Thursday, February 2, 2012

He Crowns Us With Royalty

A few nights ago I had this vision...
          I was filthy, dirty, barefoot, my feet stained with dirt. Jesus came and sat me down on His throne. He knelt at my feet and wept over them, washing them with His tears. He held up a crown to place on my head - I accepted it. He pointed out to a massive crowd of filthy people, their feet covered in dirt. He beckoned me to go to them. I wept over their feet, cleaning them with my tears. I offered then a crown. The ones who accepted the crown then went out to others, weeping over their feet and washing them. The ones who did not accept the crown had no tears to weep and could not wash the feet.
          When I was filthy and wore no crown, I had nothing to offer anyone else. Jesus cleansed me and I accepted His request to become His daughter, royalty, and heir of God and coheir with Christ. He gave me authority and Life in that crown. I then went to others and He gave me His heart and burden for them. He gave me His tears to weep and a servant's heart to wash their feet. I then offered them the same thing I had been given, a crown. If they accepted Life and royalty, they could offer it to others and have the authority to weep and wash feet and serve others. Those without a crown had no tears, no crown to offer, no way of washing feet; they were useless to the King.
          At the end of the day, only the ones with crowns could enter into the throne room of the King. Those who entered the room and saw the majesty of the King cast their crowns at His feet proclaiming, "You are worthy, Oh Lord, to receive all glory."
          Those who are led by the Spirit of God are sons of God. I can only set people free through having the heart of Christ, receiving the Spirit of sonship, washing other's feet, serving them in humility, and displaying the unconditional agape love of the Father. Only through His strength and under His authority can I do anything. Apart from Him, I have no authority or power. I can only give to others what I have received. Only through feeling His heart and weeping His tears will I be able to wash other's feet. Only after we have entered into sonship of the Father and are children of the King can we reach others and set them free. It is my duty, my privilege to wash other's feet and offer them a crown and ask them to accept the King's offer of sonship and salvation. It is their choice to respond. In the end, only the ones with crowns can enter into His presence.
          Doing things through Christ's authority gives us ownership and access to the Kingdom. We are given the keys to the Kingdom and whatever we bind on earth will be bound in heaven and whatever we loose on earth will be loosed in heaven. We can go out in boldness because we have the same Spirit in us that rose Christ Jesus from the dead. Those who know Him who has sent them have authority to go out and heal the sick, raise the dead, cleanse those who have leprosy, drive out demons. Freely you have received, freely give. May we do everything through His strength, walk in His authority, and first receive a crown of royalty and sonship before being sent out into ministry. Only the ones who know their value in Christ can reach the lost.

"He raises the poor from the dust and lifts the needy from the ash heap; he seats them with princes and has them inherit a throne of honor. "For the foundations of the earth are the LORD's; upon them he has set the world." (1 Samuel 2:8) 

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