Romancing
the Stone
Restoring the Prophetic Edge
Recently,
during a time of prayer, I heard the Lord say “Romancing the Stone, restoring
the prophetic edge”. I knew there had
been a movie years ago called titled Romancing the
Stone and having not seen it I began to research what the scenario was. Upon reading it I was highly intrigued, first
because I immediately saw the prophetic significance and secondly because I’m a
writer working on a book in which the theme prophetically parallels part of
this scenario. My closest brother in the
Lord once quipped that I can find something prophetic in a blade of grass; an
accolade that I respectfully accept!
The movie is about a writer named Joan who receives a
package containing a map to a treasure; a baseball size emerald called El
Corazon (The Heart) and then finds out that her sister is being held hostage
and the kidnappers want the map as ransom. Upon her arrival in
I
love it when God prophesies through
In
the movie, Jack pursues what had been carried off by the crocodile,
the crocodile represents sin and iniquity carried over from past
generations. Jack’s name actually means
redeemed and represents the redeemer and the redeemed. Jesus, our Redeemer, overcame first in the
Garden, solidifying His purpose and destiny in Himself, in His own heart, and
then on the cross redeeming all that was lost.
The drops of blood He sweat from His forehead in the Garden f Gethsemane
say to us that the battlefield of the mind; the lies, confusion and complacency
of the enemy regarding our purpose and destiny has been overcome. But, like the
disciples who were a short distance away from Him in the Garden we fail to see
it because we’re asleep, overcome with the cares of the world so we, the
redeemed, fall short of walking in full restoration. Jack had to kill the crocodile to retrieved the stolen treasure and then made boots out of
it. He overcame and walked in his
victory! We overcome by the blood of the
Lamb and the word of our testimony.
Joan,
whose name means wise, received the map and was convinced by Jack to first
pursue the treasure. Before we can rescue the kidnapped sister, the church, we
must have a revelation of what has been redeemed within ourselves. As believers we must come to a place where we
experience a personal intimacy with the Lover of our soul in the secret place
of our heart where we must go alone with Him. This is an experience beyond salvation where
we discover the fullness of the redemption He purchased for us and the reality
of His eternal living presence in our lives.
Without this we will never walk consistently in the power of the cross
nor will we be fully convinced of our own calling and walk in it to its full
potential. All of us receive an
invitation, a map that leads us to that precious treasure inside our heart,
where there is full restoration of life, but many settle for less than what was
purchased for them because they give up in the process of fully apprehending that
place when the battle becomes too great or they are too preoccupied with
busyness and even ministry, outwardly focusing on “doing’ rather than inwardly “becoming”. The wise will first become and then, from
that place of life, they will do the work of the kingdom.
For thousands of years there has been a battle going on,
in the lives of God’s people, for the full revelation of the redemption of what
was lost in the Garden of Eden. In
Matthew 21:18-22, Jesus declared the full redemption of all that was lost when
he walked by the fig tree that only had leaves and bore no fruit, declaring
that it would never bear fruit again. He
did this because Adam and Eve used fig leaves to cover themselves after they
sinned in the Garden of Eden. Jesus, the
second Adam, declared death and life to that fig tree; first, that the fruit of
sin that brought self focus, shame and eternal separation would never be
produced again; second, that its inability to bear fruit in season because of
the curse would be reversed. (I have
more about this restoration in my book)
Romance
is the true identity of your love and brings out the real you. It is only discovered in the heart and can
only come from the heart. It has been
defined as mysterious and strangely beautiful.
This is why the battle is so great for that abiding place within. It keeps us hidden behind fruitless fig
leaves so we never confidently step into our true identity because we’re
outwardly focused. We are to be a
prophetic people, living out a prophetic romance, from the heart, with the King
of Kings. Unlocking and revealing the
mystery and beauty of His identity in the earth.
The true
prophetic lives from the heart and looks into the heart, not the externals, and
sees the true identity, the true potential and is a constant living reminder to
that fig tree that it has been forbidden to bear fruit that creates spiritual
blindness to the fullness of life. It is
also a living declaration of the redemption of the curse, bringing life to the
one that is not able to bear fruit in season to see the fullness of
restoration.
I
want to encourage you to start this year off with a determination to apprehend
the revelation of the full restoration of life and that inner place of
abiding. I’m declaring that 2008 will be
a redeeming of time for you and is your year to discover your true identity and
the real you!
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