We’ve had a group in Boulder reading through the book of Revelation every week and last time I was there it struck me that the song in Revelation 4 totally changes when the Lamb appears in Revelation 5. Rita commented on this a bit during her teaching. Thinking about that is pretty wild, imagine the sounds involved: you have the voices of the living creatures saying day & night “”Holy, holy, holy, is the Lord God Almighty, who was and is and is to come!” (I wonder what their voices sound like - are the animal heads saying it with their own sound or do they have voices like men? So you could also have the sound of lions roaring, eagles crying, and oxen lowing(?) as well as a man’s voice – is it deep?), on top of that there’s the sound of the elders falling and their crowns crashing on the ground before the throne at the sound of the living creatures as they cry out their own song, “”Worthy are you, our Lord and God, to receive glory and honor and power, for you created all things, and by your will they existed and were created.” There’s the rushing wings of the angels, the fire crackling before the throne, rumblings (could be voices or sounds in ESV) and peals of thunder from the throne itself. Then an angel shouts out “Who is worthy?” Did silence fall when the angel shouted his question? How long had it been since there had been silence in heaven? Now there is just the sound of John loudly weeping. Then an elder tells him to stop weeping because the Lion of the tribe of Judah, has conquered and can open the scroll. John looks up and sees the Lamb who was slain standing among the elders and creatures, He steps forward and takes the scroll. At once a new song bursts forth! First sung by the elders and living creatures, and then by miriads of angels, “Worthy are you to take the scroll and to open its seals, for you were slain, and by your blood you ransomed people for God from every tribe and language and people and nation, and you have made them a kingdom and priests to our God, and they shall reign on the earth.” (PS, they’re singing about us – try getting your mind around that.) Then every living creature in heaven, on earth, in the sea, under the earth…says “To him who sits on the throne and to the Lamb be blessing and honor and glory and might forever and ever!” And the four living creatures said, “Amen!” and the elders fell down and worshiped.” Imagine what that must have sounded like. I’m wondering, did the elders to back to the old song or did they continue to sing the new one? I would guess that they continued with the new one, or maybe it’s spontaneous. But you have all the sounds back – all the voices, the thunders, the fire, the creatures, the crashing crowns. Close your eyes for a moment and try to imagine what that sounds like and looks like! It’s overwhelming! That is part of what we have access to, we are seated there, implanted with Jesus in heaven, we can hear those songs. Haha, whew!
This is an entry from Come Away My Beloved, a devotional by Frances J. Roberts.
“According to your faith let it be to you.” Matt 9:29
My promises are of no avail to you except as you apply and appropriate them y faith. In your daily walk, you shall be victorious only to the degree that you trust Me. I can help you only as you ask. I will meet you at every point where you put action alongside your payers. Only as you walk will the waters of adversity be parted before you. Overburdened as the world is with trouble and sickness, I need those who have proved My sufficiency in everyday, personal experience to lead the suffering to the fountains of life. I need those who have found Me as burden-bearer to help bring deliverance to the oppressed. Never begrudge time given to chronic complainers, but recognize in each encounter the opportunity to speak a word that may lead to their liberation. No case is too hard for Me. Never be taken by surprise when I use you to change a pattern. Do not judge a man by what he appears to be, but see him as what he can be if he gives himself unreservedly to me.
God is so funny, I feel like He’s not talking to me, and then I read that, and then the reading in Streams in the Desert is on “My grace is sufficient for you” haha which I’ve been studying. It’s really good. This man lost his child and is going to preach on that verse and realizes that he is not experiencing it in his own life (highly paraphrased) and so he kneels and prays “God make your grace sufficient for me” and looks up and sees the verse framed on his wall and it says, “My grace is sufficient for you.” (haha, “we’re going back to the wilderness…” is playing in my house right now, fitting) He felt like the Lord said, ” How dare you ask for something that is? I cannot make my grace any more sufficient that I already have made it. Get up and believe it, and you will find it to be true in your life.” (agreement haha!!) Then he says, “Never change God’s facts into hopes or prayers but simply accept them as realities, and you will find them to be powerful as you believe them.” H.W. Webb Peploe
Then there’s this poem at the end:
He giveth more grace when the burdens grow greater
He sendeth more strength when the labors increase;
To added affliction He addeth His mercies,
To multiplied trials His multiplied peace.
