July 15, 2006: Saturday
When we arrived at the gazebo the wind began to blow on the ridge.
The wind began to blow stronger and stronger.
The Holy Spirit spoke: “I bring the OIL of GLADNESS. Many will come here who are bowed down.”
[In the spirit, I saw a rollercoaster car passing through a dark tunnel.]
On the ridge the wind began to blow in earnest.
[In the vision, the rollercoaster car broke out of the darkness of the tunnel and began to travel a straight line in the open air.]
The wind on the ridge increased. [Then I could feel the car attaching to some sort of a locking device. The car started upward – climbing and climbing.]
[I felt the nervous anticipation of being a passenger in a rollercoaster car that was headed upward before the main thrust of
the ride. As we reached the top, the wind on the ridge dropped to a slight stir.]
[For a couple of seconds, it was as though we were suspended on the top.] Then the wind on the ridge began to blow more vigorously. [In the vision, we passed over the top and ricocheted around the track. The car moved at breakneck speed. It was thrilling – a rush of adrenalin shot through me as we plunged around corners and up and down a steep track.]
[In the vision the rollercoaster car came to a stop. I felt quite giddy. My breath had been taken away – but I was exhilarated.]
The Holy Spirit spoke: “I am pouring out the OIL of GLADNESS. Prepare for the ride of your life!”
Oil began to drip from above and cascade down the leaves on the ridge. It pooled on the path and soaked into the ground.
The Holy Spirit Continued: “There will be a need for the OIL of GLADNESS in the coming days. Rejoice.”
Isaiah 61:1-3
The Spirit of the Lord GOD is upon me, Because the LORD has anointed me To bring good news to the afflicted; He has sent me to bind up the brokenhearted, To proclaim liberty to captives And freedom to prisoners;
To proclaim the favorable year of the LORD And the day of vengeance of our God; To comfort all who mourn,
To grant those who mourn in Zion, Giving them a garland instead of ashes, The oil of gladness instead of mourning, The mantle of praise instead of a spirit of fainting. So they will be called oaks of righteousness, The planting of the LORD, that He may be glorified.
You know, sometimes our heavenly Father is just a Daddy and wants to thrill His child – like any daddy – by taking the child to an amusement park. But His thrills have a purpose. His thrills are prophetic. He pours out the oil of gladness and thrills His child at the same time by – not just telling the child of a glorious future but by letting the child have a preview of that future through the exhilaration of a roller coaster ride.
All of us are headed into the ride of our lives!
