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Open Our Eyes
Feb 8th
This is about people who love to sit in Zion singing. I shall not be moved. It is the power of deception. We are deceived to think because we have really powerful worship times, we are somehow really important to what God is doing. Somewhere, we have forget is not about us but it is through us! We have been so internally focused that we have the vision for humanity and are sleeping calling it soaking.
We love to soak and enjoy His presence but sometimes there things to do for the Kingdom.
I am not against soaking and experiencing God. At some point, everyone has to get alone with God but when soaking becomes the focus of your relationship with God, something is wrong.
When His Spirit wants to move, all we want to do is soak.
A lot of people in revival these days are just coming for another impartation, another word from the preacher and another prophetic word that they never intend to walk out. I know a lot of people that got touched at Brownsville when I did. Most of them are just going from meeting to meeting getting “more anointing.” At some point, you have to do something with all that impartation you have received!
What remains in the house will die in the house!
There is a parable we forget or misunderstand. It is the story of the 10 talents. The story is about 3 people who got touched with revival. Two of them invested their “impartation” into the harvest while the last one just want to sit in the church and sing worship songs. The last one was called a “evil and wicked servant.” Revival has a mission and it is not just to make us more anointed! An anointing without a mission will only lead us into deeper deception and make us more religious like the Pharisees.
I was saved in the Brownsville Revival on July 15, 1996 and I know of a bunch of people who got touched in that same time frame at the revival. Like I said, most of them are running from conference to conference getting an “anointing.” Few of them, I repeat few of them are actually investing their impartation. Most of them would be evil and wicked servants.
So how now shall I live?
How do we live to not be more religious after getting our “anointing?” There is always a mission to revival! Every revival has died because of the lack of mission. I didn’t say the lack of missions but the lack of mission. Many go into the nations as “missionaries” but they have lost the mission. Their mission is to build a ministry; not build His ministry.
The only hope for the people going to “revival meetings” to change the tide of revival is to get a vision of mission, not just missions!”
Let this rock you to the core!
It’s time to stop going to church and start being the church! We are going to start going out a lot more and recording the things God is doing in and through us and posting it all here.
Jesus came to a point in His life and ministry that He became so fed up with the unbelief of His own people that He stopped the majority of His synagogue-preaching in order to go town to town to spread the Good News amongst people who were unchurched and not religious at all [Mark 6:5-7] And he could do no mighty work there, except that he laid his hands on a few sick people and healed them. And he marveled because of their unbelief. And he went about among the villages teaching. And he called the twelve and began to send them out two by two, and gave them authority over the unclean spirits. (ESV)
Let that sink in.
Jesus, for the most part, stopped preaching and teaching in the synagogues and made it a point to take His message of love and power onto the streets because He had not come to call the righteous, but sinners to repentance.
What are we doing?
Restraint, Stockade & Poisonous Bitterness
Feb 7th
I hear the Lord saying to us: “In the midst of your warring and pressing forward, the enemy has tried to restrain your vision. He is subtly speaking to you that you cannot enter into all and accomplish your destiny in the future. I am going to allow you a glimpse of an acceleration of a new vision. The enemy has tried to stop you and you have moved in one way. He has moved you off of my track. He has created bars around you and is attempting to hold you captive.
But I have come to say to that named demonic force called Restraint! I am removing the influence of Restraints from you. I am telling Restraint how it must let go so you can begin to hear in new way. “You are to lift the bars now and let go this captive go! Restraint, no longer can you continue in your vision blocking force. No longer can you block the move of God in the future, you are now gone from this atmosphere!”
There is death in the pot! I have brought you to the beginning of the river to break the death out of the waters that will flow in days ahead. There is a new river that is rising! For you have had one refreshing move and felt the river flowing in one way, but debris has gotten into My waters and blocked the way for your future. But like a stick of dynamite, I am coming in to re-empower you, and I am blowing open that blockade that has been blocked up. A new river movement now begins. I say to that demon of Blockade, “You now must let go and go! Blockade, let go, and GO! For this river will be one that comes from a new spring. Don’t try to go back to the spring that brought in the last river. Know that I am going deeper to bring forth a new spring in this place. Don’t try to move in what flowed in one season, for you have seen nothing like the water that I am going to rise in your midst.”
