LAND OF THE LIVING MAGAZINE - Magazine - Page 51
SONG STORY
As soon as they went on to the next
person, I bowed my head and when I did, I
felt a rushing waterfall of heaven collapse
on my back pouring straight from my head
to my toes all throughout my body. I was
completely paralyzed. I could not move. I
couldn’t believe it was real. He had come
for just for me and He was closer than I
had every felt Him. All I could do was cry
and confess all of my sin.
Then after 45 minutes, I felt my eyes go
completely dry as if God wiped away my
tears and I began laughing hysterically.
Even louder than the hyena I told in my
mind to get herself under control earlier.
I heard the Lord say, “This is what I mean
when I say, 'I turn your mourning into
laughter.'” I said, “What? That’s not just a
Bible verse, its an experience?”
He said, “Yup!”
From that day on, I’ve never been the
same and it's my mission to convince the
world that the Holy Spirit is not as scary as
we think and the ways He manifests His
presence can be for our healing
or deliverance but both are necessary
in the body.
The fire can also represent tests and trials
and burning away everything that’s not
meant to stay. When we go through those,
we can have confidence that it’s producing
gold. So it’s not meant to instate terrible
fire safety but to declare to the fire–we’re
not afraid of the furnace. It’s only going to
produce a better state than we’re
currently in. So when others run away
from it, we persevere and endure.
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