When we have exhausted our store of endurance,
When our strength has failed ere the day is half done,
When we reach the end of our hoarded resources
Our Father’s full giving is only begun.
His love has no limit, His grace has no measure,
His power no boundary known unto men;
For out of His infinite riches in Jesus
He giveth and giveth and giveth again.
HE’S SO GOOD!!!! May I never doubt His goodness!
Ok I know I already wrote a post tonight but destiny is burning in me and I have to get some of this out.
I recently watched a prophetic word by Julie Meyer about God raising up His media army (watch the video here.) She describes a dream in which God gets out His check book and sings that He’s going to write a check and give the money for “the great invitation for the Divine interruption in media.” Yes. Media. It blows my mind later in the video when she said that people scoffed and said that “God would never use media.” Seriously? This is the attitude that has allowed us to get to the point where we are today, where the Church and “Christian” media is viewed as pathetic and devoid of creativity. She prophesies worship leaders winning secular awards and last night one of my friends informed me that such a thing had just happened. A worship leader named Aaron Strumpel branched out into a creative realm of music and recorded a CD that is obviously about God and full of life and he won a major competition and opportunities to play at some amazing (totally secular) venues in Chicago. A worship leader just won American Idol against a gay guy, and the second runner up was another worship leader. I cannot even fathom the thought that God wouldn’t want to use media. It is one of those things that as we look at where the enemy is moving, trying to release a counterfeit (to usurp the worth of the real product) that is where the Lord wants to move, and is moving with the elect! Now I’m not saying that we keep our eyes on the enemy to see the Lord’s plan. Rather we should seek the Master Strategist (the Holy Spirit) for His plan and begin to put that into action and release His Kingdom into the earth in every area of society and then enjoy the confirmation of the counterfeit that the enemy is trying to release. My last post about counterfeit identity is exactly what I’m talking about. The enemy is using media, a realm of great power and influence which much of the church seems to have released to him entirely, to influence the identity and destiny of an entire generation. If he is using it to release a false view of the Father and our identity as adopted children then how much more can the Lord use it to release His heart? And not in an obvious, sun light pouring from behind Touched By An Angel moment. I’m talking creative, modern, stinking awesome invasion of media, technology, entertainment. There HAS to be a place where we can step into these realms with our identity, mantles, authority, full of the spirit, and release the heart of the Father.
There was a season where I really wanted to be part of the social media/techy community in Boulder and I was kinda trying to sneak in the back door on it, without being overtly Christian and without really feeling peace about it – and it was miserable. Utterly miserable. I didn’t get anywhere and when I did I didn’t like it. I was going to totally give up on that idea and throw it away as being just a selfish desire and not something from the Lord, the only believers that I had seen go into that realm had fallen away from the Lord or were just lukewarm. Lynne Hart challenged me to ask the Lord what His desire was for that and to release it to Him. She said that maybe other believers felt the same way and He had me there for a reason. So I did, I gave it to Him and waited to see what He would do. Later, I ended up having the opportunity to step into that realm through the front door, with mantles on my shoulders that I could literally feel as I walked though the door, where I was moved by the host of the conference I was at from the back seat in the back of the room to the front and center seat in the room (her own seat.) I was honored multiple times by several speakers and affirmed in almost every creative area that I walked it at that point. It was one of the most amazing experiences I’ve ever had. Almost surreal. The team I was on that was strategizing for a social media solution for a company won first place. It all had so little to do with me or what I was doing and was so evidently the grace and favor of the Lord that was recognized by the people there, over and over.
