During October, 2004, the Holy Spirit put a burden on my heart to intercede for a dear evangelist whom I love very much in the Lord. The Lord has been using him mightily with signs and wonders. On that particular night, the Lord gave me two visions. First Vision:
I saw a swarm of worms everywhere. Whatever I touched with my hands, there were worms. Even the food particles were full of these worms. I loathed myself after seeing these abominable worms writhe.
My interpretation:
"Worms" are symbolical of "corruption" and "popularity" that erode into the vitals of any organization or establishment. If the establishment of a minister of God starts functioning on the lines of a commercial organization or a corporate house, the worms of "corruption" enter that establishment. The office of a minister of God should function on the principles of New Covenant i.e. a body ministry of co-workers. Even the staff working in this office should be treated as co-laborers. The ministry of the apostle Paul is the best example to be emulated. Paul carried on his ministry through his co-laborers, and not through any subordinate staff.
Even if a hierarchy is to be maintained in that establishment, it has to be achieved out of love. Every co-worker needs to be motivated to obey the senior co-workers in the hierarchy. The minister of God concerned should also work as a co-laborer or a servant and not as a boss. Paul said in Acts 20:34, "..these hands have ministered unto my necessities, and to them that were with me". Paul ministered with his own hands to his co-workers also.
The establishment of a minister of God has to promote the ministries of other servants of God who have no such establishments. The establishment should not be self-centered. It should be Christ-centered and Christ-minded.
If the establishment of a minister of God has to be run on the New Testament principles concerning a body ministry, no worms would be allowed to enter such an establishment. If it is allowed to be run on commercial principles, worms would enter it and eat the vitals of the establishment concerned.
Second Vision:
I heard news that this particular servant of God was elected as a Member of Parliament/Senator. I saw this particular evangelist surrounded by a "coterie". When I wanted to meet him, I could not do so because he was not accessible to me due to the "coterie" around him.
My interpretation:
A servant of God should not become "popular" like a politician, i.e. a senator or a member of parliament. When popularity is formed as a hallo around him/her, he/she should refrain from performing his/her ministry publicly. He/she should allow his/her co-workers to do the public ministry. Instead, he/she should go to the wilderness till such time as his/her image is obliterated from their minds. Becoming a "demi-god" in the minds of the people is a very dangerous thing. The servant of God concerned should submit himself/herself to the ministry of apostles and prophets in the body of Christ. He/she should not allow himself/herself to be surrounded or elated by a coterie of people who would always praise him/her.
When the miraculous healing of a cripple took place at Lystra, the people who saw what Paul had done, lifted up their voices, saying, "The gods are come down to us in the likeness of men"; the priest of Jupiter brought oxen and garlands to the gates and would have sacrificed the same along with the people that assembled there. But, when the apostles, Barnabas and Paul came to know this, "they rent their clothes, and ran in among the people, crying out, "Sirs, why do ye these things? We also are men of like passions with you, and preach unto you that ye should turn from these vanities unto the living God, which made heaven, and earth, and the sea, and all things that are therein....... They not only exhorted them to refrain from doing so with their words but also physically prevented them from making sacrifice unto them. (Acts 14:8-18). The apostles did not want to become "popular" but rent their clothes when they saw the priest bring the sacrifice.
After giving me these two visions, the Lord wanted me to "warn My servants against the worms of corruption and popularity".
- Job Anbalagan