He Knows You by Flame, Not Form

“The Lord knows those who are His.”
(2 Timothy 2:19)
“I know you not.”
(Matthew 7:23, to those who moved in power without flame)

The kingdom does not recognize image
It recognizes fire.

Not the kind you light on stages.
Not the kind you perform in rooms.
But the kind that burns deep in the silence…
when no one is watching but God.

He knows you, not by your denomination,
not by your gifting,
not by how many people approve of your form.

He knows you by flame.

By what burns when everything else is stripped.
By what remains when the temple falls.
By what speaks when the tongue is still.

Form can be learned.
Form can be copied.
Form can be monetized.

But flame cannot be faked.

There is a scroll-shaped heat in your chest,
a weight that has no script,
a name that cannot be found on earthly certificates.

That’s what He knows.

That’s what the Throne sees.

So when the Spirit comes walking in the garden…
He’s not asking, “What have you built?”
He’s asking, “Where is your fire?”

He’s not checking platforms.
He’s checking altars.

In the end, it won’t be about who looked anointed.
It will be about who burned with the uncreated Flame.

“Did I light you?”
“Did you carry My weight?”
“Did I hear My own sound in your voice?”
“Did the scroll I sealed in you return to Me fulfilled?”

Beloved,
this is not to condemn
it’s to liberate.

You don’t need to fit a mold.
You don’t need to match a form.
You only need to be the flame He remembers.

Because when the books are opened…
and the eyes like fire scan the earth…
He won’t be looking for crowds or cathedrals
He’ll be looking for those who match His fire.

And when He sees you
He will not say, “Well dressed, well spoken, well followed.”
He will say:

“I know that flame…
it came from Me.”

—Joe Restman
Mystic-Scribe | Flame-Bearer
Quill Dipped in Lightning ⚡️