“Then I saw heaven opened, and behold, a white horse! The one sitting on it is called Faithful and True, and in righteousness he judges and makes war.” Revelation 19:11
It has been a while since I last blogged, both my husband and I were traveling for the month of February and so this month, March, I have made time to write a blog entry. This particular blog entry will be difficult for me to write and mainly because it will be the first time that I openly shared with people, more than just those very close to me, something that I have been experiencing for several years now and am still growing in the understanding and biblical truth of. God has given me the spiritual gift of receiving dreams and seeing open eyed visions from the Holy Spirit, not just visions in my mind, but visions with the eye. I have kept these gifts to myself for several reasons. The first reason is simple, I did not know how to walk in these giftings having not learned about them and so telling others without understanding how they work would not be wise. Secondly, God had never released me to be open with these giftings prior to now, where I have clearly received instruction to be more transparent with others about them. Thirdly, I was afraid others would respond to me having these gifts in a negative way and afraid that many would not believe me. Having sought Him out these past seven years with understanding these gifts I have learned many things from His Word, the Spirit, and that many other people have these gifts as well, I was not alone. I have to also say that I am and never will be an expertise in the area of spiritual giftings and that the learning of these things continues to be part of my growing in them as I grow in Him. In the past year though, as my pursuit of Him and my pursuit of holiness has increased, so has the strength of these giftings. I do not write this with a sense of self righteousness or pride, not at all, I write it in complete and humble obedience to Him because everything in me does not want to share about these gifts I have with others. It would be though, very foolish and unwise of me to keep the things He has shared with me to myself, as they are for you all, to encourage and prepare you as well. Always remember, my pursuit has always been of Him and not of any gifts of the Spirit.
Now that I got that out in the open, let me share with you a vision that He has recently shared with me. I wonder if many of you have felt in your spirit an urgency to spread the Gospel, an urgency to be prepared for His coming, because that has grown in me as well. Naturally every day that goes by is one day closer to that Day. I often receive visions at night, deep in the night after sometimes having a dream from the Spirit, but this night I don’t remember the dreams that I was having in particular. I do, however, remember the visions. I was woken up by Him and saw all throughout our bedroom a vision of a white horse eager to be set loose. It was a beautiful white horse and I knew immediately with the confirming of the Spirit as well the meaning of this vision. I searched the Scriptures and came to the white horse in Revelation, the white horse that will carry our Lord in battle to conquer in chapter nineteen. I knew that the horse was impatient, ready to be released. I also felt an urgency in my Spirit to pray for believers and nonbelievers both to be prepared for His coming and the rapture. For nonbelievers I asked for their salvation to come quickly and for us, His servants, to spread His Word with more boldness and faith. For believers, I have been praying that their hearts be prepared for His return as well, that they would make their relationship with God right, walking in complete obedience to Him, from tithing to sharing with the lost to forgiving others and being cleansed of their sins. My heart has been burdened so deeply for so many right now, it has been a burden that is new to me and perhaps coming from my seeking Him more and being obedient to intercede for others more. I repented to Him of my lack of intercession for others as He corrected me earlier this year to stay on my knees longer than I have. One thing that has burdened me most are those that I have left behind back in the States before arriving here and not finishing with sharing with them completely. I set an example of what a Christian was before them, but my mouth kept silent way too many times even when I was prompted to open it. I asked God to forgive me for my disobedience. Today, I am still interceding for them to know Christ and to know Him for who He is, as God, not a prophet or a good teacher only, but as God. If anything is taught about Jesus other than Him being God, then it is false teaching according to His Word (John 1). “No one has ever seen God, but God the One and Only (Jesus), who is at the Father’s side, has made him known.” (John 1:18) “For to us a child is born, to us a son is given, and the government will be on his shoulders. And he will be called, Wonderful Counselor, Mighty God, Everlasting Father, Prince of Peace.” (Isaiah 9:6) So as He is preparing my heart to work hard for His Kingdom to advance into the hearts of so many lost people, I long for all my friends and family to be preparing themselves as well as it is written in Philippians 2:12 “Therefore, my dear friends, as you have always obeyed- not only in my presence, but now much more in my absence- continue to work out your salvation with fear and trembling..”. Of course we do not know the day or hour that Christ Jesus will return, but as it says in Matthew 24:32-33, we will know the season. His coming is upon us!
