Prophecy

In August last year, some American dude prophesied over me and I am realising he was spot on with regard to what God was planning to do in my life! I have seen some of what he said come to pass this year.

He said that:

1. God was bringing me into a place of intimacy and fellowship so that I would know absolutely that what's happening around me would not affect what's happening inside me, and that God would bring a maturity inside me in such a way that i'd willing to walk with the Lord no matter what happens;
2. God was going to bring a spirit of intercession upon me so that I would begin to cry out to the Lord for not only what I think i'm lacking, but i'm going to be carrying the burden of the Lord, the heart of the Lord for other people, and as I begin to hear the Lord for other people, I will also hear the Lord for myself;
3. God was removing the weightiness about myself and bringing about the weightiness of His own heart and His own glory, about a nation, about people around me;
4. God would put the Word of the Lord in prayer inside me that when I pray what's on His heart, I would find out that it has an effect and by doing that a fresh confidence from the Holy Spirit would come to me so I know that I am not left behind or left out;
5. he saw a detour, but I have an on-ramp onto the express way and God is going to give me a way to get on, i'm not going to be going on the side, but i'm gonna be able to get on and go quickly; and
6. the joy of the Lord would become my portion and everyone around me would begin to drink of my cup. The joy of the Lord would be my strength.

This year, I have been brought into fellowship with some amazing people through Bible college and in contrast to last year when my circumstances overwhelmed me and brought me so much grief, I am now not moved by what I see and hear around me, but rather my eyes are focussed on God and I have peace in my life. God keeps him in perfect peace whose mind is stayed on Him, because he trusts in Him [Isaiah 26:3].

The spirit of intercession has come on me in a huge way. It's funny cos in the first couple of terms, I opted to do the highschool outreach program, which meant serving breakfast to the kids and consequently missing 8am prayer on those mornings. Each student is only expected to rock up in their allocated week to pray for the needs of the day, yet I felt myself craving to attend every day of every week. Then I changed my outreach program to a Friday morning service, so I can attend all the prayer sessions. On the three days I bring my niece to college, she comes with me! Then in addition to that, I have been asked to join a group of intercessors to pray for other, more specific needs. I know I am walking in God's will with regard to attending this group. I leave feeling so refreshed and uplifted and I am starting to hear God's voice clearly for others.

Then true to the prophetic words, I am also starting to hear what the Holy Spirit has to say with regard to my own issues. For example, last Saturday I woke up and heard the Holy Spirit say to curse the root of bitterness in my mother. I have never thought of praying that for her.

I have also felt drawn to attend the VLC Prayer for the Nations weekly meetings and guess what happens there? - I find out all about God's heart for the nation! How interesting.... and it's true about the Word of the Lord getting inside me and into my prayers. I pretty much only pray the Word of God now, cos that's the most powerful way to pray because God's angels hearken to the Word of God (Psalm 103:20) and God is ready to perform it (Jeremiah 1:12) and His words NEVER return void (Isaiah 55:11). I am definitely starting to see results from my prayers, the fruit of disciplining my flesh to pray pray pray!!!

I know Bible college is the detour he was talking about. I haven't seen the on-ramp express lane yet, but I believe that's the career path God has for me after Bible college.

The joy of the Lord is my strength. I have such a joyful prayer language to sing in and lots of students have said it sounds so full of joy. I know God's joy flows out of my life now, I can feel it carrying me through each day and being imparted through contagious smiles. Glory to God, He is turning my life around so much.