by Robert Jones
I was looking at Psalm 46, particularly verse 4 - “There is a river whose streams shall make glad the city of God, the holy place of the tabernacle of the Most High.”
I went out for a walk and felt God say stop at a stream which ran under the road. I looked at the stream running quite fast. As I looked directly down I saw a brass coloured key shining up at me, immediately my mind went to a scripture I knew well about us having the keys to the kingdom of heaven (Mat 16:19). I walked away happy that God had shown me something. As I walked away I felt God say to go back to the stream so I decided to obey the voice. I felt God say to sit on the wall and look at the stream flowing. The wall was very cold and a bit damp but as I sat on it for a while it seemed to still my mind (and freeze my backside) and I felt God’s presence. Then I felt God say go over to the other side of the road and look at the stream there, I did so and the water there was much more still.
I believe one of the things God was teaching me here was that first you have to be still then the river will flow, the river of God. So God had shown me a literal key and also a key to intimacy. A river is symbolic for prophetic or doctrinal streams of revelation.
Jesus said in John 7:38, “He who believes in me, as the scripture has said, out of his heart will flow rivers of living water.”
Sometimes the road to stillness can be quite long and hard but you will be alright if you stop, look and listen.
I was looking at Psalm 46, particularly verse 4 - “There is a river whose streams shall make glad the city of God, the holy place of the tabernacle of the Most High.”
I went out for a walk and felt God say stop at a stream which ran under the road. I looked at the stream running quite fast. As I looked directly down I saw a brass coloured key shining up at me, immediately my mind went to a scripture I knew well about us having the keys to the kingdom of heaven (Mat 16:19). I walked away happy that God had shown me something. As I walked away I felt God say to go back to the stream so I decided to obey the voice. I felt God say to sit on the wall and look at the stream flowing. The wall was very cold and a bit damp but as I sat on it for a while it seemed to still my mind (and freeze my backside) and I felt God’s presence. Then I felt God say go over to the other side of the road and look at the stream there, I did so and the water there was much more still.
I believe one of the things God was teaching me here was that first you have to be still then the river will flow, the river of God. So God had shown me a literal key and also a key to intimacy. A river is symbolic for prophetic or doctrinal streams of revelation.
Jesus said in John 7:38, “He who believes in me, as the scripture has said, out of his heart will flow rivers of living water.”
Sometimes the road to stillness can be quite long and hard but you will be alright if you stop, look and listen.