About a month ago, God had spoken to me very clearly about using most of our savings and paying everything off. God is a practical God, so when I asked Him about walking in divine provision, He said, “Let me show you.” But as a mother of two little girls, there were mornings I woke up with much apprehension…….and so I fervently prayed.
Monday night I had a dream. In the dream I was seated in a high place where I could see clearly all that was below me and before me.
Therefore if you have been raised up with Christ, keep seeking the things above, where Christ is, seated at the righthand of God. Colossians 3:1 (NASB)
It was like sitting on a sea of glass. I could see mountains with a road snaking through them. The sun was shining and the sky was clear. However, the road was concealed by what looked like white fog; only a few patches of the road were exposed. Suddenly I am down on the road, standing before the fog and I am frightened to enter because it is so thick, it is blinding. So I go up to that high place again and assess the situation. From up high, that road seemed less intimidating…so I appear back down on the road again. I see a house to the right and a man standing there, watching my reaction. I stood there for a long time contemplating how to travel on that road despite the conditions that were completely hindering. I considered crawling on the road so I could feel my way, but deep down I knew that was not an option. Shortly after I woke up, feeling somehow that I did not pass the test that God laid down before me. So I pondered the dream most of the next day, asking God to teach me.
On Wednesday, although there was much to do, I decided to spend the first hour of my day worshiping Jesus. He began to speak to me about the dream. I remembered how the mountains looked like hills as I was looking down on them and how they seemed to go on forever. God then said, “Andrea, those are the thousand hills.” You see in the book of Psalms, God says He owns the cattle on a thousand hills. And because it all belongs to Him, He is truly a God of provision.
Immediately I said, “God forgive me. I was so focused on the road that I didn’t see all the hills surrounding it.” I will never forget what He allowed me to see, it was more than mere words can express. In Matthew 6:33 Jesus tells us to “seek first His kingdom and His righteousness, and all these things will be added to you.” In other words I’m not seeking His provision…….I’m only seeking Him.
When I was in Kindergarten and first grade, I remember getting in trouble for daydreaming. I would get lost in them. Don’t laugh but I would imagine myself as a princess with Jesus coming down from the skies and scooping me up in His arms. I remember that in those daydreams, the landscape began to shine like diamonds…….I can still see it so vividly.
Well even today, my relationship with Jesus is an interesting one. There have been numerous occasions where I will be worshiping Him when I’ll begin to see specific scenarios in my mind. I used to think that they were just daydreams only to discover that those scenarios would actually occur, sometime later. Why? It’s because it was God who placed those dreams in my heart. I still dream of following Him anywhere and ministering in His love and power.
While others fantasize about people and things of this world, I fantasize about the Kingdom of God coming to earth. I’m not talking about the Kingdom just coming to churches. I’m talking about individuals being filled with the glory of God and it spilling out into their homes, their neighborhood and their communities. So many times we say the Kingdom of God is here but the world just sees the same old stuff going on and says, “Oh yeah, where?”
Last week my heart just felt broken because there are so many people who say they know Jesus but I have to wonder. I believe that we are coming into a season where the body of Christ will move in so much Kingdom power that many will be tempted to say that it isn’t God. I believe mere words, prompted by the Holy Spirit, will cause the demonic to manifest and people will be set free. I believe that because I am a child of God and that the moment my feet touch the ground it is consecrated for the Lord Jesus Christ. He is supernatural…..period! And there is no infirmity, mental illness, addiction or devil that can get in His way. I don’t analyze it, I just believe!
So last week with tears welling up in my eyes, I looked at my husband and said, “If none of these things are true then what are we here for?” You can’t reach the world with words only, otherwise Paul would not have presented the gospel with signs and wonders, which confirmed that Jesus is real and who he was in Him.
17Therefore in Christ Jesus I have found (A)reason for boasting in (B)things pertaining to God.
18For I will not presume to speak of anything except what (C)Christ has accomplished through me, resulting in the obedience of the Gentiles by word and deed,
19in the power of (D)signs and wonders, (E)in the power of the Spirit; so that (F)from Jerusalem and round about as (G)far as Illyricum I have fully preached the gospel of Christ. (Romans 15:17-19)
Father…. all I can say is that I believe in everything that You are.