This word is submitted by Ching Co
THE MIRROR
For many weeks, my mind has been occupied with the events that has been
happening around us and I've notice that many of them are unpleasant,
confusing, painful and destructive. Deep inside my heart, I longed to
understand the "why" of it all. I desired like Habakkuk to be able to
grasp
the Father's heart to help me walk by faith despite the times. And to be
honest, I've found myself not far from where the prophet has been, I
found
myself questioning Him for I see so many things that I cannot
understand.
Wickedness seem to be winning over righteousness, those whom we perceive
not to be living justly and righteously seem to be flourishing.
Everything
seem so unfair and wrong, yet deep inside my heart, I also know that
there
is no mistakes in all these, but that our God is still in control. So I
decide to wait for Him to speak to me, and I waited and waited.......
Today, while again back in that state of mind after watching events as
reported from the TV broadcast, I saw this vision. And somehow through
this
vision, the Holy Spirit impress to me a message in answer to what I've
been
asking Him about, I pray that even as you read this, your heart will be
stir up by the Great I Am and He will grant you confirmation and
understanding.
THE VISION:
I found myself entering a room with a big mirror on the wall. There was
a
table and a chair facing the mirror and nothing more. Beside this room
I
can see that there was a second room, and there were several person in
white robes sitting on chairs watching and keeping notes of all the
activity on the other room through the back of the mirror which turn out
to
be a one way mirror. The robed observers can see all that is happening
on
the other room, but the person who enters the first room cannot see them
and in fact was not aware that someboby is watching them from the second
room.
Then I saw people come in and go out. Each one always takes a look at
the
mirror, for those who are in a hurry or whose mind are preoccupied with
many things, what they saw in the mirror is a reflection of themselves
and
then I saw them hurried away, not even bothering to sit down.
However, there were another group of people who went in the room , like
the others they also looked at the mirror. At first, they saw their
faces
reflected back to them. But something was different with this group of
people, they did not appear to be in a hurry. For I saw them taking the
time to sit down, and they continue to watch and stare at their
reflection from the mirror.
Then something happened, the mirror began to change into
a movie screen, and instead of the person's reflection seen in it, various
things were flashing through it, I cannot see what was being showed to
each one but I can see the reaction of the person watching. Always, after
viewing the scenes from the mirror screen, they all come out smiling and
rejoicing and their faces were glowing.
THE INTERPREATATION:
What I received to be the interprepation of this vision comes as a
WARNING
TO GOD'S PEOPLE. So many of us are so busy with many activities which
are
by themselves not wrong, for so often we always reasoned out that what
we
are doing is for the Lord. But yet, the Spirit is warning us that many
Christians are engaged in works and activities who to the eyes of the
Heavenly watchers are woods and hays and in the final testing, we will
discover that they have not brought any good at all.
The robed observers are heavenly messengers that God has send to
observed
His people and take note of their coming in and going out specially when
nobody is watching them.
The mirror symbolize all that is happening around us these days, whether
personal or in a larger scope. So many of us are watching these events
through different eyes, to those people whose mind are focus solely on
mere
physical outward appearance, what they will see will only be their own
reflection and they will received nothing.
But to those who are willing to take the time to sit down and
contemplate
and CHECK THEIR HEARTS, these people will discover that in so many ways,
these events happening around us are ALL SIGNS AND WARNING from the Lord
to
all of us. Each of these events that we see occuring before our very
eyes,
calls for a season of PERSONAL REFLECTION, an honest look at ourselves,
a
willingness and humility to acknowledge our own shortcomings,
willingness
to accept responsilibities for our in-actions instead of blaming others
or
judging others, a holy anger towards sins and unrighteousness as we see
their present effects and consequences upon the people and in the nations.
God is showing us the danger of power without character, the danger of
authority and leadership without godly counsel, the folly of human
wealth
and wisdom. The ways of the world and its foolishness are being
revealed,
the danger of playing with fire and with sin and fiddling with it
because
sin has consequences that goes beyond our own person and our own
generations, that sin and disobedience can kills and affects others and
even nations. He is teaching us about stewardship, accountability,
integrity, honestly, justice, compassion BUT HE IS SHOWING ALL THESE TO
US
THROUGH THE WRONG SIDE OF CIRCUMSTANCES. In same manner that the Law of
Moses become like PLUMBLINE which exposes sin and wrongdoing and our
own
helplessness without Him, so today's current events is accomplishing the
same purpose.
