Take off your sandals...

Nowadays the Holy Spirit is leading me into a time of prayer and there are just some amazing things that He's been impressing upon my heart which are so pertinent to my life and which i wanna just share here...

A few days back when i was in the bus just praying and seeking Him (it's amazing how the bus can become your altar), He was showing me what He's doing in my life.. i saw myself as a sword being hammered by the Blacksmith.. and He's hammering me and putting me into fire and then into the water.. whoa.. that's a lot to go through for a piece of precious metal.. but that is the instrument hammered and fashioned by the Lord.. and many times i feel the same way with the circumstances that i face every day that hammer my life into shape.. and in this season when i find myself needing to become more and more dependent on Him, it's not always easy but its pushing me into the birth canal of greater things seen in my life... He knows how much i can take and at the end of it all emerges an instrument fit for a King...

Yesterday, as i was praying after i came home, i was just listening to Him and asking Him to speak to me.. And the words that were impressed upon me was what God spoke to Moses and later to Joshua- take off your sandals for the ground you're standing at is holy... And i know that that's the season that God has in my life... Moses and Joshua received such an encounter before they received a fresh commissioning and after God has dealt with them. I know that i'm at my Gilgal... but beyond that is a greater place of authority.. taking off your sandals means becoming vulnerable, removing your masks and defenses and casting aside that which is worthless and man-made.. cos when we're in the very presence of the Majesty, everything is stripped away and we come before Him bare and what He's interested in is our hearts...

Today, i wasn't feeling too good in the morning and i was just calling upon God cos i just really needed a touch of His presence in my life once again.. and so on my way to school (the bus again).. God was speaking to me again that beyond my present circumstances, there is a power i've not yet touched, that i've never seen before or experienced before.. and He's bringing me there.. i saw myself swimming in the river of God.. and the thing about the river of God is that the more of it you want, the more you lose control... those who are totally immersed will be swept away by the mighty waters.. and the question to a deeper walk is how much we're willing to lose control and allow Him to take over cos therein lies true power... That being said, the power encounters i've had with God so far seemed to be the strongest when i was just standing by allowing Him to do all the work.. in Philippines, during CC Camp.. when He takes over it's often unpredictable but in yielding to Him completely, that's how we're gonna see Him work in our mist in a greater measure... I was musing to myself last night.. i prayed that God would use me to birth revival.. and i see it coming to pass, but not as i expected it to be.. and it's rather amusing, really if u can see what's going on from my angle.. how God uses the little quirks and stress marks in people to push us towards that direction.. hehe.. when He's in control, it's often unexpected.. but hey.. we love what comes out of it right...

Then on the bus, God was showing me my heart.. His throne room.. as much as i'd hate to admit it, i saw a throne room covered in like jungle weeds.. kinda like Angkor Wat before the French discovered it.. and the greens covered the throne itself with only some of the gold parts showing.. seems like it was the kind that it's been left alone and untended for a long time.. but God was showing me that if i'm walking in what i'm walking in now with only a little revelation of the throne, what more if i start walking with the throne room restored in full glory for the King to find a proper habitation?? :D My experience on the bus today just made my day and it imparted me with fresh vision, something from heaven downloaded into my spirit that spurs me on in my pursuit of Him...

It's clean-up time! :)