The Pot of Boiling Acid
“For God speaketh once, yea twice, yet man perceiveth it not. In a dream, in a vision of the night, when deep sleep falleth upon men, in slumberings upon the bed; Then he openeth the ears of men, and sealeth their instruction, That he may withdraw man from his purpose, and hide pride from man. He keepeth back his soul from the pit, and his life from perishing by the sword.” Job 33:14 – 18.
I once read of someone having the following dream: “In a dream I saw an angel standing with a large vat in his hands. The vat was filled with what appeared to be boiling acid. A man came and stood before the angel, who then began to pour the acid upon the man’s head!
“What are you doing?!” I exclaimed.
The angel continued pouring as he looked at me and solemnly said, “These are the curses with which he has cursed others, now being poured out upon his own head!”
The sight was so riveting that I woke up and lay still in my bed. I wondered first if I was the man in the dream, and quickly started blessing everybody I could think of!
Next, I questioned if what I had seen in the dream could even be true, for it seemed so sinister. And yet it also had a sobering sense of Divine justice about it. I found the sight to be deeply disturbing. I got up and began searching through the Scripture for an answer. My search was not fruitless. “As he loved cursing, so let it come unto him: as he delighted not in blessing, so let it be far from him. As he clothed himself with cursing like as with his garment, so let it come into his bowels like water, and like oil into his bones.” Ps 109: 17 & 18.”
What is the lesson that Lord is teaching us? He who curses others will himself be cursed. Jesus said, “Judge not, that ye be not judged. For with what judgment ye judge, ye shall be judged: and with what measure ye mete, it shall be measured to you again.” Mat 7:1 & 2.
As it applies to cursing, so also does it apply to blessing. The man who blesses others will himself be blessed. Whatever measure you mete out will be measured back to you. In yet another text Jesus said “But I say unto you, Love your enemies, bless them that curse you, do good to them that hate you, and pray for them which despitefully use you, and persecute you;” Mat 5:44.
Could it be that the blessing we speak to those who are cursing us is for the purpose of keeping us from coming into the place of cursing ourselves? I think so. How solemn to think that cursing another person actually postures you to receive that very curse upon yourself! Look at Pro 26:2 “As the bird by wandering, as the swallow by flying, so the curse causeless shall not come.” A swallow always returns to its nest, there where he came from.
But then, how wonderful to believe that by blessing another you inevitably inherit the blessing yourself! Despite the bewildering images of this night vision, one thing is certain: Since being taught this lesson and receiving this warning, I have been very careful with my words.
As for mé and mý house, we are going to BLESS others; that we might inherit a blessing.
“ABBA Father, I thank you for this lesson. Lord, I confess that I have cursed people or have spoken negatively over them. Please forgive me. Please help end enable me, from today, to bless. Thank you that I know, because I bless people in love, that I will also be blessed. This I ask in the Name of Jesus Christ. Amen.”