We have access to the most creative being in all of the cosmos, the Holy Spirit, the Father, Jesus…the One who created it all to begin with – the One who is the author of all creativity. It is almost unthinkable that the church would be in the position that we find ourselves. The world should be looking to us for inspiritation in creative expression! Not because I want to promote myself, but because my King has need of it. We cannot afford to write off media, entertainment, and technology. Look at the Shack, it was on the number one best seller list of books and audiobooks for months. People were reading a book that was openly about God. I didn’t agree with everything said in that book, but it released a view of God that is more real than the secular media is releasing with movies like Stepfather. Daddy is coming home this fall, and He’s not coming to kill but to offer life and identity. We must step up in this crucial moment in time.
In my own life there are so many areas where I want to go creatively, most of which I know virtually nothing about. But I want to go after them anyway! I don’t care if I’m not good at it at first. My tendency in the past has been to go after something with passion and then burn out when I’m not super good at it immediately or I get bored with it. I’m determined not to let that happen anymore. I started painting a couple weeks ago, I’d never done it before but I just wanted it. I’ve only liked about one in every three that I’ve done so far and sometimes not that many, but I’m still going after it. I’m learning what I am good at, and how to find my own creative expression in it. The Lord released a spirit of skill to artisans who were designing things for the temple in the Old Testament. If we really have a better covenant with better promises why are we not tapping into things like that? Let’s go for it! Even Jesus did creative work with His hands as a carpenter.
I know multiple people at this point that have wanted to do something and started and been amazing almost immediately, it’s like they received a download and they flow with it (cooperate) in the Spirit. My brother Joseph just started playing piano one day (“non-religiously” as he put it) and he’s amazing. My friend Anne just started painting one day and she’s really good. I started playing djimbe because I want to and I can do it when I relax and allow myself to move with the music and not think about it or over analyze it.
Join God’s media army. The time has come. Grab your paint brushes, instruments, sewing machines, cameras, video cameras, pens, laptops, clay, wood, stone…anything you can get your hands on and allow the Holy Spirit to move through creatively you to transform it into something that will change the world. Let’s go!
I went to watch Terminator 4 with David at the theater tonight. Wow! What a powerful movie. When we were leaving I noticed again two posters that were side by side that had caught my eye on the way in. They were such an obvious counterfeit of what God is doing right now. It’s so true that if you watch what the enemy is doing he tries to counter act the movement of the remnant. Get this, the two posters were as follows: “Stepfather: this fall, Daddy’s coming home” & “Orphan: something’s wrong with Esther.” Seriously. They’re both freaky horror movies. In a season when all that the prophetic church can talk about is an Esther generation and God is releasing His Father heart and love everywhere those are two of the movies coming out this summer. Thank you Jesus that you’re moving in the opposite spirit. I’m so encouraged to go out and release a spirit of adoption everywhere possible and the loving Father heart of God all over everyone that I see because now I know for sure that’s what God is doing (as if I didn’t know before) ha!!! When the picture of an “adoptive” father is one that is angry and kills his children, is out to harm them and cut off their lives we MUST release a true image of our loving heavenly Father! When they are releasing a movie called “Orphan” whose tagline is “something’s wrong with Esther” that portrays an obviously depressed, orphaned, closed to love, devoid of identity or family child we know exactly what to release. Identity, community, family, love, joy, hope. One of the last things that they say in Terminator 4 is that the only thing that separates us from the machines is that we have a human heart. That indomitable human spirit (made in the likeness of God’s own spirit) that won’t be suppressed, that cannot stand for injustice, that loves beyond all reason, that maintains hope in the darkest of circumstances, that’s what sets us apart. That’s because we were made in the likeness of a Father who is the epitome of all those things. He is love. He is hope. He is faith. He is peace. He never gives up.
