The Day of Passing Illusions!

The Day of Passing Illusions

Illusion: A misleading image presented to the vision

This word will be written in 2 parts. It speaks to all illusions fading in the reality of grace and truth in the person of Jesus Christ. It concerns the prophetic. It will minster to you as you partake of this word slowly and surely. I have confidence in saying this for this word ministered to me as God revealed this to me for my life. Follow along carefully. I will be clear and concise so you get a clear picture. This is my continuing journey of grace in the prophetic.

I am a visual person so I SEE by the Spirit in images, in vision, in song, in pictures and in words. In my time with the Lord the other day, He said two things to me.

“Today is a day of the passing of illusions in your life.”

 “When all illusion dies, faith begins.”

I looked up the word illusion and saw the definition as stated above in this insight. Then I began to tie this all together and I was in awe at what God was speaking to me.

When something obscures a vision by adding something to it, it is called an illusion. An illusion hinders us from seeing clearly what God may be speaking to us in a vision for our lives or ministries. It is an add-on possibly coming to us from many different places. It can come from our unfulfilled hopes wanting something to happen that has not happened. We lose hope and then we begin to build on an illusion rather than reality. It can be from the enemy trying to divert us from complete and absolute faith and trust in God. He creates an illusion of defeat, discouragement or even hopelessness in many ways that obscures our vision of Jesus Christ. My question to you at this point is simple: Has illusion entered your life and obscured the vision that God has given to you? Illusion is obscuring your reality. The reality is Christ Jesus. Seek out the reality of grace that is yours in Christ Jesus. Reject the illusion.

Any vision that God has or will give to you will be focused on glorifying Jesus Christ. Vision is prophetic along with dreams and all revelation and it serves this purpose.

Revelation 19:10

The testimony of Jesus is the Spirit of prophecy.

So illusion in many forms seeks to take our focus off of Christ Jesus and focus us on the peripheral and not the main thing. We have gotten caught up in illusion in the prophetic over the past years. How? Look around. The words, dreams, prophecies and so much more focused on the illusory nature of angels, demons, glory clouds, heaven and so much more. I would say that all of this may be good but it is not the main thing. The main focus is Christ Jesus. The illusion in the prophetic has done exactly what the definition says it does. It is a misleading vision presented to the vision. It may cause us to believe we need to be more, do more, seek more, or pray more. It is misrepresenting in an illusion the reality of your life IN Christ.

We did not start this journey intentionally getting off yet I feel the prophetic is so very off in its focus for many years in the peripheral illusion of the ‘stuff’. God is getting us back on track with His revelation of grace and truth that is apprehending people at the very core of their lives. God will release prophets and prophecy free from illusion in their lives. We will focus on reality, grace and truth in the person of Christ. What flows from this will flow forth in reality and not illusion or not in misrepresentation.

Rivers of Eden was given to me from God. Yet in the delay of it coming to pass, I turned to an illusion rather than wait in patience for the real deal. I tried everything and pursued the illusion of what this ministry should look like. This was often fueled from prophetic words that came from a foundation that was not focused on Christ. I followed the forerunner movement, the bright and shining lamp references, Elijah prophets, and so much more. The list goes on and on.

It was also fueled by the enemy’s lies, which said I would never see anything transpire in my life. The illusion came from many different areas. Its’ purpose: to obscure the vision of Christ Jesus. I will give you other examples in the next email. In my impatience and lack of trust in God, I chased the illusion BUT I NEVER REALLY CAUGHT IT IN ANY WAY.

All illusion dies in the revelation of grace in our lives. Grace brings us into the reality of Christ Jesus: His love, mercy and forgiveness for us by the finished work of the cross and His shed blood. Grace brings us into reality of the person of Christ. God begins to destroy, dismantle and uproot that which has contributed to confusion, blindness, and striving in our lives. We rest in the reality and illusion dies.  This WILL change the whole flow of the prophetic.

What is left when illusion dies? Faith. Faith is reality in the person of Christ and His Lordship over our lives. It is when all illusion is destroyed that we actually LOOK at our lives. When we look at reality we see that EVERYTHING is impossible when left to our devices or good ideas. The word is clear.

Luke 1:37

For with God, nothing is impossible.

When Illusion dies, faith begins – in God in the person of Christ. When we see that we are nothing apart from God, our eyes are opened to see that we are everything to Him. We are in union with Christ. We are in Christ. In that, there is no illusion.

Part Two Tomorrow…………