If my first blog on how the Lord speaks to me through the clouds didn't cause you to turn and run, maybe you are up for a second encounter with the same God, different clouds.
A significant thing happened early one morning when I stopped to look out the window. As some of you know, I house-sit for a couple who travels a lot; mostly on business, occasionally for pleasure.
This particular morning I was taken with the oddity of the cloud formation. Actually it wasn’t a single cloud formation, but the formation of a massive amount of tiny little clouds like polka dots. Of course they were not uniformly round, but none-the-less, the sky was covered from east to west with a blanket of polka dots. What actually made this so interesting to me was that the polka dots were not connected. So it didn’t “kind of" look like polka dots, it literally looked like polka dots.
At that point I said to myself, "I don't think I've ever seen anything like this before." So my question to God was, "What does this mean?"
The answer came without hesitation.
But before I tell you what He shared, I’m asking you, the reader, to go ahead and see if you can conjure up something that makes sense. I have time. I’ll wait.......
Take your time…
Just for fun, think about what polka-dotted clouds might mean…
Well, this is what Jesus decided to share with me:
“There is a great shaking coming where no one will be able to depend on another person, denomination, group, creed, or anything else that man clings to for support, other than Jesus Christ and Him alone."
That made me pause and evaluate where I am in relation with Him. Am I connected to my Lord with ties strong enough to hold me if I’m standing alone? In unity with Jesus, the body of believers is held together by the Holy Spirit. But when the church is scattered, once again, will I be able to stand for Jesus, based on the evidence of the knowledge of my relationship with Him? Will I be able to stand for Jesus, without the support network of fellow believers? Is my friendship with Him strong enough to endure that isolation? If everything I see and hear contradicts what I know of my God, can I still stand?
It was at this point that I realized that this was not just a friendly game of Guess-What’s-in-the-Clouds, this was a serious warning and I needed to pay attention.
Up until now, I viewed the cloud messages as warnings but was not altogether sure what to do with them. But I did share them with like-minded believers who would not automatically think I was moving too close to the edge of insanity.
So there you have it. That's the second message I have to share with you. May I encourage you to spend some time in circumspection as to what this means for you? Is the shaking a shaking of a church, all churches, denomination, or a world-wide shaking of Christianity, or something else? The whole sky was covered with individual polka dots. Ask Him to share with you what it means for you. Is the enemy trying to shake you loose from your moorings?
I have two more messages to share, unless He chooses to reveal more. These are messages of warning, but also hope. They are not intended to frighten or discourage. So don’t let it daunt your spirit. God’s grace is sufficient for each day. His love will carry us through the worst of storms. Hang on!
copyright 7/3/2015
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