The other day I was sitting here just looking at names on Facebook and I would receive a picture over various ones. I would take some thought and send someone a message about what I saw. I did this with people I did not know and had no “clue” about. It was my way of paying it forward a little.

The results were great and even a little fun. One person called me and said “who are you really?” I like the “pay it forward” idea because honestly I want my life to change. I want the life of others to change and I want my world to change. I watched this video I posted on my news site the other day. It is crazy and worth the 5 minutes. A little boy, a $20 bill and and soldier. Paying it forward.

People need people.

My wife and I have experienced a lot of “circumstances” lately. I don’t know why. My old thinking would have heaped condemnation upon my head, rebuked all and decreed all. But here I am. Free in the midst of the storm. One of her questions to me was what if we “received a $1,000. What would we do with it? Would we give it away?”

Each of us has to make that individual decision. Not for all time’s sake but for each and every thing that comes to you. What is God asking you to hold on to? To let go of?

A gift of $1,000 might help me out. It might do nothing for you. Or it might be the next 3 months of living expense for another. Jesus spoke of the faith of the woman and two mites. What do we do? Who are we really? And what if He tells you to sow it?

This morning I woke from a dream. Not in my customary “roll out of bed and hit the road running” style, but wanting to just hang out there with my thoughts. Not bad thoughts or thoughts of discouragement but thoughts of freedom and deliverance.

My dream took me everywhere and I saw everything. Life was fast paced and I was not ready for a lot of it. In the dream I encountered many of my friends and I saw who they were “really”. My response to that was to break out words with them. To share with them the beauty I saw. The life I saw. Honestly I woke up thinking how cool my friends were.

But there was also this lady. At first I did not recognize her. She kept talking to me. Harshly. In real life I know I “upset” her. Her husband and I were really good friends at one point. But because of her fears she worked to undermine our relationship. I have seen them a few times and with him it is like nothing has happened. With her I feel like garbage has been dumped on me. So here I was in this dream and the Lord began to show me her “hidden” life. There was beauty and youthfulness. But I also saw the pain of failure. Not this embittered person I “know”. (Life will make you bitter or better.)

In the dream I was asked if I could make a delivery. As I read the name on the envelope, I began to get nervous. This was an old school friend. How did he get in this picture? (In this dream?) So I grabbed the envelope and instantly I was on my way.

Honestly I sit here often and recognize how much a word might change a life. Change a season for someone. I go through personal struggles of giving. (Not money but even words.) I want to change the world. I remember a friend receiving a 6 figure check (6 before the decimal point.) and him thinking of what he could do only to have the Lord appear, telling him to give it away. He did.

But I see the bigger, long term value of equipping others to hear and to prophesy. It is not about “doing” the stuff. I will and I do. (I love to change lives. I will stay there all day and have for a roomful of people to give everyone their word. Only a year ago I began at 11AM and was done at…6PM!)

Who are you really? God wants YOU to know. And yes, I see people differently than others. I often “feel” pain for a room knowing I have to do something about it. But I often see the “beauty” and want them to know it.

Long ago I came to the conclusion that anyone can find the “wrong”, the dirt. But like a prospector of old I am looking for the gold.

Today God is posing to you the question. Who are you really? Begin the journey of determining who you are. And enjoy the ride!