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January 2001
- I
had recently taken a hit from the enemy that wounded me terribly.
What I didn't know was, it was only the surgeons knife opening my
heart so He could remove things that were buried deep within it.
I was taken by the Spirit high above a huge body of water. It was
a dark stormy sky, and the water was rough ,turbulent, dark and
murky. I was hovering over this water with the Lord Jesus and He
said to me 'Jump in'. I said, 'But I am afraid', He said 'It is
my love, jump in'. I said, 'But I am afraid if I get in there I
won't be able to breathe'. He said to me, 'Trust me', so with all
my strength I did a back dive and went deep into this body of water.
I went all the way to the bottom of the body of water. My first
thought as I tried to breathe was that I was not going to be able
to, but soon I found that I really could breathe. The enemy has
convinced most of us that obeying God is to be feared, when actually
the opposite is the truth. Obedience, even and especially when it
cost us something is a delight to the Master and will take us far
in the Spirit.
Within the next few days I entered into a fiery trial where at times I literally felt as if I was not going to be able to breathe. Over the next few weeks, God delivered me from so many strongholds I was not even aware that I had. He had answered my prayer of putting salve in my eyes so I could see my own true condition (Rev 3:18). Seeing your own true condition is the requirement for deliverance and freedom.
At the end of several weeks, I was again taken back to the bottom of the water, right where God had left me, except now I was on my way up! I got to the top of the water and could see the sun, like you would if you were swimming in a lake on a sunny day. I can truly say that I can see the Son more clearly now. After it was all over I asked the Lord 'Why?'. He spoke almost audibly and said to me, 'You told me you were willing to plunder hell to be able to set the captives free.' Indeed I had. I know that what I retrieved from the bottom of that dark, murky water was what Is 45:3 talks about, treasures hidden in darkness. These treasures will now be used by the Lord to set others free.
No matter how dark things look, the Lord is with us, and we can absolutely trust Him even when obeying is costly.