I Am cleansing the waters of the past and Poison Bitterness will no longer affect the flow of the river ahead. All poison bitterness that has produced words that has attached deep into the soul of My people, I say to you, ‘Remove your fangs and LET GO!’
“You have seen a mission that has grown muddy. Now you will see the point of entry for the next release of My cleansing, healing water will come. Get ready and ask Me for the next healing movement. You have longed to see the outbreak, but now I will send in and release the healing waters that will now begin to flow. I Am forming the mantle for your future and I will recover you from the exposure of the past.”
Chuck Pierce
Denton Texas USA
January 30, 2010
The Great Transformation
Jan 23rd
The body of Christ is coming into a time of a great transformation. Although several prophetic voices have been speaking about catastrophes that were coming, this may be true but this is not what the Lord is releasing me to write about. He is showing me a different aspect of what is to come for the body of Christ. The Lord has been showing me that there are marvelous days ahead for those who are in Covenant with Him. The Holy Spirit is about to move in a new and fresh way in America as well as around the globe. He is about to release His truth to many in this generation that are presently seeking after a false God. There are situations that will arise and cause many people to surrender their lives to Jesus. There are people who are presently living a lifestyle contrary to His Word that will accept Jesus Christ as their Lord and Savior and He will make Himself known to them. Many of you have been discouraged and you say that you have heard this before but have not yet seen it. Don’t be perplexed by what you see in the natural. The Lord has begun to pour out the former and the latter rain that we have waited so long for.
Deuteronomy 11:14 Then I will give you the rain for your land in its season, the early rain and the latter rain, that you may gather in your grain, your new wine, and your oil.
This will be a year of restoration for the things in your life that have been lost. There are also many people who you would least expect that are going to rise up to a prominent place and ministry because they have been living a life of humility and submission in the secret place. We will see many backslidden Christians return to the Lord and when you see the prodigals come back do not refuse them. The Lord is calling forth those dead bones to come alive once again and He is about to take His Glory and place it on those whom He chooses. Don’t be like the elder son who was envious and bitter when he saw his prodigal brother returning home from a life of sin and shame.
Luke 15:24 For this my son was dead and is alive again; he was lost and is found.’ And they began to be merry.
Yes there will be wars and rumors of wars as well as terrorist attacks but the Word of God tells us not to fear. We are in Covenant with Jesus and He will surely protect us. Two days ago there was a devastating earthquake in Haiti. According to the Word of God we are required to support them financially and in prayer.
Matthew 25:35 – 36 I was hungry and you gave Me food; I was thirsty and you gave Me drink; I was a stranger and you took Me in; I was naked and you clothed Me; I was sick and you visited Me; I was in prison and you came to Me.
Don’t be concerned with what the future will bring if you are living a life of integrity before the Lord. This truly will be a day of a great transformation. Expect great things!
Elaine Tavolacci
Staten Island, NY
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January 15, 2010
Word of the Lord for 2010
Jan 23rd
This is the word given through a compilation of the prophetic releases and consensus of the Apostolic Council of Prophetic Elders (ACPE). There are differing variables that can affect the timing and/or coming to pass of these words:
1. All prophecy not contained in Scripture is conditional.
2. A prophecy may take longer than one calendar year to come to pass. Some [will] take many years to fulfill.
3. It is possible that prophetic warnings will cause either the person or the nation to repent and so turn away the judgment prophesied. Biblically, this happened when Jonah prophesied to Nineveh and the city repented, causing God to relent.
Key Scripture Passage for 2010
“Now thanks be to God who always leads us in triumph in Christ, and through us diffuses the fragrance of His knowledge in every place” (2 Cor. 2:14, NKJV).
2010 is the year in which we will win. This is a year to triumph in Christ and diffuse the fragrance of His knowledge in every place.
2010 is the year to wake up. It is time to wake up and see both what the enemy is trying to do and what God wants to do through us. This is a year when God will help us “see” in a supernatural way those things that we have felt as if we could not understand.
The Year of the Wind
2010 will be a year of the wind. There is a new Pentecost about to be poured out upon God’s people who are hungering for more of Him. The wind of the Holy Spirit is going to blow us in the right direction and into the place that God wants us to be. We will see glorious manifestations of His divine power with signs and wonders.
