Prophets are declaring there is a new day, a new season in the Nations and the Church. People are picking up the sound of change, but there are too many sounds flooding from different directions; these sounds are vague. The NIV puts it this way, “Where there is no revelation, people cast off restraint; but blessed is the one who heeds wisdom’s instruction.” The ESV version says “Where there is no prophetic vision the people cast off restraint, but blessed is he who keeps the law.” It is difficult to navigate a new season without a clear picture or vision of where you are expected to go. Without a clear plan: without a vision, people are doomed to wander aimlessly. The Lord has taught me over the years to track every prophetic word I received because it is the pointer I need to follow, and the building blocks that God uses to build my life and ministry.
There have been several prophetic words that I received over the years, but I want to highlight what I received in 2005 which were series of instructions received for the Church to get ready for the challenges and her assignment. 2005 the Lord said there was a shifting and shaping of nations to their prophetic destiny; every nation has a redemptive purpose.
Neither is worshiped with men’s hands, as though he needed any thing, seeing he giveth to all life, and breath, and all things; And hath made of one blood all nations of men for to dwell on all the face of the earth, and hath determined the times before appointed, and the bounds of their habitation; That they should seek the Lord, if haply they might feel after him, and find him, though he be not far from every one of us: Acts 17: 25-27 (KJV)
2013 He said 2014 -2024 is The Decade of Preparing Laborers for the Harvest. I believe God was looking into now with the high rise of open satanic opposition. He wanted the Church prepare to take strategic position to influence the direction the nations should go. Four more years remain for this mandate period to expire. There were some specifics he gave me for the church in my nation, sad to say; it has not been heeded. But we are still trumpeting the mind of God. These periods are highlighted by the Lord for the Church to prepare, but many churches are not paying attention; years of preparation have been wasted. It was because of the neglect and delay the Lord give the instruction for his people to take the responsibility and become custodians to set the pace; He may be speaking the same to you now, he is looking for custodians who will watch over the prophetic words until it come to pass; like Daniel, Simon, and Elizabeth. 2016 the Lord told me 2017-2022 is the year of Setting the Pace toward 3032. I will not go much into this, because this was given to the Church in my nation, but I believe the instructions apply to the Body of Christ worldwide. In this five year period, 2017-2022 we are to build structures to facilitate our assignments and mandate from God. It will be a time of the Nehemiah Dimension: a time of War and a time of Building; one hand on the weapon, the other on the building tool. He is building His Church for the darker days ahead.
2020 will not be the year of personal gain or reaping, it may occur in some areas of your life, but that is not the emphasis. 2020 is the year of shifting and preparation. The past seasons, we have been at the receiving end and the season of Prophetic declaration; it is time to shift from just prophesying to Apostolic building. This is a new season, in which he is planting more seeds for the future harvest. This is a season of expansion of our territories that have become narrow because of the excess accumulated along our journey.
Seasons of transition is a period of frustration, fear, uncertainty and confusion; due to the difficulties encounter during times of change. It is also a lonely time, a time of isolation. God is restructuring and calibrating us; he is pruning, and pruning is painful. He is refreshing the dead, dry, forgotten places into a fertile place, so that, that which is sowed, will spring up. “For as the earth bringeth forth her bud, and as the garden causeth the things that are sown in it to spring forth; so the Lord GOD will cause righteousness and praise to spring forth before all the nations.” Isaiah 61:11 Only what is planted will spring up.That is what he is doing now. For more insight on our process, you can read my posts, The Watchman Command: Prepare for the Marching Order and Understanding and Engaging Your Process.
There are other prophetic emphasis, but I want to focus on what I received and believe it is relevant for the watchman development in this season and their future assignments.
Before God does anything, He gives us a picture of his future operation through His prophetic word. “Behold, the former things are come to pass, and new things do I declare: before they spring forth I tell you of them. Isaiah 42:9 (KJV). The Lord wants us to understand his operation in every new season, because it helps us to migrate to that new position in Him. Our prophetic sight and understanding becomes that driving force in our pursuit of God’s purpose. God’s prophetic declaration enables us to respond more positively to changing circumstances, and it provide needed resources to shape our personality and behavior to match the demand of the time. From the days of John the Baptist until now, the kingdom of heaven has been forcefully advancing, and forceful men lay hold of it. Matthew 11:12 (NIV) In every new season we must take up the characteristic of the Kingdom that is manifested. We have seem this happen throughout Church history with Heroes of Faith.
