Sister P.,
I remember the verses you mentioned, but didn’t catch the number of the Psalm in our latest conversation, only to find it out the next moment. I asked the Lord what to read. The Lord told me to read Psalm 91, and told me that with this He will bless me. Then as I read it, I found out how I am carried by Him like a little eagle snatched up by his parent. What you prayed for me becomes alive.
Also in my prayer time with you, I believe, I saw, as usual, not in a visual way, but in my mind, these two visions:
A Gentle Shoot
I saw our Lord Jesus, dressed in white, walked out the gate of heaven to meet me. In his two hands, He was holding a gentle, fresh green shoot of an tree, I believe it being an oak, with roots still kept in rich dirt. It formed a very vivid picture with the crystal colors of everything. The green was so alive, as if ready to drip from the plant.
He bade me to take it from Him as He looked at me with kindness and encouragement. Somehow, He told with me that He was giving me the “glory of Lebanon” as He promised. I asked this in my mind:”But, Lord, the glory of Lebanon is given to a forest, not a single tree.” You can guess His answer:”Yes, I am giving you a forest.”
The Narrow Path
Then I was snatched away and set in a glorious room, like a hall in a majestic palace, with shining lights flashing around. Most are white, but in between, other colors merged as well, red, blue, yellow, etc. I detected that these were colors of different doors carved out round of the circled wall, which would lead to wonderful treasures and endless blessings. Standing in the center, almost overwhelmed by all these dazzling glories and richness, I heard the Father spoke to me:”All these are yours now.” I found my heart not excited, but a bit disappointed, as if something I did long for was missing.
Then I saw through the blinding lights, a hidden narrow path gradually unveiled just in front of me, as the brightness dispersed like smoke on a play set. It seemed to be a hard and laborious walk. But I knew the Father was waiting and watching me at the end. He evidently was well pleased. He smiled at me and cheered me on. I decided to step unto this dim and mystical path.
Somehow, as soon as I stepped over the entrance, the ground under my feet began to move swiftly forward. It was as if I was carried by the path under me, as much as I was still walking with a steady pace toward Him. I felt the great joy in my heart and the Father’s great joy as well, for we knew we will soon see each other face to face.
This much I realized, that He only is my reward and desire. He is all I want.
Sometime, I feel like a Peter, boosting much of my devotion to Him, only to find myself failed him again and again. Yet He looks not at my failures, but would always restore me and cheer me on. Obviously, He looked at a faith in me my mind seldom could fathom.
“What I have in Heaven but you.” This verse takes on a new meaning for me…
I feel led to share this.
Vision by Sister D.
(Few days ago while we were praying together. )
Hello bro, Here you go.
The blossomed staff in the vision, in your right hand was a staff or rod. The staff appeared to be 6 to 5 ft long in length.
At the very top of the rod, in a three tier or layers, there were white radiant flower petals gradually blossoming or budded, one by one at a time. As the petals are shaping in its form of a flower, there were almonds that appeared, like a fruit with its leaflet attached.
In the center of the staff, on each side, were branches that grew out, forming the flower with its three tier’s of petals unfolding as it blossomed, along with the almonds.
The staff grew into a beautiful tree.
Much love, D. 🙂
Vision by Sister P.
(The very next morning after our prayer time when I received the visions above.)
Hello my brother, my friend,
Have thought of you often this morning and what lies ahead of you: as I was driving now, I saw you as this mighty oak tree: very very very wide expanse of trunk with ancient and deep roots offering shade, protection to many. The Lord then quickened this passage to me from Isaiah 61:
They will be called oaks of righteousness,
a planting of the LORD
for the display of his splendor4 They will rebuild the ancient ruins
and restore the places long devastated;
they will renew the ruined cities
that have been devastated for generations.
Be blessed, strong in the Lord and in the power of His might.
The travail of your soul is in order that you may cross over into the new as there is a wrestling and tearing of the old. Great will be the fruit of this move. The power of His hand is upon you and there is a mandate about to be unleashed through you. It will be His order being established and it will be good.
Love you
Sis
Email to Sister P. later on
This is amazing, sister.
Only now, I know that I actually knew this kind of tree very very well. I saw them a lot when I grew up, even might have planted some.
There is famous Chinese saying that I like, it goes like this:
岁寒而知松柏之后凋
Only when the weather turns cold could we know that pines and cedars are the last to wither.
It aludes to a righteous person who, in faith, would not yield to the outside circumstances.
By the way, I now also recognized in the vision where I saw “a forest with a range of mountains beyond extends out to the horizon“, is like one of the pictures (Image of Cedar Tree Forest – Wikipedia), the angle is a bit closer, no wonder the Lord mentioned “the glory of Lebanon” in it.
Mentioned in Isaiah, this glory has much to do with the remnant that He will gather along the highway of holiness and will bless in the desert place.
It seems that I have gone a long way after that vision. 🙂 Only today this is partly unveiled, at least why the city and forest being together one and the same.
I am exicted about this. I do not know why. 🙂
