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Yesterday I popped into the Publix Market to pick up a couple of sandwiches that I ordered online. At the check-out counter there was a person in front of me. He was an elderly gentleman. He was bowed over and moved slowly – very much so. I had compassion in my heart for him. Once he was checked out, I was led to share a thought with the check-out lady. I had to ask her to move her ear in closer to me as the gentleman was still close by and, also there was a nice lady in the line behind me.
So, I whispered to her that the day when those of us in the church will lay hands on the sick (such as this man was) and see them recover (Mark 16:18) is near at hand. I can most often discern the flavor of those with whom I am interacting – as to whether they are Christians. But we must have been thinking the same thing as she displayed the most genuine smile and gave a gracious “thank you” comment. All the while she was working on getting someone to help the man out to his car.
Where is the dream? you ask. Here we go. Last night I dreamt that a person who was once a client of ours stopped in to complain about something that he felt did not work out as he expected in the work that we had done for him. I started to do research to see what the matter was by contacting those who were staff at the time. As I worked at trying to get the situation resolved, I noticed that the man was in stocks, both hands and legs. By now, he was starting to break down and I was able to see that his concern had nothing to do with a previous business transaction but rather with great current distress.
My initial thought was to try to find out where this person had escaped from and to get them on the phone so that they could come and pick him up. That thought was short lived. By now, he had started to weep uncontrollably. Feeling compassion, I embraced him from behind and he went down onto his knees. Shortly thereafter I really feeling concern for him, suggested that he put his legs out in front of him to be more comfortable. My concern was not to get him back into a lockup but to get him free.
This scripture was immediately brought to my attention. “The Spirit of the Lord is upon me, because he hath anointed me to preach the gospel to the poor; he hath sent me to heal the brokenhearted, to preach deliverance to the captives, and recovering of sight to the blind, to set at liberty them that are bruised To preach the acceptable year of the Lord” (Luke 4:18-19).
What does it all mean? It means that the Church will now recognize and receive the Outpouring of the Holy Spirit and will operate within His Power.