An Encounter with the King
The Lord visited me in a dream revealing these aspects of His
nature and how He desires to hand out/impart fresh levels of these
gifts to all of us as His Body.
Intimacy
Song of Songs 1:2-4
Let him kiss me with the kisses of his mouth-
For your love is better than wine.
Because of the fragrance of your good ointments,
Your name is ointment poured forth;
Therefore the virgins love you.
Draw me away!
There is a new level of intimacy coming to the Body
of Christ. The Lord is revealing himself as the King
once again. The Body of Christ is the Bride of the King. As
we approach Him and come to the place of standing before Him
we are to come to Him in a spirit of honor, adoration and worship.
In response His invitation, His welcoming us into His courts
and His continued revelation of His love for us, we need to
tell him how highly we desire Him, how thankful we are for Him
and how much He means to us. This praise flows out the heart
surrendered to His rule. It is out of the abundance and depths
of our hearts that this deep well of praise is released to Him.
He in turn will pour out even more of His great love upon us
and within us. He will continue to expand our capacity to receive
and contain His love, drawing our hearts into a deep place weighty
place of communion in His Presence.
Authority
Luke 10:19
Behold, I give you the authority to trample on serpents
and scorpions, and over all the power of the enemy, and nothing
shall by any means hurt you.
As divine connection is taking place with the Lord,
He is mantling us with higher levels of power and authority. He is revealing Himself as the King who desires His
power to be revealed in us and through us. This is fresh anointing,
fresh oil and power to break the yokes of the enemy off of our
lives and the lives of others. It is the power of God unto salvation.
It is also the power of God that enables us to live and fulfill
the plans and purposes of God in the earth. The Lord is going
to expand the levels, range and the release of healing power
through His Body. To those who yield themselves He will perform
extraordinary miracles, signs and wonders. Through the yielded
life, the soul that has become the habitation of God, His glory
will be released in higher and higher measures!
Prophetic Sight
2 Kings 6:15-18
And when the servant of the man of God arose early and went
out, there was an army, surrounding the city with horses and
chariots. And his servant said to him, "Alas, my master!
What shall we do?" So he answered, "Do not fear, for
those who are with us are more than those who are with them."
And Elisha prayed, and said, "LORD, I pray, open his eyes
that he may see." Then the LORD opened the eyes of the
young man, and he saw. And behold, the mountain was full of
horses and chariots of fire all around Elisha.
Just as the servant of Elisha’s eyes were opened
to see in the spirit what God was doing, the Lord is going to
be opening our eyes to see. Blessed are the pure in
heart for they shall see God. I believe that this not only applies
to the future but the present. Those who don’t discover
the place of purity and value that place will be blind to the
things of God, also to God himself. But to those who discover
and value the place of purity and intimacy with God, they will
be those who enter into a place of greater spiritual vision
and visitations of God. Just as Jesus saw Nathaniel, that He
was a man with no guile, He told him that he would “see”
the angels of God ascending and descending on the Son of Man.
Those who prepare themselves in the place of intimacy and purity,
guarding the eyes and ears, will also be those who see the King
and experience His visitations at new levels.
Prosperity
Psalm 35:27
Let them shout for joy and be glad,
Who favor my righteous cause;
And let them say continually,
"Let the LORD be magnified,
Who has pleasure in the prosperity of His servant."
It is God’s desire to prosper us in every area. Everything we put our hand to is meant to prosper and will prosper
as our hearts are consecrated to the Lord. As it reads above,
the Lord loves to see His people prosper. He is going to fill
us with fresh faith to prosper in all things. By hanging in
the place of intimacy, hearing and absorbing His words into
our spirit and releasing those words through our mouths we will
enter into new places of prosperity in the Lord. Faith will
be birthed in this place of intimacy. By beholding Him, having
Him magnified in our eyes above all other things, we will receive
fresh faith to move into the promise land that He has for us.
Favor
Esther 8:4
And the king held out the golden scepter toward
Esther.
Psalm 5:12
For You, O LORD, will bless the righteous;
With favor You will surround him as with a shield.
His favor is for a lifetime! And just as Esther came
into the courts of the King, King Jesus extends the scepter
of His divine favor to us. Just as we have access into
the Holiest of All by the blood of Jesus so the intimate heart
draws near to the King. So coming into His courts is the first
step in moving to the place of His favor. All that is required
is our coming into the courts of the King. If we come He will
extend His the scepter of His favor toward us. This is where
we can ask of Him and it shall be given. When our heart is connected
with His, the life of His presence pulses back and forth to
us. In this place of union with God, we move with His thoughts
and desires and His favor is given. David, the psalmist, desired
His courts more than anything else. It is in this place that
we encounter, receive and experience the favor of the King.
by John Belt
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