At His Feet: #3 Did You Raise Your Hand?
Papa and I were talking. He asked if I remembered Isaiah hearing His voice asking, “Whom shall I send? Who will go for Us? “
Isaiah responded, “Here am I m send me!” (Isaiah 6:8)
This was in the middle of the Seraphim, hot coals, and all kinds of things going on for Isaiah.
I can see it now, just like a child who wants to answer the teacher’s question or help the teacher, waving their hand to be noticed among the crowd.
That might have been Isaiah, only I don’t think he was wildly waving his hand, as I saw some children doing when I taught.
I have the impression he wasn’t so rowdy about it all, but a little more quiet, because he’d just gone through the Seraphim and hot coals incident.
Remember?
“In the year that King Uzziah died, [in a vision] I saw The LORD sitting upon a throne, high and lifted up, and the skirts of His train filled the [most holy part of the] temple. Above Him stood the Seraphim; each had six wings: with two [each] covered his [own] face, and with two [each] covered his feet, and with two [each] flew.
One cried to another and said, Holy, holy, holy is The LORD of hosts; the whole earth is full of His glory!
The foundations of the thresholds shook at the voice of him who cried, and the house was filled with smoke.
Then said I, Woe is me! For I am undone and ruined, because I am a man of unclean lips, and I dwell in the midst of a people of unclean lips; for my eyes have seen the KING, The LORD of hosts!
Then flew one of the Seraphim [heavenly beings] to me, having a live coal in his hand which he had taken with tongs from off the altar; with it he touched my mouth and said, Behold, this has touched your lips; your iniquity and guilt are taken away, and your sin is completely atoned for and forgiven.
Also I heard the voice of The LORD, saying, Whom shall I send? Who will go for Us? Then said I, Here am I; send me.
He said, Go and tell this people, Hear and hear continually, but understand not; and see and see continually, but do not apprehend with your mind.
Make the heart of this people fat; and make their ears heavy and shut their eyes, lest they see with their eyes and hear with their ears and understand with their hearts and turn again and be healed.
Then said I, LORD, how long? He answered, Until cities lie waste without inhabitant and houses without man, and the land is utterly desolate, The LORD removes [His] people far away, and the forsaken places are many in the midst of the land.” Isaiah 6:1-12.
Isaiah literally raised his hand or his voice to volunteer to serve GOD in whatever capacity GOD needed him.
I’ve done that several times, at Conferences or Churches when they ask “Who wants to serve GOD?” I’m guessing many of you have done the same.
But several years ago I was at a conference in Wilksboro, NC, with Kevin Basconi leading, and several others all moving in the SUPERNATURAL, with SIGNS, WONDERS, MIRACLES, and lots of heavenly beings. People were getting healed and lots more.
At one point Kevin said The LORD had told him to pray for the people there.
You don’t have to imagine seeing the hands go up, Kevin told everyone to get in a line. My four friends and I stood in a line waiting, towards the end.
When it got to be my turn, I stood in front of Kevin, with my hands raised to receive from The LORD and my eyes closed, so I wouldn’t be distracted.
Kevin stood there in front of me quiet, so I opened my eyes. I could tell he was waiting and listening.
Then he said, “I saw this heavenly being come into the room. I knew he was a Seraphim because he had six wings. But I didn’t know who he came for or what he was going to do. He just watched and waited until now. But you’re the one!”
I’m just speechless at that point and just looked at him, not knowing what to say or do.
Then Kevin said, “Open your mouth, because he has a hot coal to put in it.”
Obediently, I opened my mouth, not sure what was going to happen next.
Kevin said, “Okay, he just put the coal in your mouth, so you need to close your mouth now and swallow.”
Kevin waited to see if the Seraphim was going to do anything else, but he got no instructions and it turned and left.
Me, on the other hand, I turned beet red within 3-5 seconds and sweat began pouring out of me, as the fire from the coal purging me within, was manifesting in the physical realm.
“HOT! HOT! HOT!” was all I could seem to say, while fanning my hand in front of my mouth and face, as the heat in my mouth and whole body was so intense! It seemed like I should have smoke coming out of me too.
RED! RED! RED! My body seemed to be on fire and showed it by the color all over!
Its not something I would have chosen, but it was what GOD chose to manifest through me.
People around me were watching intently, some hiding smiles behind their hands, and I’m sure very glad it was me experiencing this manifestation and not them.
