Help Us to Dream
Your
Dreams oh
Lord!
Your
Dreams oh
Lord!
“You will keep in perfect and constant peace the one whose mind is steadfast [that is, committed and focused on You—in both inclination and character,] Because he trusts and takes refuge in You [with hope and confident expectation]. Isaiah 26:3 AMP
In March I overheard some news that brought confusion and some feelings of panic. I knew God is good and He is truth and brings order to kaos. I asked Him what I was to do with that news. I was expecting a lengthy prayer assignment to topple strongholds, destroy vain imaginations, that sort of thing He's taught me in 2 Co 10:4-6 over the past few years. Instead this is the calming yet hilarious picture the Lord gave me. I return to it often. It always bring peace to me and those with whom I've shared it. Today I felt I was to share it on this blog. Here is the picture the Lord gave me in my mind's eye that day: I saw myself dancing with Jesus, then the "camera" zooms out and I see we are dancing on a surfboard and I know there is a raging storm underneath the surfboard but I don't really want to look at it so instead I focus on the picture of me and Jesus dancing quite wildly on this narrow surfboard. I know the surfboard represents all the promises of God that are "yes" in Jesus. Then I hear God the Father say, "Get up on my feet child, I will teach you the steps. Soon the dance will get much faster. If you stay up on my feet you won't miss a beat." So I now look like a little child getting up on translucent feet, the only part of God the Father I see in this silly picture. The next thing I know we are whirling in an exuberant kind of dance and Jesus flips me up in the air and as I am coming down I hear Him say, "I will catch you every time you fall." I know I can trust that word and the peace of Christ holds me steady while we dance wildly in whirls and swirls, tosses, and smiles exchanged between us. Then He says, "look at the storm with Me and laugh at it ." I could feel my resolve to "not look at the storm" melt away. I felt I could trust His word to me. We looked at the storm and laughed then returned to dancing wildly. An incredible peace fell over me and I realized that though emotionally I had just been in a state of fear and panic, it was all gone and I knew my intercessory assignment has taken a radical shift. I was to celebrate and keep my eyes on Jesus, letting God the Father guide my steps. Later in the day, I see this same picture only now I see a light blue whirling translucent airy looking cloud whirling around me and Jesus. It was as if Jesus heard the question in my mind before I had a chance to ask it. He said whimsically, "Oh, that is the Holy Spirit keeping us from falling off the board." Today as I write this, here are some things that gave me further light from this picture: God is in a GOOD mood! He wants me to stay in fellowship with God the Father, Jesus the Son and Holy Spirit ESPECIALLY during life's storms. I need God's help and direction to "stay on board" of every promise that is made "yes" in Jesus. 2 Co 1:20. He wants me to laugh at the devil's attempts to return me to fear, fretting, worry, or getting fixated on life's problems. God has the solution. He is partnering with me. Each step I take in union with His WILL always take me in the exact direction I need to go. I only need to know what is my next step and trust God to help me do it. Relying on the Holy Spirit's power indwelling me AND all around me, I cannot fail at my mission or my calling. I WILL accomplish ALL He has for me in this dance that Father God has called, "Life in the Fast Lane." Heaven is celebrating great victories over evil and darkness in our day. While the enemy roars back and tries to knock us off our game, we are to laugh at his attempts to do so! Ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha!
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