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Today’s Devotional Scripture: 21 And the Lord went before them by day in a pillar of a cloud, to lead them the way; and by night in a pillar of fire, to give them light; to go by day and night:
22 He took not away the pillar of the cloud by day, nor the pillar of fire by night, from before the people. - Exodus 13:21-22 KJV
6 Be strong and of a good courage, fear not, nor be afraid of them: for the Lord thy God, he it is that doth go with thee; he will not fail thee, nor forsake thee.
- Deuteronomy 31:6 KJV
The Message For Today (May 15, 2026):
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The grace and glory of God is demonstrated through His love for us and through His faithfulness. We see here in Exodus that the children of Israel were coming out of the land of Egypt. They were free from hundreds of years of slavery. And in the going, God did not cause them to need their own fire. He provided fire by night and cloud cover by day.
As they left Egypt and walked into their new season, as they made their way to the Red Sea, the Lord was there with them every step of the way. For a people that had come out of a desperate situation, who were called to grow through a transition season, having God there as cloud by day and fire by night should have been an indication that they were not alone. It should have been an indication that God was with them and that He would fight for them. It should have increased their faith. And it didn’t.
As a people, as they went through the wilderness without water, as they went through the wilderness without drink, without sustenance, as they went through the wilderness to get to the Red Sea, there were people who were frustrated. There were people who wanted the comfort of Egypt. They wondered why Moses had taken them out.
We see it in Exodus 14 that they were terrified because Pharaoh followed behind them to take their lives. And even in that, the Lord moved the angel from before the people to behind the people so that the angel of the Lord could be there between them and Pharaoh. Trauma, isolation, and fear have a way of changing hearts and minds.
It has a way of impacting your body, your mind, your heart, and your emotions in ways that are evident even years later. The desire to isolate, the walls that we put up between ourselves and people, the fear that if you try again, that it will fail; these things shift our body chemistry, shift our minds, shift our hearts. They do, in fact, impact us for years in the future.
When Jesus comes in the New Testament, he comes in to reconcile the believer, the creation of God, back to God. He comes, and He begins to start breaking patterns. Patterns of fear, patterns of survival, patterns of being alone. He reminds the disciples and those that He taught while walking the earth that He and the Father were one, and that nobody could separate us from his hand. The Father gave, and only the Father could take away.
When we look at our lives, and we look at the situations we face, and we begin to examine even our own behaviors, you can see where there’s a mindset of being alone. Where you feel that you’re figuring it out on your own, and where you do your best to figure it out, make things work, and just hope it all works out. And in some cases, you may, in fact, be isolated. You may be alone.
However, you may be alone in the natural, but you’re not alone in the Spirit. And even though you may be going through a season of isolation, that season will not last always. If you are in a season of isolation or you are in a season of wondering what’s next, understanding that our God is with you here and now is important. He is with you. In the dark moments, He’s with you.
In the amazing moments, He’s with you. With every win, He’s with you. In your body, He’s with you. In your heart, He’s with you. The Bible tells us in Ephesians 3:20-21 that He is indeed with us and that the Spirit of the living God is at work to do exceedingly, abundantly, above all that we can ask or think.
Ephesians 3:20-21 reads:
20 Now unto him that is able to do exceeding abundantly above all that we ask or think, according to the power that worketh in us,
21 Unto him be glory in the church by Christ Jesus throughout all ages, world without end. Amen. - Ephesians 3:20-21 KJV
Ephesians 3:20-21 shows us that there is a power at work within us. That power we know to be the Holy Spirit. That power we know to be what Jesus left in the earth when He went to His Father. So you are not alone, you are surrounded, and you are covered, and you are filled.
To understand this is the beginning of healing. To understand this is the beginning of our hearts and minds being transformed and being renewed by His Word. Not conformed to situations, not conformed to past pains, not conformed to brokenness that we’ve experienced in the past, and not conformed to the patterns or the thinking of this world. But transformed by the renewing of our minds in the Word, the renewing of our minds in the fellowship of other believers, the renewing of our minds through prayer and praise, the renewing of our minds by exercised faith.
