What Heaven is Saying Today
Some who are younger may not immediately understand the vision the Lord gave me this morning. I was lifted up into His presence and stood with Him as He watched a man who was working very hard. At first, I didn’t understand what the man was trying to do. Then the Lord let me see from a different angle and it was clear that the man was working on an old style butter churn. I remembered doing this when I was young. It is very hard work, and for a long time it seems like there are no results. To produce butter, you work the churn handle up and down steadily for a very long time. The churn is filled with fresh whole milk and the plunger easily moves up and down in the thin liquid. Then suddenly, the milk begins to thicken and you can feel the difference immediately. Only a short time later the white milk has been transformed into golden yellow butter. It is a challenge for a child to continue to work when there seem to be no results. It is a challenge to wait for the sudden change.
The man in the vision obviously had the patience to continue to work with no apparent results. He was covered with perspiration. He had been working at it for such a long time that the dust from the air had mixed with the perspiration and it looked like he had a fine layer of mud all over. As the Lord and I watched, I began to notice that the Lord was filled with compassion for the man. Then He looked at me and said, “The problem is that the man is trying to make butter from skim milk!” I received an immediate revelation from the Lord’s comment. It is the milk fat from whole milk which is churned into butter fat. Without the milk fat, butter will never be produced. The revelation which came to me is that many of us have been so concerned for the flesh (our physical wellbeing) that we have cut out as much fat from our diets as possible. In many ways that has been a very positive move. In some cases, we are finding that we need some of the fat. Several recent studies have shown that butter is more healthy than some of the substitutes we have created.
As I considered these things, I heard the Lord say, “This man decided that he would reduce the fat in every area of his life. Unfortunately, he reduced the fat content in his spirit and soul.” I had to ponder that statement for a while and asked the Holy Spirit for more revelation. I received this understanding. Many have not only failed to move from milk to the solid food of the Word, but have actually sought less fat in their already deprived spiritual diet. They have chosen to ignore the parts of the Word which they don’t like or don’t immediately understand. They have not been willing to take it by faith or spend time meditating and waiting on revelation from the Holy Spirit. The Lord was talking about a kind of spiritual laziness which results in less than whole milk. No matter how much we work or how long we churn, it will not achieve the desired results. We need to get some fat back into our spiritual diets: not only milk fat but the fat of the solid food of the gospel.
Hebrews 5:12-14, “For though by this time you ought to be teachers, you need someone to teach you again the first principles of the oracles of God; and you have come to need milk and not solid food. For everyone who partakes only of milk is unskilled in the word of righteousness, for he is a babe. But solid food belongs to those who are of full age, that is, those who by reason of use have their senses exercised to discern both good and evil.”
The Holy Spirit reminded me that in the original texts there are no chapter or verse divisions. I was led from these last words in chapter 5 to the first words in chapter 6. This was originally all one flowing Word.
Hebrews 6:1-6, “Therefore, leaving the discussion of the elementary principles of Christ, let us go on to perfection, not laying again the foundation of repentance from dead works and of faith toward God, of the doctrine of baptisms, of laying on of hands, of resurrection of the dead, and of eternal judgment. And this we will do if God permits.” For it is impossible for those who were once enlightened, and have tasted the heavenly gift, and have become partakers of the Holy Spirit, and have tasted the good word of God and the powers of the age to come, if they fall away, to renew them again to repentance, since they crucify again for themselves the Son of God, and put Him to an open shame.”
This is not a good time to give up the solid food of the gospel. This is not the time to turn away after having tasted the good Word of God and the powers of the age to come. This is the time to be operating in the full power of the Word of God! This is the time to be telling the truth of the Word, the whole truth of the Word and nothing but the whole truth of the Word! May you be empowered today to carry the full power of the Spirit! May we not waste time churning skim milk and expecting results! It is time for the power of the gospel to be made manifest so that through miracles, healings, signs and wonders an unbelieving generation may be led to the Lord! May we be excellent harvesters using the full power the Holy Spirit has given! Amen and Amen!