Friday, April 28, 2017

a boy on a hillside

nothing wasted

there is something so amazing about the very familiar story of the loaves and fishes ....

after the offering, the breaking, the feeding, Jesus Himself orders that all the left overs, the fragments, be gathered up " so nothing is wasted" .....

if we offer our all to Jesus and allow His breaking, He is aware of and cares for our "fragments"  ...
the pieces of us that we consider left overs, of no use ..... He wishes them to be gathered up ..
"so nothing is wasted" .....

even our left overs can feed someone else .....

and that happens when we share our story of redemption ...

I have never seen that before .... what an absolutely tender truth ...

"so nothing is wasted" .....

those parts of us that we let fall to the ground Jesus wishes to be gathered up
"so nothing is wasted"

I am so moved by this ......

the more I learn about this man Jesus, the more humbled and astounded I am ....
and that alone breaks me ....

Tuesday, April 11, 2017

vision from 2004

One day while in prayer, I saw myself being taken up to heaven.  Before me I saw a huge house with many rooms.  I knew instantly this was Father’s house.  I could feel the love of Father drawing me in, so I began to run as fast as I could to enter the house.  As I entered, the Lord walked me through many rooms…. He quietly  invited me to follow Him into the most beautiful room in the whole house -the intimacy room.  It was absolutely extravagant and beautiful.  Upon entering this room I was overwhelmed with love and wanted to stay there forever,  In the Spirit I could hear others in all the different rooms in the house.  Some were studying books in the library ...others were in the wine cellar.  I was somewhat surprised that everyone wasn’t in the intimacy room since it was the most beautiful room in the house.  As I was admiring the intimacy chamber, I noticed a little wooden hatch door on the floor adjacent to the bed.  It seemed really odd to me because it wasn’t fancy and hardly seemed to fit with the rest of the room.  I asked the Lord why it was there and He told me it led down into another room in the house,  I asked Him why he would put this door so close to the most beautiful thing in the whole room, the bed.  He responded “I keep it here because down there is where I spend most of my time.”. Instantly my curiosity was stirred so I asked what was down there.  He said it was the “weeping room”.  Although it hardly sounded like a room I wanted to be in, there was a cry in my heart that said if that is where the Lord spends His time, then that is where I want to go.  I asked Him if I could go down there with Him and He responded “very few choose to go down there.  It is not extravagant like this room.  It is lonely, not comfortable and you have to get very low to fit through the door.”. I told Him that I didn’t care what the conditions would be like.  I just really wanted to be wherever He was.  So we opened the little hatch door and began to slowly climb down a dark staircase until we came to the tiny room.  I had to get on my knees to fit through the door because it was so small.  As we entered the room it was very simple.  All it consisted of was a small wooden chair.  One of the walls had a small window in it.  The Lord took His seat on the chair and turned His face to look out the window.  Instantly I became aware of why this room is called the weeping room.  As you look out the window you could see and hear every single cry coming from people on earth. You could see every single act of injustice all at the same time.  Every starving child crying out to God, every woman being raped, every moan of the rejected.  You could hear every prayer , every cry all at the same time.  The Lord sat in His chair and watched and heard it all.  At once I was overwhelmed with intercession and began to weep.  I wept for hours. I wept for those who were hurting but even more I was undone by this beautiful King who would choose to spend His time in this place.  This King who paid such attention to every cry and who was so full of compassion.  As I sat and wept with the Lord I began to feel His heart and all my selfish ambition began to fade away.  While we were in that place I noticed there was another door in the weeping room.  I asked the Lord what was behind that door and He told me that was where the strategy room was.  As he said those words instantly in my spirit I. knew in that room divine strategy for end time revival was available.  Although the door was still closed I recognized that wisdom and revelation were in there.  Heavenly blueprints were laid out to see the fulfilment of His kingdom coming to earth from that room. It was the hidden room that everyone searches for.  Everyone longs to have divine strategy.  I immediately asked if I could go in there and the Lord soberly told me that I  didn’t fit through the door.  I instantly understood that I had to spend time in the weeping room.  As I began to really apprehend the heart of God for the poor and the broken, then issues of my soulish nature would be stripped away until I would become small enough to fit through the door.  At that moment everything became clear. This was the way to access divine strategy.  From the place of intimacy God invites us to a deeper level - He beckons us into the weeping room - a place where we choose to see what He sees and feel what He feels.  And as we spend  time getting the heart of God things of our flesh begin to be stripped away until we are small enough to fit through the door that leads to the strategy room.   I had this encounter over two years ago but believe God is now moving many in the church from a place of intimacy into weeping.  This will lead them into the strategy room.   In actuality you never have to leave the intimacy room you just discover the deeper levels.  Many have surrendered themselves to the weeping room and extravagantly pursued the heart of God for the broken, they are now being invited into the strategy room.

I had another encounter a little over a year ago in which I heard a loud voice say “it’s time!!” and in the spirit I saw the strategy door swing open. God is inviting us into divine strategy that will release a global harvest of souls and establish the revelation of His kingdom on earth through overcoming saints.  I believe that as we enter the strategy room we will be compelled and moved by what we have seen and felt in the weeping room.  I have a sense that some have gone before us into the strategy room.  Unfortunately most quickly forgot what the strategy was for and used it to build their own kingdom.  (Haggai 1:3-7)

God is in the process of raising up a whole company of believers who are repulsed at the idea of building their own kingdom.  This company will have their hearts truly branded with passion and compassion.  These arethe ones that God is looking to release into the strategy room.

It’s time!