“And now he has made all of this plain to us by the appearing of Christ Jesus, our Savior. He broke the power of death and illuminated the way to life and immortality through the Good News. And God chose me to be a preacher, an apostle, and a teacher of this Good News.” 2 Timothy 1:10-11 NLT
Jesus came to the earth so that we could have the eyes of a Lion and be able to SEE His kingdom among us and to give us an expectant and excited Hope for the here and now AND Eternity.
God used my fathers life going to heaven to give me fresh life. A FRESH life from the Luke warm Christian life I was living. I was walking the walk and had a genuine love and devotion to God but I hadn’t been crucified with Jesus or had the power of the Holy Spirit activated by faith in my life. I was a Christian woman in love with God but aimlessly walking.
Jesus came to defeat death. When we are in Him we are IMMORTAL. We will live forever. We get the honor and privilege of spending forever with Him. We have His constant presence and PARADISE to dream about and look forward to.
God gave me a vision to see things I had never seen before.
Jesus came to this earth to also give us the eyes of a Lion. Eyes that can SEE in this DARK world. A lions eyes reflect the light they have been given. When we receive His light it is then reflected through us ILLUMINATING the path for us here on earth; then we have the ability to not WANDER and live aimlessly but live with PURPOSE; His purpose. HE IS the PURPOSE.
You see Jesus didn’t JUST die for us to get to Heaven with Him, but also to walk with Him, have intimacy with Him, and experience His glorious kingdom on this earth. He came to give us the vision to SEE that. As we live for Eternity NOW…As we follow Him and be lead by Him for HIS purposes, the kingdom will dwell within and among us and what was once unseen will become crystal clear.
This LIGHT and this VISION I have learned comes from PRAYER.
In my time of grieving I had a deep disturbing conviction in my spirit that there was MORE to life than I knew of. I was praying/groaning/crying out to God like I never had before and it was if I broke through a barrier or realm that kept me from experiencing Him and His magnificent full of wonder kingdom.
He answered my desperate PRAYER.
He gave me a vision of a LION and I felt the Holy Spirit speak to my heart, “HE is the purpose of LIFE.”
From that very moment on my life changed profoundly. I began hearing Him. I could hear His voice on a more regular basis and I began seeing traces of His fingerprints everywhere. His word came ALIVE in my heart and He began leading me through it. It’s been a day to day adventure. I have vision to see His miracles everywhere around every corner and I have an anchored HOPE for eternity. I look at dying differently. I look at our purpose differently. The importance of so many things that used to matter lost their luster and their sweet taste. If there is anything that loss does is that it shakes you into a reality that tomorrow may never come.
I am deeply grateful for this awakening.
Jesus takes my breath away and blows my mind on a regular basis and I deeply want others to know of this life. When I tell friends and family of things He has done and is doing I have to start off always by saying, “ I mean it leaves me awestruck but actually doesn’t surprise me anymore.” He wants a day to day RELATIONSHIP.
Experiencing these miracles and having peace and promises to cling to is why Jesus came to the earth and died a brutal death on a cross for each one of us: so that we can TRULY live this fresh life.
Being full of His Spirit is His desire for His children. And receiving the eyes of the Lion is as simple as praying, believing, desiring, and placing your life in His hands.
Eyes Of A Lion 