God is Stirring This Up
I received this from a prophetic list from Australia today called the
Diggers and thought you might like to read it. God is really stirring up
this issue on leadership and the leader of this group also received my
last mailing. Most of my day yesterday was in getting through my e-mail.
As far as discussion, I would like to know how much action this group
might be capable of. You know me, I love to be part of the action but I
have already blown my trumpet as loud as I can on this. If the door is
truly being opened in Heaven according to the first trumpet, are we to
let others be led to spread the word or are we to be where the action
is? The vision below is a good example of what the Lord expects but also
that not all the leaders will get the message directly from the Lord, He
needs us to spread the message. I love discussion and coming to one
accord but after we are blessed and edified, what then? Could we be
rightly called an action group as well as a discussion group? It's the
Lord's group. I guess that depends on where you think that we are going
with it. Anyway, let's discuss it.
Jay.
(This is the first submission from my wonderful wife, to this
newsletter. She has a prophetic ministry, which often means that she
gets
powerful revelations through dreams. I get to listen to most of them,
plus
the many other things the Lord shows her, but this particular dream,
seemed
especially appropriate for leaders as we enter a new century. It is a
little longer than most submissions, but I think you will find it worth
the
read. Yes, she does get dreams that are this detailed! As with all
"words" we submit it to all of you for your discernment and for your
use as
you may see fit. )
I had a dream in the early morning hours on the first day of
the
new year of the new millenium. I spent New Year's Eve praying to the
Lord,
and I asked him specifically for a dream before I went to bed. This
dream
has encouraged me personally, and I believe that it could also
encourage
others, and so I feel led to share it.
I was walking along a dirt road with a group of about 30
people,
mostly women and some men and children. We were walking with the
intention
of reaching "the city", and I was leading them, showing them the way
and
walking out ahead of them. We had traveled a long way and now we could
see
the city in the distance, and anticipation was building within the
group. The city was a special place, a haven, and most importantly, we
were to meet the Lord there and commune with him. But our journey was
cut
short.
There was a river with an almost finished bridge that we had
to
walk across. It was an old type of bridge, a long and narrow arch
spanning the river, about 6 feet wide, much like a Roman aqueduct,
and made entirely of stones. All of the stones were hanging in place
without the aid of mortar or cement, suspended and supported entirely
by
the weight of each other. The bridge was temporarily held up with a
wooden
frame, waiting for the keystone to be dropped into place, and then the
wooden frame could be taken away. The stones would then settle into
place
and be a completed bridge. However, there was no keystone on this
bridge.
I was about to lead the people across the bridge and make them
jump the gap, but a man came up from the river. There were many men
like
warriors down in the river, working on the bridge. He halted us and
told
us that we could not go across. He said there was no keystone, and
until
they found one, no one could walk on the bridge, that it wasn't safe,
and
the bridge itself couldn't support the weight of the people walking
across
it.
All of us in the group were very disappointed, because we had
come
all this way, only to be told we had to wait, and could go no further.
But
I knew all was not lost. I knew that the Lord would help us, and I
instructed the group to get on their knees there with me and pray to
the
Lord to come and help us. I told them to pray with me to ask the Lord
for
a miracle solution to bridge the gap as He is our great cornerstone. I
had
faith and fully expected him to come and lay Himself down as the
keystone
for us to go across.
In the dream, the Lord appeared before me as I was praying. I
thought that He was coming to answer us as we had prayed, but to my
amazement He told me that I was praying "amiss" and that I had
instructed
the people to pray amiss as well. He told me that He is the great
cornerstone and that He had already laid his life down for all of
mankind.
And said that His work on earth was finished and that He continues to
work
in heaven always interceding for us as the bridge to God.
But He emphasized that He does that work in heaven. He said
that
He calls us all to model and imitate His great work here on earth by
continually doing what He did on earth and what He does in heaven.
That
Christians here on earth, by His Spirit, are to follow his example, and
lay
ourselves down, bridge the gap with our bodies and souls, and be His
bridges on earth so that others may find their way to the "city" and to
be
with Him.
And then I knew what He was going to ask me. He asked me if I
would follow Him and lay myself down in the gap on the bridge so that
the
people could get across. I can't tell you how disappointed I initially
felt. I told the Lord that I had led them all this way, and that I
wanted
to celebrate with them in the city, and that I wanted to see their
faces
and share their joy, and to receive my joy "reward" for the work that I
had
done. I knew that if I was placed in the gap on the bridge, that it
would
be for a long time, because all of the stones were jammed in and were
held
up only with the pressure of each other. It would be a permanent
calling,
and I knew it would be painful.
The Lord then told me, "The world and the groups may esteem
leaders because people follow them, but that is not what a leader
is. These leaders on earth are followers of my leadership; they are
all
following me. I am the true leader.
My values are different from what the world esteems. Many who
are
great leaders on the earth, who have their names known on the earth,
and
have groups following them are of little significance in heaven. The
one
who lays down his life, who makes himself of no reputation, who hides
his
face and does secret deeds of life for the life of the brethren is of
great
significance in heaven.
My work is to reconcile the world to my Father. There is no
greater work on earth for Christians then that of being used to
reconcile
people to God. It is what I did on earth and what I continue to do in
heaven. Bringing them along the road is easy. I am asking for these
leaders to become actual instruments of reconciliation.