Wikipedia defines counterfeit as: “A counterfeit product is an imitation which infringes upon a production monopoly held by either a state or corporation. Goods are produced with the intent to bypass this monopoly and thus take advantage of the established worth of the previous product.” With the intent to take advantage of the established worth of the previous product. It’s the identity and destiny of a generation. If their identity can be portrayed as that of an orphan and their “father” as an angry killer then why would they turn from the things which are holding them captive? Oh that we could release a true identity through the media, God raise up your media army!!! Let us take back even that counterfeit of your true design! Our generation is being so obviously assaulted with a false identity and destiny, the enemy is not even trying to hide or disguise it! The name of the Orphan is Esther.
I am so thankful to God that we have received the spirit of adoption and that through Him we can extend it to the world around us. What greater priveledge can we have than to step into a world of darkness and offer them light? What greater joy than to see someone who is full of death suddenly filled with life? Thank you Daddy!!! Help us to receive more of your heart so that we can release even more into the world! Show us more of the identity and destiny that you have for this generation. Let Your Kingdom COME!!!
Last night I had the opportunity to gather with a small group of the beloved to learn about and do some prophetic intercession for the city of Boulder. If you want to ready the notes from the teaching and learn more about prophetic intercession see my last post entitled “What Is Prophetic Intercession”
I want to share some of what the Lord revealed of His heart for Boulder through our intercession. Basically what we did was worship (amazing take-us-straight-into-the-heart-and-presence-of-God-in-one-song worship w/Ben), then we heard a short teaching on prophetic intercession by Lynne Hart, and then we waited on the Lord together. The theme verse for the evening was Isaiah 62:4 (NJKV) “You shall no longer be termed Forsaken, Nor shall your land any more be termed Desolate; But you shall be called Hephzibah (my delight is in her), and your land Beulah (married); For the LORD delights in you, And your land shall be married.”
Thoughout the time of intercession there was an obvious theme of the Lord alluring, tenderly loving and drawing this woman with His lovingkindness. The story of Hosea is very applicable to the way that the Lord views Boulder. There was much about her being unveiled to be seen as she really is. The Lord started speaking to me about the woman in Matthew 9:20-22 who had the issue of blood for twelve years, talk about desolate and forsaken. A woman in that condition would not be desirable to marry, she would be unable to have children, her body would be weak and ravished. But she had faith that just one touch on His garment would heal her, and it did. There is such spiritual hunger in Boulder, if only her people would reach out for one touch of Him they would be healed and restored! Turn that hunger to you Father!! He was talking about her children – there is a generation that is rising up in Boulder, a generation like Samuel that will be dedicated to the Lord. (1 Sam 1:11) He is removing her reproach. People proclaimed verses from Isaiah 58, 60, & 66 which is all about birthing & the children. Isaiah 58 talks about her children resoring the desolate places & repairing the breach.
The enemy portraying her as a drunken woman, a harlot, unsavable, unlovable, beyond help. This is also, in my opinion the view that much of the world and the church as of Boulder. I belive that Boulder has been like the prodigal son who will return to his father’s house and the older son – the one who remained, needs to be aware that Boulder is coming home!! The Father is waiting with arms outstretched. At one point one of the girls was praying that the Lord would reveal Boulder as His beautiful bride, that the deception of the enemy would be removed and that she would be seen as He sees her. That the harlot would become the beautiful bride. Many things had been spoken out and declared about Boulder by this time, I wasn’t able to write it all down. One of the girls had a revelation from the Lord about going into the secret place (the sprinkler control room) and receiving revelation from the Lord to release his rain, flood, springs, over the city. I had a vision of keys being released that were made to order, as we feed on Him we will know his heart and what to even ask for.
