Intro: So many people have told me that they're finding life difficult right now. Sometimes it's hard to discern what's going on, but it feels as if life is on pause.
You feel stuck in some area. You're not making any progress or advancing. You're still showing up faithfully, doing what you always do, but everything feels dreary and a bit stagnant. You expected things to shift this year, but so far very little has changed.
A few weeks ago, we had a week of prayer and fasting in church. On the last day, I had a short vision. I share it below as a word of encouragement for you today.
I pray that you experience God's peace, provision, and power as you begin to see a shift.
A Vision of Mechanical Gears
Recently, I had a vision of large, interlocking, mechanical gears, like you might see on an old steam train or piece of machinery. The gears were rusted and stuck. It looked like they hadn't moved in some time.
Then I heard a loud noise. The gears were beginning to grind together. It seemed like they were locked. Jammed. Static. There was a strain, a tension, a friction, but very slowly they started to turn.
At the beginning, it was very difficult to see any significant change. The movement was almost imperceptible. However, after a few minutes, they began to move more freely and quickly gained momentum. Before long, there was an ease and speed to their movement. (Photo via Pexels)
I believe this is a picture of life for many of you. You have been feeling stuck for a long time. You've struggled to see any movement or momentum. You're going through the motions, doing what you know to do. There's activity, but no advancement; there's busyness, but no progression.
Your energy and motivation for life, work, relationships, and ministry have flatlined. Even your walk with God has felt bland, blah, and boring. You've struggled to find any direction or clarity. It's been unusually difficult to hear God's voice. You love Him; deep down you know He's with you, but life has been a struggle. Everything has felt harder than normal. It's been this way for much too long.
You've become weary and frustrated. You've lost some of your passion and fire, and at times you're not sure if you're ever going to get it back.
Change Is at Hand!
I want to tell you this: It's slow, but the shift is coming! It's already started. Little signs are there before you, like green shoots emerging through barren soil. I know it's hard to see them through the lens of persistent disappointment and delay. You don't want more false hope. You need something to change!
Change is at hand. It will be almost unnoticeable at the beginning, but over the following months you will gradually experience an increase in God's manifest presence, prophetic words, dreams, visions, and divine direction.
Things will begin to look different. You will start to feel different. There will be movement and momentum. By springtime, I believe you will begin to walk in a time of acceleration. Things will change, progress, and advance very quickly. There will be a fresh sense of freedom and renewed joy, hope, and vision.
Of course, there will be resistance and warfare, but you will be so focused on what God is doing that the enemy's schemes will feel almost inconsequential.
Like a train conductor, I hear the Lord declaring with a loud voice, "All change!" I see new assignments, relocation, repositioning, and realignment. This will all be accompanied by increasing disruption in many places.
The shaking and turbulence will intensify. There will be a redrawing of borders and boundaries. But amidst the unsettlement and upheaval, a fresh wind of the Spirit will blow upon the people of God. (Photo via GetArchive)
We're entering a time of refreshment and restoration. Awakening is stirring. The sound of salvation will be heard across the nations.
The Long Winter Is Over! You Will Reap Your Harvest
Don't lose heart now. You have remained faithful in the waiting of the wilderness season, and you will be rewarded for that faithfulness.
You haven't given up, and so you will reap a harvest. You have kept your heart pure, and you will see God move.
The long winter is almost over. The barrenness is breaking. The heaviness is lifting. Things are turning. IT'S BEEN SLOW... BUT A SHIFT IS COMING.
"Let us not become weary in doing good, for at the proper time we will reap a harvest if we do not give up." (Galatians 6:9)
"See, I am doing a new thing! Now it springs up; do you not perceive it? I am making a way in the wilderness and streams in the wasteland." (Isaiah 43:19)
"Blessed are the pure in heart, for they will see God." (Matthew 5:8)
"...blessed are those who have not seen and yet have believed." (John 20:29)
"See! The winter is past; the rains are over and gone. Flowers appear on the earth; the season of singing has come, the cooing of doves is heard in our land. The fig tree forms its early fruit; the blossoming vines spread their fragrance. Arise, come, my darling; my beautiful one, come with me." (Song of Songs 2:11–13)
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Craig Cooney
HOPE Church | Daily Prophetic
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Craig Cooney has been in ordained ministry for over fifteen years, leading churches in the north and south of Ireland. He is married to Becky, and they have a son named Elijah, as well as a labradoodle puppy named Henry. Craig is the author of four books: "The Tension of Transition," "SPIRIT SPEAK," "I Hear Yahweh," and "When the Lamb Roars." His passion is to help Believers to hear God's voice for themselves and apply God's wisdom as they navigate through the transitions of life.
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