the values that you hold from this world and the identity and authority you have in him. Ask the Holy Spirit to show you the sun rising from your boundary line. What areas of freedom is it illuminating in your life now?
Genesis 1:3-6 (NIV)
And God said, “Let there be light,” and there was light. God saw that the light was good, and he separated the light from the darkness. God called the light “day” and the darkness he called “night.” And there was evening, and there was morning – the first day. And God said, “Let there be a vault between the waters to separate water from water.” So God made the vault and separated the water under the vault from the water above it. And it was so. God called the vault “sky.” And there was evening, and there was morning – the second day.
Job 26:10 (NIV)
He marks out the horizon on the face of the waters for a boundary between light and darkness.
Isaiah 58:8 (NIV)
Then your light will break forth like the dawn, and your healing will quickly appear; then your righteousness will go before you, and the glory of the Lord will be your rear guard.
