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True Justice
by Lorri Dresbach
Following is a vision
experienced by Lorri Dresbach. I can
testify that this vision has been
life changing for her. I pray that
it will be for you as well. -- Tracy
Schellhorn
At a
very difficult time in my life, the Lord
started speaking to me about His justice
and revealing Himself to me as THE
Righteous Judge. At the time, I had no
idea what it meant, because the
onslaught of the enemy was so fierce
that all I could see was injustice in my
life.
Finally, I heard the Lord tell me to
take it to His courtroom. At first, I
was afraid to do it. I was afraid to
hear what would be said of me and of my
life. A religious “works” mindset along
with a perfectionistic attitude was
working against me full-time. I was
afraid to stand before a righteous
judge, because I hadn't done enough --
wasn't perfected yet. I was sure He
would tell me why all the difficulties
were happening to me, and it would once
again be "my fault." I knew in my head
that I was forgiven, but I had no idea
what grace was. I knew I could “come
boldly before the throne of Grace" but
had no idea how to do it.
The
Lord has always been revealing His heart
of love toward me, but I couldn't
receive it...didn't deserve it. At a
breaking point I said, "Well, who
deserves it anyway?" and finally
proceeded into the courtroom ready to
face the Lord.
At
once, an amazing thing happened to me.
I was able to see, REALLY SEE! The
presence of the Lord was so bright that
at first all I could see in the
courtroom was myself, but then I
perceived a hideous creature emerging.
It was covered with pointing, sharp
horns like a reptile, and it seemed like
all of the horns were pointed at me!
The
Lord revealed that this creature was the
accuser of the brethren. I could
finally see my adversary, but I was
surprised to see that he was using me as
his biggest weapon. Not only was I
receiving his lies and accusations, I
was pointing the finger at myself as
well.
I
expected to be perfect. What a lie!!!
No
sooner had the accuser appeared than the
cross appeared between us. The
beautiful Lamb of God was hanging there
on the cross, silent before His accuser.
With the cross between us, the accuser
had to remain silent as well. No more
could this accuser hurl the insults at
me, because the precious Lamb of God was
between the two of us -- taking all of
it for me.
There
were no words -- only peace. The only
perfect One was paying the price for me,
and I finally understood.
The
next thing I noticed was that I was
behind the defendant's table. Oh my,
how could I defend myself? I was
guilty, wasn't I?
No
sooner had that thought raced through my
head than I realized I had a lawyer. He
was to my left. My lawyer was Jesus, the
Advocate. He had taken my case and was
defending me to the Righteous Judge. I
thought to myself, "How can I lose this
court battle if Jesus is my lawyer?"
The Father spoke softly to me, "You're
starting to understand."
At
that precise moment, I could begin
to see the Judge who was presiding over
this courtroom. This was too good to be
true! The Righteous Judge was Jesus
Christ Himself. I was getting excited
to see what would happen next! Not only
was Jesus my Savior, He was also my
lawyer and my judge.
I was
feeling like this case was pretty much
won -- the prosecutor couldn't speak and
my defense lawyer was also my judge!
Nothing could have prepared me for the
next phase of the courtroom. As I
looked at myself, I saw nail holes in my
hands and feet, and I was dressed in
white. I was the body of Christ. I was
the defendant, but the defendant was
Jesus Christ as well.
I sat
and wept. All of the years of trying to
justify my actions, trying to defend
myself melted away. Finally, I was
FREE. Free to be imperfect and accept
Jesus' perfection on my behalf.
Finally, I understood that striving
caused me to open the door to
accusation. I was going back to the Law
-- that is why I had to take it to the
courtroom. Jesus didn't do away with
the Law but fulfilled it in every way,
so that we don't have to. So much
revelation flowed in that moment that I
continue t o get downloads every time I
think about His courtroom. We serve an
amazing God
But the story doesn't end there.
The vision ended, and I was
stunned. I needed to let it sink
in. Scriptures that confirmed the
vision started flooding my Spirit.
All of the scriptures that I knew in
my mind became alive. A few are
listed here, but there are many,
many more.
1
John 2:1 "......My dear children, I
write this to you so that you will
not sin. But if anyone does sin, we
have one who speaks to the Father in
our defense--Jesus Christ, the
Righteous One."
