Grace & Salt ink

This really grabbed me from the She Reads Truth lent readings this morning “…that times of refreshing may come from the Lord” Acts 3:20a [ESV]

Yes! I’ll have some of that please!! I’ve searching for a blusher or lightener that will magically make me look well rested and alive (I’m still searching!) but really there is something much better than make up – refreshing from the Lord!

On Sunday I had the pleasure of doing some off the cuff prophetic ministry. One of my favourite things to do in church worship is to sit at the back and say to God “okay, what do you want to say to who this morning?” and see what He lays on my heart, but sometimes God just downloads things to you and it burns in you until after the service when you can go share the word with who it’s for and, well, I love it! I love the privilege of sharing God’s heart for someone with them and praying into things with them.

Sunday I got a big one – I had butterflies in my stomach and to be honest it made me feel a bit sick, but in a good way. I didn’t know the man it was for, so I nabbed one of my friends to come with me, as another male in the situation, to help me be accountable and because I know he is an awesome force of prayer! It was quite funny going up to this guy I didn’t really know a bit shaky saying “I feel the Lord has something He wants to say to you…” My friend actually interrupted before I started sharing the word to say, “she looks a bit emotional right now, but I can assure you she is sound, she’s leadership level prophetic and has bought some great words.” I almost laughed at the introduction, but it made me realise how much of a mess I must have looked. It’s funny, over the years I have shared a lot of words with a lot of people, I’ve organised prophetic ministry for conference with people from around the UK and the world, but I do not think I have ever had quite such a feeling of “this is big, this is important, you HAVE to go and tell them this” before in quite the same way. And yes, I was actually shaking! Sometimes the Lord presses on me that it’s important I share, and if I do not go and share whatever it is He hounds me like I’m Jonah until I do. But this was different. Anyway, I shared the word and it was awesome to see the guy be open to it and be able to pray with him about it.

I love prophecy, it’s something that really ‘gives me life’. It’s just an amazing rush, to know God is speaking into someones life and you’ve got to see that and be a part of that is awesome and also very humbling. That God takes the time to speak into lives – a little bit of encouragement here, a bit of confirmation there, reassurance and comfort over here, blessing there… all of the ways he speaks into each of our lives, amazing! After I had just shared with this gentleman on Sunday a dear friend came over to me and said “oh you look beautiful today, you’re just glowing with the Lord!” Ha! I had to smile, but I knew what she meant because I felt it inside too.

The Lord your God, my dear friends, is better than any blusher or bronzer! Refreshing coming from the presence of the Lord – totally priceless!