Living faith that produces a tangible change, living faith that once exercised transforms us, expands our intimacy and trust in God. This is what transforms us. This is what reminds us and shows us that God is more than able, that he is right there with us. In the dark times and the moments where it feels like we are isolated, we can begin to change our hearts and minds with the truth of God’s words, to transform our hearts and minds with the truth of God’s words.
Now remember that your heart is a thinking organ, for the Bible tells us that as a man thinketh in his heart, so is he. In Psalms 27:3 it decrees,
3 Though an host should encamp against me, my heart shall not fear: though war should rise against me, in this will I be confident. - Psalms 27:3 KJV
This being that the Lord is with us. That’s what Psalm 27 is all about. The Lord is there with us, that the Lord is our light and our salvation, and no matter what is going on, that the Lord is with us and He is the strength of our lives.
The Psalm 27:1-3 in full. When we begin to walk with God and begin to remind our hearts of the truth of God’s Word, that God is with us and will never leave us, we can begin to show our hearts the truth so that our hearts are guarded, our hearts are covered, and our hearts are healed. So when it says in Proverbs 23:7, For as he thinketh in his heart, so is he: Eat and drink, saith he to thee; but his heart is not with thee, your heart actually does think.
And when your heart knows the truth of the Word as it is in Psalms 27:3 and Proverbs 23:7, you can begin to see the truth of the Word of the Lord. You can begin to see the change, and you can begin to receive in your heart that God is right here with you right now. These scriptures remind us that He is God, and when we write His Word on our hearts.
When we write His Word on our hearts in our minds, we’re beginning to connect two minds: the mind of our heart and the mind that God has given us to create something new, to stand in the truth of His Word, and to recognize that we are not alone.
We can begin to heal,
we can begin to be reconciled in relationship,
we can begin to be reconnected with people, and
we can begin to be blessed by relationship again,
because our hearts are beginning to heal, because we are being transformed in the renewing of our minds.
Because we are thinking good thoughts, we are guarding our hearts, and the issues of life that come from it are issues that God not only heals but can transform, so that we can see tangible changes day in and day out. Because we are not alone.
Closing Devotional Prayer
My prayer for you:
Father, in the name of Jesus, thank you. Thank you for the mighty woman of God. Thank you for the grace and the glory. Thank you, God, that you are El Shaddai. You are the promise keeper. You are the Lord of our life. You are the strength, O God, that we seek.
I thank you that the mighty woman of God is ready to receive God, something new. She’s ready to open her heart, God, to what you have for her, God. She’s ready to reconcile disparate relationships where things are just not going the way she expected, or there’s grudges, or there’s hurt, and there’s pain. I thank you that the mighty woman of God has the courage to step fully into the truth of your Word: that she is not alone, not here, not now.
And that even when the enemy tried to convince her of that lie, Lord God, I thank you that her heart would be guarded in the name of Jesus, now and forevermore, that her heart is covered to know that she is not alone. And that just because someone may hurt or disappoint or betray her does not mean that you are not God.
I thank you for sudden shifts and transformations, God. I thank you that the mighty woman of God is ready to let go of everything old, is ready to step into the truth of who you are, God. She’s ready to see something new in the name of Jesus: that the Word of the Lord would take root, O God, and that she would see new fruit, O God.
Evidence that you are God, evidence, O God, that you are mighty, evidence, God, that you are faithful, miracles, signs and wonders following. Because, God, it is in your love that we see transformation. It is by your love that you cast out fear, for perfect love casteth out fear.
God, I thank you, God, that it is your love that sends forth your Spirit to do the work that is needed in our day‑to‑day lives, to be the demonstration before others that you are still God, and to remind us, O God, that we are the light on a hill that cannot be hidden and that we are covered by your grace and your glory.
I thank you that all things are working, O God, in the name of Jesus. I thank you for the fulfillment of your Word. I thank you for being the promise keeper, the great I AM. I thank you, Lord, and I pray in Jesus’ mighty name. Amen.
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