ESOCS Devotional 17 January 2025 – Prophetic Acts That Break Down Barriers
MEMORY VERSE: ““And the key of the house of David will I lay upon his shoulder; so, he shall open, and none shall shut; and he shall shut, and none shall open.” Isaiah 22:22
TEXT: ISAIAH 22:16-END
‘What have you here, and whom have you here,
That you have hewn a sepulcher here,
As he who hews himself a sepulcher on high,
Who carves a tomb for himself in a rock?
17 Indeed, the Lord will throw you away violently,
O mighty man,
And will surely seize you.
18 He will surely turn violently and toss you like a ball
Into a large country;
There you shall die, and there your glorious chariots
Shall be the shame of your master’s house.
19 So I will drive you out of your office,
And from your position he will pull you down.
20 ‘Then it shall be in that day,
That I will call My servant Eliakim the son of Hilkiah;
21 I will clothe him with your robe
And strengthen him with your belt;
I will commit your responsibility into his hand.
He shall be a father to the inhabitants of Jerusalem
And to the house of Judah.
22 The key of the house of David
I will lay on his shoulder;
So he shall open, and no one shall shut;
And he shall shut, and no one shall open.
23 I will fasten him as a peg in a secure place,
And he will become a glorious throne to his father’s house.
24 ‘They will hang on him all the glory of his father’s house, the offspring and the posterity, all vessels of small quantity, from the cups to all the pitchers. 25 In that day,’ says the Lord of hosts, ‘the peg that is fastened in the secure place will be removed and be cut down and fall, and the burden that was on it will be cut off; for the Lord has spoken.’ ”
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Jesus gave us the keys to the Kingdom; and “Whatever we bind on earth shall be bound in heaven and whatever we lose on earth shall be loosed in heaven” (Matt. 16:19). As spiritual warriors, many of us have become experts at binding and loosing.
But there’s another key that believers can use to open doors that no one can shut and shut doors that no one can open. The Word of God reveals this prophetic key in both the Old and New Testaments. It’s the key of David.
Some call it the “Isaiah 22:22 key” but you could also call it the Revelation 3:7 key because the prophetic Scripture is mentioned in both books. Isaiah 22:22 reads, “The key of the house of David I will lay on his shoulder. Then he shall open, and no one shall shut. And he shall shut, and no one shall open.”
Of course, the “He” in this verse is Jesus. Jesus has the key and can open and shut as He wills. When Jesus opens the door, no man can shut it and when Jesus shuts the door, no man can open it. Our job as prophetic people is to discern His will and Kingdom purpose so we can exercise our authority in His name to open what He wants opened and shut what He wants shut.
Jesus has not called us to be reckless with the Key of David, nor will the Isaiah 22:22 key work if we try to turn it in a direction opposite His will. But when we hear from the Lord, we can turn that key with confidence and decree and declare that doors will open or close. It’s a powerful prophetic act that breaks down barriers.
Dearly beloved, nearly everything is possible if only we know and activate the right key in accordance with God’s purpose. The secret of impacting our generation for Jesus is knowing His will and purpose for every situation, that’s the key we could apply and none can alter it or alternate it.
CHALLENGES
- Pray to God to reveal to you what is the Key of David. When you know it, use it righteously.
PRAYER POINT
- Father, help me to know your Will and purpose in every situation, and the grace to apply your key aright. Amen.
FURTHER READING: Isaiah 23:1-end; Matthew 10:1-end
ESOCS Devotional 17 January 2025
