I hear the Lord speak, “Come away with me that I may wash you in the river, making you responsive to my touch”
Recently, while at the beach with my 3 children, we saw some children playing in the ocean with clumps of clay. We asked them, “where are you finding this clay?” They pointed to the middle of a cliff face and said, “Up there, but it’s dangerous to go there..”
I decided to go up and see, I couldn’t find any clay until I looked inside a small cave. I gathered as much as I could really quickly so I could go back down to my children.
This was a special moment for us, as we made our very own clay for the first time. We found it like a rare treasure that is hard to find. While molding it in our hands in the ocean, the spirit began to speak to me and said, “Look up how clay is formed”
HOW IS CLAY IS FORMED:
Clay is formed through the weathering and breakdown of rocks containing minerals like feldspar. Over time, WATER and natural processes break down these rocks into fine particles, creating clay!
In John 9:6, When Jesus used his saliva, mixed with clay and rubbed it into the eyes of the blind man; it was a picture of God and man. The saliva from His mouth is the word (WATER), the clay is always a picture of our human vessel, as in a jar of clay.
Water is a picture of the Word— the spirit of God that gives life; it refreshes us, it awakens us, it revives us and softens our hearts to be mouldable like clay, to no longer have hearts of stone that is set in its way, but hearts of flesh; that comes to the water of His word that causes our hearts to be soft and moldable to His touch.
“And I will give them one heart [a new heart], and put a new spirit within them. I will take from them the heart of stone, and will give them a heart of flesh [that is responsive to My touch],” Ezekiel 11:19
This past year, I have been unusually drawn to water more than ever, Especially the ocean; how it glistens in the sun, the depth of the mystery it carrie’s. The smell of its freshness, how it awakens my senses to see and know more clearly. It is like the water of His word giving life to our thirsty souls.
“How he satisfies the souls of thirsty ones and fills the hungry with goodness!”
Psalms 107:9
I AM THE WATER THAT KEEPS YOU MOLDABLE
I hear the Lord speaking over many hearts, “Come and find Me, allow My Word to mold you and make you responsive to My touch. Come for I am preparing you for what’s coming next.”
I sense so strongly that He is preparing many hearts for the new thing He is birthing in the earth. In the secret place He is going to change a few things, reshape your vision to see differently, and walk differently to how you have in the past. He is wanting His lovers to come into the inner chambers of His heart to prepare you in the word so that nothing will shape you but Him, nothing will cause you to fall but Him at his feet in holy surrender.
The year 2023 has been exhausting for many; the pressure to do it all, to have it all and to be it all. There has been a weariness, a heaviness that can only be broken in His presence.
There is going to be a transformative process that takes place as you come before Him, as His waters break over you, there will be a refreshing over weariness that can only come by His spirit, there will be a fresh perspective that can only come by the waters of His word, and there will be a softening of many hearts in humble response to the many waters of His voice.
I hear Him saying, “This process will be humbling but not humiliating!”
God does not humiliate those who are humble, but rather pours great grace upon the humble.
“But he continues to pour out more and more grace upon us. For it says, “God resists you when you are proud but continually pours out grace when you are humble.” James 4:6
THE 4 CHAMBERS OF YOUR HEART
While spending time with the Lord this morning, thanking Him for speaking. He said, “The chambers of the heart..”
So I looked up the human heart and remembered it has 4 chambers. But God was showing me the word over the 4 chambers.
- A humble heart.
“The fountain of your pleasure is found in the sacrifice of my shattered heart before you. You will not despise my tenderness as I bow down humbly at your feet.” Psalms 51:17 - A believing heart.
“The heart that believes in him receives the gift of the righteousness of God—and then the mouth confesses, resulting in salvation.” Romans 10:10 - A loving heart.
Though you have not seen him, you love him; and even though you do not see him now, you believe in him and are filled with an inexpressible and glorious joy.” 1 Peter 1:8 - An obedient heart.
“I will give you a new heart and put a new spirit inside you; I will take the stony heart out of your flesh and give you a heart of flesh.” Ezekiel 36:26
Do you find yourself in a dry and weary place thirsty for His touch? Allow Him to wash you with His word, making you responsive once again to His touch.
You are His beautiful jar of clay, His masterpiece, carrying this glorious treasure wherever you go.
“We are like common clay jars that carry this glorious treasure within, so that this immeasurable power will be seen as God’s, not ours.” 2 Corinthians 4:7
Kaylie Hollins Ministries 