I was praying and heard, “The gold and the glory, the gold and the glory, the gold and the glory.” Then the Lord said, “I am releasing the gold and the glory to My people who have submitted to the process of refining, to those I can trust to steward it. Do not think that this past season or any past experiences were in vain. They have all been used for training and for refining. And they have all been stored up to be placed on My golden scale, the scale of Justice.” I then saw an ornate golden scale. A huge golden angel was placing tests people had passed on one side of the scale and a corresponding weight of gold and glory on the other. Some tests had not been passed, so the angel was cleaning and polishing them, giving them back to us again – not with any anger, frustration, disappointment or condemnation, but with an encouraging “You can do it” kind of heart. At the “appointed time” of the Father, this angel would weigh the tests along with the gold/glory. Each person would come and stand before this angel to receive their gold/glory in a velvety brown pouch. The pouch was beautiful and soft to the touch, yet unassuming. I could tell that it would require spiritual eyes to see the value of what had been received. There was quite a stir in heaven and in all of the spirit realm about this event. I saw the enemy presenting himself before the Lord asking permission to interfere with or to delay this dispensing of justice, but the Father denied every request. I knew by the Spirit that in past seasons, permission had been granted for some, in order to work for us “a far more exceeding and eternal weight of glory” (II Corinthians 4:17-18). I saw all of us as spirit beings lined up before this angel (whether our souls were aware of this happening or not). We each received our brown pouch of gold/glory, according to our tests passed and our choices made. Some of these choices were small and seemingly insignificant, yet these tiny choices equaled a huge amount of gold/glory. No words were spoken, but knowing my thoughts, the angel responded that it was because of the generosity of the Father. He is always looking for ways to bless us, trying to “catch us doing something right.” The angel smiled as he spoke this to me, thought to thought. People were lined up as far as the eye could see. Some people received tiny little pouches, yet they were filled with utter delight. They seemed oblivious to the fact that others had larger amounts, but were just caught up in joy and glory, because each pouch bore the presence of God, the atmosphere of heaven and eternal ecstasy. I saw a man I didn’t recognize who was carrying his huge brown pouch in a wheelbarrow, and I got the sense that he was relatively unknown on earth but well known in heaven. As we received these pouches, we put them in our bellies, and they became part of us. They came out of us in various ways, as directed by Holy Spirit – promotions in the Spirit, new levels of authority, maps, strategies, blueprints, gifts… But each of these ways gave us more to steward in order to advance His kingdom, to make Him famous in the earth and to reconcile all creation back to His heart.
So if you’ve become weary in well-doing, be encouraged. Your every choice is precious to Him and will bring a reward that will blow your mind. Breathe in His refreshing, His hope and His joy today…