Window

August 26, 2010
I woke up and remembered a dream I had. In the dream, our house had been broken into. Nothing of real value had been taken, but we could tell that someone had gone through our refrigerator and taken food. Some of the remains of their feasting were left in the refrigerator, almost as though the thief wanted to terrorize us. There were other people in the house, friends I suppose. Some of them were afraid. I went all around to make sure the doors were locked. One of the locks wasn't working properly and left that door unsecured. In spite of that, it occurred to me that the thief had probably crawled in through a window. In the dream, I said, "Well, I have a .40 caliber pistol that helps me not be afraid--that thief is the one who had better be afraid!" I went into the back room to get the pistol, and I saw a man (hispanic) standing outside the window. I left the room (without the gun) to warn the others.

When I woke up and had my time in the word, I picked up where I had left off the previous day in Psalm 119. I picked up with verse 33, which has the Hebrew letter 'He' as a subtitle. The letter 'He' is also the word "window, fence" and has the symbolic meaning "to reveal." This intrigued me, in light of the dream, so I read verses 33 through 40 with care.

I know the word says that the thief comes to 'steal, kill, and destroy.' I also know that in another dream, the Lord had said, 'put a lock on the word in your heart.'

As I read verses 33-40, one verse stood out to me: verse 36. In the NAS, it reads, "Incline my heart to Thy testimonies, and not to dishonest gain." I knew that the 'dishonest' was not in the original text, because it was in italics. So, I looked this up in the NKJV. It reads, "Incline my heart to Your testimonies, and not to covetousness." The word 'covetousness' had a reference to Ezekiel 33:31, so I looked that up. It says, "So they cme to you as people do; they sit before you as My people, and they hear your words, but they do not do them; for with their mouth they show much love, but their hearts pursue their own gain."

I asked the Lord, just this morning, if I was wasting my time with this jewelry business. In light of what we know about the economy in the U.S., was I just spinning my wheels? And why was I so intent on it? Was I just filling time with busy-ness instead of focusing on what was important? After reading this Scripture in Ezekiel, and connecting it with Psalm 119:36, I believe this may be an 'unlocked door'--a way of access to the word in my heart. It is certainly taking a lot of time/energy/money. I trust the Lord will confirm His word.