In the midst of all these trials and difficulties, we need to keep our
focus and perspective in line with God's leading. We must not allow our
hearts to be hardened by all the sins and unrightoueness that abounds,
we
need to continue to press on to the Holy, Mighty, Just God whose heart
is
as much grieve and torn as ours in these times.
And yet the Lord is allowing many things which seem to be bad to
surfaced.
He is allowing us to watch and to see the folly of men and all it's
reaping. He is forcing us to face the difficult issues of life. But in
the
midst of these, the LOVE OF THE FATHER REMAINS CONSTANT DESPITE HIS
SILENCE
IN MANY FRONT. For the Bible has promised us, "Where sin abound, grace
aboundath the more."
The Bible talks about the season of God, and this is the season to GO
DEEP
WITHIN, TO ALLOW THE SPIRIT OF GOD TO PLOW INTO OUR DEEPEST BEING, TO
BRING
FORTH ALL THAT IS UNFRUITFUL AND HARDENED, TO ALLOW GOD TO SIFT US
THOROUGHLY, TO GIVE HIM THE CHANCE TO RENEW ALL THINGS INCLUDING DEEP
ROTTED FEARS AND HABITS INGRAINED WITHIN OUR VERY SOUL DUE TO VARIOUS
REASONS AND CIRCUMSTANCES. HE IS ENCOURAGING US TO LAY BEFORE HIM ALL
THINGS THAT MATTERS TO US.
In closing, please allow me to share the various verses which the Lord
has
used to confirmed these messages.
GOD'S WORDS & PROMISE (Taken from the Amplified Bible)
" Come near, you nations, to hear: & hearken, you peoples! Let the earth
hear, and all that is in it; the world , and all things that come forths
from it. For the Lord is indignant against all nations, and His wrath is
against all their host. He has utterly doomed them. He has given them
over to slaughter." (Isaiah 34:1-2)
" Gather together to Me My saints [ those who have found grace in My
sight], those who have made a covenant with Me by sacrifice. And the
heavens declare His righteousness (rightness and justice), for God, He
is
judge. Selah [ pause, and calmly think of that]!
" Hear, O My people, and I will speak; O Isreal, I will testify to you
and
against you; I am God, your God. I do not reprove you for your
sacrifices;
your burnt offerings are continually before Me. Offer to God the
sacrifice
of thanksgiving, and pay your vows to the Most High, and call on Me in
the
day of trouble; I will deliver you, and you shall honor and glorify Me.
" But to the wicked, God says: What right have you to recite My statutes
or take My covenant or pledge on your lips , seeing that you hate
instruction and correction and cast My words behind you? Now consider
this,
you who forget God, lest I tear you in pieces, and there is none to
deliver.
" He who brings an offering of praise and thangsgiving honors and
glorifies Me; and he who orders his way aright [ who prepares the way
that
I may show him], to him I will demonstrate the salvation of God." (Psalm
50:5-8,14-17,22-23)
" To what purpose is the multitude of your sacrifices to Me [ Unless
they
are the offering of the heart ]? says the Lord. I have had enough of the
burnt offerings of rams and the fat of fed beasts [ without obedience ];
and I do not delight in the blood of bulls or of lambs or of he-goats [
without righteousness]. Wash yourselves, make yourselves clean; put away
the evil of your doings from before My eyes! Cease to do evil. Learn to
do
right! Seek justice, relieve the oppressed, and correct the oppressor.
Defend the fatherless, plead for the widow." (Isaiah 1:11,16-17)
" Woe to the rebellious children, says the Lord, who take counsel and
carry out a plan, but not Mine, and who make a league and pour out a
drink
offering, but not of My Spirit, thus adding sin to sin. Therefore this
iniquity and guilt will be to you like a broken section of a high wall,
bulging out and ready [ at some distant day ] to fall, whose crash will
[then] come suddenly and swiftly, in an instant.
