Snapshot: An Anointed Pen

Just a short post here.  I want to describe something God showed me recently, as I think it relates to the missions and callings that God has placed on many people right now.

You see, for each mission, there is an equipping and anointing by God.   For each skill set or talent needed, God gives an anointing to carry us on through it.  Isn't that great?  He's the one who sets the stage.  He's the one who gives us everything we need for life and godliness (2 Peter 1:3).

And so a few days ago, the Lord showed me a pen that was being used for His Glory--for the glory of Jesus. And this pen became filled with ink--it became plump with ink, actually, and began expanding. With this came a message.  God spoke to me and said that He is who anoints us to write.  He spoke and showed me that He gives us more than enough to inspire our writing!  Awesome!

This has been an encouragement for both Vanessa and I.  God gives us promises and words we've yet to receive fulfilled. See, even if we put things off, even if we suffer some delays, God will make a way.  His power is still waiting for us, and when we release it, He will still allow that anointing to flow!  If He's given you a mandate to write--to write in your journal, to write on a website, or even to write a book--don't put it off!  His power is still waiting in the wings.  His anointing is still ready to be released.

We need to sanctify the Lord in our hearts (1 Peter 3:15), and then receive from Him that anointed pen.  We need to have our words, speech, and writing transformed by Him for His glory! We need to walk in whatever He's already called us to do, with no more delays.  We need to let His words flow.

Snapshot: Soaring

"But those who hope in the LORD will renew their strength. They will soar on wings like eagles; they will run and not grow weary, they will walk and not be faint."  Isaiah 40:31

Ever since October 4th, there has been a lot of rhema, with signs to follow, about flying and soaring.  It all started that morning when I saw a vision of His Pen blasting off.  Since then, the Lord has given me several visions of planes.

Confirmed:  I opened up Heidi Baker's book, "Always Enough, to a picture of a small jet airplane.  The Lord often directs me to open up books, and He directs me to places that confirm the rhema Words He's given me.

Confirmed:  I was reading the Quickened Word, and saw that on the 4th there was a new entry with lots of symbolism for flying.  To quote from there, "flying represents our ability to rise in faith"

Confirmed:  A few hours after reading the above on the QW,  I went out on a bike ride.  I looked up as a car was passing me and it's plate said, "UCNSOAR".  You can soar!  I thought that was pretty cool.

Lord, take us to a place of soaring with You, of living in your presence.  Bring us up to You, Lord, and shelter us from the chaos of this world.  Give us a desire to shed off worldly distractions so we can fly higher into your peace, in Jesus' name.

His Pen: The Message of His Love

This morning I received a vision from the Lord of a giant pen blasting off, as if it were a space shuttle.  I have seen this image several times, and it always reminds me of the power behind the words that God speaks to me.  (I have an MS word document called "His Pen" where I record the things that God speaks through His still, small voice).  I usually get this vision just prior to receiving a new Word from the Lord.  Today the word was very simple, but sometimes it's the simple ones that really bring comfort against accusations of the enemy.  Here it is:

"A time is coming...I have made you righteous...and I am taking you to a place of constant justification.  I am not mad at you...trust in Me for deliverance from the enemy.  Believe in Me, Thomas, because I love you so much!"

Whenever I get a specific word, the Lord always gives me confirmations that it was from Him, and not just my own thoughts or something.  At this point, I tend to just know when it's Him, too.

So, right after hearing this, I open up a book by my Mom's friend Kay, (called Doing Time with Charlie"), and immediately read the statement, "...Because of the overwhelming love".  This is a good example of how steps 1 and 2 from yesterday's post, Ways to Hear God's Voice, typically work.  And now I'm in the process of step 3 by writing down the rhema word!  

Confirming scripture:

"Many adversities come to the one who is righteous, but the LORD delivers him from them all."  Psalm 34:19

It's easy for us to underestimate the love of God, or even forget about it altogether.  That reminds me...I did a prophetic exercise in a church group early this year, when I was first beginning to really hear God's voice.  Each person had to ask the Lord what He thought about them, especially regarding His love.  So, I tried as best as I could to hear and receive whatever God had to say about how much He loved me.  The first thing I heard, and I won't ever forget this, was "you hypocrite".

That stunned me, and I got pretty scared!  God made His point, though, and continued on:

"You hypocrite, you believe that I love them, but not that I always love you.  You hypocrite, you believe in My mercy for them, but not for you..."  And similar messages continued.  Call it tough love, but the Lord called me a hypocrite as means of getting a point across to me!  In hindsight I see His wisdom in speaking to me this way.  Many believers get into a spot where the enemy has sold them the lie that they have somehow fallen too far, and that God's grace can't reach them any longer.  Whenever I get into a place like this, I find that God's love always manages to bring me back into the fold.  Praise Jesus for a loving savior, who will always go out to find His lost sheep.

Confirming scripture:


"...neither height nor depth, nor anything else in all creation, will be able to separate us from the love of God that is in Christ Jesus our Lord."  Romans 8:39

"If we are faithless, He remains faithful, for he cannot disown Himself."  2 Timothy 2:13.

This implies a measure of God the father himself in us!  His promises became flesh through Jesus, and now, through the Holy Spirit, they are made manifest within us.  To disown someone who has the Spirit is never something God does!  Praise God that He keeps us with so much grace.