What Heaven is Saying Today
This morning the Lord showed me a very unusual kind of machine which seemed to be used to produce fruit drinks. It was large and seemed to be a commercial grade machine. The exterior of all the parts seemed to be made of stainless steel. Projecting out from the front was a container shaped like a funnel. It was also made of stainless steel. Some kind of orange colored fruit was being dropped into the container. When it was filled, a large press came down from above and squeezed the fruit with great pressure. I understood from the Spirit that this was speaking of the Lord’s people who have been given special gifts of the Spirit and have been experiencing great pressure from all directions. There didn’t seem to be any means of escaping the pressure.
Then I looked down and saw a liquid which looked like gold flowing from the bottom of the funnel-shaped container. All the pressure you have been feeling from all directions is being used by the Lord to refine you and purify you like gold. Remember Zechariah 13:9, “I will bring the one-third through the fire, will refine them as silver is refined, and test them as gold is tested. They will call on My name, and I will answer them. I will say, ‘This is My people’; and each one will say, ‘The Lord is my God.’” What seemed like something bad has been changed into something wonderful. At first it seemed like many things were being squeezed, but only a small amount was being produced, however, as I watched the liquid gold overflowed the cup and spread out far beyond the large machine. I heard the Lord saying that those who have endured this squeezing will have a much greater influence than those who avoid this process. The enemy meant it for evil, but the Lord was turning all this into a much greater good. 1 Peter 1:22-23, “Since you have purified your souls in obeying the truth through the Spirit in sincere love of the brethren, love one another fervently with a pure heart, having been born again, not of corruptible seed but incorruptible, through the word of God which lives and abides forever,”
Then the Lord showed me a few people walking across an expanse in Heaven and drawing near to Him. As they drew near, I heard Him say, “These are the few have been prepared and are now able to carry My Name. I immediately thought of HaShem – the name of the Lord. I also thought about Adonai. Then it came to me that these are the ones the Lord spoke of in Numbers 6:27, “So they shall put My name on the children of Israel, and I will bless them.” Those who are in Christ Jesus have been authorized to receive all the blessings of righteous Abraham. Remember Galatians 3:13-14, “Christ has redeemed us from the curse of the law, having become a curse for us (for it is written, “Cursed is everyone who hangs on a tree”), that the blessing of Abraham might come upon the Gentiles in Christ Jesus, that we might receive the promise of the Spirit through faith.” The small group of people I saw this morning are those who have become members of the Shaddai family. They will now carry His Name in a greater way and His power will manifest in their lives and ministry.
These things sound very good, but I am also thinking about the responsibility we have for carrying these gifts in a way which will honor Him and bring glory to His Name. We cannot possibly be worthy of carrying the Name. Only in Christ are we able to accomplish what our Father has graciously given. May we be humble in this knowledge so that we can be lifted up by Him in Yeshua’s Name. Amen.
James
Pastor James Durham
Higher Calling Ministries, Intl
P.O. Box 292335
Columbia, SC 29229-0335
May the Lord bless you and keep you,
May the Lord make His face to shine upon you
And be gracious unto you,
May the Lord lift up His countenance upon you
And establish for you Shalom, Shalom, Shalom!