Word in your Spirit

“Arise, shine, for your light has come, and the glory of the Lord rises upon you.”

This scripture in Isaiah 60:1-2 reveals a striking duality—while darkness covers the earth, a chosen subset of people will experience the glory of God. A specific light and grace can locate you that will cause you to rise—your light has come!  
At the arrival of this light, 2 things happen:
1. You Rise
2. You are commanded to Shine
In the kingdom of God, you rise on the strength of the light you possess.
It takes more than feet to stand; it requires light.
When Jacob dreamt of a ladder, it symbolized truth, understanding, and precepts.
In this kingdom, understanding is light; you scale heights based on understanding.
Is there a Word, like fire in your bones, locked within your spirit? What you need is a Word that sustains and carries you—it is the most valuable commodity you can have. You move at the speed of that Word.
Ruth's decision to follow Naomi was a holy covenant—following someone with nothing to offer is uncommon. Naomi’s only advantage was that she had tasted bread blessed by the Lord and carried vital information that there was bread in Bethlehem. She was now returning to the house of bread, to the voice of the Lord. (Ruth 1:6-16)
It matters where you eat, who feeds you, and where your bread comes from. This year, return to the place of bread—the place of friendship and fellowship with God. There is a word that is a product of a visitation from the Lord: this bread sustains you.
Naomi sent Ruth to Boaz, a man whose land was abundant with bread. As men of God, your primary function is to bring the Word of the Lord to your families. Are you rich in the Word? The Word is the generator of all things.
In Joshua 1:8, as Joshua stood on the cusp of stepping into Moses’ mantle, with over a million people looking to him for direction, the Lord’s instruction was clear: stay in the Word—it was his blueprint for leadership. The command is to be immersed in the Word—saturated and consumed by it. The way we possess and rise is by being in the Word. To take ownership, become a voracious consumer of the Word.
We rise on the merit of the Word in our spirit. There is a direct connection between your journey and your relationship with the Word. With all your getting, get understanding.
There is a Word sent that is tailor-made for you. The source of great light is locked in the Word, and that Word is within you. From the Word you've stored in your spirit, light will emerge. Strength is never found on the outside; it is within you. The WORD IN YOU will rise and shine.
Intellectual persuasion is not enough. If a word is born in the heart, it will move hearts; a word born in the mind intrigues minds, but the word born in the Spirit moves the spirit.

What prevents darkness from taking over? It’s that you possess Light.
Why did Satan want the body of Moses? There was light trapped in it—the evidence of the conversations he had face-to-face with the Lord. The greater your proximity to the presence of the Lord, the greater the light you carry.
Eden was a dimension of truth and glory, rich with information. When Adam fell, he first lost access to Eden. Eden was a dimension of God, where He had imparted Himself. Though God cast them out of Eden, He still came to speak with them, reducing the glory He visited them with.
Lucifer was cast out of one dimension—the place closest to the throne of God—yet he was still permitted at the gathering of the sons in the book of Job. He lost access to some realms of light but retained access to others.
God can come to you in varying capacities and degrees of glory. He can give you Himself while still hiding certain dimensions of grace from you.

There is bread in His presence; it is the product of a visitation. In 2025, become a carrier of the Great Light and learn to feast on the bread of His presence. Become a house of bread.