Reanier, Dennis: Exerpt from "Shaking Heaven and Earth"

Then I saw arrows falling from the sky and trying to pierce other people, but the arrows could not touch them, bouncing off just before piercing them. I asked the Lord “Why are these arrows not penetrating these people?” From all natural appearances there did not seem to be anything different about those who were being penetrated by the arrows and those who were able to repel the arrows. The Holy Spirit said:

“These are those who have been waiting on Me in fellowship. These are those who are in a genuine relationship with me resulting in overcoming revelation to experience the abundant life. The arrows cannot touch those who are intimate with Me because they walk in My power!”

Then the Lord brought the scripture to my mind in Acts 5:15 where it says:

“So that they (even) kept carrying out the sick into the streets and placing them on couches and sleeping pads, (in the hope) that as Peter passed by, at least his shadow might fall on some of them.” AMP

The word shadow here is the Greek word episkiazo. It means to cast shade upon, to envelop in a haze of brilliancy, or to invest with preternatural influence.7 It is the same word that is used when the Spirit of God overshadowed Mary when she conceived in her womb Jesus Christ, the Son of God.

“…The angel said to her, The Holy Spirit will come upon you, and the power of the Most High will overshadow you (like a shining cloud); and so the holy (pure, sinless) Thing (Offspring) which shall be born of you will be called the Son of God.”8

This was not just an ordinary shadow! It is the very surrounding presence of God that provides protection as well as power. Literally, those who are surrounded by the presence of God have a shield that surrounds and covers them so that the enemy and his arrows cannot penetrate their lives, allowing them to overcome and possess their promise land. “…You, O Lord, are a shield for me, my glory and the lifter of my head.”9

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