"The WASHTUB VISION" - Hollie Moody.
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"The WASHTUB VISION"
-Hollie L. Moody. (Feb 25, 2005).
1 Kings 17:1 ~ "And E-li-jah the Tish-bite, who was of the inhabitants of
Gil-e-ad, said unto Ahab, As the Lord God of Israel liveth, before whom I
stand, there shall not be dew nor rain these years, but according to my
word."
I Kings 18:1, 41-45 ~ "{1} And it came to pass after many days, that the
word of the Lord came to E-li-jah in the third year, saying, Go, show
thyself unto Ahab; and I will send rain upon the earth.
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Several months ago, I felt impressed of the Lord to read repeatedly the
above quoted verses of Scripture. As I wondered and pondered why these
verses of Scripture seemed so compelling to me, my attention was once again
drawn to 1 Kings 18:1; in particular, where it reads: "And it came to pass
after many days, that the word of the Lord came to E-li-jah..."
As I finished reading this verse of Scripture, the Lord began to speak to my
heart.
"Did Elijah stop being a prophet when My word wasn't coming to him?" The
Lord asked me.
This question from the Lord struck my heart and took my breath away. I
myself had been enduring a time of great silence from the Lord. Yet even
though the silence from the Lord was distressing in many ways, I continued to
feel the Lord's presence with me.
Over the past several months, it was as if one tragedy after another was
striking my family and loved ones. There were numerous stressful situations
occurring at the same time. A spirit of intense weariness settled upon my
heart. I usually felt as if I were bracing myself for the next blow to strike.
As I continued to seek the Lord for answers and direction, I had a very
strange vision. This vision was so strange to me that I almost dismissed it as
silly and unimportant. Yet, it haunted my thoughts. After some time, I felt
clarity from the Lord in regard to this simple, "silly" vision.
I would like to share this vision, and what the Lord spoke to me in regard to
this vision, with others; especially those prophets of the Most High God who
also may be enduring tragedies and/or a time of silence from the Lord.
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In the vision, I saw a long line of silent men and women. Each of the
men and women had on a brown cape that touched the ground and
they were staring ahead intently. I glanced in the direction the men
and women were looking to see what they were staring at. To my
surprise, I saw a large washtub such as was used in bygone days
to wash clothes. Hovering over the washtub, I saw an immense hand.
I watched as each of the men and women approached the washtub.
The large hand plucked up each man and woman one by one, and
very deliberately placed that person (still wrapped within their brown
cape) inside the washtub. Then began what I can only describe as
a "wash cycle."
During this time of being "washed," each of the men and women
were being swirled madly around within the washtub. Soap and
water were in their eyes, ears and even in their mouths. The hand
also "scrubbed" each of the men and women on a scrubber, then
would place them back into the soapy, turbulent water.
As I continued to watch all of this, I became aware of the soft
murmuring of a voice. I couldn't make out the words that were being
spoken, but the sound of the voice was gentle and soothing.
At the end of the wash cycle, the men and women appeared
absolutely exhausted.
Then began the "rinse cycle." The wash water was drained from
the washtub, andclean water added. A bucket appeared grasped
in the large hand. I watched as the large hand repeatedly poured
bucketful after bucketful of water over each of the soapy men and women.
The voice continued to murmur gently and soothingly to the men
and women, but with the soap and now the water in their ears,
they didn't seem able to hear the sound of the voice.
At the end of the "rinse cycle," I watched as the large hand set the
bucket aside, grasped each of the men and women one by one,
and placed them into an old fashioned wringer. I gasped with
dismay as I saw each of the men and women being completely
flattened and having the water pressed from them as they were
put through this wringer. Then, the men and women were placed
gently into a basket.
By the time this entire process was completed, the men and women were
totally limp and exhausted.
Then another hand appeared so that there was now a set of large
hands. The hands reached into the basket and gently removed the
men and women one by one. The set of hands carried each man
and woman to a clothesline and began to "hang" the men and
women on the clothesline.
As I stared at the men and women hanging on the clothesline, I saw
that each of them had their eyes closed; almost as if they had fallen
asleep after the ordeal they had just endured.