The prophetic word becomes the framework from which we must operate, it is also the shaping tool of our new paradigm. God’s revealed prophetic vision of the future becomes the standard for the new season, it brings us into alignment with his plan and purpose. He is aligning and resetting as some prophets are saying and I agree with them, but I also believe he is calibrating because this is a New Reformation season where the Spirit of God is bringing things back into the right shape. In every new season God raise the standards, and to match up to that standard, we must go through a period of calibration to meet the standard. God has release The New Reformation for a complete structural change in our ministry approach, watchman ministry, mentality, church and ministry structures, our lives, businesses, etc. There is a strong emphasis on internal structural change. “No one tears a piece out of a new garment to patch an old one. Otherwise, they will have torn the new garment, and the patch from the new will not match the old. And no one pours new wine into old wine skins. Otherwise, the new wine will burst the skins; the wine will run out and the wine skins will be ruined. No, new wine must be poured into new wine skins. And no one after drinking old wine wants the new, for they say, ‘The old is better”. Luke 5: 36-39
The Watchman Alignment
The prophetic word, in a new day, defines the context of operation and the prayer focus. God has positioned us as His watchmen, we should watch at the window of opportunities to discern when God ushers in a new Kairos to sound the trumpet for others to shift. As watchmen, we must make the adjustment to align our prayer focus and emphasis with his declare prophetic agenda. Many prophets have received the prophetic word for this season, but the full details are being kept to write a book before releasing it to the body of Christ. This is one thing I have observed over the years that have resulted in us losing the prayer movement. Ministers have preyed on the itching ears syndrome and have peddled the word unconsciously through their books. Many are out there thirsty and crying to God for change, waiting to be activated by the cry of the watchman. “Earnestly I seek You; my soul thirsts for You. My body yearns for You in a dry and weary land without water.” Psalms 63:1 Where are the Watchmen who have the Word for this Hour?
God is preparing us in this season to partner with Him. In every kairos, there are set events that must be completed to bring the kairos to a successful end. It then become our responsibility to understand God’s kairos and know what are those things He wants established. There are issues in this kairos the Lord will deal with; he is bringing total reformation to the prayer movement. A massive number of believers will be activated in this movement. He is also maturing the watch, raising territorial occupants, strengthening the networking of watchmen, prophets, apostles and intercessor; He wants his Prayer Army to set the pace and bring order within the prayer arena, carry out governmental prayer and establish God authority in their assigned territories. He gave these instructions before, but the Church missed it.
In this new season, the Lord is aligning our prayer actions to his proclaimed eternal agenda. “Our Father in heaven, hallowed be your name, your kingdom come, your will be done, on earth as it is in heaven.” Matthew 6:9-10 God’s purpose come to pass, when we come in agreement with his will. He is demanding his watchman who make mention of Him, not to keep silent. The word “make mention” is the Hebrew word “Zakar”; It means to mention, keep in remembrance, recount, think on, record: so as not to forget or to mark: so as to be recognized, keep constantly in mind, call in remembrance. These are the activities he is developing in his watchmen in this new season. As we agree with Him and bring to his remembrance in our consistent and persistent activities of making mention in the midst of the battle, we create platforms upon which God invades the earth to accomplish his eternal purpose.
The Lord Almighty has sworn,
“Surely, as I have planned, so it will be,
and as I have purposed, so it will happen.
I will crush the Assyrian in my land;
on my mountains I will trample him down.
His yoke will be taken from my people,
and his burden removed from their shoulders.”
This is the plan determined for the whole world;
this is the hand stretched out over all nations.
For the Lord Almighty has purposed, and who can thwart him? His hand is stretched out, and who can turn it back? Isaiah 14:24-27
The Lord is putting a demand on us to develop our watchman capacity, especially in the “Zakar” activities.” Be informed, research to develop yourself, pray for greater discernment to track the Spirit of God’s activities so you can sound a clear alarm, seek to know the mind of God concerning times and seasons and the now prophetic word, because it become your framework of operation and defines your context. Ask the Holy Spirit to show you your assigned territories and identify your company. These are possible when there is a clear sound from Heaven. May the Lord give you access to His Now word so you’ll come into activation in this New Reformation season.
We need to migrate to new levels in him. It is my prayer that you are ready for this new journey in God. I declare God’s speed in your life.
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