Last week, during my time with the Lord, I entered into a very intense realm of the Spirit. I was urged by the Spirit of the Lord to write, so I did. As I began to write I felt the presence of David enter the room. I know this might be difficult for many of you to digest. So as a prelude let me say, "God is the God of the living and not the dead." David is very much alive. When David entered the room, I was overwhelmed by the love of God. I was immerged into a deep, deep realm of desire. A desire for the Lord and His people in a way I had not felt for a very long time. As I wrote, I knew that it was the beginning of my transformation. A new garment was coming upon me for this time and hour, a garment that every generation longs to wear. So I pray, as you read these writings, they will lay hold of you as He laid hold of me.
ANOTHER DIMENSION OF LIFE
I can’t live in this realm no more. I can’t live in this dimension of the Spirit. I’ve used up all the oxygen where I am at, I can’t breathe in this realm no more. I’ve got to find another place for breathing, for living, for expression. Everything has run its course at this level in the Spirit; I must exit this place and go where I have never gone before. I was born to live in the earth and heaven simultaneously. I live in the earth all the while knowing that I am a citizen of heaven.
There is no thing, no matter, no kind of success that can take this urgent longing in me, away. You chose me to break off limitations from your people. Limitations that have kept them from being free and soaring like eagles. Limitations that have kept them from knowing you the way you have wanted them to. But now, here I am, living in a limited realm. I must exit this place and enter into another dimension of Your Spirit; another dimension of Your love; another dimension of Your kingdom. I can only relate to your people at the level that I able to relate to You.
I know Your glory and love is everywhere. I know that all of creation reveals Your glorious attributes, but I need more. It’s not enough for me to see You in me through the reflection of a mirror, no matter how clear that reflection may be. I don’t want to just hear You in a dream, or a thought or image in my mind, I want to hear Your words vibrate through my being. When You speak I want to feel Your breath on my neck. I want to see Your face beyond any prophetic shadow and type. I want to see You; Your face. I don’t care if I die; I can’t live in this realm any more. I can’t live in this dimension of the Spirit knowing that there are so many other places in You to be found. There are realms of Your heart that I have not seen or encountered, I need to see and know them now, while I am in the earth.
Oh Lord, forgive me for flirting with death; forgive me for flirting with lifelessness. Forgive me for exhausting the dimensions of Your kingdom that were given to me years back. I have waited far too long. I have found myself wanting beyond measure, beyond understanding. Now I know there are different wells for different levels of the Spirit. Though they are of the same Spirit, each demonstrates Your kingdom differently. My thirst is not because of dehydration, but because of other waters that I long for, waters that lay beyond the place where I am presently at in the Spirit. I know that You have given me all things that pertain to life and godliness, but I have yet to experience them and reveal them the way You have wanted me to, they way I long to.
I confess that I have not fully laid hold of the wisdom that can only be found in the deserts of Life. These deserts are not void of life, they are pocketed with oasis's of glory all along the way. Lord, I confess that I am guilty of creating a habitat around an oasis of glory that has kept me from moving on into deeper realms of the Spirit. You brought me to this land and led me to the waters of life, waters You intended others to drink from and advance deeper into Your kingdom. Now, because of me, many have become complacent, they have stayed at this prophetic artesian, refusing to move on.
So give me enough strength, enough Spirit, enough grace, to move from this place; this realm. You have shown me the month of October 2009. It is the climax of a designated time in the Spirit for Your people to be further clothed with glory; with immortality. So hear my cry Lord! Hear the cry of Your people! We desire to be further clothed with glory; with a greater habitation of heaven on earth.
Lord, unlike John in the book of Revelation, we no longer need to hear the call, “Come up hear!” for we know that we are here! We are up here with You; seated in heavenly places.” So Lord, I declare to all the earth, “I have been lifted up with You! Your people have been lifted up with You! I declare, “The same Spirit that raised Christ from the dead has raised us up!” Lord, remove the obstacles of advancement; whatever they may be in my life remove them from me. I do not want anything to stand in the way of my destined transformation in You. As it is written, “I am transformed by the renewing of my mind.” So open my eyes Lord! Open my ears, to a fresh new realm of transformation.
It is time for the knowledge of Your glory, of Your kingdom, of Your love, of Your peace, of Your righteousness, to appear in the earth with greater intensity. You have shown me the days when your people will speak to the sun and the moon, and they will be still once again. They will speak to the winds and raging seas and they will be calm. They will speak to the rains and they will fall. They will speak to them again and they will cease.
I have seen death go into the ground, deep into the earth, never to rise again. I have seen the chains of eternity wrapped around the throat of darkness, keeping it bound for ever more. Lord forgive me, for I have permitted powers and principalities to make a spectacle of me. I have allowed them to flaunt my weaknesses before my eyes, as trophies of defeat.
Yet, in the midst of my shame, You have come to me. You have repeatedly visited me. You have reminded me, that You have made a spectacle of powers and principalities for all eternity. You have reminded me that I am Your prophet in the earth, but most of all, you have called me Your son. You have called me the offspring of Your love and glory. You came to me and showed me my crown. It is so beautiful and wonderfully made. I can see that it was handcrafted by You and You alone. You forged it out of Your love for me and then You gave it to me, and told me, “Wear it for all eternity.” You told me, “That I would lay many crowns at Your feet, but this one crown, this crown of love was mine to keep.
I am overwhelmed with your gracious love. All these years You have been my Knight in shinning armor. You have rescued me more times than the years of all creation. You have loved me well, more than words could ever tell. For years You have tucked me into my bed with words of hope and dreams of promise. When I was young You picked me up and carried me through the darkest valleys of my life. Since then You have never let me down. You have never stopped carrying me. You have held me closer than my own breath. You have loved me beyond imagination. You love me beyond any human comprehension. Your love is an eternal vibration in my ear and a continual pounding in my heart. You love me. The hills and mountains in my life have melted like wax at the sound of your love for me. Your love shines in the darkness. I have danced with You on a starry night and saw the darkness around me completely disappear in the light of your love for me. You love me. You love me so much that the thought of me loving You in return seems so unfair. You deserve so much more than I could ever give, more than I have ever given to you.
DEEP WATERS
I have stood with You in the waters of life that flow from Your throne. I have felt their wake as the winds of Your Spirit have blown upon me. I know what it is like to be consumed by the sound of many waters. I have heard their praises to You. I know their sound. I have seen how they dance across the surface of the deep. The first time I heard the depths of Your waters call my name, they have never ceased. The depths of Your Spirit continually call out to the deepest parts of my soul, the deepest parts of my eternal being. Deep calls to me, because it knows I am destined to live there, forever.
I remember when I was a boy I was learning to swim in the lakes of Montana. One day when no one was around, thinking I could swim on my own, I jumped from the docks into the water. I was afraid, so afraid, that I began to sink. I had forgotten what I had learned the days before. I kept grasping for the dock, but it was out of my reach. Just when I thought was going to drown; I suddenly felt the strength of the dock in the clasp of my little hands. I know now it was You. You saw me drowning. In my desperation you put safety within my reach. I know you will do it again. You always have. I feel like I am drowning again, but this time, not because of deep waters, but because of shallow waters. I know, just like all the times before, I am within reach. You are within my reach.
The deepest waters I have ever known are within my reach. They are my destiny. You are my destiny. You are my place of safety. In You I live and move and have my being. Another realm of life awaits me. I must go there. I must have it. I must have You. It’s time now for me to enter in, into another dimension of your love, another dimension of life.
Michael
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