Later, as I was pondering this whole scene in my heart, the revelation came that there have been many of us in that 'desert place' where we have felt isolated and yet it is in those desert places where the Lord has been restoring, purifying, refreshing and equipping people to move out in the ministries that they are called into. They have been soaking and being made ready to be positioned and launched into the 'suddenly' that God has prepared them for.
What does it mean exactly to be in that desert place? To me these are the seasons where you are holding to the truth of the destiny God has revealed to you when the facts you are facing today sometimes don't line up. You can even have those around you who question or even doubt where you're going and many will leave you because the going gets tough. However, there is a time limit to every dark night! It is holding onto the truth of God's word over your life that is the trial of your faith. God will change the facts to line up with HIS truth. We must speak the word of God over our lives so that our confession is the same as His word. We are not moved by what we see or hear but by the Word of God. The one thing that all these men and women had in common in Hebrews 13 was faith. The simple trust and confidence in God.
Why would God use Helicopters as a picture? Helicopters can manoeuvre and fly into places that other means of transport cannot get to and they represent individual ministries. The pools of water represent the Holy Spirit and anointing that flows out of the place of intimacy and relationship that has been cultivated and developed over time with the Lord. Its also the place of rest and peace knowing that God has all things in control and is reigning over you. The people prepared in this way know the voice of the Lord and are 'ready' to fly. As you speak the truth of the word of the Lord over your life and destiny then the 'SUDDENLY' shall come! God moves in the realm of suddenlies!
What does it mean to have a 'suddenly'? Throughout the Bible God has made a way of escape and delivered those who put their trust in Him and walk in obedience to what He asks. " For the Lord God will help Me; Therefore I will not be disgraced; Therefore I have set My face like a flint, And I know that I will not be ashamed" (Isaiah 50:7).
Sometimes God asks us to do unusual things as we read in Joshua 6. The Lord told Joshua that He would give him Jericho and its King into his hands but he had to march around the walls seven times and when they heard the trumpet sound to give a great shout and when they did they would suddenly see the walls of Jericho come down and they did!
Hezekiah had a 'suddenly' victory from the Lord. He had received a letter from the King of Assyria which said 'Let not your God in Whom you trust deceive you by saying, Jerusalem shall not be given into the hand of the King of Assyria'. The King of Assyria had a reputation of utterly destroying all the lands they took. However God had a plan (Isaiah 37 vs 34). "By the way that he came, by the same way he shall return and he shall not come into this city, says the Lord. Vs 35 For I will defend this city to save it, for My own sake and for the sake of my servant David. Vs 36 And the Angel of the Lord went forth in one night and slew 185,000 in the camp of the Assyrians" .
Whatever you may be facing in your life today God is NOT surprised by it and has a victory waiting for you! He knows the end from the beginning. Clear out anything that is separating you from the Lord and stand firm to the vision that God has laid on your heart.
You know He is able! He will do something so radical it will surprise you! Whatever the impossible situation God is able. Ephesians 3: 20, 21 Now to Him who is able to do exceedingly abundantly above all that we ask or think, according to the power that works in us, to Him be the glory....
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