Chapter 92
The Eye Of The Needle Prophecy
To discern and hear the voice of god and to walk with Him usually requires an attitude adjustment. Often our thoughts and desires need fine-tuning. There is nothing wrong with God and His ability to communicate; the problem is with us, because the cares of the world and desire for riches choke out our ability to hear His voice. Has anyone ever noticed how hard it is to communicate to a youngster while he is in the middle of a video game or to an adult watching a football game? it is the same way in our lives; we are so finely tuned into worldly desires that we shut off all communications from the spiritual and heavenly realm.
Years ago I was privileged to receive a copy of the following prophecy, The eye of the needle, which was delivered during a church service in 1983 in Dallas, Texas. As you read it and meditate upon it, apply it. Use it to correct the direction and attitude of your heart and hearing. If you will listen, consider, and apply the knowledge in this prophecy to your liking, it will truly accomplish god’s desired results for your life.
The Prophecy as it was spoken and recorded…
…“And upon that day, I said to the Lord, ‘I will do mighty exploits in the name of my god.’And the Lord came unto me and He said, ‘What is it, son of man that you would have?’And I said, ‘Lord, if I could only be among those who play sweetly upon an instrument, and who sing well in the house of the Lord, then would I do great things for my god.’ And the Lord came to me, and He gave to me the desire of my heart. He stood me among the sons of man, and He let me play, and He let me sing, and I saw the day when the hearts of men were moved by that thing which the Lord had given to me. And as the hearts of men were content for I had been able to move the hearts of men. But in my secret hour, I bowed my head before my god, and I said, ‘Lord, you have given me what I asked for, but tonight my heart is heavy, and I have a longing for something more.’ He came again to me in the night, and He said, ‘son of man, ask me again the thing that you would have of Me.’ And I said, ‘Lord, I see men bowed by burdens low. I see hearts that are broken. I see sadness and discouragement. Oh, give me but the power of the spoken word that I might speak a word, and hearts will be delivered.’ And the Word of the LORD came unto me, and He said, ‘son of man, I have given you the thing that you desire’, and with great joy, I marched before the people of god, and in my youth and my enthusiasm, I spoke the Word, and men were delivered, and I spoke the Word, and their hearts were made whole, and I knew what it was to bind the broken hearted, to pour in the oil of joy for morning. While men were praising Him and magnifying His name, I went back to my secret chamber, and I bowed my head in sorrow, and I said, ‘Oh, my God, my God, I am not satisfied; I am not satisfied; I am not satisfied.’ And He came again unto me, and He said, ‘son of man, what is it that you again desire?’And I said, ‘Oh, my god give me but power in my hands that as you bid me to do, I might lay my hands upon the sick, and I might see healing flow; that I might have power.’ He said, ‘it is done as you have commanded. Go and heal the sick in My name.’ I went to the nations of the earth, and I saw the sick raised from their sickbeds, and I saw pain and suffering go away, and I was rejoicing as I went to my place, and I bowed my head before my God, and I said, ‘Now shall I be satisfied for You have given me what I desired’, but no longer had the words come out of my mouth until my heart within me began to ache and cry, and I said, ‘god, I do not understand this, for again my heart is sad. Lord, will you just one more time give me the thing I ask of you?’ He said, ‘it is done.’ I said, ‘god, I desire to go against principalities and powers, and the powers of the wickedness of this world, and spiritual darkness in high places.’ He said, ‘surely I give it to you. Now, go’, and I went, and the Lord allowed me to go into dens of iniquity, and holes and dives where men hide from the light because of the sin and evil that is upon them. There was a day when I saw demons cry out at the very presence of the power of god that rested, and I went back to my place broken, and I said, ‘god, I have asked you for all that I desire, and still my heart is unsatisfied, nor do I feel that I have touched the thing you have called me to’. In my youth, I had expended myself with all the things that my heart had desired. One more time, a gracious and a loving god visited me in the night season, and He said, ‘now, what is it that you desire?’ in brokenness of heart, I bowed before Him, and I said, ‘god, only that thing which you desire to give to me.’ He came to me, and He said, ‘Come with Me, and I will take you on a journey.’ He took me past my friends, and He took me past those with whom I had come into the House of the Lord, and He took me into a desolate place, and He caused me to go into a place alone in the wilderness, and I said, ‘Oh, my god, now you have cut me off from those I love. What are you doing to me?’ He said, ‘I take you to the place that all men must come to if their heart’s cry is to be ful filled.’ On a certain hour, I bowed before a gate that is called the Eye of the needle. There, before the eye of the needle, I heard the voice of the Lord say, ‘Bow low.’ I bowed low, and He said, ‘no; lower,’ so I bowed lower. He said, ‘no; yet lower. You do not go low enough.’ I went as low as I could go, but I had upon my back my books of learning, and I had with me my instruments of music, and I had with me my gifts and abilities, and He said to me, ‘you have too much. You cannot go through this gate.’ I said, ‘god, you have given me these books, and you have given me these abilities.” He said, ‘Drop them, or you do not go.’ I dropped them, and I went through a very small gate that is called the eye of the needle. As I went through this gate, I heard the voice of the Lord say, ‘now, rise to the other side.’ As I rose, a very strange thing happened to me, for now the gate, which was so small that I had to lay aside everything, was now so wide I could not fill it. As I stood in the presence of the Lord, He said, ‘you have come through the gate of worship. Now, come up to the circle of the earth, and I will show you a great mystery, and I will reveal to you the thing which I am doing among the sons of men.’ The spirit of the Lord caught me away, and He took me to the circle of the earth; higher than the eagle flies; beyond where the clouds can tumble; beyond where the sunshines or the moon shines, and there at the throne of god, He said, ‘Look down upon My peoples.’ I saw a strange thing. I saw my companions gathered around a very small gate, and I saw them wringing their hands and crying, and saying one to another, ‘god has given us these instruments of war. This sword is my sword. I will whip thee, and my sword and I will work with the enemy, and I will bring down the enemy. I cannot go through this gate, for if I go through this gate, I must put down my sword. I must put down my instruments of war. God has bound me to be a warrior, and therefore will I not do it.’ I heard another one say, ‘Me? Lay down my instruments of music? Lay down all that god has given me to go through that silly little gate; to be nothing but a bare man who comes out on the other side; stripped of everything? I cannot do this thing.’ I saw, as they stood aside in their pride, afraid to bow themselves before a very small gate, and I saw again, as the Lord brought me closer to the gate, and I saw men bow low, laying down everything they had, and as they came through the very wide gate on the other side, their instruments of music were there, and their swords were there. Their books were there. The power was there. The Word of the Lord came unto me, ‘go now, and tell this people this thing. I have given to this people extreme talent, and much ability. I have caused you who are instrumentalists to play, and I say to you this night, if you do not come through the very small gate which is the gate of worship, and bow low, and lay before Me your talents and your abilities and your vision and your power, you shall always be those who will only be able to minister to the hearts of men, and bless the hearts of men. But there is a gate open in the church in this hour which is a very small gate, and through that gate, only men who are worshippers will go, and these men will fall on their face before Me, and these men will lay their talents before their god, and these men will say, ‘god, we will be worshippers,’ and through the wide gate they will come, and as they come through that wide gate, hear ye the Word of the Lord. They will arise on the other side not to minister unto men, but to minister unto their god. I have brought this people together this night to give to you a choice. You can minister to men, and I will cause you to sway the hearts of men with your talent, or you can go through a very small gate and in making you worshippers, you will minister to the King.’”1
Will we worship god today? Will we lay down our ministry, our gifts, and our talents before Him. Would any of us be able to lay down our home, and our belongings, to follow Him? Do we possess our ministry and belongings, or do they possess us? We have one short chance in this life to achieve eternal life to the fullest. If we want to go high with god, we must allow Him to take us low. He will offer us the choice. He never forces His will or His way on anyone. It is your free choice. It will be difficult, yet the rewards will forever be worth it. “‘And if it seems evil to you to serve the Lord, choose for yourselves this day whom you will serve, whether the gods which your fathers served that [were] on the other side of the River, or the gods of the Amorites, in whose land you dwell. But as for me and my house, we will serve the Lord.’ So the people answered and said: ‘Far be it from us that we should forsake the Lord to serve other gods.’”2