THE CRYSTAL, THE CELL.

From A Vision.

The crystal grows, But has not life, It cannot change or move, Cannot reproduce itself, Cannot bring forth new life.

The crystal Grows, But keeps its members rigid, Locked up in its ways, Does not contain the water of life.

The crystal looks beautiful, But is hard and breaks easily, One wrong move and its gone forever. It cannot be healed, But shatters into a million sharp pieces that cut and stab.

The cell grows, Has life, Can reproduce itself, Can bring forth new life.

The cell is not rigid, Is not locked up in its ways, Sets its members free, The cell has healing within.

The cell is not hard, But soft in the masters hand, Can change shape as need be, Can be healed, Brings forth healing, Has the water of life within.

Be not hard, Be not locked up in your ways, But be soft in the hands of the Lord, Be soft unto each other.

Do not cut each other my people, Be not locked up like the crystal is locked up in its ways.

Forgive and live says the Lord.

Be free and mouldable like the cell is free and mouldable, Watch you do not become locked into your ways, Locked up with your doctrines, Doctrines made of man, Beware the spirit of the Pharisees, Beware of that snake of religion, For the Letter of the law kills, But the spirit brings life.

For the word without the spirit is just like a seed buried in the desert without water, All dead and dry, For only the water of my spirit brings the seed of the word to life.

My Church, My Body, Do not lock your members up, But set them free that they may grow in the Lord.

For who the son sets free is free indeed.

Many times we and our fellowships are just like that crystal, All hard and locked up in our ways ( myself included ).

We break up and shatter into many sharp pieces at the slightest thing - Break up and cut each other just like the sharp pieces of crystal would cut our hands.

This is why many relationships break apart and fellowships spilt I believe because much of the body of Christ has become hard and rigid in its ways, Much like that crystal in the vision is hard and rigid.

We follow rigid programs and plans, Follow our plans instead of truly following the Lords plan.

And yes our fellowships will grow by following these plans, But will lack life just like that crystal lacks life.

But when the pressures come we shatter and splinter instead of overcoming them, Shatter and cut each other.

The word says that we are a living body. So We should grow and move like a living body moves and grows - Grows and heals. For only a living body can reproduce itself and adapt to take the pressures that come on it.

So let us be soft, Adaptable, Mouldable in the hands of the Lord, Be soft like that living cell.

For when the storms come, We shall stand like that house in the word stands, For it was built on the right foundations.

So if we find that we have become hard like that crystal, Ask the Lord to soften us, So that we become like the cell above, All soft and full of life as the Lord intended, Going forth and making disciples of all men.

Lord I pray that you will mould us into the way you would have us to be, Thy will be done on earth, As it is in heaven, In our lives.

Lord soften our hearts I pray in Jesus name.

Not our will but your will be done, Help us to decrease so that you may increase in our lives dear Lord.

Dave Howe - Wellspring prophetic ministries, England. 9.11.2000.