As one of the girls was praying I saw a vision of a shower head with water streaming out of it, but there was no one standing at it. Then the Lord pulled back the curtain and I saw her crouched in the corner in almost a fetal position, with wild hair and large wild eyes trying to stay out of the flow of the water. You could see the fear and the sense of unworthiness. Then I saw that the Lord was kneeling by the side of the tub with a sponge in one hand. He began to gently wash her saying softly, “You’re worth it, you’re worthy, you’re worth it, you’re worthy.” His justice is His mercy! All of the shame, guilt, fear, rejection, and pain of Boulder was placed on Jesus on the cross and He looked out and saw her timidly turning – like the prodigal son – back to Him and He knew that it was worth it. This is His heart toward the lost in general. This is why we can lay down our lives. Right as we were ending I saw a single red heart-shaped balloon floating up over the city, flying past the flatirons, He is releasing His heart to this city. Those who have been forgiven much love much. (Luke 7:47)When I saw that vision I felt so strongly the heart of the Lord, His great compassion and love toward this beautiful, wild-eyed woman. She is His bride, the one that He is pratiently preparing for His son. This is the Kingdom.
Last night I had the privilege of gathering with a small group of believers in Boulder to learn about and practice prophetic intercession. Lynne Hart, a dear friend and mentor, came and released some of her knowledge & experience in these things to us. A lot of what I’m writing here are my notes from either her teaching or our discussion. For anyone who doesn’t know what it is, prophetic intercession is asking the Lord what is on His heart and praying/declaring those things out into the atmosphere. The prophetic is speaking forth the word of God either for the future or from scripture. And intercession is speaking on someone’s behalf, standing in the gap, pleading for a person, place, city, region, situation, nation…vs prayer which is more the normal communication we have with the Lord.
We learned about the different ways that the Lord comes to us, how He manifests Himself differently depending on the circumstances. He can come to us either as the Father (more nurturing, protective, authoritative), Jesus (relatable, friendly, lover, warrior – Captain of the Hosts, redeemer), or as the Holy Spirit (more physically tangible, corrector/instructor, comforter, teacher, truth, healer, wisdom, power, strategy – always pointing to Jesus). It was fun – and I would challenge you to try – to wait on the Lord and see what way He came to us. It may be different every time.
When we approach intercession we must start at the place of His heart, we must come from the position of knowing and standing in His very great love for us first. I can start by declaring my Daddy’s love for me, how big it is, all of the things He does for me just because He loves me. We can begin to ask him, as my dear friend & mentor Lynne Hart says, “How big is the operational power (grace) of Your love today?” and then wait and see what He does – write it down! 
When we do prophetic intercession we can begin with petitioning prayers, where we are asking/pleading, to proclaiming prayers, where we are declaring what has happened. Anything that God has said is already done can be proclaimed – we can proclaim His promises (all 8700 that are in scripture)!! To proclaim means to shout it out to the heavenly hosts, to announce, to speak forth. There are kingdoms waiting for our words – both the Kingdom of light and the kingdom of darkness – either angels or demons are released to action at our words. Angels are waiting to move at His word (Ps 103:20.) When you proclaim be sure that you are covered first, that you are under authority, that you are operating withing the realm of authority that God has released to you, and that what you are doing is something that He has specifically released you to do. We are given authority (as He leads) to proclaim to businesses, cities, nations, regions, mountains of influence, creation…We are to speak with fearlessness, power, and love (2 Tim 1:7), we are to lift our voice mightily in love – speak with authority as if we are speaking to all of heaven & hell (because we are.) Get up high, both physically & spiritually. We are seated in heavenly places in Christ Jesus at the right hand of the Father (Eph 2:4-7), but there is also authority in being in a physically high place above what you are proclaiming to. (Is 40:9) You must be in the Word, the enemy knows and twists the Word, but it is our sword, our weapon. The sword of the Spirit in Galations 6 with the armor of God is the now word of God spoken aloud with authority – that’s what we fight with. We can pray the Word, meditate on it, & speak it forth. We sapeak without fear, there is no fear in love because perfect love casts out fear and we are perfectly loved! (1 John 4:18) We can remind the enemy of his defeat – he as already been defeated! He has no authority over us, not in the name of Jesus! We can remind the Lord of all of His promises, they are yes & amen in Jesus! (2 Cor 1:20)
This is a mimed skit from Eddie James Ministry about radical believers throughout history
I heard Kris Vallotton’s message at Bethel Church the weekend after the election (yay for podcasts!) and he kept throwing around the number 50 million in regard to the number of abortions performed here in America. Kris was quoting Genesis 4:10 that says that the voice Abel’s blood cries out to the Lord from the ground. Kris said that a friend of his did an in depth study in the Hebrew and he said that verse can actually be translated as, “the absence of Abel’s gift is deafening to me.” What an interesting concept, Kris went on to say how deafening the absence of 50 million gifts must be to the Lord.
