Today the Lord gave me a vision of 2 allen bolts tightening down onto a single metal piece. These bolts were in sockets that protruded out of the piece, almost like elephant ears. I often get visions of tightening or loosening wrenches and usually the message behind these is very simple--I either need to get more serious or loosen up! Today's vision was unique in that these two bolts were tightening down at once, and they were both connected to a central piece. Like I said, these bolts looked kind of like large ears on a helmet or something. I felt compelled by the Lord to "tighten down" on my quiet time with Him, so to speak, and to take His word seriously.
Immediately I read Luke 22:35-38. Two swords were enough for Jesus, and I felt Him saying that these two allen bolts I'd seen were enough for Him, too. I have often seen swords in visions and usually they represent the sword of the Spirit. Both swords and allen keys are among the spiritual tools that the Lord speaks symbolically to me with. I continued to read on..."Get up and pray so that you will not fall into temptation" OK, so here we have specific instructions on how to tighten down spiritually. We need to stand strong and pray against temptation!
Next I read Isaiah 50, which is a great teaching. I opened randomly to this scripture (except with God, it's not random at all) and my eyes went right to the second half of verse 5: "...the Lord has opened my ears". Immediately I knew this related to the metal 'ears' I had seen that were being tightened down. Wow! When becoming prophetic, the Lord really does "open our ears". We need to earnestly seek Him in our time alone, so that we can know His voice!
I feel compelled to share a larger section of Isaiah 50 here, as it describes so well the training that God takes us through. With the received word comes responsibility, which Isaiah was well aware of:
"The Lord God has given me the tongue of disciples, that I may know how to sustain the weary one with a word. He awakens me morning by morning, He awakens my ear to listen as a disciple.
The Lord God has opened my ear; and I was not disobedient, nor did I turn back." Isaiah 50:4-5
We see that God gave Isaiah supernatural knowledge, and a 'knowing' used for encouragement. We see that Isaiah received the Word of the Lord as soon as he got up every morning! We see that Isaiah had his spiritual ears opened, and that he was not offended by God's thoughts. As Jesus said, "blessed is he who is not offended because of ME".
Being trained by God is hard. It requires everything you have. It requires you to die daily. But the rewards are enormous, and by His grace He keeps us. Through disobedience we might stumble, and that isn't fun, but He keeps us from falling. The Lord is showing me that now is a time to return to Him with my whole heart, and a time to pray and seek Him earnestly. Now is a time to pray against temptation and choose His will.
Confirmation: Yesterday I read this Elijahlist article, "Your Prophetic Word Confirmed". Wow...so much of this parallels what the Lord has been speaking to me recently. This article really, really built my faith. Anyone who is child of God with prophetic gifting should seriously read this! Lord, use us bring glory to your name, and establish your Kingdom here on the earth!
Immediately I read Luke 22:35-38. Two swords were enough for Jesus, and I felt Him saying that these two allen bolts I'd seen were enough for Him, too. I have often seen swords in visions and usually they represent the sword of the Spirit. Both swords and allen keys are among the spiritual tools that the Lord speaks symbolically to me with. I continued to read on..."Get up and pray so that you will not fall into temptation" OK, so here we have specific instructions on how to tighten down spiritually. We need to stand strong and pray against temptation!
Next I read Isaiah 50, which is a great teaching. I opened randomly to this scripture (except with God, it's not random at all) and my eyes went right to the second half of verse 5: "...the Lord has opened my ears". Immediately I knew this related to the metal 'ears' I had seen that were being tightened down. Wow! When becoming prophetic, the Lord really does "open our ears". We need to earnestly seek Him in our time alone, so that we can know His voice!
I feel compelled to share a larger section of Isaiah 50 here, as it describes so well the training that God takes us through. With the received word comes responsibility, which Isaiah was well aware of:
"The Lord God has given me the tongue of disciples, that I may know how to sustain the weary one with a word. He awakens me morning by morning, He awakens my ear to listen as a disciple.
The Lord God has opened my ear; and I was not disobedient, nor did I turn back." Isaiah 50:4-5
We see that God gave Isaiah supernatural knowledge, and a 'knowing' used for encouragement. We see that Isaiah received the Word of the Lord as soon as he got up every morning! We see that Isaiah had his spiritual ears opened, and that he was not offended by God's thoughts. As Jesus said, "blessed is he who is not offended because of ME".
Being trained by God is hard. It requires everything you have. It requires you to die daily. But the rewards are enormous, and by His grace He keeps us. Through disobedience we might stumble, and that isn't fun, but He keeps us from falling. The Lord is showing me that now is a time to return to Him with my whole heart, and a time to pray and seek Him earnestly. Now is a time to pray against temptation and choose His will.
Confirmation: Yesterday I read this Elijahlist article, "Your Prophetic Word Confirmed". Wow...so much of this parallels what the Lord has been speaking to me recently. This article really, really built my faith. Anyone who is child of God with prophetic gifting should seriously read this! Lord, use us bring glory to your name, and establish your Kingdom here on the earth!
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