The Watch

There's a man standing surrounded by looming bronze gates. They seem to be pressing him on every side, and there is no escape.

He's wearing a rather interesting watch though, it's the prophekey. When he looks at it the gates stop pressing, and the perspective changes, the gates aren't that big at all. Nor are they as close as it first appeared. All of a sudden there is space and peace in the situation.

At the minute many people (including myself) are feeling the pressing of the gates of Hades. There is a huge pressure on us to be committing ourselves to the ministry, spending more and more time doing spiritual stuff. It's time to redeem the time.

But redeeming the time doesn't mean spending more time in meetings, nor does it mean not doing my homework assignments because I should be praying. It means taking those times that we are doing seemingly unspiritual things, and serving God with them. If Christ had intended us to spend all our time in meetings he wouldn't have made them so boring. If he had come that we might have life then he would have died on a cross to overcome death and told us that he came that he came that we might have life...

I guess he came that we might have life then...

Start living and stop trying to have life.

The Prophecy Key (or Prophekey)

Jesus is standing in front of me holding out his hand. He is smiling but there is something sorrowful about his countenance. He opens his hand, and I see a small object engraved with the symbol of prophecy. Since it's been a while I'll explain that the Lord has attached this symbol to several visions in the past and it always speaks of the prophetic annointing acting on his people. I heard him say:

"I have given you the keys of the kingdom of heaven, and whatsoever you bind on earth will be bound in heaven, and whatsoever you loose on earth shall be loosed in heaven." (Matt 16:13-20)

The Lord speaks to his people. And to be honest we've been really lazy about hearing him and speaking it, at least I know I have. This is one of the primary weapons we have to fulfil our commission. We're building the Kingdom-to build up the living stones we need to speak the words of encouragement which don't come from men, but rather from the mouth of God himself. We are laying seige to the gates of hell- why throw our own efforts when we can use the weapons which God is providing. Why run blindly into battle when God has done all the recon work for us already?

I take the key from Jesus' hand. I see tall bronze gates. Behind them darkness reigns, and the cry of a million lost souls rends the air. I throw the key at the base of the gates, and they are destroyed in a huge explosion which floods the whole place with light.

I pick up the key, and place it into the heart of passer by. When I turn it his heart opens and living water gushes forth clearing away the rubble and preparing the ground for a new build. Might as well lay the foundation for a new kingdom then...

It's good to be back.