On 10 January 2016 the Lord began to teach me about His process of transition. Since then I have had countless people telling me that they are in transition and finding the process difficult. I am posting this as it may be helpful.
The Lord led me to Joshua 5:6
The Israelites had
moved about in the desert 40 years until all the men who were of military age
when they left Egypt had died, since they had not obeyed the Lord. For the Lord had sworn to them that they
would not see the land that He had solemnly promised their fathers to give us,
a land flowing with milk and honey.
Those who had
obeyed the Lord then went through a definite process to enter into the promise.
1.
The people were to follow the Ark of the
Covenant and the priests.
Joshua 3:4 “Then
you will know which way to go, since you have never been this way before”.
2.
The people were instructed to consecrate
themselves because the Lord was going to do amazing things among them.
3.
The Lord stopped the flow of the river to enable
the crossing.
4.
The new generation crossed over the river and
were circumcised.
5.
They remained where they were in camp until they
were healed.
6.
The Lord rolled away the reproach of Egypt at
Gilgal (sounds like the Hebrew for roll).
7.
On the evening of the 14th day of the
month they celebrated Passover.
8.
The following day they ate the produce of the
land and the manna ceased.
Those of a generation who are moving into God’s promise will
find themselves in a similar process.
1.
There will be a specific preparation, and then a
need to follow the lead of the Holy Spirit very closely because we have not
been this way before.
2.
There will be a God action – something that only
He could do.
3.
There will be a cutting away of the things of
the flesh
4.
They will be required to remain in one place
until they are healed.
5.
The reproach of the past will be removed from
them. (Reproach: disapproval or disappointment).
6.
There will be a time of acknowledging what God
had done for them and that He has been sovereign in what has taken place. They will celebrate their new freedom.
7.
They will need to begin to actively partake of
what is in the new place.
8.
What sustained them in the past will dry up.
This is the process of transition, crossing over, moving
from one season into the next as God’s people are currently being called to
do. Those who are not obedient will
cling to the things of the past and will not see the new that is before them,
neither will they taste of the goodness of the land of milk and honey.
On the evening of the 14th day of January 2016,
we took communion to ‘pass over’ and leave the pain and reproach of the past
behind. A new day, a new land.
We prayed out Psalm 105 – remembering all that God did for
His people Israel and celebrating His constant love and goodness, acknowledging
that it is the Lord who leads, guides, protects and provides for us. He is good.
We proclaimed our belief that we would now taste of the land flowing
with milk and honey.
I believe it was a process given specifically in order that
we might enter with Him into this new season, and a door has closed behind us
at the end of 2015.
THE LORD’S TEMPLE
22 January 2016. In my morning prayer the Lord led me into
chapters in Ezekiel 40 onwards.
Ezekiel 40. Specific
steps towards what God is setting in place for this year.
Ezekiel is shown the ‘gates’. They have very specific measurements. In each of the gates to the Inner Court the
portico faced the outer court and palm trees decorated the jambs, eight steps
led up to the gate. (I suspect that in
what is being prepared the Lord will show a total of eight specific steps).
Ezekiel 41:17 Palm
trees and cherubim surround the sanctuary.
In the space above the outside of the entrance to the inner
sanctuary and on the walls at regular intervals all around the inner and outer
sanctuary were carved cherubim and palm trees.
Palm trees alternated with cherubim.
(The palm tree symbolises the upright and faithful and in
this context is connected to the things of heaven and the throne room.)
Ezekiel 43:1 & 2
The East Gate
Then the man brought me to the gate facing east, and I saw
the glory of the God of Israel coming from the east. His voice was like the roar of rushing
waters, and the land was radiant with his glory.
Years ago when we began to pray through NZ ahead of Impact
World Tour, the Lord took us first to Gisborne.
It was a most special time and I made a friend there who I have
subsequently prayed with along the confiscation line and in other parts of the
East Coast. I believe, and it has been
spoken over her life by others, that she is a gatekeeper for that coast, and
she has been most diligent in her task.
She is a Pastor in Opotiki.
In one of the most powerful visions I have ever experienced,
the Lord showed the ‘people of the mist’ coming forth as leaders. Tuhoe of the East Coast have been referred to
in this way. (Copy of the vision attached)
Ezekiel 44:23
Holiness
They (the priests) are to teach my people the difference
between the holy and the common and show them how to distinguish between the
unclean and the clean.
This verse stood out
as a very specific instruction for the moving into the new. For some time I’ve carried a strong sense
that much of the church today has grown way too familiar with God and have
forgotten that He is Holy. The function
of a father is not just to play with his children, have fun, and give them good
gifts. He also provides security,
instruction in how to live and work, models a functional way of life. There is some teaching to be done carefully
to bring back a sense of what is holy, and what is acceptable in the eyes of
the Lord to move His children into maturity for this season.
Galatians 6:7 & 8
Do not be deceived: God cannot be mocked. A man reaps what he sows. The one who sows to please his sinful nature
(flesh) will reap destruction; the one who sows to please the Spirit, from the
Spirit will reap eternal life.
April 20, 2004
This vision and word for New Zealand came at the very end of an extended
time of intercession.
The vision began with the Lord bringing BREAD to the intercessors
in the middle of a green field. He then
released a light covering, or mantle, like a tent over everyone.
I saw workmen under this tent (like workmen when they are repairing
telephone wires), they were digging deep down into the soil.
As the digging went deeper they uncovered a new substance, I believe the
Lord was saying it was the true heart of the nation which no-one has yet seen.
I saw Maori warriors doing a haka ( challenging dance) on top of the
land, but the Lord said even the Maori have not yet dug for His heart.
We were connected to the beat and pulse of this heart. Those who
get down low, close to the land, will find the heart.
There is still something to be found/released in Matamata (centre of the
North Island) in this regard. He clearly said “I have not yet finished
with Matamata”. (Note: I think of the young Maori woman who carried
the bible over the Kaimai range to Matamata where revival broke out among the
people.) Matamata is the geographical
heart of the North Island.
I saw strong figures emerging from a thick grey fog and mist. The
Lord said there would be a new release of leaders in the nation, unknown men
and women brought forth by the Lord.
As those who were prepared to dig deep in the Lord continued to dig, the
heart was found and I saw the whole of New Zealand become a huge heart.
Every part of the nation was this immense heart.
Then I saw the Lord’s hand take pieces of this heart and drop them into
the nations. He had lifted me up high and I saw the nations of the earth,
they looked like pieces of paper floating on the ocean compared to the size and
depth and substance of this ‘heart’ nation.
There was so much substance that the pieces of heart placed in the
nations radically affected each one. All the nations of the earth were
affected.
Then the Lord showed me connection between this heart and
Jerusalem. I saw a surge outward over the northern tip of New Zealand
that became a powerful arrow-shaped flow into Israel. What has been
prepared, and will be released, in the uttermost parts of the earth, will reach
back into the land of Israel.
Finally I saw those who had been digging. They were sitting deep
down in a furrow, between banks of well-tilled soil. These were deep
ploughed furrows.
I was reminded again that He had brought us bread in a green field –
this indicated to me that much of what I had seen was ‘grass roots’
(indigenous) in nature.
Judith Grobelny