Kris also talked about the different things that will be and already are missing in our culture due to abortion. I’ve thought about that many times, what would all of those people have accomplished? There’s no way to know, but it’s possible that in those 50 million was a cure for cancer, aids, new technologies we haven’t imagined yet, art, music, science, business, people intended to be Presidents and world leaders. Not to mention apostles, prophets, teachers, pastors, evangelists, worshipers, intercessors, miracle workers, fathers, mothers, children… And those are just the abortions here in the United States of America, the abortion rate is in in the tens of millions per year world wide.
There were questions raised in my mind as I listened to Kris talk about the absence of the gifts. There are many things that our generation is seeking restoration for and this is a major thing. There are millions of people and gifts and ideas and mantles and callings that are missing in our generation due to abortion. BUT, here is an interesting idea. I started thinking (er, the Lord started prompting me to think) about what happened to all those gifts? Did we just lose them? Where did they go? Here’s the kicker, are they still available? I was talking to the wonderful Abby C about it and she said something about how when a baby is formed their gifts and callings are released into the earth to them even in the womb. That would totally make sense, from Psalm 139 “you formed (covered) me in my mother’s womb.” Even John the Baptist leapt in his mother’s womb when Mary greeted Elizabeth and his mother was filled with the Holy Spirit and began to prophesy. It would seem then that both Jesus and John the Baptist were filled with the Spirit even in their mother’s wombs so I think it’s safe to assume that they had possession of their gifts and callings and anointings even before birth. That would mean that those gifts were released into the earth at one point and are just not being walked in. Isaiah 49: 1-5 “Listen, O coastlands, to Me, And take heed, you peoples from afar! The LORD has called Me from the womb; From the matrix of My mother He has made mention of My name. And He has made My mouth like a sharp sword; In the shadow of His hand He has hidden Me, And made Me a polished shaft; In His quiver He has hidden Me.” “ And He said to me, ‘ You are My servant, O Israel, In whom I will be glorified.’ Then I said, ‘I have labored in vain, I have spent my strength for nothing and in vain; Yet surely my just reward is with the LORD, And my work with my God.’” “ And now the LORD says, Who formed Me from the womb to be His Servant, To bring Jacob back to Him, So that Israel is gathered to Him (For I shall be glorious in the eyes of the LORD, And My God shall be My strength).” This passage clearly demonstrates a calling forth from before birth, in the womb he was called and the Lord made mention of his name from the “matrix (or body) of his mother”, then specific calling, annointing to speak to coast lands and call the people back to the Lord. He was formed from the womb TO BE: His Servant, to bring back Jacob to him. That’s pretty clear, he had a calling and annointing from the womb.
We talk about wanting to pick up certain “lost mantles” or someone may carry a “mantle” (as in calling or anointing) that is similar to another person who is well known. For example, people have said that they want to pick of Smith Wigglesworth’s mantle because he was a great evangelist and saw many miracles. My friend Anna said she wants to lay on William Wilberforce’s grave and ask the Lord for his mantle combining justice and politics which are her passions and calling. I was wondering, what about all those mantles? The 50 million of them that we don’t even know about since they’re not being used. No wonder our generation is so multi-gifted. So many of us carry strong anointings in multiple areas and giftings, for instance, I’m not just a worshiper or even worship leader. I’m strongly gifted as: worship leader, intercessor, teacher, prophetic person, sometimes apostolic, sometimes pastoral…it’s exciting, but I think it’s something the Lord is allowing partly to help balance out what we’re missing. Granted I need to look into, and pray into, and study this all out much more, but I’m just trying to get the idea out there.