Some I could see eyes of compassion watching me and wondering what would happen next.
When we volunteer to serve GOD we don’t get to choose how everything manifests through us.
Our human bodies cannot always contain what we receive emotionally, physically, or in other ways, as we work through the assignments we get.
GOD uses it all, as it manifests through our bodies. He wastes nothing.
“While He was in Bethany, [a guest] in the house of Simon the leper, as He was reclining [at table], a woman came with an alabaster jar of ointment (perfume) of pure nard, very costly and precious; and she broke the jar and poured [the perfume] over His head. But there were some who were moved with indignation and said to themselves, To what purpose was the ointment (perfume) thus wasted?
For it was possible to have sold this [perfume] for more than 300 denarii [a laboring man’s wages for a year] and to have given [the money] to the poor. They censured and reproved her.
But Jesus said, Let her alone; why are you troubling her? She has done a good and beautiful thing to Me [praiseworthy and noble].
For you always have the poor with you, and whenever you wish you can do good to them; but you will not always have Me.
She has done what she could; she came beforehand to anoint My body for the burial. Surely I tell you, wherever the good news (the Gospel) is proclaimed in the entire world, what she has done will be told in memory of her.“ Mark 14:3-9.
“When they had all had enough, He said to His disciples, Gather up now the fragments (the broken pieces that are left over), so that nothing may be lost and wasted. So accordingly they gathered them up, and they filled 12 [small, hand] baskets with fragments left over by those who had eaten from the 5 barley loaves.” John 6:12-13.
“So Jesus said to them, You will have the Light only a little while longer. Walk while you have the Light [keep on living by it], so that darkness may not overtake and overcome you. He who walks about in the dark does not know where he goes [he is drifting]. While you have the Light, believe in the Light [have faith in it, hold to it, rely on it], that you may become sons of the Light and be filled with Light. Jesus said these things, and then He went away and hid Himself from them [was lost to their view].” John 12:35-36.
I’ve seen The HOLY SPIRIT physically manifest in many ways when a person can’t contain HIS PRESENCE within them: shouting, moaning, tongues, laughing, crying, many different sounds, like a shofar blowing, machine gun shooting rapidly, ROARING, or actions, such as rolling on the floor, passing out in the spirit, standing motionless like a statue, jerking, shuttering, shaking, dancing, whirling, bending, running, and more.
GOD has this wonderful way of of getting your attention and using all the manifestations for HIS GLORY, not only to teach us, but to teach those who are around us, watching, listening, and waiting to see what GOD or HOLY SPIRIT will do next.
However, I’ve not seen someone turning red like a beet and having sweat pour out of them.
But then what else does one’s body do when a Seraphim puts a hot coal in their mouth and they swallow it?
Kevin told me to go sit or lay down. I don’t know if he was sure if I was going to pass out in The Spirit or not.
But me, I was so hot, like I was burning up, inside and out, I wanted water and a fan or air conditioner or to sit in a HUGE tub of ice or go inside a freezer, or anything I could get or do to cool me off.
Someone brought me water. I sat down, then I laid down on the chairs, because I had no strength to sit up or do anything else anymore.
Several people stood around me to protect me, because no one knew what would happen next, and because I was still burning up inside and out I didn’t need people close to get any hotter.
My friends watched and waited with all the others there. Only GOD knew what He was going to do next.
Emma Stark shared on a video that when the Seraphim put the hot coal in her mouth she got blisters in her mouth and throat.
Emma Stark – 25:07
I think I’m glad I just got beet red, had sweat pouring out of me, and felt like I was burning up inside and out. Somehow that seems less to me than having blisters in my mouth and throat.
But maybe there’s some of you who have refused to be obedient to GOD after volunteering? The task or manifestation at hand wasn’t what you thought you’d get to do?
It didn’t meet the “hero” expectations, you had, because people mocked, condemned, or judged you because of the self-righteous and other unholy spirits in them?
Maybe you let your pride get in the way, and you sit on The Holy Spirit to keep Him from manifesting.
There are many who do that, mostly in almost dead churches, or those with a lot of religion, Jezebel, and the rest of their team.
I’ve seen The Holy Spirit being quashed by people with spirits of religion, Jezebel, pride, accusation, condemnation, bullying, intimidation, and others.
But while they sit on The Holy Spirit or glue up their mouth with spiritual super glue, or use spiritual ties or chain up their hands and feet, The HOLY SPIRIT grieves for them, because there’s no FREEDOM in HIM for them.