Many nations will feel the impact of this mighty wind. Indonesia will once again be swept over by the Holy Spirit, along with Thailand, Poland, North Korea, South Korea, and the United Kingdom. Alaska will see a move of the Holy Spirit among the Native Alaskans.
New wells of revival will break out, and many will drink from the wells of salvation.
Many will teach on the gifts of the Holy Spirit. We are going to need to see them all function in the church in this day to fulfill our mission.
We will see a special increase of the word of wisdom. The word of wisdom is supernatural insight into what to do that will secure our future. The manifestation of this gift will be such that from one moment to the next we will have the plan or “road map” on what we are to do for our future.
Third Great Awakening
We believe that the outpouring of the Holy Spirit that came on November 11, 2009, in Kansas City signaled the beginning of a Third Great Awakening that we prophesied would come to America and the world. November 11th was the day the Pilgrims made covenant with God in Plymouth, Massachusetts. Many intercessors across the nation are crying out to God for the nation to once again become “a city set on a hill.” If we continue to pray and call out to God, the nation will shift.
Evangelism
Many churches will wake up and evangelize the lost in their cities and nations. Thousands will be swept into the kingdom of God through new “power evangelism” movements in which people [will be] shown by supernatural means that God is real.
Churches who haven’t baptized in years will begin to see many people come to Christ. Dead churches will become resurrected under the fire and power of the Holy Spirit’s working, and many [who are] lost will be swept into the kingdom of God.
Breaking Debt Cycles
Key Scripture passage: “The spirit of the Lord is upon Me, because He has anointed Me to preach the gospel to the poor; he has sent Me to heal the brokenhearted, to proclaim liberty to the captives and recovery of sight to the blind, to set at liberty those who are oppressed” (Luke 4:18).
We felt that the Lord had given us an “eye of the storm” time period to get out of debt. In fact, as we discussed the many prophetic warnings about a second economic shaking, we felt that the Lord in His mercy had extended a period of grace to His people because many were not ready for another shaking.
Supernatural ability to get out of debt is being released. If you will start paying your debts, even in very small amounts, God will supernaturally get behind your efforts and help you get out of debt.
Eradication of Systemic Poverty
It is time to fulfill the first message Jesus preached and bring justice to the poor. God spoke to us about social justice missionaries—[people] who are called to help eliminate systemic poverty. There is a marriage of righteousness and justice, and God will raise up those who are called to fight issues such as human trafficking as well as poverty.
The call will marry its mandate to win the lost to its justice mandate. Churches will begin to model taking care of the poor in their midst, as well as putting systems into place to help teach their people how to get out of debt.
Clash of Kingdoms
Just as [He did] the year before, the Lord spoke to us about the great “clash of kingdoms” taking place around the world—the kingdom of God and the empire-building spirit of Islam. Satan is on the march to build empires.
Be aware and watch and see what is around you. Home-grown terrorism will be on the rise. There is a move toward “civilization Jihad” around the globe in countries that have democratic rule.
Judgment and Testing
Key Scripture passage: “So Daniel said to the steward whom the chief of the eunuchs had set over Daniel, Hananiah, Mishael, and Azariah, ‘Please test your servants for ten days, and let them give us vegetables to eat and water to drink. Then let our appearance be examined before you, and the appearance of the young men who eat the portion of the king’s delicacies; and as you see fit, so deal with your servants.’ So he consented with them in this matter, and tested them ten days. And at the end of ten days their features appeared better and fatter in flesh than all the young men who ate the portion of the king’s delicacies” (Dan. 1:11-16).
Daniel and his friends were tested for 10 days, and then they had favor with the king. They were found to be 10 times better than the others. This will happen for those who are faithful to stand in times of testing. In the end, you will rise above all the others and advance.
Nehemiah
Ten times words were spoken to stop Nehemiah’s work on the wall. Do not be intimidated by the seeming onslaught of the evil one. Finish the task that God has put before you. God spoke to us over and over in our meeting that we are not to be intimidated in the coming season of conflict and testing.
