“I have many precious jewels in hidden places that have been through the fires of affliction and pressures of life, who are now ready to see His radiant light and be seen radiating His light. They have been purified and set apart to reveal My glory. They are My fiery stones, fully prepared and full of fiery light. I have kept them hidden but now is the time for them to glorify Me.”

GLORIOUS! And while He transforms His redeemed from glory to glory into His image—He anoints us with His glorious oil for joy, blessing, favor, and power that He may be glorified. (See II Corinthians 3:18; Isaiah 61:1-3) In the Old Testament, God anointed His priests with special oil to bless and consecrate them as—set apart—holy vessels for His purpose alone. What a privileged honor! Psalm 133 describes the blessing of unity among believers as being “like the precious oil upon the head, running down on the beard of [His priest] Aaron,” to the “edge of his garments” and like “the dew of Mount Hermon flowing down the mountains of Zion” where “the Lord commanded the blessing—life forevermore” (1-3 NKJV). In Psalm 23, we are told that He anoints our heads with oil until our cups run over with such blessing it affects all who come near. Keith Miller in His song, “Fresh Oil,” prays for “buckets and buckets of fresh oil.”[1] Why? There is a lot to do, and the Lord wants us to be consecrated and anointed to accomplish His purposes! According to Isaiah 61, His anointed “shall rebuild the old ruins…the desolations of many generations.” With “double honor” and “everlasting joy” —He will “direct [our] work in truth…All who see [us] will acknowledge” that we are blessed of the Lord. (4,6-9 NKJV) Halleluiah! Praise God for His Word and the powerful effect of His anointing!

When His oil began flowing on the canvas, I could hear this song in my spirit, “Lord, You are more precious than silver…more costly than gold…more beautiful than diamonds and nothing I desire compares with knowing You.”[2] Lord, You are our priceless treasure and according to You; we are Your treasured “jewels.” (Malachi 3:17 NKJV) We rejoice that You have clothed us with “garments of salvation” and covered us with Your “righteousness, as a bride groom decks himself with ornaments, and as a bride adorns herself with her jewels” (Isaiah 61:10 NKJV). Because I was inspired by this song and these scriptures, many jewels were added to the oil of the painting. But the revelation did not come until I was led, in a vision by the Lord, through a massive door into the mountain behind a magnificent waterfall. When the door closed and my eyes slowly adjusted to the darkness, it appeared we were in a cave filled with mounds of highly polished and cut jewel stones. Holding tightly onto Jesus in the dark, I wondered why the jewels were there and why He was showing them to me. Even without light, I could see that the jewels were shimmering. Surprisingly, I felt a strong urge to scoop them up and throw them down to earth; but I sensed that it was not my privilege or purpose for being there. When I asked Jesus for revelation, He reminded me that He is the door and His is the voice of many waters. Then I heard Him say,

After He said this, I was led to Isaiah 45:3 where God says, “I will give you the treasures of darkness and hidden riches of secret places that you may know that I, the Lord, who called you by your name, am the God of Israel” (NKJV). Although this scripture is about King Cyrus who did not know God, God knew him, and why he had been created. God sovereignly called him by name and anointed him to conquer many lands to establish again the people whom God loved. God even promised to strengthen and send Cyrus out to victory—so all the world would know there is no other God. (Isaiah 45:5-6 TPT) Then He commanded the heavens to open up and pour out righteousness; the earth to open wide for salvation and righteousness to come forth because as He said, “I, Jehovah, created them” (Isaiah 45:6, 8 NLT). Just imagine, if He did all this through Cyrus, who did not know Him, how much more will He do through us—His ready, willing people.

All of His precious jewels—His treasures—are being called out to reflect and radiate His brilliant light. God desires that all who are His be set free from bondage and captivity; fully restored to Himself. Many have been forged by the fire, purified, precisely cut, and strengthen by the Spirit of God with revelation, wisdom, and understanding. Therefore, we will not be overtaken by the darkness or drawn to the sins of the world. Like Jesus, our one desire will be to pass on what has been given to us—His love, joy, peace, patience, comfort, healing, wisdom, righteousness,… and life—so that His other precious jewels may find their way out of the darkness and come to know that the Lord, Himself is calling them by name. For this reason, Jesus prayed that we would be united with Him and the Father. As our example, He lifted eyes to heaven and prayed,

It was Jesus’s joy to finish what His Father sent Him here to do. He was glorifying God. Likewise, as we glorify Him—fulfilling His purpose—His joy fulfills us. What a privileged blessing it is to glorify our God! Jesus was our living example—fully human, but no ordinary man; neither are we because of His indwelling Holy Spirit. He lived His life set apart for the glory of God and we are being called by name to do the same. What an honor! We have been fully anointed with His authority, blessing, power, favor, gifts and talents that His joy may be fulfilled in us. We are His brilliant, precisely cut and polished jewels flowing in His glorious oil to manifest the Kingdom of God on earth as it is in heaven! To Him be all the glory forever and ever, Amen!

 


[1] David Crowder Band. “Everything Glorious.” David Crowder, composer/lyricist. David Crowder Band, producer. All This for a King: The Essential Collection, CD. Sixstepsrecords/Sparrow Records. 2013.

[2] Miller, Keith. “Fresh Oil.” Atmosphere of Heaven, CD. Stand Firm World Ministries, Publisher. Gerry Dirksen, producer. August 2002.

[3] Deshazo, Lynn. “More Precious Than Silver.” More Precious Than Silver–The Songs of Lynn Deshazo, Album. Integrity’s Hosanna! Music, Publisher. Ready Writer Music, Producer. January 2007. 

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Glorious Oil

 “Jesus spoke these words, lifted His eyes to heaven and said; ‘Father, the hour has come, Glorify Your Son, that Your Son also may glorify You as You have given Him authority over all flesh, that He should give eternal life to as many as You have given Him. And this is eternal life, that they may know You, the only true God, and Jesus whom You have sent. I have glorified You on the earth. I have finished the work which You have given Me to do” (John 17:1-4).

“I have manifested Your name to the men whom You have given me out of the world. … I have given them the words which You have given to Me; and they received them, and have known surely that I came from You; and they have believed that You sent Me” (John 17:6-8).

“I pray for them. I do not pray for the world but for those whom You have given Me, for they are Yours. And all Mine are Yours, and Yours are Mine, and I am glorified in them. Now I am no longer in the world, but these are in the world, and I come to You. Holy Father, keep through Your name those whom You have given Me, that they may be one as We are. While I was with them in the world, I kept them in Your name. … But now I come to You, and these things I speak in the world, that they may have My joy fulfilled in themselves” (John 17:9-13 NKJV).

Have you ever heard the song, “Everything Glorious,”[1] by David Crowder who passionately sings to God,
“You make everything glorious,
You make everything glorious, if You make everything glorious and I am Yours,
What does that make me?”