It has been a while since I last blogged, both my husband and I were traveling for the month of February and so this month, March, I have made time to write a blog entry. This particular blog entry will be difficult for me to write and mainly because it will be the first time that I openly shared with people, more than just those very close to me, something that I have been experiencing for several years now and am still growing in the understanding and biblical truth of. God has given me the spiritual gift of receiving dreams and seeing open eyed visions from the Holy Spirit, not just visions in my mind, but visions with the eye. I have kept these gifts to myself for several reasons. The first reason is simple, I did not know how to walk in these giftings having not learned about them and so telling others without understanding how they work would not be wise. Secondly, God had never released me to be open with these giftings prior to now, where I have clearly received instruction to be more transparent with others about them. Thirdly, I was afraid others would respond to me having these gifts in a negative way and afraid that many would not believe me. Having sought Him out these past seven years with understanding these gifts I have learned many things from His Word, the Spirit, and that many other people have these gifts as well, I was not alone. I have to also say that I am and never will be an expertise in the area of spiritual giftings and that the learning of these things continues to be part of my growing in them as I grow in Him. In the past year though, as my pursuit of Him and my pursuit of holiness has increased, so has the strength of these giftings. I do not write this with a sense of self righteousness or pride, not at all, I write it in complete and humble obedience to Him because everything in me does not want to share about these gifts I have with others. It would be though, very foolish and unwise of me to keep the things He has shared with me to myself, as they are for you all, to encourage and prepare you as well. Always remember, my pursuit has always been of Him and not of any gifts of the Spirit.
Now that I got that out in the open, let me share with you a vision that He has recently shared with me. I wonder if many of you have felt in your spirit an urgency to spread the Gospel, an urgency to be prepared for His coming, because that has grown in me as well. Naturally every day that goes by is one day closer to that Day. I often receive visions at night, deep in the night after sometimes having a dream from the Spirit, but this night I don’t remember the dreams that I was having in particular. I do, however, remember the visions. I was woken up by Him and saw all throughout our bedroom a vision of a white horse eager to be set loose. It was a beautiful white horse and I knew immediately with the confirming of the Spirit as well the meaning of this vision. I searched the Scriptures and came to the white horse in Revelation, the white horse that will carry our Lord in battle to conquer in chapter nineteen. I knew that the horse was impatient, ready to be released. I also felt an urgency in my Spirit to pray for believers and nonbelievers both to be prepared for His coming and the rapture. For nonbelievers I asked for their salvation to come quickly and for us, His servants, to spread His Word with more boldness and faith. For believers, I have been praying that their hearts be prepared for His return as well, that they would make their relationship with God right, walking in complete obedience to Him, from tithing to sharing with the lost to forgiving others and being cleansed of their sins. My heart has been burdened so deeply for so many right now, it has been a burden that is new to me and perhaps coming from my seeking Him more and being obedient to intercede for others more. I repented to Him of my lack of intercession for others as He corrected me earlier this year to stay on my knees longer than I have. One thing that has burdened me most are those that I have left behind back in the States before arriving here and not finishing with sharing with them completely. I set an example of what a Christian was before them, but my mouth kept silent way too many times even when I was prompted to open it. I asked God to forgive me for my disobedience. Today, I am still interceding for them to know Christ and to know Him for who He is, as God, not a prophet or a good teacher only, but as God. If anything is taught about Jesus other than Him being God, then it is false teaching according to His Word (John 1). “No one has ever seen God, but God the One and Only (Jesus), who is at the Father’s side, has made him known.” (John 1:18) “For to us a child is born, to us a son is given, and the government will be on his shoulders. And he will be called, Wonderful Counselor, Mighty God, Everlasting Father, Prince of Peace.” (Isaiah 9:6) So as He is preparing my heart to work hard for His Kingdom to advance into the hearts of so many lost people, I long for all my friends and family to be preparing themselves as well as it is written in Philippians 2:12 “Therefore, my dear friends, as you have always obeyed- not only in my presence, but now much more in my absence- continue to work out your salvation with fear and trembling..”. Of course we do not know the day or hour that Christ Jesus will return, but as it says in Matthew 24:32-33, we will know the season. His coming is upon us!
