What Heaven is Saying Today
This morning, in a vision, I was lifted up to a very high place and stood in the cleft of the rock near the top of a mountain. As I looked across a great plain, I was reminded of the things I had seen from mountain tops in Israel. This memories gave me a great sense of the Shalom of the Lord. Then I heard a voice proclaim, “Higher perspectives!” I wondered what that could mean. I had an idea, but I wanted to be certain that I was seeing and hearing correctly because I had been praying to see what the Lord is doing so that I could do it and to hear what the Lord is saying so that I could say it. Then the Spirit released understanding to my heart. We are in need of higher perspectives. Many of us have been down in the weeds and only seeing the problems and challenges around us. We need to let the Lord lift us up so that we can see more things from His perspective.
I thought about Isaiah 55:6-9, “Seek the Lord while He may be found, call upon Him while He is near. Let the wicked forsake his way, and the unrighteous man his thoughts; let him return to the Lord, and He will have mercy on him; and to our God, for He will abundantly pardon. “For My thoughts are not your thoughts, nor are your ways My ways,” says the Lord. “For as the heavens are higher than the earth, so are My ways higher than your ways, and My thoughts than your thoughts.” In this season, we need to rise about our thoughts and our ways! We need to rise up to the level of His ways and His thoughts, but how can we do that?
For an answer, the Spirit led me to Psalm 18:46-49, “The Lord lives! Blessed be my Rock! Let the God of my salvation be exalted. It is God who avenges me, and subdues the peoples under me; He delivers me from my enemies. You also lift me up above those who rise against me; You have delivered me from the violent man. Therefore I will give thanks to You, O Lord, among the Gentiles, and sing praises to Your name.” It is the Lord who can lift us up above our problems and all the attacks of the enemy. I am filled with gratitude for what the Lord has done, what He is doing, and what He will do on our behalf in the future.
Then I saw something amazing. I was standing beside myself watching as Yeshua ha Messiach came to me and embraced me with a powerful hug. Then He kissed me on my right cheek. I thought about Psalm 2:11-12, “Serve the Lord with fear, and rejoice with trembling. Kiss the Son, lest He be angry, and you perish in the way, when His wrath is kindled but a little. Blessed are all those who put their trust in Him.” I was not focused on the fear of perishing, but on the joy of His pleasure and the power of His blessing. I immediately understood that I was watching this outside myself because it is not for me alone. It is also for you. The Spirit revealed that the kiss on the right cheek is an anointing of Kingdom authority. I immediately received again the promise in Luke 10:19, “Behold, I give you the authority to trample on serpents and scorpions, and over all the power of the enemy, and nothing shall by any means hurt you.”
I fell to my knees holding on to His right hand with both of my hands. Then I kissed the back of His right hand. I wanted to kneel and kiss His hand like this to indicate that I fully summit to Him and His authority. This is a powerful key for receiving and walking in the spiritual authority He releases to us. As I kissed His hand (still watching from outside myself), he placed His hand on top of my head and released a blessing and a fresh impartation. Remember, this is for you too! As we strive to be lifted up from the weeds to get a higher perspective for this season, we must submit to Him and receive His blessing and anointing. I prayed the James 4:7 prayer over and over in His presence.
As I was kneeling before Him a strong wind began to blow in a large circle around the mountain. It was so strong that I was very grateful that I was in the cleft of the rock and being held by the Lord. I heard a voice from Heaven declare, “The winds of change have started to blow! You must hold tightly to the Lord!” I thought, “No problem! I am delighted to hold on to Him in this powerful wind!” Then I could see that the wind was blowing in a counterclockwise direction. This confirmed a Word I received from the Lord on Yom Kippur: “This year is a year of restoration!” Many of us have lost much during the previous few years, and a season of restoration is very good news. Can you receive it?
The Lord is going beyond restoration (Malachi 3:11, “And I will rebuke the devourer for your sakes, so that he will not destroy the fruit of your ground, nor shall the vine fail to bear fruit for you in the field,” says the Lord of hosts) He is also fulfilling His promise to “rebuke the devourer.” It is time to stop losing and start living in the victory the Lord has already won for us! May the Lord lift you up to a high place and give you His perspective! May He bless you, kiss you, and anoint you with Kingdom authority! May you experience the Lord’s promise in Luke 10:19, “and nothing shall by any means hurt you”! I pray that you will receive the sevenfold Shalom of the Lord (peace, provision, protection, prosperity, productivity, power, and prophetic words) now and forever! Amen and Amen!!!
James
Pastor James Durham
Higher Calling Ministries, Intl
P.O. Box 292335
Columbia, SC 29229-0335
May the Lord bless you and keep you,
May the Lord make His face to shine upon you
And be gracious unto you,
May the Lord lift up His countenance upon you
And establish for you Shalom, Shalom, Shalom!