Worship Activism
Key Scripture passage: “And when he had consulted with the people, he appointed those who should sing to the Lord, and who should praise the beauty of holiness, as they went out before the army and were saying: ‘Praise the Lord, for His mercy endures forever.’ Now when they began to sing and to praise, the Lord set ambushes against the people of Ammon, Moab, and Mount Seir, who had come against Judah; and they were defeated. For the people of Ammon and Moab stood up against the inhabitants of Mount Seir to utterly kill and destroy them. And when they had made an end of the inhabitants of Seir, they helped to destroy one another” (2 Chron. 20:21-23).
We will win through worship. It is the key to triumph! There is a marriage of worship and activism taking place [that will cause] the church [to] march and sing, just as in the days of Martin Luther King Jr.
New battle hymns will be written along the lines of “The Battle Hymn of the Republic.” His truth is marching on, and there is a call for biblical truth through worship.
Worship will break open the heavens, and young people will heed the call to be “musicianaries” and go to the ends of the earth to start 24/7 houses of worship.
Great joy will break out in the midst of worship as God “laughs” at His enemies through His people (see Ps. 2; 149).
Great Conflict
For each kingdom advance this year we will see the enemy “pushing back” and stirring up conflict around us. Do not be afraid of confrontation and conflict. Fight intimidation. Run toward the Goliaths in your life, and remember that you are called to triumph in this year.
Activism will manifest as new armies of the Lord are being raised up. Find your place and let your voice be heard.
Over the next years in the United States a new, third political party will arise. The Lord is preparing His leadership for this party, which will come out of the citizens of the United States groaning under the corruption of the old guard. Many leaders are being tested and tried in the fire right now who will take leadership in due time, for it will begin not so much as a political party but [as] a movement. The movement will become a party in time.
Season of Transition
This is a season of transition for the body of Christ. For the United States, it will be a time of transition for either good or evil. The nation is on the “cusp” of remaining a civilization as we know it. It is up to this generation to see it go back to the original vision of our founders.
A woman has to dilate to 10 centimeters to give birth. The years 2010 and beyond will be a time of intense pressure but will result in the birthing of many new things.
God is also going to rearrange His people for the coming days’ work. There are some who will make sudden geographic moves. Others will transition in their jobs and careers. There will be special grace poured out upon those who are obedient to allow God to reposition His troops. For those who are not making a move but are seeing people that you love make changes, God will also help you transition into this new season and send new help for you.
Transition into the new season, get your vision and house in order. Make sure that you are properly aligned for the new battles ahead.
Be Prepared
Key Scripture passages: Parable of the Wise and Foolish Virgins (Matt. 25:1-13); Parable of the Talents (Matt. 25:14-30).
Rearrange and “rightsize” for victories and breakthroughs. Become more focused in your core purpose. Live a simpler life. Do not hoard what another person can use. This is the time to share and take care of each other. Make sure that the body of Christ can arise with the call of the bridegroom, as the five virgins who were ready [were able to do].
We must begin to think more as a community than simply as individuals. Put your house in order and arrange for the next season. Mobility is the key in the kingdom today. Many who are not rightsized will see the loss of buildings, lands and so on. If this has happened to you, God will help you begin again.
There is a season of pruning for growth. The pruning can, and at times will, seem painful, but trust that God is working all things together for your good.
ACPE Word of the Lord for 2010
Cindy Jacobs
19 January 2010
The Day of My Power
Jan 22nd
Hosea 8:1 “Set the trumpet to your mouth! He shall come like an eagle against the house of the LORD…”
Enough! Enough of what you have done, Satan! For this is indeed the day of My power, and I will bless My people exceedingly abundantly beyond anything they can imagine; beyond anything they can receive. I will bless them in their store house and in their bodies. I will cause them to be such a blessing that it cannot be overlooked in this world. They will be my witnesses in this the end of the time and the people will call them “those are the blessed of the Lord”.
So, I say, get ready for the blessings. You would say, “what blessings?” I would say unto you, that which I have in store for you; that which I have in mind for you and not as you think but that which I know you need and that which I shall give. For you are called Beulah land, the place of blessing; the New Jerusalem, the city of blessing. For you are called the bride of the Lord, the most Holy. And, it shall be according to that which I have called you, says the Lord, and not according to that which the enemy has purposed for you. For he lives under the realm of My authority and when I say ‘enough’ he knows the meaning of that word and he shall withdraw his purposes and his armies from you, says the Lord.