I would like to put it out there that I believe that we have those mantles available to us in our generation to pick up and run with, the mantles of the millions. Can you imagine? I was talking to my friend Sherah about this and she mentioned Lou Engle’s book Digging the Wells of Revival: Reclaiming Your Historic Inheritance Through Prophetic Intercession (I just bought it and I’m excited to see if it sheds light on this subject). She wondered if there are wells of revival under abortion clinics. With what I know right now I believe there are. I also believe that we can pray and receive strategy for specific prayers that God would have us pray to release those things. Imagine the revival that could be released all over the world if we could tap into that!!! There are abortion clinics all over the world. In briefly looking today I saw stats talking about the number of abortions being in the upper 40 millions PER YEAR world wide. That’s the amount we’re missing in America happening again and again every single year. Another interesting side of this the potential for healing and restoration for women who have had abortions, imagine being able to go to the site of the clinic where you had your abortion and praying some strategic, specific prayers to reclaim and restore those gifts, callings, mantles back to your family and your generational line? That’s the kinda restoration that I want to see happening!! We need this not only for ourselves, and our generation, but for the one that came before us, and the ones to come.
Because of the things the that Lord is stirring and releasing to our generation right now I believe that this is an important revelation that is worth praying into and walking out the strategy for! They are building the 2nd largest abortion clinic in the country in Stapleton right now. As an interesting side note they are selling the clinic that has been on 20th & Vine downtown for over 20 years…I’d love to put a 24/7 worship & prayer center on that land (I get chills just thinking about it)!!
What are your thoughts or revelations on this topic? Do you agree, disagree?
Interesting rap (whether you like it or not it’s worth watching): Happy Birthday, whoever you would have been:
So this is my innagural post on Word Press, I’m considering switching from my blogger account to Word Press…we’ll see what happens. I’ve had so little time for blogging recently that I may not do any better with keeping up on here as I’ve done on Blogger…here goes…
On June 30th I saw this picture:
I saw a person standing under a cliff with a waterfall breaking over the edge onto their head, but so far they had only felt the first few drops. “I am about to release myself (revelation, power, glory) like a waterfall where there is so much, too much, and it totally immerses and soaks you…you’ve only felt the first few drops so far.”
This past Sunday, August 17th, I was at Activation in Evergreen (having my first real soaking experience…it was fantastic!) and the Lord started talking to me about the waterfall again, and the river…
There is a river whose streams make glad the city of God (Psalm 46:4.) That is the waterfall breaking over your head, it is the river of my delight. The more you receive it the stronger it will flow. Release yourself to be swept away in my river. You are filled with the breath of God, you will not drown, come, come, COME to the depths, allow my waterfall, my river to flood over you until you are clean and whole. These are healing waters, as you rest and let the current take you, you learn to trust my hand and my breath. Let me take you for a ride. Relax and go with the flow. This is a joyful river, let it wash you clean. Allow my joy to be your strength. There is luscious growth along the banks of this river. Fullness and wholeness and abundant fruit. Fruit and blossoms everywhere you look. Come to the river, swim, soak, let me carry you on my currents. Just as eagles catch the air currents and effortlessly soar up higher, so the currents of my river of delight carry you further into my heart.
I saw rain coming down while we were laying there soaking. It was full of life and light and color. This rain brings life to whatever it touches. It is the overflow of the river of delight. When we ask for rain it’s like asking for the river to flood, to overflow it’s banks. In the physical the rain is a reminder of His abundance and provision and, of course, of His river.