He grieves that many unholy spirits within mankind are angry that HE manifests and it’s that anger that spews out of their mouth like a viper’s poison at times instead of unconditional love from GOD.
Thew HOLY SPIRIT grieving can be more intense through wailing and shaking, than it is when His Presence can’t be held in.
“Speak not in the ears of a [self-confident] fool, for he will despise the [GODLY] Wisdom of your words.” Proverbs 23:9.
“But the natural, nonspiritual man does not accept or welcome or admit into his heart the gifts and teachings and revelations of the SPIRIT of GOD, for they are folly (meaningless nonsense) to him; and he is incapable of knowing them [of progressively recognizing, understanding, and becoming better acquainted with them] because they are spiritually discerned and estimated and appreciated.” 1 Corinthians 2:14.
“Do not grieve the Holy Spirit of God [do not offend or vex or sadden Him], by Whom you were sealed (marked, branded as God’s own, secured) for the day of redemption (of final deliverance through Christ from evil and the consequences of sin). Let all bitterness and indignation and wrath (passion, rage, bad temper) and resentment (anger, animosity) and quarreling (brawling, clamor, contention) and slander (evil-speaking, abusive or blasphemous language) be banished from you, with all malice (spite, ill will, or baseness of any kind).” Ephesians 4:30-32.
6 Ways We Can Grieve the Holy Spirit
There are those who want to judge, accuse, condemn, and use scripture many ways, but the FEAR and LOVE OF GOD are so thick in the room at those times, when HOLY SPIRIT manifests.
Those walking in HOLY SPIRIT FREEDOM have counted the cost many times. Have you?
I know, sounds pretty wild, but I’m telling you what happened in obedience to The LORD, not because I want to share this moment. But the four friends who were with me could share it as well.
How do you explain the unique things HE does in and through mankind?
Haven’t you asked The HOLY SPIRIT to come in and have HIS WAY, to do WHAT HE WANTS to DO, rather than only what you want?
Haven’t you asked GOD to let The HOLY SPIRIT have FULL DOMINION over you, wherever you’re at?
Let The HOLY SPIRIT have entire possession of you, spirit, soul, and body.
Ask that your feelings line up with GOD’S TRUTH, so when HIS TRUTH is spoken or you read it, and it doesn’t make you feel good, (because unholy spirits may make you feel bad or sick, if it’s not what they want), that you WON’T REJECT GOD’S WORD, because it doesn’t line up with unholy spirits of religion, culture, tradition, and others.
Rather, that you want and accept greater unity with GOD and that you and your house serve GOD all the days of your lives, and are OBEDIENT to GOD above all else.
“You have said, Seek My face [inquire for and require My presence as your vital need]. My heart says to You, Your face (Your presence), LORD, will I seek, inquire for, and require [of necessity and on the authority of Your Word].” Psalm 27:8.
“My sacrifice [the sacrifice acceptable] to God is a broken spirit; a broken and a contrite heart [broken down with sorrow for sin and humbly and thoroughly penitent], such, O God, You will not despise.” Psalm 51:17.
I’m sure there are those now saying, “No, He wouldn’t do that to me.”
Remember He’s teaching and training you along with everyone else.
Why would He leave you out, if it’s something you need?
We all need more grace, mercy, compassion, discernment, wisdom, knowledge, understanding, revelation and just more of The Holy Spirit from The LORD.
But we also need to give up manipulation and control, religion, pride, deaf and dumb, stubbornness, and a host of other unholy spirits who are trying to hold back or sit on The HOLY SPIRIT and FREEDOM to keep revival out of The Church and The Nations.
When The HOLY SPIRIT manifestations happen, HE has taken me to some of the most incredible places at times, and from what HE’S shown me, He’s taken others as well: so you can fight and defeat the enemy with His Angelic Armies, dance before Him, become the shofar in battle or ROAR like the LION OF JUDAH, you may get rid of demons who’ve been on you for ages, you just never know what He’ll use you for in that moment!
So let Him use you! Don’t be afraid of something new!
GOD will protect you.
Just let it be HIM and not you.
God Bless You!
~ Beverly Juelsgaard-Fischer
Beverly Juelsgaard-Fischer
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Is the LORD GOD ALMIGHTY
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Good word Bev! Thank you for your obedience.