Isaiah 40:12 ~~ "Who hath measured the
waters in the hollow of his hand, and meted out heaven with
the span, and comprehended the dust of the earth in a
measure, and weighed the mountains in scales, and the hills
in a balance?"
In a vision, I saw a large, cupped hand. It was a right
hand, not a left hand. In my spirit, I sensed that this
hand was the hand of the Lord. This large, cupped hand was
held out over the face of the entire earth.
"Look into My hand," I heard a voice (the Lord's voice)
instruct me.
In the vision, I found myself crawling slowly and carefully
up the large hand until I reached the top of the hand. I
looked down into the palm of this hand. To my surprise, I
saw that the Lord's hand contained multitudes of people.
"Go down and join these people," the Lord said to me.
I began to lower myself carefully into the palm of the Lord,
but slipped. I landed in the palm of the Lord with all the
others. I began to glance around at all the people who were
around me. Some of the people were very calm, and were
resting and at peace in the palm of the Lord. But I saw
other people who appeared confused, upset and frightened
about where they were.
Some of the people who were confused about where they were,
were attempting to climb up the inside of the hand of the
Lord. But they kept slipping as I had done, and would only
fall back down into the palm of the Lord. These people were
getting more and more confused, and more and more
frightened.
Then, a shadow fell inside the Lord's palm. With everyone
else, I quickly glanced upwards to see what was causing the
shadow. I was surprised to see that the Lord had raised His
left hand to place it over and above His right hand.
The people who were already confused and frightened became
even more so when the Lord cupped His left hand over His
right hand. They began to cry out and were in great
distress.
The rest of the people in the palm of the Lord continued to
remain calm and at peace.
Then, the sounds of a great storm came to the ears of all of
us who were in the palm of the Lord. The sound of the storm
was originating from the east. Even though the Lord had
cupped His left hand over His right hand, rain was drenching
those of us at the bottom of the palm of His right hand.
As the storm continued to rage, all of us in the Lord's
right hand huddled close together. Even though we were all
getting wet from the storm, we knew we were being protected
by God's other hand from the full force and fury of the
storm.
Finally, the sound of the storm abated. As some of the
people began to once again attempt to climb up the inside of
the Lord's hand, I heard the Lord exclaim, "Prepare
yourselves; for it is not over yet! Remain in My hand and
You will be saved. Fear not, for I am a refuge for all who
trust in Me.
"As I have poured out My fury and indignation upon one area
of the earth, even so will I pour out My judgment upon other
areas of the earth that have forsaken My laws and judgments.
For I am a just and righteous God; without partiality. As My
judgment has struck in one nation, so will it strike in
other wicked nations who have forsaken to follow My ways and
My counsel."
Then, another storm struck. One storm after the other struck
in an almost seemingly unending succession. During these
storms, other people continued to drop into the palm of the
Lord's hand. They were of every nationality and race. They
joined those of us at the bottom of the Lord's hand, and
sought and found shelter with us.
What seemed a very long time later, the sounds of the storms
ceased. Suddenly, bright light shone into the shadowed
recesses of the Lord's palm. Those of us in the bottom of
the palm of the Lord glanced upwards. We saw that the Lord
had removed His left hand from sheltering those of us cupped
within His right hand.
Then, slowly and carefully, the Lord stretched out His right
hand so that it was held out flat. Those of us who had been
huddling in the palm of the Lord were now able to stand
upright. As we gazed out upon the earth, we were amazed and
stricken at the devastation that met our eyes.
Whole areas of the earth had been destroyed.
"Before each time of My judgment upon a particular area of
the earth," I heard the Lord say, "I will raise up My
prophets to proclaim that judgment. I will give warning both
to the righteous and to the unrighteous. Whether the people
will hear, or whether they will not hear; I will not allow
My judgments to fall without warning. I will no longer wink
at sinful and unrighteous nations. I have given warning
beforehand so that when it comes to pass, all may remember
and believe."
(Psalm 46)
In Him,
~~ Hollie L. Moody
