WASH YOUR HANDS!

As a people of sight, we can sometimes look around and see clues of what God is saying in the words and pictures (especially pictures in nature) that we see and hear, right? So I wanted to share what I can see God speaking through this situation of a global pause, or global reset.
 
1. OK, so I was thinking about  the Tabernacle, in particular,  the laver. Before they could go to the holy place, they had to wash their hands and feet, right? They couldn’t advance beyond that place with dirty hands. The whole point is to advance to the holiest place, right?
 
So it made me think of something we are hearing a lot lately. What is it we have been hearing for quite a while now, on TV, etc? “WASH YOUR HANDS!"
 
Hmm, do you think this might be a message for the world from the Lord? Then I looked at several scriptures on that; here are a few:
 
Psalm 24:3-4 Who may ascend into the hill of the Lord? Or who may stand in His holy place? He who has clean hands and a pure heart, who has not lifted up his soul to an idol, nor sworn deceitfully.
 
Psalm 18:20 The Lord rewarded me according to my righteousness; according to the cleanness of my hands He has recompensed me.
 
Psalm 73:13 Surely I have cleansed my heart in vain, and washed my hands in innocence.
 
James 4:8 Draw near to God and He will draw near to you. Cleanse your hands, you sinners; and purify your hearts, you double-minded.
 
Exodus 30:21 So they shall wash their hands and their feet, lest they die. And it shall be a statute forever to them—to him and his descendants throughout their generations.
 
The washing of our hands produces purity and innocence. It symbolically represents cleansing the heart and renewal.
 
We all want revival, we want to see increase, but could the Lord be telling us that we need to wash our hands first? Anyway, what I see is that washing our hands means getting rid of the junk, the debris from the world, cleansing our lives, repenting for sin, etc. This is what comes before revival- repentance! Then we can advance.
 
2. I was also reminded of the recent snow we had here in Oklahoma; do you remember? I love these scriptures:

Psalm 51:7 Purge me with hyssop, and I shall be clean; wash me, and I shall be whiter than snow.

Isaiah 1:18 “Come now, and let us reason together,” Says the Lord, “Though your sins are like scarlet, they shall be as white as snow; though they are red like crimson, they shall be as wool.

The snow seemed to come and then it left quickly. There was enough snow to make a snowman even! I don’t remember any snow like that in recent years, do you? Some has fallen in the past but not enough to make a snowman. Snow typically represents cleansing, cleanliness, purity and Innocence. A snowman represents a righteous man; a pure heart.
Folks made snowmen on that day.  But it melted the next day!
For me, it was a message; a prophetic picture, if you will. They were showing us what is coming, how this is what God is looking for, a righteous body of Christ; for us to be cleansed so we will be made into those righteous ones, whiter than snow. Of course, we are already made righteous, by the blood of Jesus. But, like when Jesus washed Peter’s feet- we still need to wash our hands. We are still in this world, so we need to repent- to change our thoughts, change our wrong motives or habits, etc.
 
3. Rain. We are all familiar with these scriptures:

Psalm 72:6 He shall come down like rain upon the grass before mowing, like showers
 that water the earth.

Hosea 6:3 Let us know, let us pursue the knowledge of the Lord. His going forth is established as the morning; He will come to us like the rain, like the latter and former rain to the earth.

Have you noticed that there has been a lot of rain lately, especially here in Oklahoma? Like record breaking amounts? The weatherman keeps reminding us of the rain; he is saying,"rain rain go away! We don't need anymore rain"! But, the rain keeps coming... Then, I was reminded of the floods last year in Oklahoma-wow. 
Rain is another symbol of cleansing. Of course, rain is symbolic of the outpouring of God’s Spirit. In the last rain we had, we even saw a rainbow! I took a picture on Saturday; it was so pretty. The rainbow represents the promises of God! The rain we have been experiencing is a picture of the cleansing and pouring out of God’s Holy Spirit. And then after we will see the promises. The fact that it keeps repeating, (it keeps raining) well, I think there is a message there, right? It’s like God is saying, “I am cleansing the land, get ready, I’m pouring out my spirit on all flesh. Do you not see it? Do you not perceive it? And get ready, I will fulfill all those promises!”
 
Wow, so God is telling us to wash our hands, repent, and He is saying He is bringing the snow and rain as a sign of what is coming. God is speaking!
 
So then how do we respond? What can we be doing during this major reset in our lives?
 
I think there are a few things that will help. We can use this time to advance ourselves spiritually. We can re-set our spiritual lives.
 
1. Seek the Lord. Pray. Spend some more time in the Word. It is always a good time to seek God, but how much more now in this crisis? Read and pray Psalm 91 over you. Soak in the Lord! I am reading Carol Arnott’s new book on soaking, and it is reminding me of the benefits of soaking; just taking that time to spend with the Lord. (She was also on Sid Roth too! She did such an amazing job!)
2. Take communion daily. Apply the blood over your household, church, state and nation.
3. It would be a great time to get out the promises that have been spoken over you, and rehearse what God has said. Declare and decree those promises! They are yet to come to pass!
4. Do what you can to improve your immune system, and overall health. Do a Daniel fast. Take Vitamin C, or other supplements. Get some fresh air. Many in my neighborhood are taking walks. Take a walk! Get some exercise.
5. Stay in peace, and give that away to others as much as possible. I think this is a time where there is a shaking especially in the world- so we should reach out to folks who don’t know the Lord! Their lives are being shaken so they can know Him. We can reach out to our neighbors, etc and for those who are working, they can reach out to their co-workers, etc.
 
I believe it is a time for us to fall more in love with the Lord and to deepen our walk; then we will see the promises manifest. So yes, wash your hands, and ask God to prepare you for all of the amazing things yet to come!