The Vision by Rick Joyner
The Cup of Tears
I then looked back at the Lord and was astonished to see tears in His eyes. He had wiped the tears away from every eye here, except His own. As a tear ran down His cheek, He caught it in His hand. He then offered it to me.
"This is My cup. Will you drink it with Me?"
There was no way that I could refuse Him. As the Lord continued to look at me, I began to feel His great love. Even as foul as I was, He still loved me. As undeserving as I was, He wanted me to be close to Him. Then He said:
"I love all of these with a love that you cannot now under stand. I also love all who are supposed to be here but did not com I left the ninety-nine to go after the one who was lost. My shepher would not leave the one to go after the ninety-nine who are still l I came to save the lost. Will you share My heart to go and save the lost? Will you help to fill this room? Will you help to fill these thrones and every other seat in this hall? Will you take up this quest to bring joy to heaven, to Me and to My Father?
"This is judgment for My own household, and My own house. is not full. The last battle will not be over until My house is full.
Only then will it be time for us to redeem the earth and remove the evil from My creation. If you drink My cup, you will love the lost the way that I love them."
He took a cup so plain that it seemed out of place in a room of such glory, and He placed His tear in it. He then gave it to me. I have never tasted anything so bitter! I knew that I could in no way drink it all, or even much of it, but I was determined to drink as much as I could. The Lord patiently waited until I finally erupted into such weeping that I felt like rivers of tears were flowing from me. I was crying for the lost, but even more I was crying for the Lord.
I looked to Him in desperation, for I could not take any more of the great pain. Then His peace began to fill me, flowing together with the river of His love that erupted when I drank from His cup. Never had I felt anything so wonderful. This was the living water that I knew would spring up for eternity.
Then I felt as if the waters flowing within me caught on fire! I began to feel that this fire would consume me if I could not start declaring the majesty of His glory. I had never felt such an urge to preach, to worship Him, and to breathe every breath for the sake of His gospel.
"Lord!" I shouted, forgetting everyone but Him. "I now know that this throne of judgment is also the throne of grace, and I ask You now for the grace to serve You. Above all things, 1 ask You for grace! I ask You for the grace to finish my course. I ask You for the grace to love You like this, so I can be delivered from the delusions and self-centeredness that have so perverted my life.
"I call upon You for salvation from myself and the evil of my heart, so this love I now feel can flow in my heart continually. I ask You to give me Your heart, Your love. I ask for the grace of the Holy Spirit to convict me of my sin and to testify of You as You really are. Give me the grace to preach the reality of this judgment and testify of all You hav prepared for those who come to You. I ask for the grace to share with those who are called to occupy these empty thrones, to give them words of encouragement that will keep them on the path of life and impart to them the faith to do what they have been called to do. Lord, I beg You for this grace!"