Disclaimer:
I have read so many "prophetic" words of destruction, doom and gloom
for years and at times just feel weary from people who are angry and trying to pronounce their own form of fantasized judgement against the
world. There are true Prophets of God who see with His heart, however, and have delivered words of warnings with which we needed to take heed. I'm not bashing all prophetic words. But I want us to understand that God is merciful and slow to anger and gives us grace for a very
good reason; we desperately need it! He is patient and loving, but He
is also a Righteous Judge. His desire is for us all to take the free
gift of "do-overs" His grace offers just for owning up and turning away
from sin. He even will help us see it if we are too blind, if we
really want to!
Why does He do that? Because He loves us so much and
He alone sees the magnitude of harm sin causes His beloved children and
creation. He wants to spare us from what He knows is eventual when no repentance occurs, so He gave His Son as the
Way to freedom from these dangers. Therefore, as you read this blog,
please don't see it as coming from someone who is just saying the same
ol' same ol'. I truly felt the grief in my heart in this dream and know it is a
legitimate manifestation of a tender, outstretched hand and heart of God to reach His children, so
we can move forward in the showers of blessings He wants to bestow upon
us.
2 Chronicles 7:14
If MY people, which are CALLED BY MY NAME, shall humble themselves, and pray, and seek my face, and
turn from their wicked ways; then will I hear from heaven, and will forgive
their sin, and will heal their land. (Emphasis mine)
Dream:
I was standing on something elevated and
could look out over a multitude. However, I couldn’t see specific faces or
specific people. In fact, I couldn't identify exactly who I was seeing or what I was being elevated by. It was like I had firm footing, but standing on air.
My heart felt so grieved as I was speaking the words from 2
Chronicles 7:14. In my enunciation of the words of the scripture, I strongly emphasized “If MY people,” and I repeated it several
times, “If MY people…” I was really stressing with those of whom the message was for that as God’s people WE
are responsible for seeking Him and repenting for OUR evil. THEN He will heal our land.
Interpretation:
I feel like the message to this dream was
an earnest cry to God’s people that He is grieved with the passivity of His people with regard to repentance. There is NOTHING hidden from His sight and
He is holding US responsible for the effects of our own sin and what it is
causing to occur in our nation. Even if we can not exactly identify members of the Body of Christ who are in sin, (I couldn't identify people in the dream) there are those of us who God is seeing specific sin for which we need to repent. In His mercy, He is giving forth clear instruction to us which is a very simple way to receive the blessings of His healing what ails this land.
We cannot
point the finger at the unsaved and say the problems with this land are all
their fault. We proclaim quite boldly that it's Hollywood's fault, it's the administration's fault, it's all a definitive group of people choosing a particular brand of sin! However, they are not carrying the same responsibility as we are because we are children of the Most High God and to whom much is given, much is expected, (Luke 12:45). Greater is He who is in us
than he who is in the world. Even though
satan is the lord of this world, there is a FAR GREATER Lord in us Who brings
beauty from ashes, Who turns what was meant by the evil one around for good, Who
brings order out of chaos, (1 John 4:4,
Gen. 50:20, Gen. 1:1-3). If we will do our part, healing can come and release the wave of God's Spirit to be poured out which will then reach the lost whom we have been blaming. It will then transform their hearts after ours surrender to God's way of refreshing.
Some of us, deep down, know the evil we are
participating with and we aren’t fooling the Lord, even if we have deceived
ourselves into thinking we can ignore it and it will go away. Some of us have rejected the
promptings of the Lord even after repeated times He has patiently approached us. Some of us have been given the gift of the
Lord sending a messenger to personally deliver a specific word and we either
rebuked them, accusing them and even feeling like the devil sent them, or we
have thought there is no way that was truly meant for us and they were just
mistaken. Some of us don’t think what we
are doing is actually THAT wrong so we just keep doing it. Some of us have an unrealistic view of God and are afraid of Him, believing if we own up to it, He will smash us like a tiny bug. Some of us think we got it covered when we confessed a sin, but the truth of the matter is that we were being hypocrites for the sake of recognition, false humility or reputation and have not turned from it at all. Some of us truly are
unaware, but need to take the time to check in with Him and allow Him to show us, if
indeed, we are in unknown sin.
We need to each come before Him and ask
like David did, for the Lord to search our hearts and see if there is any unclean
thing in us and to renew a right spirit within us, (Psalm 51:10, 139:23).
At the very least, we all need to take a moment,
humble ourselves, ask the Lord if there is anything displeasing Him about us
and then repent for that, specifically, if He shows us something.
We need to own up to it before Him and let that repentance the Holy
Spirit leads us into then bring a refreshing to our individual hearts and lives
and our nation, as we do this corporately in the body of Christ.
Prayer:
Holy Spirit, it is Your job to bring
conviction, so I thank You for Your convicting work on our hearts right now as
we read this word. I ask You to impart
revelation where we are not seeing what we need to see. Take the blinders of deception, ignorance
or fear off our eyes and help us come humbly before You and courageously face what we need to face. Lead us into repentance and help us to fully
and completely come clean before You, Lord God, accepting Your cleansing work of grace
and forgiveness. Thank You, Lord, that we
will ALWAYS need You. I also thank You
that You sweep across this land and bring Your healing word to whomever it
needs to be given. We love and adore You
and give You our hearts. You alone are
worthy. Amen
This song is powerful, although there is one line I felt I couldn't agree with, "Take this breath from my lungs if I don't breathe for You." There are times we just don't walk the walk well and we don't give Him glory; and I sure don't want to be asking something like that! :)