Out of the habitation of these years past and out of the dust of those years shall arise one new man, the man of power, a man who is formed in the likeness of Jesus Christ — those that will operate in the fullness of the strength of the Holy Spirit and through His gifts they shall overcome. And by the power of His gifts they shall be blessing to others.
I say arise, My children, for this is indeed your finest hour, and My blessings shall be poured out into your lives for you are living in My company; you are living under My outstretched wings; you are living in the time of achievement, the time of announcement, the time of overcoming. and the time of the defeat of the evil one. For indeed these things are written and they shall come to pass even as My word has declared.
My authority I give unto you. It is the authority that has been contended for and brought opposition in to your life. It is the power of the kingdom in manifestation. You know that you walk in this authority and know that you are suppose to have this authority. But, I say, at this time you shall know the reality of its purpose, says the Lord. For indeed even the angels wait to see what you will do with this authority — this authority of mine that brings power and stops the rain and brings the rain. It is the authority that calls peace be still to the waves and the storms of your life and manages victory over all the works of the enemy. This authority I give unto you, says the Lord. It will be the focus of My work in the days ahead.
So remember those words that I have spoken to you, “Behold I give unto you authority”. Let those words resound in your spirit; let them strengthen you, empower you and pick you up from where ever you might be. Behold I give unto you power. I give unto you authority, says the Lord. And in the days that follow you shall learn how to use this authority. You shall learn how to walk in this authority with humility. You shall learn the strength of it and the purpose of it. For it is My authority that will cause all things to manifest. It is My authority that shall regain the kingdoms of this world and cause them to be My kingdom, says the Lord. So walk in authority.
My children, stand erect and believe. Begin again to walk as children of victory — those who are more than conquerors. Give no quarter and no place to the enemy. Walk in such a place of victory that even the world will know that you belong to Me. Rise up from weakness into strength and from hopelessness to faith. Let My faith become a reality to you in this time, says the Lord.
January 11, 2010: This is what I want you to do. Walk in My presence; walk in My glory and power. If you walk in the glory all things will be possible unto you and My anointing will come upon you. You are a kingdom child, and you will receive all the blessings that I have for you. Get up today. Lift up the hands that hang down. No longer be weak, but be strong in the Lord and in the power of His might. No longer consider yourself a victim. but consider yourself more than a conqueror, victorious in all things. Rise up to new levels and to new heights, says the Lord
Bill Burns
LOVE
Jan 14th
LOVE – Jaeson Ma
Lyrics:
Verse 1
Now Hollywood wants to make you think they know what love is. But I’m a tell you what true love is. Love is not what you see in the movies. Its not the ecstasy, its not what you see in that scene, you know what I mean? I’m telling you right now, true love is sacrifice. Love is thinking about others before you think about yourself, love is selfless not selfish. Love is God and God is love. Love is when you lay down your life for another, whether for your brother, your mother, your father or your sister, its even laying down your life for your enemies, that’s unthinkable, but think about that. Love is true. Think.
Chorus:
I’ll put you in front of me
So everybody can see
My love, this is my love
I know that I’ll be alright
As long as you are my guide
My love, this is my love
Verse 2
Love is patient, love is kind. It does not envy, it does not boast, it is not proud. It is not rude, it is not self-seeking, it is not easily angered, it keeps no record of wrongs. Love does not delight in evil but rejoices with the truth. It always protects, always trusts, always hopes, it always perseveres.
Love never fails. Love is everlasting, its eternal, it goes on and on, it goes beyond time, love is the only thing that will last when you die, but ask the question why? Do you have love?
Chorus
Verse 3
There is no greater love than this than he who lays down his life for his friends. Now are you willing to lay down your life for your friends? You’re probably willing to lay down your life for your mother, your father, or your best friends, but are you willing to lay down your life for even those that hate you? I’m going to tell you who did that, the definition of love is Jesus Christ. He is love. The nails in his hands, the thorns in his brow, hanging on a cross for your sin my sins, that is LOVE he died for you and me while we still hated him, that is love. God is true love, and if you don’t know this love, now is the time to know, perfect love.