I then began to faintly hear the sound of a gentle breeze. This
breeze seemed to envelope each of the men and women, and they
were gently swaying back and forth on the clothesline. As the
breeze gently blew on the men and women, the soft voice continued
to murmur to them.
Gradually, the men and women seemed to become aware of the
sound of the voice. They opened their eyes, began to slowly look
around them, and became more alert.
The hands then took each of the men and women down from the
clothesline. The men and women stood silently, as if waiting for
something to happen. I realized that during this whole process, not
one of the men or women had resisted, or even spoken.
As I stared at the men and women, I saw them become quietly animated. I
noticed they were each staring off into the distance at something. I turned to
see what it was they were gazing at, and saw a small cloud. The small cloud
appeared as if from over the horizon.
Then, each of the men and women set off towards the small cloud, and the
vision ended.
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As I continuously thought upon this vision, the Lord began to speak to me
about it.
"Do you know who the men and women are?" The Lord asked me.
"No, Lord," I replied.
"They are My prophets," the Lord replied. "To one degree or another,
I have been taking My prophets through a time of being purified and
cleansed. For some of them, this process is quite open and apparent.
For others, it is hidden and is being accomplished in secret and in
isolation. For all of them, though, it is painful; for all within them that
is impure or unclean is being laid open and is being dealt with and cleansed."
"Why, Lord?" I asked.
"For the coming days ahead," the Lord replied. "As I have been
dealing with My prophets, so will I also be dealing with each of My
children. When this cleansing process comes upon each of My
children, My prophets will be there to aide in this process."
"What is the purpose of this process, Lord?" I asked.
"I am moving in a different manner than I have before," the Lord
answered. "I am speaking differently. Each of My prophets, and also
each of My children, must be attuned to the changes in the way I
am moving and speaking. If they are not attuned to these changes,
they will overlook and miss My purpose and My will, and what it is
I desire to see accomplished."
"And what is it that You desire to see accomplished, Lord?" I asked.
"I desire for My prophets to not only speak My word," the Lord
replied. "I desire them to also have a solution to the word I give
them to speak, and to know through My Spirit how to apply the
interpretation of My word to them."
I felt confused by this answer.
"You do not understand, child?" The Lord asked me. I admitted that I did
not.
"When I speak a word of warning or of coming calamity to one of
My prophets," the Lord explained, "not only do I desire that prophet
to speak forth the word of warning, I desire them to also have a
solution to the coming calamity. Speaking forth My word is no longer
totally acceptable to Me," the Lord said. "I would also have My
prophets to become so mature in Me that they will also have clear
direction for others in regard to the word I speak to them. Now do
you understand?"
"Yes, Lord," I replied.
"The cleansing process for My prophets and also for My children," the Lord
continued, "is for them to come to maturity. When they are mature, then will I
arise with total strength and glory in the midst of My people.
"The danger, though, during this process is that of My prophets and My
children becoming dejected and overwhelmed by the situations I will and have
been bringing upon them, and for them to quit.
"Another danger is that of not restoring and strengthening those
who I will expose during the cleansing process. Before there is a
cleansing of the flesh, there is first a decaying of the flesh. Whenever
the flesh is decaying, there is a stench. The stench of the flesh
decaying for many of My prophets and My children will be offensive
to many others, yet it is not My desire for their backs to be turned
upon those who are going through the decaying process.
"This is a very delicate time spiritually for My prophets and eventually
for My children," the Lord continued. "Souls hang in the balance,
and it will be through the maturity of My prophets and then of My
children, that the fate of these souls will be decided."
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When the Lord ceased speaking to me, I was amazed and tremendously humbled by
this simple, at first glance almost seemingly silly, vision of a washtub that
the Lord had shared with me. I began to grasp the enormous magnitude of how the
Lord is currently moving and speaking to us.
It is my sincere desire and hope that others of the prophets and God's
children who are enduring a cleansing and also a decaying to the flesh
process may be encouraged and strengthened through this vision.
In Him,
~~ Hollie L. Moody
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