My Room in His Mansion

I host a small group at my house every Thursday night, and it has been an amazing, beautiful time of bonding and loving one another in the Lord.
This last week I was praying before the time my friends arrive and the Lord was really highlighting to me the huge importance of the revelation and Spirit of Sonship, that He is our Papa Daddy God, which makes us His Precious Sons and Daughters.

He gave me an example: when someone from a wealthy country adopts a child from a poorer country, the parents first do all this intense research, find out as much as they can about their child, pay a whole bunch of money, and etc. But the last step is to prepare a room in their home for their new son or daughter who is coming home!

Daddy said to me, "When I looked at you, I thought, 'I must have her as my daughter; she must be mine.' You are mine now, and you have a room here in your Heavenly Home, which is My Home. You are seated, resting, living, in Heavenly Places - as my Daughter."

Then I had a vision. I don't know how real visions can get, but I feel like I am having them more and more lately. This one was definitely more than in my mind's eye. Also just to preface: I feel like this vision is very symbolic of our treasure in Heaven but also is, in fact, reality. So maybe keep in mind as you are reading the symbolism in this as well as the tangible, reality of it. :) Daddy and I were in Heaven in the vision, and He showed me that every person who has believed in Jesus has a special room in His many mansions. Then he escorted me into my room. It was fairly big, really pink, and although I saw walls, there still seemed to be no end to it. I saw a huge bed with a canopy over it, totally princessy. And I saw all kinds of items and fancy furniture, but I couldn't actually see them in detail. I didn't know exactly what kinds of things they were, but I did know that everything He had handcrafted for me - me personally - and had been given to me.

He told me that my room is where I live, and that it is where Him and I have our intimate, precious times together. He also showed me that my room is representative of who I am, the person he made me to be, and the items all around are for me to take hold of and use on earth to demonstrate the kind of Daddy that He is. He also said, "In your room, I keep all of my most precious treasures as well."

Then I asked Him to show me something in detail, and He took me over to a paint easel and paints pastels, and an empty canvas.
I thought, "That's funny, I don't paint."
He said, "You paint. You used to find so much joy in it."
That is true, (of course! He created me to find joy in it.) But yes...I used to love to paint. I took years of art classes....I even painted a picture when I was 8 years old, and it won an honorable mention in a newspaper contest. So I do have painting/design and creativity in me. But I have not used painting or art skills in very long time. For a while I actually thought I wasn't good at painting, drawing, art and etc. Now I know... that ain't true!

So every day I have been exploring more of my room in Heaven. I don't want to hold back with Daddy, I want to explore every nook and cranny, hide under the bed, see what He has for me to wear in the closet, try on all the jewelry He made, and so on. I feel like the meaning of this vision is double fold: God has prepared rooms for us in Heaven that are for us and Him to be together, and all the precious treasures and gifts hidden inside the room are already ours.
The next step is: will we give our lives to go there with Him, to live there with Him? To ask Him about the treasures He has placed inside of us and the treasures inside of His heart? To go deeper and still deeper, and yet even deeper into all treasure-trove of what He loves and longs to show us?

He wants us to make our room in Heaven ours. We better get comfortable now, because it's where we are spending eternity. He wants us to discover what He has for us, and let Him be our Daddy, our Provider, our Lover, our Playmate, our Friend. When we explore His house and His heart, we will always find overwhelming abundance.

I have called you friends, for everything that I learned from my Father I have made known to you - or - I give you the name of friends, because I have given you knowledge of all the things which my Father has said to me. - Jesus, John 15:15