March 8, 2024
To finish off this week’s theme that The Holy Spirit gave to me, relationships in marriage, family and church community, I felt it would be good to share this vision about when people from church support you through your trials. It’s not the biggest show of a healthy church community, that is probably because I had recently left one church, and have been trying out two churches. And though I talk to people, I don’t know them that well.
And this might not just be for me. When one thing happens to a child of God it’s probably happening to more of His children. So, I think a lot of people could relate to this.
The title may not be exactly fitting, but it’s something my pastor (from a former church I attended) said that really stayed with me.
I see a dark deserted road. I’ve been seeing the same thing in my visions this week. A friend from my church is walking down it, I’m walking down it a little ahead of him. He asks me why I’m down here so late at night. I tell him, “This is the unknown road God has me on; the same road you will have to take.” It represents the narrow path, which is about more than its length but its visibility, like a prophecy I received earlier from a leader in my church. God was only revealing a bit of my calling to me at a time, because if he showed me the whole thing it would be overwhelming. And Jesus said the same thing to the disciples when He announced He was sending The Holy Spirit to them.
Others will have to take this road once they realise that when Jesus told His disciples to give up their lives for Him and to seek the Kingdom first meant a bit more than living as a Christian who fixed a few things about their former life. It meant absolute sacrifice, leaving everything about their life behind and following God into a new and unexpected life to be used as a vessel for His Kingdom. It’s the call of Abram.
It can be a lonely and isolating period.
My friend tells me I shouldn’t be alone. I just look up at him in puzzlement. I have always done this alone, why should this situation be any different? But still I walk by his side as he walks with me through my silent suffering in the wilderness. We don’t say anything. But just having him there is helping me.
He takes me to a house, his refuge, in the middle of the wilderness. His own wilderness. The house is surrounded by bushland. It sits out of place in the middle of it. It looks like a house you would find in the suburbs. Inside it’s warm and homely. He asks me if I’m hungry, and takes out a massive turkey from the oven. It’s like three times the usual size. This symbolizes the abundance of provision God has given me through my trials. It’s the manna and quail falling from the sky in the desert.
We share a roast dinner together. He asks me how things have been going for me lately and we engage in a nice conversation. I don’t say anything about the suffering I had/was still going through. It was hard to open up. When you’re a prophet it can be hard to know how much to reveal, because it may be connected to revelation you’re not able to give yet. And you can’t give the enemy a chance to come in and abort that baby before it has fully gestated. And sometimes those attacks are from the other person’s unbelief.
So, I didn’t say anything. I had talked to this person about past struggles a bit at a time, and to other church members too. And they didn’t really respond or respond how I’d like. Sometimes they made me feel worse. So, it will take me time to trust people enough to open up to them again.
But just talking to someone was nice. And having someone literally (in the vision) to walk with me through my suffering, felt good too.
At my new church I have shared some of my struggles with them, like the person who ended up prophesying over me, and it has helped. It has made me relax a bit and just patiently wait for God to reveal more to me. But I’m still guarded about the struggles I go through. Maybe God is telling me that it’s time to open up more, and let others in.
Maybe He is telling you that too. Or maybe He is telling you that He will bring you to people who you can trust, who you can open up to. Who will encourage and support your gifts and your calling, and will help you reach your destiny. The destiny helpers are coming. And maybe you’re someone’s destiny helper too.
God has been talking to me a lot about unity in the church, and between the denominations. To show the love of Christ, not reject those who do things differently and maybe say things that are bold, weird and even just downright shocking, but to embrace them, learn from them, teach them, strengthen them where they are weak, and help them strengthen your own weakness. It’s those who are called differently who are the most isolated and lonely, and are the ones walking down the dark deserted road alone.
[The Apostle of Peace]
Scriptures
Matthew 7:14,Luke 18:25 : The narrow gate/ road
John 16:12-13: Jesus telling the disciples everything would be too overwhelming
Matthew 19:29-30, Luke 14:26-27, Luke 18:29-30: Give up your life and seek first the Kingdom
Genesis 12:1-5: The call of Abram
Galatians 6:2: Carry each others burdens
1 Corinthians 12:25-26: Each part of the body should have concern for each other
Exodus 16:4, 11-13: God sends manna and quail to the Israelites
2 Corinthians 1:4 – God comforts us so we can be a comfort to others
Victory And Peace 