There is Joy in the Presence of Jesus
"Surely you have granted him eternal blessings and made him glad with the joy of your presence." (Psalm 21:6)
I got the idea for this drawing out of 2 different experiences in worship.
The
first was a time of powerful corporate worship. We had been highly
exalting and magnifying Jesus, and his presence had become very thick
and manifest in the room. "But thou art holy, O thou that inhabitest
the praises of Israel" (Psalm 22:3 KJV). The presence of Jesus
overflowed us with joy, and that joy was so strong that it moved us to
dance before the Lord. I actually felt the Spirit (not solely my own
desire) compelling me to dance before him. This drawing partially tries
to illustrate that experience.
The second experience that
inspired this piece was a time of private worship. For several days I
had felt a spiritual oppression and a mysterious depression come over
me and weigh down my soul like a thick, wet blanket. It came on slowly,
so I didn't really notice the affect it was having on me till days
later. However, once I came to my senses and realised how heavy,
disturbed and aggravated my soul had become, I turned on some powerful
live worship/warfare music (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wDfOxlUgCYg)
and (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PQiPGhbGesQ&feature=related).
As
I began to worship, immediately I felt the oppression begin to come off
me. The more and more I worshiped, the more I felt the presence of
Jesus tear off and stamp out the blanket of spiritual oppression. Very
soon, the oppression was beneath my feet, and it felt like the higher I
lifted Jesus and the more I focused on him, the more the oppression
was being crushed and was rapidly disappearing. "The God of peace will
soon crush Satan under your feet" (Romans 16:20).
Within a very
short space of time, I had gone from being heavy-laden, depressed and
oppressed to soaring in lightness of spirit on wings of worship and
being enveloped with the joy of the presence of God. Praise is a
powerful weapon! (See also "The Power of Praise")
In this
drawing, the gold piercing the black oppression beneath the dancers'
feet is symbolic of this experience. Jesus' hands, which are symbolic
of his presence, reach down to commune with the worshiping children of
God. The rainbow colours are symbolic of praise and God's presence
(Revelation 4:3). The gold symbolizes God inhabiting their praises.
"The
Spirit of the Sovereign LORD is on me [Jesus], because the LORD has
anointed me to...bestow on them [believers]...the oil of gladness
instead of mourning, and a garment of praise instead of a spirit of
despair." (Isaiah 61:1, 3)
"You turned my wailing into dancing;
you removed my sackcloth and clothed me with joy, that my heart may
sing to you and not be silent. O LORD my God, I will give you thanks
forever." (Psalm 30:11-12)
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There is Joy in the Presence of Jesus
Fine Art Print on Paper of Original
watercolor, colored pencil, acrylic, gel medium by Rebecca Brogran
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