Oceans in the Desert

By Kathi Pelton

This morning I was taken into a vision where I saw Jesus standing in a river calling to us to come to Him. The river was flowing from His Throne of Grace in heaven. It was so clear and pure that I knew it had to be a heavenly water because no earthly water I have seen has had this appearance. Jesus was inviting His sons and daughters into a baptism, yet I understood that this was not a salvation baptism but one that would somehow transform our minds, for I could hear the words from Isaiah 55:9 coming from His Spirit,

“For as the heavens are higher than the earth, So are My ways higher than your ways And My thoughts than your thoughts.”

‭‭At this point the vision became more of an encounter and I accepted the invitation to step into this river of grace. As I entered the water, it was like a spiritual, physical, emotional and mental cleansing coming from my feet upward. When I got to the place where Jesus stood, His affection for me was tangible— and His relentless love was mingled within the water of grace that I was standing in. Then He put His hands on my head and out of the wounds on His hands poured grace. Grace Is was a tangible substance that was like the purest water intermingled with the power of the blood that had once flowed from the wounds in His hands. This grace that flowed from His wounds were washing my mind, my thoughts, my understanding and cleansing me of the pollution of this world and of the Accuser’s lies. It was like a baptism of the mind that was renewing me and imparting the thoughts of heaven— which are His thoughts.

I knew that this was not only for me but is an invitation to each son and daughter to come to the river of grace and be baptized with the water that flows from the wounds of grace. I somehow understood that there has been a fierce battle over the minds of believers with attack after attack by the Accuser of the Brethren and his cohorts to cause our thoughts and perspectives to be bound to earth rather than heaven. It is time for a washing and baptism into the grace that cleanses us and renews (transforms, aligns, purifies, resets) our minds

The Lord is inviting us to come into the river of His grace and love that flows from Heaven so that we can be transformed from earthly thoughts that cause earthly “ways” into heavenly thoughts that create heavenly pathways to His ways. Our very affections will suddenly be set on things above after a great battle to rob our affections from the Lord through a battle against believer’s minds.

I heard the Spirit say, “There has been a great battle over the affections of God’s people. Victory through grace is being offered to My people to wash and heal the wounds that have been afflicted upon their minds to rob Me of their affections.”

The Lord is standing in this river that flows from His Throne of Grace— He is inviting you to come and be washed, healed and renewed. Return your affections to the things above!

“Seek the Lord while He may be found; Call upon Him while He is near. Let the wicked forsake his way And the unrighteous man his thoughts; And let him return to the Lord, And He will have compassion on him, And to our God, For He will abundantly pardon. “For My thoughts are not your thoughts, Nor are your ways My ways,” declares the Lord. “For as the heavens are higher than the earth, So are My ways higher than your ways And My thoughts than your thoughts.” Isaiah‬ ‭55‬:‭6‬-‭9‬ ‭

The Lord’s compassion is stirred toward you! If you have been battling old thoughts or ways that have caused you to feel like you’ve lost ground or lost your pure affections— He wants to remind you that He has great mercy to ABUNDANTLY pardon. Though we, as humans, choose to forgive but struggle to forget— we must remember that the Lord forgives and then (immediately) no longer remembers your sins, failures or shortcomings. He forgets or erases the remembrance as far as the east is from the west. This enables you to quickly return with all of your affections and heart back to the Lord without shame or stain.

“And I will always guide you and satisfy you with good things. I will keep you strong and well. You will be like a garden that has plenty of water, like a spring of water that never runs dry.” Isaiah‬ ‭58‬:‭11‬ ‭

“God has a constantly flowing river whose sparkling streams bring joy and delight to his people. His river flows right through the city of God Most High, into his holy dwelling places.” Psalms‬ ‭46‬:‭4‬ ‭TPT‬‬

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