Prophetic Dream: “Jesus is Tailoring Mantles Just For You”

Part of the dream that launched the whole impartation of mantles showed that I was dressed as a tailor and had a measuring tape in my hand.

The word was that I and the tailors with me would be used to fit people into their mantles. This is very profound. My own personal belief is that the mantles are not altered to fit us, but we are altered to fit the mantles. When you take clothes to a tailor, they measure you then do alterations on the garment to fit you. In the spirit realm, however, God uses His tailors to do alterations on us to fit the mantles we are to carry. These tailors are the fivefold ministry gifts that God uses to change us and grow us up. Ephesians 4:11-13 shows that these gifts of men and women to the church are used to bring us into the full measure of who Jesus is.

And He Himself gave some to be apostles, some prophets, some evangelists, and some pastors and teachers, for the equipping of the saints for the work of ministry, for the edifying of the body of Christ, till we all come to the unity of the faith and of the knowledge of the Son of God, to a perfect man, to the measure of the stature of the fullness of Christ.

To come to any measurement, you have to be measured. There are times when heaven measures us. This can be scary. For instance, heaven measured Belshazzar, who was the king in Daniel’s day in captivity. This king defiled the vessels that had come from the house of the Lord in Jerusalem. This greatly displeased God. If you remember, a hand appeared on the wall and wrote words that couldn’t be understood. They called for Daniel to interpret them. Daniel 5:24-28 shows Daniel interpreting that which was written.

Then the fingers of the hand were sent from Him, and this writing was written.

“And this is the inscription that was written: MENE, MENE, TEKEL, UPHARSIN

This is the interpretation of each word. MENE: God has numbered your kingdom, and finished it; TEKEL: You have been weighed in the balances, and found wanting; PERES: Your kingdom has been divided, and given to the Medes and Persians.”

Because of his disregard for the Lord, this king was weighed in the balance. In other words, he was measured. I am citing this to let us know that heaven will measure us. Of course, we are not afraid of this kind of judgment, yet we are measured and prepared for the mantling of the Lord. The Lord will use His servants, the fivefold ministry gifts, to tailor us to fit the mantles we are to carry. These gifts will heal us, prepare us, remove from us, and put into us what we need to carry the mantles of God. In Revelation 11:1, during John’s encounter in heaven, he was apostolically allowed to measure and evaluate things.

Then I was given a reed like a measuring rod. And the angel stood, saying, “Rise and measure the temple of God, the altar, and those who worship there.”

Notice that John measured the temple of God, the altar, and the worshipers. Apostles are allowed to measure the house of God or the corporate people of God. They are allowed to evaluate by the Spirit of God what is lacking and what is needed. They don’t do this from a critical standpoint, but from an awareness of what is necessary to fulfill the purposes of God. John also measured the altar or the place of sacrifice and giving. How and what people give is a right thing to be measured. This might shock some but only if they are bound by a spirit of religion. God is always looking at how we give. Jesus did this in Mark 12:41-44.

Now Jesus sat opposite the treasury and saw how the people put money into the treasury. And many who were rich put in much. Then one poor widow came and threw in two mites, which make a quadrans. So He called His disciples to Himself and said to them, “Assuredly, I say to you that this poor widow has put in more than all those who have given to the treasury; for they all put in out of their abundance, but she out of her poverty put in all that she had, her whole livelihood.”

Notice that Jesus sat and watched how the people gave. He was also aware of what or how much because He saw how the rich gave. The bottom line was He was measuring their giving. It was being evaluated by the Son of God. Everything is measured as we prepare to be mantled.

John then measured the worshiper with the measuring reed he was given. Did you know God measures our worship? I remember I had a dream where I was standing before a judge. Obviously, this is speaking of God the Judge. One of the things brought up in con- sideration of the judgment that would be passed was my worship. I’ve always been a worshiper. I love the presence of the Lord and the worship that attracts it. As I’ve traveled, I’ve been in many worship settings. Quite honestly, in my opinion, most are empty of the life of God. I would find it very difficult to endure the longevity of most of them. I would sense no real presence of the Lord. After much of this, I just endured it and stopped worshiping. I would stand or sometimes sit to just get through it all. Then I would go preach and minister after the “singing” was over.

In my dream, I was being measured and judged for not worshiping. I was aware that God knew I was checked out during the worship time. I had to repent. The truth is that regardless of what is going on, if I am a worshiper, I will worship. It doesn’t matter whether I like the style, the music, or the length. I am to worship. Heaven is measuring it and apostles are called to use the measuring rod form heaven to measure with.

It is interesting that John didn’t measure with some- thing he had. He measured with what the angel gave him. As apostles, we are to measure out of the measurement of heaven. Most of the time we measure from earth. We measure based on someone else’s life. This is what we are warned against in Second Corinthians 10:12. We are not measure our life by someone else’s.

For we dare not class ourselves or compare our- selves with those who commend themselves. But they, measuring themselves by themselves, and comparing themselves among themselves, are not wise.

This measurement will not accomplish what God wants. We are not to be measured by and then tailored to earthly standards. We are to be measured by the measuring rod of God in the hands of the fivefold ministry. When this happens, we are not unwise but walking in the wisdom of God.

It is the Word of God that measures us. Second Timothy 3:16-17 tells us the measuring and revealing nature of the Word.

All Scripture is given by inspiration of God, and is profitable for doctrine, for reproof, for correction, for instruction in righteousness, that the man of God may be complete, thoroughly equipped for every good work.

Notice that the Word reproves, corrects, and instructs us. This speaks that it is measuring us and causing us to change. This process will result in us being tailored to fit the mantle God has for us. The Word is a mirror that reflects back to us who we really are. I can think I’m awesome until I look into the mirror. The mirror doesn’t lie. It reflects back to us who we really are. James 1:23-25 lets us know that as we look at ourselves in the mirror of His Word, we have to change what isn’t measuring up.

For if anyone is a hearer of the word and not a doer, he is like a man observing his natural face in a mirror; for he observes himself, goes away, and immediately forgets what kind of man he was. But he who looks into the perfect law of liberty and continues in it, and is not a forgetful hearer but a doer of the work, this one will be blessed in what he does.

We become blessed in our life because we are lining ourselves up with the mirror of His Word. This is why we must read the Word, study the Word, feed on the Word, but also sit under the Word from the five- fold ministry gifts. Their job is not to entertain us; it is to bring us into the full measure of the stature of Christ. They are to minister the life of God from under the anointing until we are changed to fit the mantle of God. As we do this, heaven is recording this and releasing judgments in our favor. We will be tailored and fitted for the mantle of God from heaven.

Lord, as I come before Your Courts, I allow the tailoring of God through the fivefold ministry gifts into my life. Let me be measured and shaped by the Word of God. Thank You, Lord, for Your measuring for my life. Use Your gifts to tailor me. Let me be tailored to fit the mantle that has been assigned to me. Let me be tailored as a part of the house of God. Let me be measured and tailored in my giving and sacrifice. Let my worship be acceptable to You in Spirit and in Truth. Lord, let these things be recorded in Jesus’ Name in Your Courts, O God.

Now, Lord, let the mantle of God flow into my life. Let all that has been assigned me from the mantle closet of God now be imparted into my life. I receive Your mantle from the Courts of Heaven. Thank You so much for this precious gift, In Jesus’ Name. Amen.