Here, I offer you a place of honour. To lay down your life,
your
body, and your "leadership" so that others may find me. You can
follow
me, and do my work on the earth and bridge the gap. This group is
almost
at the city. They know the rest of the way now; they can see the
city. Your leading them there is not the important thing now. Give up
the
pleasure of leading them to the end result, and you will have a greater
joy."
I didn't totally understand, but I agreed to do it. I was
honoured that the Lord would ask me, and in faith I trusted him,
because I
could see that it was my selfishness that really wanted to go with
the
group to thc city.
The warriors came up from the river, picked me up and laid me
face
down to the river. They placed me above the gap and dropped me into
the
space on the bridge. I could feel their feet stomp on my back to "jam"
me
into place. My face was looking down at the water. The wooden bridge
frame
was pulled away and my body settled in with all of the other stones.
The
bridge was complete.
The group was euphoric. They ran across the bridge. No one
asked
where I was. They didn't care. They could go across, and their
anticipation was of greater importance then wondering where I had
gone. They didn't see me, and didn't realize I had become the
keystone. They all walked on me. I could feel their feet, boots, and
wheels of the carts, etc, and I could feel the pain of it all on my
back. I started to cry because I wanted to be with them. Soon they
had
all gone across and it was quiet as they got further away and closer to
the
city. Everything was quiet except for my crying. I couldn't even watch
them enter the gates because I was face down to the river.
Then I heard the most wonderful sound. Shouts of joy,
laughter ,
celebration, dancing, and praises to the Lord. My tears of sorrow were
turned to tears of joy. They had made it. I realized at that moment
that
the Lord was right. It didn't matter that I went with them. The
important
thing is that they got there. I was the means for them to get there.
We
would still have all been on this side of the river if someone didn't
become the keystone. My selfishness could have prevented the whole
group
from getting to the city. With the Lord's help, and by faith , I was
able
to lay aside what I thought was "owed" me for leading these people. I
truly
had found the greater reward. I wanted to be in that bridge for the
rest
of my life. I had found my "niche" and wanted to have this unknown and
faceless ministry, and even better that no one knew it was me. It was
just
my secret with the Lord. I wanted to stay there, so that other groups
could
come across, and walk on me and get to the city too. I knew that I was
a
reconciler, doing the work of the Lord, by actually becoming the means
by
which people got to the city to be with the Lord. Instead of "doing",
I
was "being".
Then something even more amazing happened. As I was facing
downward to the river, I started looking around me, as I could move my
head
to the right and to the left. I then realized that the stones, which I
thought were stones, were not really stones at all. They were people!
I
looked at the one beside me and recognized her. I said, "Oh, it's
you!"
and looked around at others. Some I knew, and others were strangers -
men
and women. I called out to those I knew.
There were some men down at the bottom of the bridge near the
water who I recognized as leaders of some large groups. I called out
to
them, "I thought you had gone on into the city with your group years
ago!" They replied that there was no way across for them so they laid
own
and became the foundations of a bridge which, by faith , they knew that
others would come and complete. They were so happy. They added that
they
had been waiting many long years for others to come and lay themselves
down
so that the groups could go across. All types of men and women were
in
this bridge and I felt honoured to be lying there with them. And I
also
felt guilty that they had been lying there so long just waiting for
others
to join them. I was one of the ones initially who did not want to do
it. But the time now was for rejoicing. They called out to me and
others
and praised the Lord for completing this bridge. An older man in the
bridge called out and said, "In our great joy, let us not forget those
who
are still waiting. There are many bridges not yet complete."
And it was at that statement that I looked down the river.
There
were many, many bridges in various stages of completion. I could see
some
just waiting for a keystone, while others only had a partial arch. I
could
also see groups of people waiting on the sides, waiting for the
bridges to be finished. Some leaders were in the process of being
lifted
into the bridge. There were other leaders of these groups calling out
like
I was, praying and instructing the people to pray to the Lord, asking
him
for a miracle, or that He himself would come and lay down in the gap.
Some
leaders did not realize that the Lord would ask them to leave their
leadership of the group, and become heavenly leaders by laying
themselves
down in the bridge.
I called out to the Lord, "Lord, please go to them, like you
did to me. Make them understand how it works. They aren't laying down
because they don't know it's their job. They, like me, are probably
expecting you to do it or provide for them." Again the Lord
spoke
to me and said, "Some leaders and groups have been there for a long
time. I have already spoken to some of these leaders and offered them
a
place of honour in the bridge, yet they refuse to give up their
leadership
of their groups. They don't realize that all of the groups are mine,
and I
am their true leader. They want to go with their groups into the city,
and
they expect someone of lesser importance to come forward from the
group to
lay themselves down in the bridge. Anyone can lay down in the bridge,
but
it is to the leader first that I offer this place of honour.
The leader is responsible to make sure that the group gets
across
the bridge. Often times it is these leaders themselves who hold things
up
for the entire group because they refuse to be what I have called them
to
be. Often, the leaders of the largest groups find it most difficult to
not
continue with their groups into the city. The leaders of these groups
must
be willing to lay themselves down. The ones who end up lying in the
bridge
emerge as greater leaders. Many of the leaders of the groups know
this
already and still they are unwilling. Pray for them, that they will
have
faith to DO it."
I woke up at that moment.
January 12, 2000
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