RESURGENCE!

I had a dream recently that has some key prophetic markers that I believe speak to the season we are in.

In the dream, I was saying goodbye to many people as I was leaving a place of employment and stepping into something new. I had a strong feeling of anticipation, a deep stirring inwardly. Even as I was talking to others, I was seeing in my mind’s eye the location where I was headed - an uninhabited island across a body of water. There was discussion as to who would drive me to where I would meet my husband and we would cross the water by boat. My boss insisted he would do it.

As I was standing there, out of the corner of my eye I saw a table that had suddenly appeared. On top of the table was a scrabble board with only one word, “glint,” at the top and centered.

Adjacent to the room where I was, I saw another room with food for the celebration. I did not go into it, but I encouraged others to partake. My attention was focused on a very large clock on the wall; the time was 3:30. I felt I would be late if I didn’t leave, but I was torn because there were others I wanted to say goodbye to.

The scrabble board appeared again with the word “glint” at the top and centered, without the table. It was as if suspended in space, larger this time and the word was emphasized with light around the edges. I saw the clock again and the time was still 3:30. I then saw the island again, and the body of water began moving; I could even hear the sound of the wind that was causing the water to move. I began to sense vibration, as if things were speeding up. My boss said, “It’s time to go now.”  I woke up.  I immediately heard the Holy Spirit say, “Resurgence.”

This was clearly a dream about transitioning into the new, pioneering and forging a new path. This is what’s happening in my life and many others. We have just formed a new ministry and are taking new ground. Many of the words I have received in the last year have been what I heard the Lord revealing about different elements necessary for successful transition. In this new word the Holy Spirit brings a fresh breath of His Spirit for resurgence! We need fresh revelation, a proceeding word, to move forward!

PROPHETIC MARKERS:

Leaving the old - This is always necessary in transition. Sometimes people are in our lives for a season, and it is often hard to say goodbye. When God is calling us out to step into the new, we must be willing to let go and move forward, even if we seem to be alone at times. The reality is that part of transition is feeling alone, for it forces us to press into the Lord even more and receive the necessary blueprints and instructions for what He wants to do. God will bring those alongside in His timing who will add their part.

Clock – A clock represents time. Timing is key! The clock appeared twice and was a major focal point in the dream. (More on 3:30 later). I was hesitating, wanting to make sure I said goodbye to everyone, but when I heard it was time to go I had to leave immediately. In this new season, we must stay in God’s timing and be very sensitive to His voice and promptings. When God told Abraham to leave all that was familiar and “go” He didn’t tell him specifically where he was going, nor how He would provide for him there, but that He would bless him and make of him a great nation (Gen. 12:1-2). Abraham kept his eyes on the realm of God’s promises, looking for the city which has foundations whose builder and maker is God (Heb. 11:8-10).  There will be tests and trials, but we stay focused not on the temporal realm and the “problems” we encounter, but on the unseen - what God has said and shown us.

"For our light affliction, which is but for a moment, is working for us a far more exceeding [and] eternal weight of glory, while we do not look at the things which are seen, but at the things which are not seen. For the things which are seen [are] temporary, but the things which are not seen [are] eternal." (2Co 4:17-18 NKJV, emphasis added)

I was focused on following the Lord’s promptings, getting to where He wanted me to go. I had no idea what would happen there or who (if anyone) would be there, but I knew that’s where I was to go next.

My boss in the dream – My boss in the dream was my boss in my secular career before I retired to go into full-time ministry. While I was working there, I started a non-profit by the direction of the Holy Spirit, and fulfilled through the leading of the Holy Spirit, supported by workplace resources. I believe the significance in this dream is that there will be people that are observing your faith walk in the past season and will insist on helping you move forward into your new assignment. It is also significant that the building of the non-profit the Lord had me do by faith in the secular arena is the same pattern for what He is having us build for the Kingdom. God will use what you have experienced, and the training you have received, for Kingdom purposes!

Provision - There is provision in the new land. Even as there was a table of refreshments to “celebrate” me, it was of the old and I didn’t partake. I am reminded of when Jesus said, “My meat is to do the will of Him who sent me and to finish His work.” (John 4:34)

The uninhabited island – This represents taking new ground and forging new paths. Islands also represent the nations - expanding the Kingdom of God to the ends of the earth!

Water – Water represents the Holy Spirit and the Word of God…both of which are absolutely necessary to be successful in taking new ground for the Kingdom of God!

Glint - A glint typically refers to a flash or glimmer of light.  The word “glint” was in the dream twice, and at the top and centered, emphasizing the need to pay attention. The second time I saw it, it was lit up with glints of light, reinforcing the importance. Whenever I see a glint or flash of light, I turn to see. This is the stance we need to take going forward – keep looking for those flashes of revelation and turn, gleaning from them. This leads to the next, and (I believe) most important insight the Holy Spirit gave me from the dream.

