"In the last days, God says,
I will pour out My Spirit on all people. Your sons and daughters will prophecy,
your young men will see visions; your old men will dream dreams." Acts
2:17
Os Hillman shared this; "I need to meet with you," said the man from England during a
break at a conference overseas. We walked outside to have a coffee break and sat
down. "God wants you to know that He removed your finances in order to reserve
His reward for you in Heaven. He has done you a great service."
I was shocked. I'd never met this gentleman before. How would
he have known I had lost a half million dollars in the previous few years,
virtually all of my financial net worth, to some unusual calamities? We shared
for the next several minutes.
That week, during our lunch and dinner times, I had been
enjoying wonderful, juicy oranges from this island in the Mediterranean Sea. It
came time for the gentleman and I to conclude our coffee break. We bowed in
prayer. As we prayed, the man began to describe a picture he was seeing in his
mind.
"I see a picture of a large orange tree. The tree is full of
large, ripened oranges. They are beginning to fall to the ground. You are the
tree!"
Again, I looked at the man with shock and amazement, and now
tears in my eyes.
"You are the third person in three years that has had a
similar vision during a prayer time like this. The first two people were also
strangers to me."
I went back into the meeting rejoicing that God could be so
personal in my life. He used a servant who had gone through similar trials to
supernaturally speak a word of encouragement in a way that I would know it was
God who was speaking.
There are times when God supernaturally speaks into our
lives. He does this to demonstrate His power, His love, and His intimacy with
us. Do not be surprised if God sends one of His messengers to speak into your
life when you need it most. Be open to how God might want to speak into your
life today.
He is like a tree planted by
streams of water, which yields its fruit in season and whose leaf does not
wither. Whatever he does prospers (Psalm 1:3).
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