Just When You Think Nothing's Going to Change....

I shared in my last post my 'knowledge' of a move ahead for my husband and I. This came to each of us in separate times of prayer and praise and we reluctantly shared the info with one another as the week progressed. On my part, due to my great love of this place and on my husband's part, due to his knowledge of how I love this place.

We had plans Saturday for praise team practice at church, and we were asked to leave by a set time so that an offshoot ministry program could use the sanctuary. We were sent info by the church about the speaker and DH was intrigued by the speaker's bio that was sent to us. He suggested he'd like to stay and hear her speak. I was reluctant. It was one more item on an already full to-do list which prevented my own time to Live Inspired...however, when we're meant to do something nothing will keep us from it.

As I dressed on Saturday, I was standing before the mirror when I felt God move in my spirit and I knew that this woman had a word for us. I made up my mind we'd hear her speak, because if she had a word I wanted it. As we were practicing with the praise team, we were unaware that several arrived early and began to set up in the Family building for the speaker, instead of in the sanctuary as we were told they would. We'd been diligently practicing and a man was suddenly standing there watching us. We stopped and he asked if we were the church praise band and chatted a few moments and then told us he had come to play for the ministry program. We told him we were about to leave the sanctuary but he said they'd set up next door and were about to get started. I felt my heart sink a little. After all, if the program had started, I might not be able to hear this woman speak. And if I couldn't hear her speak, how would she give me my word from God?

One of my pastor's visions has been that his praise team would start going out to the community at large and drawing people in. The gentlemen went back and told of the music we were playing, how good we were. The hostess, a member of our church, came to borrow a couple of items from the sanctuary and we told her we were done, please have her guests come to the bigger room to have their meeting. She asked if we'd play with their musicians, and we agreed. The gentleman came back and declined to play with us, saying he'd much rather have the group hear our music and to please play some of the music he'd heard us practice.

And so just ten minutes later, barefeet andt-shirts and shorts, there we were in our intro to community outreach, playing and singing for a group of women from surrounding churches! All of us felt it was a first step into that vision of our Pastor's.

Then DH and I settled down to listen to Mrs. Mason speak. She's a tiny woman with a dynamo inside. She is just 4'9" tall and full of energy, has a deep strong voice and a powerful charisma about her. She spoke to the group of women, singling out several, telling each what God had to say to them in their circumstance. She brought one woman forward, put her own Bible on the floor and told her, "Stand on this Word. God told me to stand on His word and I didn't know any better, I didn't know scripture at the time, so each morning when I rose, I put my Bible on the floor and stood on it. Now I know better, but God is showing me that you need to stand on His word. So stand there and let it sink into your spirit."


As I saw that she was winding down her talk, I began to pray. "I know she has a word for us, Lord. You told me she had a word for us. Please give me an opportunity to speak to her."

Now let me share something. The group was already settled as we played and had filled all the seats on one side of the sanctuary. So when we were done, my husband and I went to our usual seats on the opposite side so that we need not disturb any one of the group...Mrs. Mason looked in my direction a time or two, but she directed her talk to the group seated before her.

As the group broke up, I stayed in my seat and finally she came over towards me to thank us for the music. I accepted her thanks and said "Please, I don't mean to put you on the spot but you have a word for me, for us. God told me this today before I left home. I hadn't planned to be here and I was told to come and hear you because you were to give me a word." Her face broke into a huge smile. "I thought perhaps you did not believe in Godgiven words since you sat here away from the others." I laughed. "Oh no! We do believe. We just went to our usual seats rather than disturb the others!"

"I DO have a word for you and I was wondering how I might approach you, if you were a non-believer," she said. "Now are you ready to hear what God has to say?"

"You are already aware of a move in your life. But it is not a physical move that is coming. It is an increase in responsibility, a spiritual move, that will involve the releasing of still more of your gifts and the work related to them. You will no longer be confused about what to do or how to do it. God is lining everything up to fall right into place as it is needed. You will have complete clarity and clearness of mind. God says to tell you that He will be travelling with you through this time and that you have been faithful to do all He asked of you, that is why you are being elevated. He is getting ready to blow your socks off!" LOL What a wonderful word that was!

But I'm not done. According to Judaic law, a perfect witness is when three separate people confirm the information. I had my first word of a move. My husband was my first witness and I was his. Mrs. Mason was our second witness to that word.

On Sunday we had such an awesome service. The praise band sang some of the most anointed songs we've lined up to date. The pastor was filling in for our vacationing team leader on the drums and he asked that we all allow it to just flow. "Don't stop playing to speak unless God moves you. Don't say anything unnecessary. Let the music carry us right up to time of service."

Well, God moved in that praise time. People wept. People reached out to God. People cried out for the Lord to move. And God chose me to speak through at one point. I was trembling so much I could barely hold my microphone. Not stage fright but just the wonderful nearness of God. And when I'd spoken, my pastor's wife began to speak over me in prophecy. She confirmed every single thing said to me the day before using the same words! And she hadn't been at the program nor heard from anyone else the prophetic words spoken over us, because we were alone with Mrs. Mason at the time! We hadn't shared with anyone else what had been said. There was our third witness.

Now today I had household and family obligations to attend to. I have a long week ahead filled to the brim with appointments and activities. But God has moved in our life. He has confirmed the word he gave us. Things in my life are changing, even while it looks normal here on the outside. Every day brings me one step closer to that major move ahead!