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If this song touched your heart and soul, please spread the LOVE to all your friends, family and people you know. ONE LOVE!
Kingdom Age Transition
Jan 14th
As we enter into this next era with God, the Kingdom Age, we will begin to notice many new characteristics of God’s people. In fact, the greatest characteristic will be ‘the character’ of the men and women leading this new era (Kingdom Age). You will know them by their fruit. First and foremost, Kingdom Age leaders will have their own money bag; they will be self sufficient and will never fleece the sheep with money generating tactics. They will abhor terms like ‘love offering.’ They will not impose the legal ritual of tithing upon anyone. They will offer much of what they have in terms of ministry items; CDs, tapes, teachings, etc., free, and be a blessing to those around them. With some exceptions, the ministry will not serve as their primary source of income. They will always look to God for their provision, and will never look to man or the tired worn out exploitive systems that have been used to exploit the Body financially. If they take an offering, it will be to bless the poorest in the meeting.
These men and women are emerging today, without motive or ambition, except obedience to the Father. A true characteristic of many of today’s ‘Church Age’ ministries is rooted in personal ambition; men and women who want to be known. The World’s System applauds this behavior, which so subtly corrupts what we have traditionally called ‘The Church.’ I know lost ambitious men in corporate America today, who are less ambitious than many ministers and ministries I know. This should not be, and is about to change as the Kingdom Age makes its presence known. Kingdom Age ministers do not seek to be known; in fact, they prefer to be unknown. They do not seek to share God’s glory, and any situation that puts them in position to do so is avoided at all cost. They will duck and run when man starts heaping his glory upon them. In contrast to their Church Age counterparts, there is a deeply rooted humility that has come through much tribulation; a characteristic that can only gain its identity through fire and affliction. The leaders of this new era know something about adversity. They have faced death and ruin on many occasions; dealt with physical, emotional, and spiritual pain – they have died, yet live, but now ONLY for His purpose.
Kingdom Age leaders are not ‘loud mouth know it alls, spewing scripture with every breath who ‘act’ with a practiced and contrived stage presence to invoke emotional response. They have utter distain for the ‘big me, little you/clergy, laymen divide that flows from most pulpits and TV preachers today. They are quiet, and only speak when God gives them something to say; but when they speak…Oh God! Listen, those who have ears to hear, you will hear from the throne room of God. Are these men and women perfect? Anything but, their weak flesh keeps them bound to the Father.
The Kingdom Age in which we are entering is a time of supernatural exploits. God is revealing himself through His dead vessels that are alive in Him. As healing was a major characteristic of the Church Age, Power and Authority will be a characteristic of the Kingdom Age – an Age that will ‘prepare the way.’ God is birthing something completely new; His fire is falling, but we must be careful to recognize the form in which it is falling. An evangelist would suppose it to be revival; a teacher would call it more word, an apostle, more churches, a prophet, more insight, a preacher, more people. Perhaps some of all of this is true; but the context of fire, from my humble depths, is greater authority and power to carry out His Will upon the earth. Test this by your Spirit! Always test any prophetic words you hear, read, or touch.
I will be writing much more on this subject in the future. I am full, and want to let it out.
In Him,
Clay Sikes
Lighthouse Prophecy
clay@springtidecommunities.com
2010 – Love, Life, Longing, Planting and Mantling
Jan 13th
It was out of LOVE that God gave to us what He most LOVED in order that we might have LIFE.
LONGING : He has filled the hungry with good things, but has sent the rich away empty. Luke 1:53 NIV
This is a time of recognizing the LONGING God allows – the sense of emptiness and not being complete and of being unable to remedy this ourselves.
There is an ever louder cry in the hearts of many, a cry for the unknown, a cry for the One their hearts know but cannot see. The Holy Spirit begins to increase the desire that causes us to cry out with Him “Come” – a cry that arises out of our increased LONGING. The closer we move towards the marriage the more intense the cry of the bride’s heart will become. It is intensified by His nearness.
