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Living from the Tree of Life — The Bridge of Iyar

Apr22

Living from the Tree of Life — The Bridge of Iyar


Scripture Focus:

Revelation 3:20 (CJB)
“Here, I’m standing at the door, knocking. If someone hears my voice and opens the door, I will come in to him and eat with him, and he will eat with me.”

Devotional Reflection

The month of Iyar stands as a sacred bridge—a hinge between Nissan, where we remember the death, burial, and resurrection of Yeshua, and Sivan, where the Word was given and the Ruach HaKodesh was poured out.

It is in this in-between place that we are invited to live from the Tree of Life.

To live from the Tree of Life is to remain rooted in Yeshua—the Way, the Truth, and the Life—allowing His life to flow through us so that others may taste and see His goodness.

Iyar asks us a searching question:
What kind of bridge are we becoming?

Are we drawing others closer to Yeshua… or unknowingly pushing them further away?

A life rooted in the Tree of the Knowledge of Good and Evil tends to measure, judge, and divide.
But a life rooted in the Tree of Life restores, invites, and reconciles.

We are called to be bridges that carry His presence.

Are we:

  • A smooth bridge, making the path easier for weary souls?
  • A steady hinge, firmly fixed to the Door—Yeshua—helping others enter into Life?
  • A musical bridge, bringing rest, beauty, and transition in the middle of someone’s storm?

Yeshua is the Door. He is the One who opens what no one can shut and shuts what no one can open (Revelation 3:7). And yet, in His mercy, He chooses to position us as living connections—hinges that remain fastened to Him, moving only as He moves.

When we abide in Him, our lives begin to harmonize with Heaven.

We no longer strive to create something impressive—we simply release what we are connected to.

The Great Commission is not fulfilled through pressure, but through presence.

As we live from the Tree of Life, we become invitations.

We become:

  • voices that echo His truth,
  • lives that reflect His love,
  • and pathways that lead others home.

Reflection Question

Am I living from the Tree of Life—drawing others closer to Yeshua through love, truth, and humility?
Or have I been operating from a place that creates distance rather than connection?

Closing Prayer

Abba Father,

Thank You for the invitation to live from the Tree of Life through Yeshua.
Root my heart deeply in Him, that everything I release would carry Your life and not my own striving.

Teach me to be a bridge that draws others closer, not pushes them away.
Make me a steady hinge, firmly fixed to the Door—moving only at Your leading.

Let my life become a song that brings rest in the storm and hope to the weary.
Align me with Your heart, Your truth, and Your Spirit.

May I walk in humility, love, and obedience as I fulfill the commission You have given.

In Yeshua’s Name,
Amen.

Declaration-Living as a Bridge of Life

I declare and decree that I will be a smooth bridge, making the path easier for weary souls.

I will be a steady hinge, firmly fixed to the Door—Yeshua—helping others enter into Life.

I will be a musical bridge, bringing rest, beauty, and holy transition in the midst of someone’s storm.

I submit myself to You, Abba Father, and I yield fully to Your Spirit.

Let my life be rooted in the Tree of Life, not striving in my own understanding, but flowing from Your presence.

Align my heart with Yours.
Establish my steps in truth.
Guard my words, that they would carry life and not division.

Make me an instrument of reconciliation, a vessel of honor, and a reflection of Your love.

Let everything I release draw others closer to Yeshua—the Way, the Truth, and the Life.

I choose humility.
I choose obedience.
I choose love.

I will walk as a bridge that connects, not separates.
I will stand as a hinge that moves only at Your leading.

And through my life, may others encounter Your goodness, Your truth, and Your eternal invitation.

In Yeshua’s Name,
Amen.

Scripture Focus

Revelation 3:20 (CJB)
“Here, I’m standing at the door, knocking. If someone hears my voice and opens the door, I will come in to him and eat with him, and he will eat with me.”

Revelation 3:7 (CJB)
“To the angel of the Messianic Community in Philadelphia, write: ‘Here is the message of HaKadosh, the True One, the one who has the key of David, who, if he opens something, no one else can shut it, and if he closes something, no one else can open it.”

Matthew 28:19–20 (CJB)
“Therefore, go and make people from all nations into talmidim, immersing them into the reality of the Father, the Son and the Ruach HaKodesh, and teaching them to obey everything that I have commanded you. And remember! I will be with you always, yes, even until the end of the age.”

John 14:6 (CJB)
Yeshua said, “I AM the Way — and the Truth and the Life; no one comes to the Father except through me.”

Living From The Tree of Life

Feb23

Adar 5786 — Declaring the End From the Beginning

By Beth Auman and JoBeth Kested

Living from the Tree of Life is learning how God declares the end of a thing from the beginning. The month of Adar 5786 is the twelfth month on God’s Holy Calendar, the most joyful month when He turns bitter things sweet. It is the month where sorrow must give way to rejoicing, and hidden deliverance is revealed.

