Of all things, I woke up from a
nap in the middle of a “nightmare”. Maybe you would call it a “daymare”. My
husband’s phone rang with a wrong number which awakened me. If I had not come
back to reality, I was about to enter an emergency room surgery. I had witnessed
a horrible accident due to an incident of road rage. A few cars less in front
of me and I would have been one in the ER. I was drawn to pray for the
individual who had been in the accident. I thought of my grandson as I had witnessed
the eighteen-wheeler suspended end to end tipping back and forth on the side
railing of the road. It was hanging precariously in the balance. I believe
possibly in my dream I was questioning the identity of the victim. Just as I
was to step through the large one-windowed doors of the operating room, I was
brought to alert by the sudden ringing of the cell phone. Part of me wanted to
go back into the dream to find out who it was in that hospital and the other
part was thankful to be brought out of it.
This
prior experience happened in this season that my heart is seeking more of the
Lord. I do not want to settle for the “weak in the Spirit” feeling I am
experiencing. I know the Spirit of God is not nor never will be, weak. So, the
conclusion is that perhaps I am not pressing in as I could in our relationship.
God never backs up; never becomes stale; never becomes lukewarm or apathetic
toward us. He is alive as alive can be! Always wanting the fresh; always
expressing His love in new ways toward His children. Sometimes it feels like He
is actively thinking about and seeking new ways to excite us in His love. He is
the Creator and is a creator. What keeps a relationship more alive than when
the participants try to come up with new ways to express their love for one
another. It keeps things fresh and alive with an adventurous excitement and
redirection from the old to the new. Every day we can walk in newness of life!
Every day we can be a New Creation in Christ! It doesn’t just happen. It is
something we cultivate daily. It takes effort to “present your bodies a living sacrifice”
unto the Lord. As we do, the rewards are great! From one degree of Glory to
another, He is changing us. I desire in this new year and always to reach
forward, to dream big and never lose my vision. There is life in vision. My
greatest vision is to become more like Him; to become filled with the fullness
of who He is until others see Him and not me.
“Then the LORD replied: "Write down the revelation and make
it plain on tablets so that a herald may run with it. 3For
the revelation awaits an appointed time; it speaks of the end and will not
prove false. Though it linger, wait for it; it will certainly come and will not
delay.” Habakkuk 2:2&3. Everything will happen according to God’s appointed
time. We need to walk close enough to Him to trust Him. As we focus on Him and
becoming as the Apostle Paul tells us in Philippians 3:10, “…more deeply and
intimately acquainted with Him”. He promises to “know” us and to fulfill all
that He has designed us to be in Him. At the proper time and times, He WILL be
seen in us. As we endeavor to be “found in Him”, He will be “found in us”. Let
it be Lord Jesus! Thy will be done!
Back
to my previous dream. I am not a dream interpreter in the least. However, I
believe some dreams come to get our attention. Especially the ones we can
remember in detail. I believe many lives hang in the balance as the life inside
that semi dangling in limbo on the rail between life and disaster. I want to be
one of the ones to offer life to those in that position whether they put
themselves there or circumstances dictated their dilemma. I want to rush into
their “emergency room” directed by the Holy Spirit to render the aid that is so
vital to save their lives. I have the answer. I have the power. I have the
Savior, Healer, Deliverer contained within my Being! I can pour out into their
hearts the very prescription and actually fill it by the Power of His Spirit
within me! I have been given the credentials and the commission to “Go into all
the World and Preach the Gospel”, to “lay hands on the sick and they will
recover”. We who “Believe” and serve the Lord Jesus Christ have been given His Authority to do these things. I am going to ask
Him more in days to come, “What do YOU want? What is YOUR will in this
situation? What is Your plan?” and ask that He give me ears to hear and eyes to
see into His Heart of Hearts to bring His Kingdom, His Will on Earth as it is
in Heaven. He is Faithful!