Romans 8:1-2 "Therefore, there is
now no condemnation for those who
are in Christ Jesus, because through
Christ Jesus the law of the Spirit
of life set me free from the law of
sin and death."
2 Corinthians
5:21 "He made Him who knew no
sin {to be} sin on our behalf,
so that we might become the
righteousness of God in Him."
Philippians 1:6 "{For I am}
confident of this very thing, that
He who began a good work in you will
perfect it until the day of Christ
Jesus."
I
continued to meditate on the vision.
There was something that still
bothered me. We were at a stalemate
-- the accuser and I. I was in the
courtroom still, and I knew I was
victorious, but Jesus was also still
on the cross between the accuser and
me. I wanted the accuser gone. I
wanted Jesus to be resurrected and
seated at the right hand of God the
Father in this vision. I had no
idea how to get there, but the
vision was "stuck" on pause.
The
Lord began to speak, "Worship the
King. Enter My gates with thanksgiving
and My courts with praise." So, I did.
It seemed silly at first, but I knew it
was right. The vision started again.
I
watched to see what the Lord would
reveal, and I kept praising Him. Jesus
entered into the courtroom mounted on a
white horse with a double-edged sword in
His hand. He was dressed in royal
battle attire with a crown upon His
head. This was my victorious King!
He
took the sword, and with one swift
strike shattered His enemy -- the
accuser. Immediately I heard, "The
accuser has been cast down!!! The
accuser has been cast down!!!" There
was nothing left of him. Like glass,
the accuser had been shattered. The
Lord had been "enthroned on the praise
of His people” -- Psalms 22:3 -- and
Justice was served. I was shouting and
praising like never before! I had never
seen such power and authority, and I had
never felt such joy and freedom!
You see, if we have accepted Christ
as our Lord and Savior, we have
accepted the fact that Jesus Christ
received the death sentence we
deserved and paid the price with His
life. We are not guilty,
because He served the sentence. So
we a re declared "not guilty" and
"innocent" in the courtroom of
heaven -- THE SUPREME COURT!!!
God doesn't point
an accusing finger; He leads us
with mercy and grace. He isn't
waiting for us to measure up
--Christ did that for us. He is
waiting for us to stop trying to
be perfect and just be
surrendered. He began the good
work in us and will continue it
unto perfection!!! Our job is
to let Him do it. His strength
is perfected in our weakness --
so be weak, imperfect, submitted
vessels, and watch Him conquer
your adversaries as you enthrone
Him on your praises!
Note from Tracy:
This vision is so
powerful on its own that I don’t
want to diminish it by adding
“dribble” at the end. However, there
are two things that stand out to me
that someone out there needs to
hear.
The first is that the
pointing horns on the accuser in
this vision relate to us the power
and authority those accusations can
have in our lives, IF WE LET THEM.
If you are struggling
under the weight of guilt and
condemnation, I urge you to study
the scriptures that reveal to you
the power of the blood of Jesus. It
obliterates everything that it’s
applied to, so whatever “used to be”
doesn’t even exist anymore. If you
need some help in this area, contact
this ministry at
mmitoday@bellsouth.net, and
someone will help you find what you
need in God’s Word to pull the plug
on the power these accusations have
in your life. As Lorri discovered,
these accusations are not coming
from the Lord but from the evil one
himself.
The second is the power
of praise. I cannot over-emphasize how
much harm you do to the enemy’s camp
when you praise the Lord. When you lift
Jesus up, you form a canopy of praise
around you where the Lord can be
enthroned, which becomes a refuge for
you from the wiles of the evil
one. Also, praising the Lord focuses you
on the goodness, mercy and power of the
Lord rather than whatever it is that is
coming against you. Your spirit is
ignited and strengthened, and your
relationship with the Lord revitalized
as you praise. Praising the Lord
releases faith, and faith moves the
Lord. Besides, the enemy really doesn’t
want to come anywhere near the praises
of the Lord. It’s like torture to
him. You want to see the evil one
flee? Praise the Lord. Lorri’s praises,
aroused the Lord to come to her rescue
as the conquering King. The praises of
King David did the same. The Lord is no
respecter of persons. If He did it for
them, He will do it for you.
May the power and reality
of God’s true justice change your life
forever and break the chains that bind
you.
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