4.03.09 A Taste of Justice

By Victoria

I had the funniest dream this week. It still makes me laugh out loud when I think of it! In the dream, I have either just been chased by or am remembering a long history of being chased by this mean guy (aka: demonic entity). I tried to take authority, saying something about Jesus to make the dude leave. At first, it didn’t seem to work, but at some point when I wasn’t looking directly at him, I felt the shift. It was as though I could sense him thinking, “Oh crap, she means it this time!” As I looked in his direction, I saw him start to walk, then run down this tunnel that lead to darkness. I felt totally empowered and ran after him shouting over and over, “Jesus Christ is my Lord and Savior!!!” I awoke at some point from that tunnel with the most amazing feeling of gratification that I had just turned the tables on my tormenter! (The lingering thought that he wouldn’t be coming after me any more didn’t hurt, either! Haha!)

It has been an extended season of what feels like “lack” to me. Lack of hearing from God as I am accustomed. Lack of feeling His presence as I desire to. Lack of receiving direction as I would want to. But God has promised never to leave or forsake me (from Deuteronomy 31:6), so in spite of what I am feeling (or not, as the case may be), I know He is there with me. Because of this, I have been making intentional choices to know God in a deeper way from the only source I know I can trust – His Word. As I have been diving into the Bible so I can stand on the Rock during the trials and storms, I have sensed my spirit being strengthened and have experienced greater peace and joy in my soul. I have also been investing my time and energy into receiving from the teachings Lisa is doing about the seven redemptive gifts (from Romans 12:6-8) on Monday nights during the “Legal Ground” class. As I am learning about the gifts and how God designed them, I am taking opportunities to repent for mistakes and turn toward God’s ways.

Apparently, my choices have enabled me to transition into a new season. I keep having dreams where it is 9:00 or 9 something o’clock…justice time! Although my soul hasn’t quite caught up with this reality (I had three dreams in a row the other night where I woke up hearing and believing I was late for something and the time on the clock was…you guessed it, 9 something! But it was clear from other parts of the dreams that I was in a good place.), the truth is that everything is happening at just the right time to give me the fullness of justice and restoration God has in mind (even if it looks nothing like what I was expecting!)

fAs I have been pondering and giggling over my dream of chasing the enemy back from where he came, I am struck by new levels of understanding of who my God is. I am reminded that, “…if the Son sets you free, you will be free indeed.” (John 8:36). Freedom from oppression and torment. Freedom from sickness and disease. Freedom from curses… all these and more are promises He has made me! Promises I have been aware of for a long time, but for which the understanding to move in has been wonting. And the verse I have been captivated by for a few months (Jeremiah 29:11), “’For I know the plans I have for you,’ declares the Lord, ‘plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future,’” takes on a whole new meaning for me as I experience God’s goodness toward me – He not only makes me free, He gives me authority to change the spiritual atmosphere! THAT is what God calls justice!

I am also catching a new perspective about the Word becoming flesh and making His dwelling among us (from John 1:14). Jesus, the living Word, came to earth and lived as a man. He then took all our junk (failures, sins, iniquities, etc.) upon Himself and died to reconcile us to Perfection – our Creator, the Lover of our souls, the One we have always hoped to really know. And He left us His Spirit to guide us into all Truth. But this Holy Spirit makes his home INSIDE us when we receive Jesus as our Lord and Savior. Thus the Word is alive and well inside our very spirits…ready to transform us into the likeness of Himself! As we use our will to direct ourselves toward God, we grow in our ability to release His presence. “Your kingdom come, your will be done on earth as it is in heaven,” (Matthew 6:10) happening through us as we partner with the infinite! The Word becomes flesh again and again and again…

So I bless your spirit’s capacity to enlarge and flow with the Word as you were uniquely designed to do. I bless you soul’s ability to receive from God and flow in ever-increasing measures with the Holy Spirit. I bless your mind to be renewed and transformed by the Word of God and to respond to the peace of Truth, even before understanding comes. I bless your heart to grow in the love and joy of your Creator and your body to come into perfect alignment with the beauty of Jesus and the Father’s ways. I bless your spirit’s ability to rise up and move in dominion over creation and authority over the enemy. And I bless each portion of your spirit to work in harmony to bring forth the presence of God in each moment in ways that honor Him, you and everyone you touch. I bless you, in Jesus mighty name!