The number 330. There are two 3:30 scriptures that are relevant to what the Lord is highlighting to me in this dream- John 3:30 and Daniel 3:30.

""He must increase, but I [must] decrease. "He who comes from above is above all; he who is of the earth is earthly and speaks of the earth. He who comes from heaven is above all." (Jhn 3:30-31 NKJV)

"Then the king promoted Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed-Nego in the province of Babylon." (Dan 3:30 NKJV)

Going forward in the Kingdom of God, we must continue to die to self (decrease) and allow Christ to increase in and through us. Yielding to Him at every moment, following closely to His leading, is imperative to see the advancement of His rule and reign in the earth. From that place of complete trust in Him during the fiery trials, as with Shadrach, Meshach and Abed-Nego coming out of the fiery furnace unharmed, there will be promotion, as authority is given when we have been found faithful. There is a pressing into a new level of faith and from that comes leadership to help others advance.  Also, it affects even the secular world. Others will be converted as they see the Lord moving in, upon and among us, and He will be exalted. Nebuchadnezzar, King of Babylon saw one like the Son of God in the midst of the fire with Shadrach, Meshach and Abed-Nego and made a decree that those who spoke even a word against the Most High God would be destroyed! (Daniel Chapter 3)

RESURGENCE!

As I was writing this, I strongly felt there was more. As I sought the Lord, I sensed Him telling me to look up the meaning of the number 330.

·       In the Greek language, the number 330 means revive, flourish again, sprout up anew.

·       In the Hebrew, the number 330 means understanding, intelligence, insight to continue or to endure.

Immediately I heard the Holy Spirit again say, “Resurgence! I am reviving what seemed dormant or dead, to move forward by My Spirit be led. I am releasing My breath and say, come forth and live, receive My strength and flourish again. For even now in this season of new life springing forth, seeds of destiny shall break open in birth.  Embrace My grace and the rhythm of My sound and the provision for the journey shall be found.”

This really spoke to me because the Lord had given me the vision for the new ministry some years ago, and along the way has given me revelation on different aspects of it, but only recently released us to go forward. There were many periods of seeming dormancy, but I have learned that God is always working and to trust His perfect timing. When the time is at hand, He brings a resurgence, the vision comes alive and there is grace to move forward.

"And God [is] able to make all grace abound toward you, that you, always having all sufficiency in all [things], may have an abundance for every good work." (2Co 9:8 NKJV)

EMBRACE MY GRACE FOR REPAIRING, REFORMING AND BUILDING THE NEW!

"And now for a little space grace hath been [shewed] from the LORD our God, to leave us a remnant to escape, and to give us a nail in his holy place, that our God may lighten our eyes, and give us a little reviving in our bondage. For we [were] bondmen; yet our God hath not forsaken us in our bondage, but hath extended mercy unto us in the sight of the kings of Persia, to give us a reviving, to set up the house of our God, and to repair the desolations thereof, and to give us a wall in Judah and in Jerusalem." (Ezr 9:8-9 KJV)

When I read this phrase, “for a little space grace…to give us a reviving” (for repairing and building), my spirit leapt to attention! I immediately heard, “Embrace My grace in this space and by My momentum you will keep pace. For there is great expansion that will be gained if by My grace it is attained.” Can you hear and receive the impartation of grace in this, the immediate resurgence of hope and the empowering therein?

The word “nail” in this verse (Brown-Driver-Briggs Lexicon) means: a secure position.

The word “space” in this verse (Strong's Concordance) means: an instant, moment, suddenly!

There is resurgence and the Lord is orchestrating your circumstances to bring what is necessary for the days ahead! You have a secure position in His Kingdom purposes, and it is time to expand and build! What He has ordained for you is already established in the heavenly realm and the provision will come! Be confident in His love and faithfulness to His purposes and continue to worship him in every trying situation. Your worship is warfare! (2 Chron. 20:21)

"Enlarge the place of thy tent, and let them stretch forth the curtains of thy habitations; spare not: lengthen thy cords, and strengthen thy stakes. For thou shalt spread abroad on the right hand and on the left; and thy seed shall possess the nations, and make the desolate cities to be inhabited." (Isa 54:2-3 ASV)

This is a time to move forward at the full speed of His momentum. Can you hear the sound? There is a reverberation from heaven – the sound of angels on the move to fulfill His word and carry out His decrees! Ignore the voice of the enemy, the naysayers, the critics, the doubters and the fearful; the Lord is moving and bringing those who are like-minded. Trust Him and take the next step. You will find your tribe and come alive! HEAR THE SOUND OF RESURGENCE OF HOPE! IT IS SPRINGING FORTH NOW!