Escaping

It isn't often that I operate in the spiritual gifts, but every once in awhile I'll get a prophetic word or something. While praying during a Bible study a few years back, God showed me a picture that has stuck with me, and came to mind again today.

I was in a box. It was a transparent cube, allowing me to see out, but forcing me to sit with my back against the wall and my knees bent in front of me. At first I was disturbed; why was I trapped?

As we continued praying as a group, I realized that as I prayed, the box around me was expanding. Gradually I was able to stretch out, move around a little bit more.  This was exciting - I was quickly motivated to pray more, to watch my boundaries increase.

As I looked out from my cube, I realized I could see other cubes across the landscape. Every cube had someone in it, trapped as I was. Every cube was a slightly different size. Some where small, some large. As I observed, I suddenly realized that some of the cubes were growing. One in particular seemed to be increasing more then the others, and as I watched it, it suddenly exploded in a flash of light. The individual inside was completely free. Another box, further in the horizon, exploded as well. Another person was free. My prayers increased as I grew in my enthusiasm to see my box expand and break.

After awhile I grew tired. My mind wandered, my prayers slowed and ceased. Eventually I realized that my box had stopped growing, and actually had begun shrinking again. I started praying again.

This cycle (praying, expanding, tiring, shrinking) continued until our prayer time was completed and I was left pondering the implications.