Beginning over a decade ago I came to realize that God would visit me in a special way in the early morning hours of All Saint's Day (November 1st) and New Years Day each year. Through these experiences I found that God would convey more of his heart for me, for the body of Christ and/or events that would be happening in the world over the course of the coming year.
This year’s All Saint's Day experiences were very simple and the following are some of the experiences and what I feel God is saying through them…
Spirit of fear driven out of hiding
In one of the first experiences I saw a fully exposed serpent. I knew that the serpent had previously been hidden, that the serpent represented a spirit of fear and that the Lord had brought it fully to the light so that its head could be easily severed.
I feel strongly that God is saying through this experience that there are places where the spirit of fear has been hidden in our lives and that he is driving it out of hiding so that we can see and destroy it. I also believe that God is saying that when fear does become obvious in our lives, do not be surprised, nor dismayed. Fear that is hidden cannot be dealt with, whereas fear that is exposed can easily be destroyed. We have not been given a spirit of fear, but a spirit of power and a sound mind.
Take out the trash
In the next dream, my wife pointed out to me fly larvae that was crawling across the kitchen floor. It turned out that flies had laid their eggs on the trash in the trashcan in the kitchen, that these eggs were hatching and the larvae were making their way into the rest of the house. In the dream I knew that if they were not immediately dealt with, then they would quickly mature and my house would be infested with flies.
This dream reminds me of James 1:15, “Then after desire has conceived, it gives birth to sin; and sin, when it is full-grown, gives birth to death.” I felt that the trash in this dream represented temptations or desires that need to be more fully removed from our lives. The trashcan would represent the action we have taken in the right direction concerning temptation and evil desire; however, as the trash was still in the house, I feel God was saying we had not yet finished the work he had called us to in dealing with it rightly.
There is a warning in this dream that the lack of fully putting the axe to the root of temptation and evil desire and removing it, will give it a place to grow into sin, mature and ultimate bring death and unclean spirits into our homes. Sin not only affects us, but everyone closest to us as well, especially our loved ones. I believe the Lord desires to communicate to us that this is not just another abstract truth anymore, but a present reality that is now upon us.
Scriptures for the year
The following are scriptures that God spoke during the night that he desires to highlight for us this coming year…
· Proverbs 3:11 My son, do not despise the Lord’s discipline and do not resent his rebuke, because the Lord disciplines those he loves, as a father the son he delights in.
God is a loving heavenly father. We can trust him as he deals with and exposes not only fears, but even sin in our lives. He is kind and gentle, even as he allows situations that might be uncomfortable or challenging; all that we might see and know him better. He truly is our exceeding and great reward and anything that would interfere with this must be dealt with as it would be a shadow in comparison to his goodness for us.
· Proverbs 4: 3,4 When I was a boy in my father’s house, still tender, and an only child of my mother, he taught me and said, “Lay hold of my words with all your heart; keep my commandments and you will live.
As a young child who is fascinated by his father and as an only child who has the full and undistracted love and attention of his father, in the same way God desires to meet and speak with us; tenderly, lovingly and with great affection and joy. He is the way, the truth and his words are life. If we will heed his words we will not only live, but live life to the full.
Summary
This coming year is going to be a year of personal exposure. The Lord is going to be exposing and dealing with hidden places of fear in our lives that need to be brought to the light as well as taking us to the next level of purifying our lives from sin. Sin that is not dealt with will mature quickly and sin when it is full grown brings death.
In the midst of this time of exposure and cleansing, we have a loving heavenly father that desires to meet with us, teach us and lead us into the way everlasting.
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