Illegal Immigration

I literally just woke up from this dream as I'm typing it, normally I would first put it in my dream journal and ponder over it for a while before it ever made it onto this blog, but I feel that the Lord wants to address this issue since it is extremely relevant to us right now...

In this dream, my family had hired a bunch of Mexican day laborers, and we had about 8 of them with us to set our tables and chairs for us. As I watched them, I saw the detail they took in setting the chairs and tables, I saw the way they felt as there were obviously too many of them for such a simple job, but they simply needed the work...

I saw how they perceived themselves when they were around us; second class, worthless, dirty, illegal... They knew that we viewed them as lower class sub-humans, who have invaded our country out of the evil of their hearts...

This revelation crushed me. It convicts me! Oh the wrongs I have done in the name of being "right"!

So I went out of my way to affirm them with the way that they set the tables so well, and the care they took in doing such a humiliating job... Then I awakened...

The Church, me, us, we all have allowed something illegal to immigrate into our hearts... We have closed our hearts to the illegal immigrants in this nation and refused to view them as equal human beings until they go through a legal process of red tape and become full citizens. I'm not saying that them being here in this nation is legal, it isn't, but I'm also saying that a human being cannot be illegal, they are human. Perhaps they are here illegally because money is so lacking down in Mexico that in their desperation they have gone against their better judgement and come to America to work without getting the approval, but this doesn't make their humanity illegal. We can't view PEOPLE as illegal! Perhaps some of their actions aren't perfect (whose are?) but to label them as less than human and classify them as "aliens" is not the heart of Christ!

I know it sounds cliche', but what would Jesus do? In a day where Jews wouldn't speak to Samaritans because they were viewed as "half-breeds" He not only chose to associate with them, but he also chose to associate with what was viewed as worse at the time; a Samaritan woman!

This makes me ask myself: Does the fact that illegal immigrants have broken the law justify the hardness of my heart towards them? Does it justify the fact that we no longer see a human being when we look at them, but instead we only see a crime? I seem to recall Jesus asking a pharisee who was judging a prostitute, "Do you see this woman?"

And so the Lord is challenging you as well as myself...

Do you see the valuable human beings that they are, or do you only see a sin?

As for me, I am ashamed of myself...

Purity

"My child,

purity is meant to be a gateway for you to enter into new realms in the spirit. It is meant to take you into a deeper phase of encounter with Me, a deeper intimacy with My Spirit.

It is much more than a way to receive blessings from Me so that your life will go smoothly and so that no harm will come to you... "

"Purity is more than a bridge to cross in order to get where you're going, it is a gateway that leads to encounters with Me. I will establish it in you to take you into new heights in the Spirit..."

"Who may ascend My hill? He who has clean hands and a pure heart..."

"I am equipping you with a new level of purity that will work as a life vest that keeps you afloat as you swim through the oceans of chaos in this life..."

"I release a new grace in you that makes you pure, it will only come as you pursue My Presence, and it will be the substance of the salvation that I have given you; the fruit by which My children are known..."

"I have called you to inner simplicity, My refining fire will burn away the elements in your life that hinder your simplicity, and so you will be simply pure... Complications lead to impurity because the more complicated you are, the more fragmented your soul will become. When you are fragmented, you become detached from your spirit, which is where My Spirit dwells within you, and this will hinder your ability to discern My presence...

When you are fragmented you are broken. Fragmentation makes your spiritual eye a broken window, hindering your ability to see clearly..."

"Simplicity keeps you centered and whole. It will keep your eyes clear... I am bringing you into a season of clarity, My will is going to become obvious to you. Your spiritual eyes will see much more as you allow your eye to focus on Me alone. Visions will increase..."

"My heart for you is that you would have a carefree life, one without worry or anxiety. Peace and joy I release to you as the first-fruits of this purity that is coming. It will only come as you spend time in My Presence, it is impossible for you to produce it for yourself. As you seek Me in the hidden place of your heart, My Spirit will build up and grow within you and your spirit shall conform to Mine. My purity I give freely beloved..."

"As you seek My face with a pure heart, your spirit will grow teeth to chew the revelation that I feed you, thus allowing the food of Heaven to go deep into your spirit and assimilate into you..."

"A lack of purity will not give you the ability to properly chew the food that I want to give to you, and thus I will have to keep feeding you the food of babes..."

"The purity I place inside of you will attract an increase in revelation."

"My child, I am not calling you to legalism, no law can do this awesome work that I will do within you; but you shall walk in harmony with My Spirit. Your spirit shall reach the same harmonic frequency as the love song that I sing over creation, and you shall become the very vibrations of My voice on the Earth.."

"I shall save you from spiritual anemia with the purity that I give to you..."

"With this new work I do shall also come the ability to navigate the realm of the spirit successfully. Your passion will open you up to the spirit realm, but My purity is what will keep you safe when you are there... My purity shall work as a repellent to the demonic and it shall ensure you no mixture in your spiritual encounters..."

"All of these things I shall do within you, My work will be housed within your earthen vessel..."

"My purity shall qualify you for ministry, for I have no desire to pour waters from an unclean tea pot and serve it to others. My purity shall empower your longevity..."

"Purity is a gateway..."