Sand & Stones

This past weekend was a blast. It's always a blessing to be able to worship the Lord - and this weekend I was very blessed indeed. Whilst praising my Savior, I had two "visions" that I would like to record and present for your encouragement:

Friday night as I was dancing before the Lord I saw in my mind a vast, open land. It was covered in sand like a desert. I looked and all that I could see was sand... for miles and miles. All of a sudden, various areas began to tremble and the sand bounced up and down as if something were vibrating below. I somehow knew as I looked over the land that there were hundreds of wells that had been stopped up but I could not see them because of the sand that had covered them. At once I could also see through the earth and into the wells... they were filling with water and building pressure... just like a geyser or volcano. The pressure kept building until finally all over the land the well covers were blown open and water exploded out into the air. It was incredible to see these hundreds of guysers blasting into the air! Soon, it began to rain - a mighty downpour... and not just from the geysers, but the rains were released and the floodgates of Heaven were opened! In just moments this barren land was soaked! I saw that the water from the wells began to mingle with the new rain and all of this joined to become a mighty river that joined with other streams and rivers down the way until all were flowing as one!

As I asked the Lord what this meant over the weekend, I believe I received 2 interpretations:
The first is that each of the wells represented physical, geographic areas where the Lord was brewing His Spirit and preparing His Children. Though none of them knew about the others (because they were all hidden under the sand), the Lord was preparing them to abide in Him independently - yet all the wells were experiencing the same thing - the same building of pressure and power of the Spirit. Just as a well finally had built up enough courage (pressure) to break out and tell the world about Jesus (they had finally defeated the fear of being the only ones), all the wells exploded together! Everyone was astonished at how many other wells exploded at precisely the same time! In doing this, the Lord first prepared His Children to abide in Him over abiding in their numbers. Not only that, He also built tremendous faith and unity in the Believers - raising courage even higher and causing all to be joined together in great joy and love!

The second interpretation/implication is that I knew the wells had been dug over the centuries by Lovers of God. Each had been dug by someone with a special anointing of the Holy Spirit. Yet, over the years, the wells had been covered and forgotten. What is happening at this time, however, is that the Lord is stirring the waters that have been covered and forgotten. He is about to re-release all the gifts and anointings that have ever been known throughout the whole earth throughout all time! This generation will know the miracles of Moses, Elijah, Jesus and all the others throughout our history. Not only that, but the Lord was causing New Rain to fall that mingled with the well water. He is raising up the Old and pouring out the New! The "greater works than these" are being released!!

So, take heart, for not only has Jesus not left us nor forsaken us, but there are many more of us than what we think! Furthermore, the Spirit is about to be poured out in an incredible way. We will see the Lord move and bring glory to His name with tremendous power!

The second "vision" that I had was significantly more sobering, but very powerful to me:

I saw that as the Spirit was released and the Lovers of God were moving in greater authority and grace, there were people who were watching and witnessing. I saw how many of them were curious and wanted to understand, but the disturbing thing was that I saw some almost immediately begin to reach to the ground ... they were reaching for stones! They were filled with anger and hatred and were ready to throw stones at those who were being moved by the Lord. What really broke my heart was that many of them were church-goers! Elders and pastors and Sunday School teachers! There were many who had professed Jesus, but with these out-pourings and manifestations of the Lord they were filled with anger and resentment. They were not prepared because they had made God into their image and this was not what they were expecting.

I saw something else, however. I saw that some of those who were reaching to grab stones... the ones who knew some of the Scriptures and who truly wanted to love the Lord, yet were deceived, as they were reaching for the stones, the Lord opened their eyes and they were immediately reminded of how the Pharisees had done the very same thing! They were cut to the heart and saw themselves as Pharisees! They repented right on the spot with great weeping and sorrow. Yet they had been spared from this sin. This was incredible to me! Just as the Lord had done with Paul, He did with these - and so the Lord was even redeeming many of those who would have stoned Him! To my great dismay, however, there were still very many who remained blind and committed to destroying and silencing this great move of God.

So, again, as has always been true, when the Lord moves, there is always opposition - and often it comes through "religious" people. But the Lord will even use their initial desire to "throw stones at Him" to draw many to repentance! God is so merciful and gracious!!

Be encouraged! God is really really real! And He is going to do some amazing things in our time! Be prepared... seek Him HARD! Like He is your greatest treasure! BECAUSE HE IS! AMEN!