The Final Touches of The Master Craftsman
With great intensity the hand of Almighty God has removed us from a season of immovable shock at the numerous public displays of evil, which have been exhibited for all the world to see. Extraordinarily we have entered a divine time. A time of being marked repeatedly by outbreaks of His glory.
“This ceremony will be like a mark branded on your hand or your forehead. It is a reminder that the power of the Lord’s mighty hand brought us out of Egypt.”
Exodus 13:16 NLT
Earlier this month I was standing with my sons in an evening worship service. With no more than 19 of us the church appeared empty. Normally we would pray but our leader felt that worship should continue instead. Suddenly I felt a strange sense of breakthrough enter the room. I became inpatient. Something in the atmosphere had shifted but I could not grasp it. Immediately I opened my eyes struggling to read the lyrics of the song which had ushered in this divine phase. Over and over I tried to read the lyrics but could not comprehend them, all the while the sound of the most beautiful, most perfect soprano voices filled the room on both sides. Shaking, the pastor stood up to speak. Peering at us sideways through his glasses he exclaimed “I’m not crazy, there are more voices singing than there are people in this room!” He asked the worship team to repeat the song and the voices returned and filled the church again. “Marked” by this experience I can still hear those voices.
Another “marking” event came a few weeks later in Chino Hills, California, at the site where the Jesus movement began. Before beginning our prayer time a pastor began to express his heart about the lost saying “many come to know Jesus as Savior, but how many of those will know Him as Lord?” After these words were released a very thick, heavy anointing filled the room. The entire prayer team bowed their heads low and experienced the weightiness of another “marking”. Jesus Christ, the King of kings and Lord of lords entered the room wearing His crown, and carrying the full authority of Heaven. We literally came under this covering and have not been the same since.
These repeated “marking” experiences change the way we perceive The Father, Heaven, life on earth and our calls and destinies.
These “glory marking” experiences will continue in your own life until you are completely reshaped by them. Old things pass away, bad habits are cut off and new attitudes are formed in these “markings”. This is a tool of God that makes all things new.
“And yet, O Lord, you are our Father. We are the clay, and you are the potter. We all are formed by your hand.”
Isaiah 64:8 NLT
It is as though the Master Craftsman is putting the finishing touches on beautiful works on art that have been in process for decades. The outcome will be truly glorious.
A beautiful reminder of His magnificent presence and how life changing it is!