This morning the Lord was encouraging my heart after a year of heartbreak and personal issues. I had grown weary, feeling broken and empty. I asked the Lord to renew and refresh my spirit.
This morning, He said, "It is I who use your brokenness for My Glory. As the woman who poured pure nard over my feet and washed them with her tears; she first broke the container. Then the aroma filled the room. So will I use your brokennes as a sweet smelling savor for My Glory. Be of good cheer. Stay the course. I shall renew the places in your heart which feel void; for I am The One who takes nothing and makes something out of it for My good."
It was then that I read this current posting by my friend, Becky Porter. I just love it when God confirms His prophetic word. Read it and be encouraged. God knows our brokenness and out of it, He will give new life.
Blessings and love always,
Crista
CMSimmons52@aol.com
September 16, 2012
Healing, Brokenness and Transformation
By Becky Porter
I hear the Lord saying: You are in a season of healing, brokenness
and transformation. You need to go
through this refining process before I release you into the new places I have
prepared for you. I know at times it has
been very painful, but it is a necessary part of the process you must go
through. If you realized all that has
already been accomplished you would rejoice!
Be encouraged, for you have made great progress and are much further
along than you realize!
Excerpt from a prophetic
Word the Lord gave me in 2004:
I
see a vision of us in the spin cycle of a washing machine. As we spin around, the things of the flesh
are being spun off (wrung out) of us, just as water is wrung out of clothes in a
washing machine. This is nothing to
fear, it just simply means that God is going to be setting us free from some
things. The more quickly we submit and
surrender to the Lord’s “surgery”, the more quickly we will pass the test and be
able to move on to the next level that He has for us. Some people wrestle with God their entire
lives and fight this embracing of the cross (the process of dying to the flesh),
and because of this, God can never FULLY use these people, and they never truly
fulfill all of the call and destiny that God has for them.
In John 12:24, the Lord
says, “Unless the grain of wheat falls into the ground and dies, it abides
alone, but if it dies, it bears much fruit.” Life is in the grain. However, there is a shell outside of the
grain, a very powerful shell. As long as
this shell does not break open, the grain cannot grow. “Unless the grain of wheat falls into the
ground and dies.” What is this
death? It is the action of the
temperature and moisture of the earth upon the grain, which results in the
breaking of the shell. When the shell
breaks, the grain grows. Therefore, it
is not a matter of whether or not the grain has life, but whether the outer
shell is broken. Just as with the
alabaster flask that had to be broken open before the costly perfume could be
poured forth, so it is with us. God has
to break the hard and rigid shell of flesh off of us before His life can truly
spring forth and be poured forth from our lives in purity. How does this breaking occur? God uses many various ways to get rid of our
flesh, (our self-life) – He has a way of making the environment just right – He
sets the flames to the exact right temperature as He “bakes” our clay vessels,
and just when we feel it is too hot and we can’t take anymore, He lowers the
temperature and lets us cool off and rest awhile before He takes the flames yet
even higher. Is it painful? Yes, VERY painful! But the end result is that we become a pure
vessel of honor that God can use for His glory!
After God has removed the dross and impurities from our lives, His
reflection, His glory, His goodness, His mercy, His compassion, His love, His
authority and His power can now be seen, and the precious, costly, sweet
fragrance of Christ is now able to pour forth freely from us - unhindered!
Becky Porter
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