Wednesday, December 03, 2008, 8:25 p.m. – I have a tune in my head, but I don’t know the words other than “keep on loving you,” I think.
The Lord gave me A VISION: I saw Barack Obama and then the back of his head. I heard what sounded like a gun shot and I felt like he was shot in the back of the neck. Then I saw a crowd of people lifting his head off of his body and carrying it around as in celebration. It was like the shot (or explosion) dislocated his head from his body. [See this news article in relation to the lifting up of his head: Ala. County sets 'Barack Obama Day' as new holiday / Dec 3 12:42 PM US/Eastern / http://www.breitbart.com/article.php?id=D94RBG180&show_article=1]
I then heard “John Murtha.” When I inquired of the Lord about him, I heard “scumbag,” and “dimwit.” Then I saw a cow, I heard it “moo” and then I heard “John Murtha” a second time. When I inquired of the Lord, he confirmed that the mooing cow as John Murtha. [See this news article about him today concerning his election: http://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2008/12/look_whos_ponied_up_for_murtha.html]
Then I saw Hank Paulson. [He’s up to his ears in mess over these bailouts and lack of accountability for where the money has gone.] I saw a woman after him but the image was faded. Then I clearly saw Hillary Clinton and then Nancy Pelosi. [There appears to be some concern among her colleagues on Capital Hill about her leadership since the elections.] Then, this song started playing in my head:
What Life Would Be Like / Big Daddy Weave
He made the lame walk
And the dumb talk
He opened blinded eyes to see
That the sun rises on His time
Yet He knows our deepest desperate need
And the world waits
While His heart aches
To realize the dream
I wonder what life would be like
If we let Jesus live through you and me
Immediately following that song, he gave me another:
Part of Me, Part of You / Glenn Frey
You're a part of me, I'm a part of you
Wherever we may travel
Whatever we go through
Whatever time may take away
It cannot change the way we feel today
So hold me close and say you feel it too
You're a part of me and I'm a part of you
I saw Hillary Clinton again. It was like I was right there in person with her in the room. I felt a strange connection, probably because she shows up in so many of these visions and dreams. I felt like I was someone who knows her personally. Then, the Lord brought this verse to mind:
Psalm 7:14: He who is pregnant with evil
and conceives trouble gives birth to disillusionment.
He made the lame walk
And the dumb talk
He opened blinded eyes to see
That the sun rises on His time
Yet He knows our deepest desperate need
And the world waits
While His heart aches
To realize the dream
I wonder what life would be like
If we let Jesus live through you and me
On a personal note, the Lord has been showing me sins in my own life. As he has been revealing them to me, I have been confessing them, repenting of them, and making things right where needed. So, before I would write this up, I asked him if there was anything else in between us. I said, “I want to be clean.” Then, he put this song into my mind:
There is Power in the Blood / Lewis E. Jones, 1865-1936
Would you be free from your burden of sin?
There's power in the Blood - - Power in the Blood
Would you o'er evil a victory win?
There's wonderful power in the Blood
There is Power, Power wonder working power
In the (Precious) Blood of the Lamb (Repeat)
Would you be free from your passion and pride?
There's power in the Blood -- Power in the Blood
Come then for cleansing to Calvary's tide.
There's Wonderful power in the Blood
Would you be whiter, yes whiter than snow?
There's power in the Blood -- Power in the Blood
Sin stains are lost in its life-giving flow.
There's Wonderful power in the Blood
Would you do service for Jesus, your King?
There's power in the Blood -- Power in the Blood
Would you live daily His praises to sing?
There's Wonderful power in the Blood
And, then he spoke these words to me that he spoke to Mary: Jesus said to the woman, "Your faith has saved you; go in peace." [Luke 7:50 NIV]
Speak, Lord, for your servant is listening. I read Psalm 16:
Keep me safe, O God,
for in you I take refuge.
2 I said to the LORD, "You are my Lord;
apart from you I have no good thing."
3 As for the saints who are in the land,
they are the glorious ones in whom is all my delight.
4 The sorrows of those will increase
who run after other gods.
I will not pour out their libations of blood
or take up their names on my lips.
5 LORD, you have assigned me my portion and my cup;
you have made my lot secure.
6 The boundary lines have fallen for me in pleasant places;
surely I have a delightful inheritance.
7 I will praise the LORD, who counsels me;
even at night my heart instructs me.
8 I have set the LORD always before me.
Because he is at my right hand,
I will not be shaken.
9 Therefore my heart is glad and my tongue rejoices;
my body also will rest secure,
10 because you will not abandon me to the grave,
nor will you let your Holy One see decay.
11 You have made known to me the path of life;
you will fill me with joy in your presence,
with eternal pleasures at your right hand.
My Understanding: There is none righteous, no not one… all we like sheep have gone astray. We can not earn salvation. We will never be good enough no matter how hard we might try. Salvation comes through the blood of Jesus Christ. He died on the cross for our sins so that we could be free from the burden of sin. There truly is power in the blood of the Lamb who was slain for you and for me.
There are a lot of wicked people in government, in our churches, in our homes, and the Lord even shows us the wickedness in our own hearts. And, he longs for each one of us to allow him to open our blinded eyes so that we may see his truth; his grace; his mercy. And, he calls us to repentance and faith in Him for our salvation – not faith in man. No man can save us. Barack Obama is not our savior. Hillary Clinton is not, either. And, neither is Congress, or Hank Paulson. He is not going to save the economy! Jesus Christ is our only Savior and he is to be our Lord. Imagine if we Christians truly let Jesus live through us. What a different world this could be.
The Psalmist calls on God to be his refuge. He recognizes that no goodness dwells within himself, but the Lord is the good in his life. It is Jesus’ righteousness that makes us clean, not our own. In him alone we have a delightful inheritance. The song “In Christ Alone” is going through my head. I will not be moved!