I was walking to Walmart today and suddenly I was overcome with a vision…

“I knelt before God’s throne and around me was the host of heaven. I cried and cried and poured out my pain to Him. I laid my struggled down at His feet and asked for grace to continue this journey. Suddenly I heard Him laugh. The sound of it was like thunder and it rolled and echoed all throughout heaven, earth, and all of time. I was confused, was He laughing at me in the middle of my deep pain? Then I realized He was laughing at my enemies… at my weakness… at my struggles… He was laughing at all the things that pressed in against me. I was suddenly very aware of how small all of it was. He would have victory over it all. His strength would be mine and His victory over my love would bring Him glory for all of eternity. He had won the battles and the war I was currently fighting. Suddenly joy… unspeakable joy flooded me! I wanted to shout out a victory cry! His laughter continued and it saturated every part of me. New tears poured from my eyes… but these were tears of joy… pure, holy joy. It was a joy that I knew would never end. It was His joy, poured out from His laughter. I began to laugh with Him and with all those that surrounded me in that place. Suddenly I was seeing it all… the loneliness, the pain, the struggles against my weaknesses… all of it melted away and vanished in that joy. Waves and waves of laughter caught me up of my feet and I stood tall and strong. The joy was light that poured out of Him and shone all around me. And I saw something else… that light, His light, His joy was pouring out of me into the world around me. And I heard as clear as day the words, “For the joy set before Him…” oh, He had won it all… for me… for you… for us all.”

A feast has been prepared for you and I… my family, my friends, and those I’ve never met yet. God has a banquet ready for us if only we will enter in and sit. The clothing we need He provides. The victory we long for has already been won if only we will come before Him humbly and ask His to open our eyes to see all that He has already prepared for us. Joy unspeakable is ours in Him. It breaks every yolk and frees us from all our pain. The wedding is coming… are we ready for it?