23. Every Knee Will Bow

Back in February, I had a dream. I was lead to recreate the image I saw in my dream and it is one I finally finished and I am sharing with you now. I will honestly tell you, I have never drawn like this. When I had the dream, I wrote it down in my journal while it was still fresh in my mind. The image that you see here was burned into my memory bank and I simply could not get it out of my head. Many times, I have had the nudge to try to recreate it somehow. All I kept thinking was “but I don’t draw!” But I kept feeling that tug and I finally sat down and declared “Lord, I am a pencil in YOUR hand!” Praise God this is what we created. 

I believe the image can stand on it’s own, but there was context within the dream that I believe is needing to be shared as well: 

In my dream, the atmosphere was completely chaotic. There was no clear definition of where I was or what the surroundings were but there was so much going on and everyone was in complete panic. As I was standing in the middle of the blurred chaos around me, an image of a hand nailed to the cross filled the sky-it was dark and redall around and a mixed feeling of agony and the purest faith twisted itself in my heart. As I continued to look up, a massive lions head filled the right side of the sky, completely taking over in dominance. There was no sound, but you could hear the authority and intensity of the majestic beast simply because of his presence. The colors were deep, again with reds and yellows but most notably a majestic purple throughout the entire mane of the lion. 

I then saw children without specified ages and there was a heavy fear and burden that gripped my heart for these children. As I heard “EVERY KNEE WILL BOW” the intense emotion I felt as I looked again at the image in the sky, left me with the question, “if they had to endure that kind of agony, would their faith stand strong?” And the burden to pray for the children filled my spirit with urgency. 

Without a doubt I believe this dream from February was illustrating the times we are walking through today. Yes, we are experiencing a chaos but even in my dream it was a minor detail in comparison to the message being delivered. 

It is not a question of IF every knee will bow…. but it is a promise that will, in fact, hold true. 

"It is written:
“‘As surely as I live,’ says the Lord,
‘every knee will bow before me;
every tongue will acknowledge God.’” Romans 14:11