What Heaven is Saying Today
This morning, I was consumed with a hunger for the presence of the Lord. I went into the worship room and repeated this request over and over. I just wanted to be in His presence this morning and every morning. How about you? I realized that more than anything, I just need the Lord. I want to feel His love, His grace and His embrace. Are you feeling it too? Between these heart cries, I lifted up several people in intercession. I began to feel their pain, fear and need. In compassion, I cried out for the Lord to heal, comfort, restore and bless those in great need today. Then I heard the Lord saying that I (we) need to focus less on ourselves and more on Him and others in need. I accepted this and continued to pray in intercession.
Suddenly, I was given a vision. I saw a disserted beach. I watched as the waves came crashing in over and over. Then I noticed that each time the waves hit the beach they went further up on the shore. Then I heard the Lord say: “The tide is coming in!” I quickly understood that this was a word about the tides of revival. We have been at low tide far too long. Now the season is shifting and the tide is coming in. Are you ready for it? Are you crying out for it? I am feeling a great passion for revival to breakout in every nation. I was led to a quote from Psalm 118:15-16 in The Message Bible, “Hear the shouts, hear the triumph songs in the camp of the saved? “The hand of God has turned the tide! The hand of God is raised in victory! The hand of God has turned the tide!”
It is not by any work we have done. It is not because of cleverly crafted programs or skilled preaching. It is a work of the Lord. “The hand of God has turned the tide!” Perhaps He has been waiting for us to realize who really makes revival happen. It is time for us to submit to the Lord and wait on Him to do a mighty work in our time. It is time to give Him all the praise and glory for what He has done, what He is doing and what He will do in this new season. I thought about Isaiah 48:11, “For My own sake, for My own sake, I will do it; for how should My name be profaned? And I will not give My glory to another.” May all the glory, praise, honor and majesty be to Him alone! May the fire of revival fall afresh from the Lord on each of us! I pray passionately for this in the mighty name of Yeshua ha Messiach. Amen and Amen! I rejoice again as I hear the good news: “The hand of God has turned the tide!” Hallelujah! Thank you Lord!
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!