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I wanted to share a very personal encounter that I had not long ago. I'm sharing this with you all because I believe this encounter speaks to where many in the Body of Christ are and what they have been experiencing. I submit that it's a now word to the weary warriors. It's a now word that speaks to the season we have just come through and to the new season we are moving into—a time of greater shakings and mega shifts.
The days ahead will require new levels of strategic contending and warfare, yet there will be a time for greater impact and influence—a time that will demand a greater capacity to carry a greater measure of glory and a higher level of discernment, understanding, and revelation that comes with lethal, penetrating power against the powers of darkness. These are the days of the birthing of a new Kingdom era, where all that can be shaken is being shaken. These are the days that will be known as a time of awe, wonder, and war...
A Vision of a Silver Arrow and a Sharpening Stone
Two days ago, I was sitting quietly before the Lord when suddenly I heard a strange sound. As I pressed into the sound, I was lifted up in the Spirit to where I saw the tip of a silver arrow being carefully placed upon a sharpening stone, and I could hear what sounded like sand or grit as the arrow was slowly being pulled back and forth across the stone.
As I looked at the tip of the arrow, I saw that it was jagged and uneven. There were areas on the silver tip that were broken, even fractured. The tip looked well worn, blunt, and dull in different areas. I knew by the Spirit that this spoke to the intensity and ferocity of the battle of the last season. The arrow bore the marks of repeated impact, of having been thrust into hard places of relentless striking against demonic resistance again and again.
The Pouring Out of Golden Oil
Then I saw a deep golden oil being poured out upon the sharpening stone, and the silver arrow was placed again upon the stone. I watched as the arrow was drawn across the stone, but this time there was a different sound... No longer was there the dry grinding of grit on the stone alone, but now there was a sound that became smoother and richer as the golden oil began to flow between the stone and the silver. Yes, the friction was still there, but the sound was now giving way to a new frequency, a divine easing. A sacred refinement was taking place, not a removal from the process, but rather a transformation in the process.
As the arrow was pulled back and forth and back and forth, I watched as the jagged edges were being smoothed, and the small fractures restored, and the uneven places aligned. The dullness and bluntness of the arrow began to give way to a razor-sharp edge and a gleaming silver point. The silver tip began to reflect the light with greater intensity than before, and again, I knew by the Spirit that what had been worn away in battle was now being reforged, refined, and made into a lethal weapon that had strength, precision, and accuracy for deep penetration that would bring a death blow. (Photo via Pexels)
From a Sharpening Sound to a Song
As I watched this transformation and refinement taking place, the sound of the sharpening of the silver against stone suddenly turned to a sound of music. As I listened intently to the sudden change in sound, from a sharpening to a song, I began to hear what sounded like a battle cry—a song of victory in the midst of war. It was a rising sound, a commanding sound in the spirit, a sound that carried the weight of God's authority upon it, a sound that caused a stirring in the atmosphere.
It is very hard to actually fully describe what I was hearing, but it was the sound of victory and triumph literally being forged in the place of tension and sharpening. And while the sound of victory spoke to that moment, it also came as a future declaration of victory in battle which was emerging from the place of refinement and purification. I saw that every stroke of the stone and every movement of the arrow was now producing a sound that aligned with Heaven's time—a sound that spoke with divine purpose and new Kingdom assignments.
From Silver Arrows to Golden Tuning Forks
I heard the Spirit say, "Watch and listen! For I am not only sharpening My silver arrows, but I am turning them into golden tuning forks that will carry the sound and frequency of a battle cry for the destiny of nations!
"Watch! For in the days ahead, My people will not only strike, strike, strike with greater precision and power, but they will release a sound of Heaven that breaks the demonic resistance, a sound that shifts spiritual atmospheres, a sound that announces the victory before the battle is over."
I saw so clearly that the silver arrows carried not only razor sharpness, but they were also "carriers of sound," and that as the sound was released, it would pierce, penetrate, and prophetically proclaim—every strike and sound. For the warfare of this next season will be fought "not by might nor by power, but by [the] Spirit" (Zechariah 4:6, brackets added). It will declare the sound of alignment, the sound of obedience, the sound of Heaven released through yielded and surrendered vessels in the hand of the Skillful Archer, Lord Sabaoth Himself.
The Sound You Carry Will Become a Mighty Weapon of Warfare
Again, I heard the Spirit say, "The grinding and the sharpening was a vital necessity, but the sound you now carry will become as a mighty weapon of warfare. Look! For I am raising up a remnant whose victory will be heard before it is seen, whose sound and battle cry and a song of deliverance will precede a mighty breakthrough, and whose sound will cause the enemy to scatter in seven ways."
I sensed prophetically in the encounter that the oil poured out upon the stone spoke of the Spirit of the Lord bringing forth deep healing, restoration, and supernatural empowerment in the place of friction, tension, and even pain. The same places that had been struck, pressed in, and worn down in the last season were now the very places where there was a divine strengthening and sharpening for greater accuracy, greater penetration, and greater effectiveness. (Photo via Pixfuel)
Striking with the Frequency of Heaven
I heard the words "A time of divine recommissioning is here." Then I heard the Spirit say, "Yes! I am sharpening My arrows for razor-sharp precision in the next season. What was dulled—made blunt and ineffective—in the intensity of warfare will now go forth to pierce with accuracy and power. What has endured the fires of purification will now carry a greater measure of My glory with greater force for Kingdom advancement in the earth realm."
Again, I heard the Spirit say, "Those who have endured and overcome the battles of the last season and who have yielded to the sharpening stone will now be entrusted to carry a greater anointing to strike and to reap the spoils!"
As I saw the silver arrows and the golden tuning forks being released and striking, they let out a pure sound that vibrated with the frequencies of Heaven that brought divine realignment and a rearrangement wherever they were sent. And I knew by the Spirit that in this hour the Lord is raising up not only silver arrows of precision, but golden tuning forks of divine alignment—those who will carry His sound, release His frequency, and bring Heaven's order into places of turmoil, confusion, and chaos.
I hear these words, "Watch! For the silver arrows will strike, but the sound of My golden tuning forks will establish My plumbline. And together they will build and advance My Kingdom purposes with supernatural authority, power, precision, and divine alignment!"
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Veronika West
Ignite Ireland Ministry
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Veronika West has been anointed and appointed by God as a prophetic voice to the nations. Veronika has a heart to see everyone in the body of Christ fully activated and released in their kingdom identity, purpose and destiny. Being born and raised in Africa, she also has a passion for deliverance ministry and seeing the hand of God set free the captives that are bound. She enjoys teaching the Word of God through practical application and supernatural impartation. Veronika heads up Ignite Ireland Ministries, and currently teaches a broad range of prophetic truths to those who are actively seeking to walk in deeper realms and dimensions of the prophetic ministry and office. Veronika is married to Andrew West, and together they have two children.
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