Day 11. Hidden Treasure
By Lou Engle
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“Compassion will cure more sins than condemnation.” – Henry Ward Beecher
Therefore, from now on, we regard no one according to the flesh. 2 Corinthians 5:16
In the summer of 2017, during a corporate fast, my friend Chris Berglund had this profound dream:
I saw frisbees of different shapes and sizes flying all over the California beaches, up to Canada and down to mexico. Then I saw Bill Bright, A.A. Allen and Billy Graham. AA Allen said: “Do you have eyes to see the treasures I see or will you miss being the wisdom and healing for those I raise up to fly?” After that, Isaiah 49 was being spoken. The phrase “Though you may not have compassion on your son I will never forget you…” kept reverberating in me. Then I heard it said, “Who will believe that a highway of holiness and love can come to the street called hate (Haight)? Who is there that sees a heavenly kingdom that’s more powerful than any earthly strongholds? To such a one I will show myself strong.”
Lonnie Frisbee may have been the key voice of salvation and power in the days of the Jesus movement. Up and down California people were saved and baptized in the Holy Spirit through his life and ministry. He was a broken man but God used him mightily. Can we see the treasures of Christ in broken vessels or will we miss being the wisdom and healing for those whom God is raising up to preach? Lonnie Frisbee came out of the Haight-Ashbury hippie culture of San Francisco. We believe God will do it again in the city of St. Francis.
God is inviting us to see one another according to our heavenly calling and destiny and not according to our past or present behavior. When we see Christ clearly, we begin to see ourselves and others differently. Let us say what heaven says about others, releasing revelation and faith into their hearts. Then, grace can come to empower transfiguration.
The frisbees are flying once again over the west coast!
Prayer:
God, this is my prayer, that you would forgive us of our doctrinal policing. Scrutinizing our brother according to the flesh and accusing one another when the days of harvest are at hand. God, raise up harvesters of every kind. Lord, help us to see the treasures in the next wave of the Jesus Movement and not judge them according to their appearances. We ask forgiveness that so many missed the Jesus Movement because they couldn’t see beyond their own cultural lenses. Don’t let this happen again in California. Raise up the Lonnie Frisbees. Heal them and let them fly in Jesus name.
