What Heaven is Saying Today
L’shanah Tovah! (Have a good year!)
Chag Sameach Yom Teruah! (Have a blessed celebration of sounding the Shofars!)
After sundown yesterday, we started our Rosh Hashanah celebration in worship and with the blowing of the shofar. As I went face down before the Lord, I was given two visions. In the first vision I was carried in the Spirit to a place just above a beautiful rain forest. The Lord didn’t speak to me. He just let me experience the deep peace and rest in His Shalom Glory. The Lord was welcoming me and you into this Shemitah (Sabbath year). As we enter into the year 5775, we are being invited to enter into His rest – His Shalom. I pray that you will also experience a wonderful time in His amazing and awesome Shalom Glory. May you be refreshed, renewed, rested and restored in His Shemitah year!
After soaking in the Shalom Glory, I was carried to Heaven and I was shown a place I had not seen before. In this place the Lord had me to focus on a very old and beautiful credenza made of some kind of dark and luxurious looking wood. On top of the credenza, I was shown a very large hutch which was made up of many small cubby holes. I was standing on one side of the hutch looking across to the other side. On the side closest to me, I could not see these things clearly. It seemed like a cloud was swirling around this area making it difficult to see. I asked for wisdom and revelation.
Then I heard the Lord say, “This will be a big year. It will be made big by many little things (like the all the cubby holes in the hutch). From where you stand right now, it may be difficult to see. Now, is the time to walk by faith!” I was reminded of the Word of the Lord in Zechariah 4:8-10 (The Message) “After that, the Word of God came to me: ‘Zerubbabel started rebuilding this Temple and he will complete it. That will be your confirmation that God-of-the-Angel-Armies sent me to you. Does anyone dare despise this day of small beginnings? They’ll change their tune when they see Zerubbabel setting the last stone in place!’” People will change their tune when the last small thing is set in place and they see the mighty work of the Lord. We do not wait for that time. We receive it by faith now. This will be an amazing and wonderful year and we will see it come together small piece by small piece!
This morning, the Spirit carried me to the foot of a huge mountain range. This was a very beautiful place and I was enjoying the view and the peace I felt in His presence. Then the Holy Spirit began to lead me up the mountain. This was not so easy. It was a long and difficult climb to the top. As we stepped onto the highest peak, I was startled because we were on the very edge of a cliff. It looked like it was about 2,000 feet or more to the bottom. My stomach jumped with surprise. This was the first time I had ever had a fear response in the Lord’s presence. So, I knew it had a spiritual purpose.
In the valley below, I saw something like a promised land for God’s people. I knew this was the place where we can enter into His rest. The big question was, “How do we get there from here?” We will need some divine intervention and supernatural works to see it manifest. As I thought about this, I was startled again. Someone on the left side of where I was standing fell from the cliff and plunged toward the bottom. I was startled again when someone on my right side slipped and fell. Then I heard the Lord say, “More people who are visible and are seen by people to have reached the top are going to fall this year! Just as there are great possibilities before you, there are also dangers for those who are in disobedience and rebellion! This will be a season of judgment for many!”
I looked back down toward the promised land and felt a great longing rising up in my spirit to be there right now. I still didn’t see a way to get down the mountain on that side. Then it came to me again. This is a season to walk by faith and not by sight. This is a season to know by faith and not to be led by our feelings. God has brought us this far and He will finish what He started. A way is going to manifest this year for us to see the Lord’s paths to fulfill our destiny. We must not rebel and step out on our own. We are in a high place and we can either stand or fall. I pray that we will allow the Holy Spirit to guide us this year! I pray that we will not despise small beginnings or resist small steps! I pray that we will stay in step with the Lord and arrive at His destination for us! 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!