Becoming One with Jesus

A vision/experience through the Holy Spirit by Linda Hamby Thorn

You are before Jesus, kneeling at his nail scarred feet, weeping. Your tears are dropping, creating a small pool and his presence is so gentle, yet strong. As you wash his feet with your tears, you can hardly believe you are truly touching him! You feel his warm hands gently touching your head and the sensation is that of warm oil. The warmth flows down until you are enveloped in a blanket of Peace. Just when you think you can't handle his Glory any more, you feel his hands lift from your head. Startled, you open your eyes to see if your Savior is gone, but through your tears, you see his gaze. You are afraid and quickly look down but his hand cups your face and gently raises your face up. Your eyes are locked to each other and mere words can not describe what you see in them for it encompasses eternity, the creation of the deep waters, the galaxies, the sun, moon, all things great and small. Before you know what's happened, he has pulled you up to your feet. At arms length, now holding your hands, you hear his strong, gentle voice, filled with love, say to you, "You have been worshipping me as your Savior, and I love you for that. But now, it's time for you to come up and stand, face to face, and dance with me as the lover of your soul!"

Your heart is pounding as He leads you in a dance of joy and he twirls you about. You could go on for eternity, but the music comes to a crescendo and as most all the instruments stop, you and Jesus slow to a stop as well. Now the drums alone are continuing, slowly at first, then steadily growing stronger and beating harder, your heart beats in succession. Still holding your hand, your Savior, the Lover of your soul, now has eyes like fire! His hand squeezes yours and you hear the shofars blowing, bells tolling and chariots roaring and the two of you start running together up a hill to the largest, most magnificent white horse you've ever seen! His muscles are bulging with strength, his front hoofs lifting high in the air, raring to go, his nostrils are flared, his eyes blaring! In one swift, strong move, Jesus grabs the strong, silky mane and jumps up, mounting his horse, then pulls you up behind him. You grab his waist with your arms and you gallop off, off to war! And you realize, you have gone from sinner to sister, sister to princess, princess to warrior. Your entire journey, all the trials, temptations, tears, all you've been through was to prepare you for such a time as this! It's all so crystal clear now! It's like you've become so united with Christ that you have the same mind, heart and soul.

As you gallop onward with countless others all around, you feel His chest and feel his excited heart beating and you know that even your hearts are beating the same! As if on cue, you both begin to laugh. You laugh until you cry! And you realize that it's because you know that the battle you are passionately running toward has already been declared and decreed as WON!