Hi Michael;

Your letter reminded me of something that Rick Joyner said in one of his books which told the story of a series of visions where God opened his eyes to see the spiritual battles taking place within the church, both today and in the future - as well as a guided tour through heaven.   

While in heaven, Rick met many men in history as well as now deceased contemporaries who had impressed him as great men of God and had had profound influences on his life.   He was very surprised that most of them were actually in the “lower” ranks of heaven.   When he asked them why they didn’t receive greater rewards, most gave the reason of pride.  Pride in their accomplishments had diminished their rewards.   As Rick made his way through the ranks of heaven, he eventually came to the Judgment seat of Christ.  Those in the highest ranks were sitting on the thrones that were all part of Christ’s throne.   The people on these thrones ruled over such things as cities on earth, affairs of heaven, and the stars and the galaxies.   There were still many of these empty thrones to be filled.   

While some of these people who had inherited the highest rewards had been wealthy and/or well known people on earth, many had been missionaries who expended their lives in obscurity.  However, the thing that most stood out for me was the following sentence:  “HOWEVER, IT SEEMED THAT FAITHFUL, PRAYING WOMEN AND MOTHERS OCCUPIED MORE THRONES THAN ANY OTHER SINGLE GROUP. 

You are so right Michael.  I too believe that these little old ladies (and anyone else) who diligently loves and prays for God’s people and his will…never concerning themselves about whether anyone else in the world appreciates their sacrifice…those are the people that God knows he can trust to help rule and judge.

P.S.  I thought it might bless you to know that it had been a long time since I had read these visions.   I knew that line was in either Rick Joyner’s “The Final Quest” or “The Call”, but I didn’t know which and I didn’t know where.  I didn’t want to misquote Rick and I didn’t have much time, so I asked God to show me right away where that sentence was.   I picked up the “Final Quest” and let it just fall open and started reading on that page.  Within two pages, I had found the spot for which I was looking.   At that point I was pretty sure that God wanted me to share this with you.   

For those of you who have not read the “The Final Quest” (which is part one) and “The Call” (which is part two), I highly encourage you to get those two books (or you can get them in one volume).  They are a fascinating read and provide great encouragement for today’s spiritual battles as well as delightful insights into heaven.   
 

Barbie