Many times in life, we focus on beginnings and hope we will finish strong. God begins with the end already established. What I have learned through celebrating Rosh Chodesh on God’s Holy Calendar is that He invites each of us to meet personally with Him in His appointed times — His moedim.

• Shabbat — weekly rest

• Rosh Chodesh — the first fruits of each new month

• Rosh Hashanah — celebrations for the civic new year

• All His appointed feasts including Yom Kippur, Passover and Shavout/Pentecost

Through the free will He has given us, we choose whether or not we will keep these divine appointments. Personally, I have come to treasure these times in my heart. I thank God that I get to meet with Him at His appointed times. What a privilege, not obligation, but an invitation. When we choose to keep our appointments with Him, He pours out fresh revelation withunderstanding that enables us to move forward strategically.“Now!”

This is the essence of living from the Tree of Life:

• Our Abba is the Master Strategist.
• He holds every answer.
• He illuminates our path.
• He teaches us to walk circumspectly in His timing to lovewhat He loves, doing what He says, simply because He says it and His Word is true.

Declaring the End From the Beginning

Please read this Scripture aloud to Abba:

“Remember things that happened at the beginning, long ago — that I am God, and there is no other; I am God, and there is none like me. At the beginning I announce the end, proclaim in advance things not yet done; and I say that my plan will hold, I will do everything I please to do.”(Isaiah 46:9–10 CJB)

Did you hear Him? At the beginning, He announces the end.Before you ever step into the month, He has already declared its victory. Before the battle appears, He has already written the outcome. Before the strategy unfolds, He has already secured the plan.

Shabbat and Rosh Chodesh: Divine Strategy Points

• Abba meets with us on Shabbat, at the close of our week, Friday evenings through Saturday and in this time of rest He imparts strategy for what lies ahead.
• He meets with us at Rosh Chodesh, at the beginning of the new moon, the new month, revealing new prophetic insights withrevelation and wisdom for the next season before us.
• He gives light for our path because His Son, Yeshua, is the Light of the world.
• He does not leave us guessing.
• He invites us into understanding.


Adar — The Month of Sweet Exchange

When JoBeth and I began writing our book, The Quest of the Overcomers, we began in Adar — the final month in God’s calendar cycle. We responded to His call to us fromIsaiah 46:9–10. He turned bitter things sweet. He replaced heaviness with joy. He opened hidden treasureswith understanding for us within His times and seasons.He brought us into revelation knowledge in discerning His ways. He opened His Word in ways that were practical, powerful, and transformative. We are learning how to live from the Tree of Life, following as He leads, because only He knows the way.

He is not merely a way. He is the Way. He is the Tree of Life. Jesus said, “I AM the Way — and the Truth and the Life; no one comes to the Father except through Me.”(John 14:6 NKJV)

The month of Adar includes the story of the Feast of Purim, told in the book of Esther, that  celebrates the destruction of enemies with overcoming joy. Haman plots to destroy all the Jewish people which would include Queen Esther. After prayers and fasting, his scheme is exposed to the king, who authorizes an alternate plan for the Jewish people to overthrow this strategy with the ability to destroy their enemies, including the death of Haman.

Personal story from JoBeth:

Many years ago my husband and I experienced a grievous betrayal from Christian’s we had worked closely with for about 18 years. We fell on our knees declaring our trust in the Lord’s goodness, mercy, justice and provision for us when we had no idea where to go or what to do. The Lord sovereignly opened a door of opportunity for a totally new beginning; fulfilling a dream we had in our hearts for many years. He turned our sorrows into one of the most joyful and blessed times of our lives! We were truly able to go out in peace with rejoicing! Our God is more than able to give, “beauty for ashes, the oil of joy for mourning, thegarment of praise for the spirit of heaviness…that He may be glorified.” (Isaiah 61:3 NKJV)

A Call for Adar 5786

During this final month of Adar in God’s Holy Calendar, ask Abba to reveal to you His end from the beginning over your life.Take Yeshua’s hand, committing to walking through HisBiblical Calendar with Him. Embrace His teachings. Be intentional. Choose to enter into the most fulfilling relationship with your Lord and Savior that you have ever known. Learn how to walk in His strategic victory. Our lives have changed because we chose obedience; but even more, because we discovered how deeply loved we are through the overcoming, empowering blood sacrifice of Yeshua.

 HIS LOVE CHANGES EVERYTHING!

Our Declaration Prayer:

Oh, Lord, in this month of Adar we declare that You are Jehovah Jireh — our Provider; El Shaddai — our all sufficient One; El Gibbor — our Champion who fights for us and Jehovah Nissi — our victory that we will be overcomers against any enemies or giants in our territories. We choose to receive the joy of the Lord, Your strength made manifest in our weakness to embrace the new beginnings with all the blessings You have for us. In Jesus Name, amen!