" For thus said the Lord God, the Holy One of Isreal: In returning [ to Me
] and resting [ in Me ] you shall be saved; in quietness and in [ trusting ]
confidence shall be your strength." (Isaiah 30:1,13,15)
" For I desire and delight in dutiful steadfast love and goodness, not
sacrifice, and the knowledge of and acquaintance with God more than
burnt
offerings. " (Hosea 6:6)
" The sacrifice of the wicked is an abomination to the Lord, but the
prayer of the upright is His delight! The way of the wicked is an
abomination, extremely disgusting and shamefully vile to the Lord, but
He
loves him who pursues righteouness (moral and spiritual rectitude in
every area and relation). There is severe discipline for him who forsakes
God's way; and he who hates reproof will die [ physically, morally, and
spiritually]. (Proverbs 15: 8-10)
" The king's heart is in the hand of the Lord, as are the watercourses;
He turns it whichever way He wills. Every way of man is right in his own
eyes, but the Lord weighs and tries the hearts. To do righteousness and
justice is more acceptable to the Lord than sacrifice. The sacrifice of the
wicked is exceedingly disgusting and abhorrent [ to the Lord ] - how much more
when he brings it with evil intention? There is no [ human ] wisdom or
understanding or counsel [ that can prevail ] against the Lord. The
horse is prepared for the day of battle, but deliverance and victory are of
the Lord." (Proverbs 21:1-3,27,30-31)
" The Lord is a jealous God and avenging; the Lord avenges and He is
full of wrath. The Lord takes vengeance on His adversaries and reserves wrath
for His enemies. The Lord is slow to anger and great in power and will
by no means clear the guilty. The Lord has His way in the whirlwind and in
the storm, and the clouds are the dust of His feet. Who can stand before His
indignation? And who can stand up and endure the fierceness of His
anger? His wrath is poured out like fire, and the rocks are broken asunder by
Him.
" The Lord is good, a Strength and Stronghold in the day of trouble; He
knows those who take refuge and trust in Him." ( Nahum 1:2-3,6-7)
" The Lord is in His Holy temple; let all the earth hush and keep
silence
before Him." (Habakkuk 2:20)
" Be silent before the Lord God, for the day [ of the vengeance] of the
Lord is near; for the Lord has prepared a sacrifice, and He has set apart
[for His use ] those who have accepted His invitation. The great day of
the Lord is near - near and hastening fast. Hark! the voice of the day of
the Lord! The mighty man will cry then bitterly. (Zephaniah 1:7, 14)
" Collect your thoughts, yes, unbend yourselves [ in submission ] and
see if there is no sense of shame and no consciousness of sin left in you
],...
[ The time for repentance is speeding by like chaff whirled before the
wind!] Therefore consider, before God's decree brings forth [ the curse
upon you ], before the time [ to repent ] is gone like the drifting
chaff, before the fierce anger of the Lord comes upon you - yes, before the day
of the wrath of the Lord comes upon you!
" Seek the Lord [ inquire for Him, inquire of Him, and require Him as
the foremost necessity of your life], all you humble of the land who have
acted in compliance with His revealed will and have kept His commandments;
seek righteousness, seek humility [ inquire for them, require them as vital].
It may be your will be hidden in the day of the Lord's anger. (Zephaniah 2:1- 3)
" The Lord in the midst of her is [ uncompromisingly] righteous; He will
not do inequity. Every morning He brings justice to light; He fails
not..
" Therefore [ earnestly ] wait for Me, says the Lord, [ waiting ] for
the day when I rise up to the attack [ as a witness, accuser, or judge, and
a testimony]. For My decision and determination and right it is to gather
the nations together, to assemble the kingdoms, to pour upon them My
indignation, even all [ the heat of ] My fierce anger; for [ in that day
] all the earth shall be consumed with the fire of My zeal and jealousy.
" Sing, O Daughter of Zion; shout, O Isreal! Rejoice, be in high spirits
and glory with all your heart, O Daughter of Jerusalem.
" The Lord your God is in the midst of you, a Mighty One, a Savior [ Who
saves]! He will rejoice over you with joy; He will rest [ in silent
satisfaction ] and in His love He will be silent and make no mention [
of past sins, or even recall them]; He will exult over you with singing.
" Behold, at that time I will deal with all those who afflict you; I
will save the limping [ ones ] and gather the outcasts and will make them a
praise and a name in every land of their shame. At that time I will
bring you in; yes, at that time I will gather you, for I will make you a name
and a praise among all the nations of the earth when I reverse your
captivity before your eyes, says the Lord." (Zephaniah 3:5,8,14,17,19-20)
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Blessings to you all in the Most Wonderful Name of our Savior Jesus
Christ!
Sis. Ching Co
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Cebu City
Philippines