‘As a bridegroom who puts on a tuxedo and a bride a jeweled tiara. For as the earth bursts with spring wildflowers, and as a garden cascades with blossoms, so the Master, God, brings righteousness into full bloom and puts praise on display before the nations.’ Isaiah 61 (The Message).
PLANTING HIS CHOSEN
Meanwhile, the Holy Spirit continues to anoint and send God’s people to preach good news, heal the heartbroken, announce the year of God’s grace, comfort those who mourn.
He’s growing ‘Oaks of Righteousness through whom His life flows to display His glory. It is most certainly time to begin to ‘build a new city out of the ruins, wreckage and rubble’ of what is currently falling down.
This passage in Isaiah is highlighted for the coming year as we are not to focus on what no longer works, but search for what survives and use it to build as God instructs. This is the time to look for what remains, all that each of us can come and place before His throne.
‘Rename them “Oaks of Righteousness” planted by God to display His glory. They’ll rebuild the old ruins, raise a new city out of the wreckage. They’ll start over on the ruined cities, take the rubble left behind and make it new.” Isaiah 61 (The Message)
“They will rebuild the ancient ruins and restore the places long devastated; they will RENEW the ruined cities that have been devastated for generations.”
It will be the work of the “Oaks of Righteousness”, those prepared and placed by the Lord, to allow Him to bring new life to everything around them, we can expect to see this in the ruined and devastated places. This will be a work of renewal/revival that will exceed expectations and break down current mind sets on what ‘revival’ looks like.
You will be called priests of the Lord, you will be named ministers of our God – all of this taking place for the display of HIS splendour.
MANTLING
There will be a specific mantling on those God chooses and places. It is light, protective and seamless. It wraps them in His comfort and protection. There is great strength inside this beautifully light garment.
LEADING & POWER
It is important to know that those carrying this mantle will be lead and directed by the Lord where to go – it will not be for man to say when and where. The going will be “in Him” and in His mantle. It feels very like living in Psalm 91, and there will be an outworking of His mighty power which will be as described in Isaiah 63 – to gain for himself everlasting renown … to make for Himself a glorious name.
FOR 2010
It will take a people called, prepared, and surrendered to God’s will, to stand with Him in the dark places and see Him pour out His light. Many are invited but few are chosen. Matthew 22:14 NIV
There are many willing to go and do good works, but it is another thing to be planted by the Lord for the display of His splendour. These are those who will indeed love Him more than their own lives, and who are willing to trust Him in their own great weakness and vulnerability. These will be ’sent’ in order to gather into His Kingdom.
I see these mantled ones walking into position and standing wrapped in all He has given them, clothed in soft blue light. They are positioned by, and for, Him. He has cleared the space in which they stand displaying His goodness and His power.
I see people gathering, looking at this light, wondering at it, timid and afraid to approach. Then I see small figures (children?) and they dart in and tug at the hem of the mantle – it fills their hands and mouths like candy floss. Many begin to come and gather and eat and it is a constant supply – the mantle maintains its shape and size no matter how much is taken.
I feel the enormous love this mantle contains and allows to pour through it. This love attracts the lost and hungry and repels darkness.
Isaiah 65 says in The Message “For my people will be a long-lived as trees, my chosen ones will have satisfaction in their work. They won’t work and have nothing come of it, they won’t have children snatched out from under them. For they themselves are plantings blessed by God, with their children and grandchildren likewise God-blessed. Before they call out I’ll answer, before they’ve finished speaking, I’ll have heard.”
I feel the Lord is saying: “I want you to hear that I am near, and to know that I am active in areas as yet unseen. Remember that I hold the future in My hands and remain sovereign. The living must be in Me in the days ahead, to live by the ways of the world will be very unsafe, even destructive. There are so many things known only to Me, so do not rely on the words and wisdom of men.
Isaiah 64 (NIV) Since ancient times no-one has heard, no ear has perceived, no eye has seen any God besides you who acts on behalf of those who wait for Him. You come to the help of those who gladly do right, who remember your ways.
The key is to wait on the Lord, to become entwined in Him and His purposes. It is the way to allowing Him to develop and to plant those He chooses where He chooses. There will be a remarkable flow of His love, power and strength to those who allow Him to place them according to His purposes.
Judith Grobelny – New Zealand