Last night, after the service, a brother was praying over me. I had never met Ray before, though I’ve seen him and heard from others that he is a prayer warrior and intercessor. So I was excited to finally meet him. As he was praying over me, the Lord gave him this vision. He saw me as a clay pot that was still in the shape of a pot, but was cracked and broken. And as water was poured into me, I was leaking through several of the holes. But as he watched, the pot turned into a sieve or strainer. As the water poured into it now, there was consistent overflow that saturated others below me with the liquid. But there was a pile of pasta still in the sieve that was for me.
The Lord was filling me up to the point that the runoff was blessing others, but He was not leaving me empty.
What I find interesting about this vision is how the Lord consistently reveals Himself to me as the Water of Life. And I regularly pray for Him to fill me to the point of overflowing so that others may be affected by His love. I’ve had this mission statement for years. And Ray, the first time he met me, sensed that desire in my heart. And our Lord confirmed it.
Sometimes, I feel like a pot that only retains what comes in. I receive the Water of Life, but don’t receive it enough to share it. I’m just maintaining. And then other times, I feel like I overflow to the point that I am empty and dry myself as others around me are drenched by the runoff.
That’s what makes Ray’s vision so great. My Lord wants to fill me, moment by moment. And as He pours through me and blesses others, He is allowing me to retain a portion of Himself just for me.
It’s wonderful how God can speak to our hearts through people who have only just met us. When people are open to receiving what God is telling them it’s an amazing thing.
Amen.
I long to hear His voice.
maybe when the Lord reforms our broken lump of clay into a new pot he puts in those holes and cracks on purpose. we look at it as defective but it’s His design, not ours.
amen!