I have been sitting on this word for a little while and felt to release it today. The Lord spoke to me recently and showed me MANY prophets that have been through an incredible ‘showdown’ with the enemy and an incredibly difficult and dark time recently.
I saw many of these prophets were sitting under a tree, exhausted, depleted, wanting to give up and discouraged and it reminded me of Elijah under the Juniper tree in 1 Kings 19. Elijah had fled for his life after Jezebel sent him a message in verse 2.
So Jezebel sent this message to Elijah: “May the gods strike me and even kill me if by this time tomorrow I have not killed you just as you killed them.” (1 Kings 19:2)
Many prophets have been in battles in this season where they feel they have been fighting for their life. Many have been in the greatest showdown of their lives, where the enemy is roaring and releasing intimidation and fear in ways they have not experienced before.
I saw these prophets have continued to stand and continued to fight, many of them fighting for their very destiny, and continue to move in the calling the Lord has given them. In the midst of the intense battles, in the midst of the intense warfare, in the midst of the intense darkness and fear, they have remained faithful to Jesus and seeking His heart.
These ‘showdowns’ for many of these prophets began at very strategic moments in their journey where the Lord was releasing them into another level of favor, increase, promotion and opportunity to release His Word, and for many it seemed like day suddenly turned into night.
Many of these prophets have been facing the darkness and fierce battles in an intensity they have not experienced before and they have been paying a price that many would not realize. These prophets have continued to steward the words the Lord has given them with purity, integrity, humility and continued to pour out to others even in the midst of their pain and dark night.
I saw these prophets have now gained great ground. There has been a great victory and breakthrough that has happened in the spirit and the manifestation of that freedom and breakthrough is beginning to be seen in the natural, some of the greatest victories of their lives, yet they are feeling like Elijah under the Juniper tree, where he got so low, so discouraged and so depressed that he wanted to die. (1 Kings 19:3-5)
Exhausted. Discouraged. Empty. Disillusioned from the battle. Wanting to give up. Tired.
If you are reading this word, and you are one of these prophets, and you are feeling this way, then this word is FOR YOU.
The Lord spoke to me recently for you, and He told me He has released ministering angels to you, like He did for Elijah, to strengthen you and to minister to your heart and soul. The Lord is going to give you the deep supernatural impartation of rest through the rejuvenation of His Spirit and his ministering angels, the very deep rest that your heart and soul is crying out for.
The Lord is sending his ministering angels to strengthen you, to heal you, to empower you and to breathe hope and life into you again. In this deep exhaustion, in the struggle, in the weariness, in the discouragement, in the depths, He will show Himself strong. He is awakening the prophets to the revelation in a deeper way than ever before of His grace, His empowerment, and that is it “not by might, nor by power, but by My Spirit” says the Lord. (Zechariah 2:5)
These angelic encounters that are before you are going to shift everything in a moment. You will go from where you have been feeling depleted, empty, weary, wanting to give up, discouraged, disillusioned, without hope, passion or joy, to FULL and OVERFLOWING again. There is a new level of grace, empowerment and refreshing being released to you through these angelic encounters. Your heart will be healed, mindset shifted, hope renewed and restored.
Where you feel like you cannot go on anymore, the Lord is bringing a sudden divine turnaround and you will go further than you have ever been.
THE SPOILS ARE BEING BROUGHT TO YOU
From spoil won in battles they dedicated gifts to maintain the house of the Lord” (1 Chronicles 26:27)
The spoils that have been won in the battle that you have been fighting are now being brought to you.
I had a very significant dream recently where the Lord showed me angels that were being sent on assignment to go and gather the spoils that had been won by the prophets and bring them into manifestation in the natural.
As I pondered this verse, I came across this comment on 1 Chronicles 26:27 on a website:
When Scripture talks about maintaining the temple, the original Hebrew means “to repair the house, to strengthen and consolidate what was built.” These resources were meant to maintain the temple’s original splendor.”
Where is God’s temple today? Oh, you know that. It’s made up of his people—you, me, His Church worldwide. According to Paul, our bodies are temples of the Holy Spirit. And, like ancient Israel, our Lord still maintains his temple through spoils gained in battle. That’s why our trials are meant for more than just our survival. Through every battle, God is laying aside riches, resources, wealth for us. He’s stockpiling a whole treasury of goods from our warfare. And those spoils are dedicated to building up and maintaining his body, the church of Jesus Christ. (see the complete post)
Not only through the battle you have faced has the Lord done a deep work in you, He is giving the spoils of war to you in abundance and not only will you see greater increase in your own life and ministry, but the Lord will use your victory, what you have gained and received through this war to encourage, strengthen, repair, and minister to others and extend His Kingdom.
There is a sevenfold restoration and recompense upon you prophets of God!
Even though you felt like you were walking a dying path, the Lord is bringing you to life. Your dreams and promises are not dying, the Lord is adding increase to them. Many of you felt you have walked a path that has been so dark, and so hard, to the point of giving up, but the Lord is decreeing the greatest promotion of your life is upon you.
Hold on! Hold on! Hold on! For He is sending ministering angels to assist you, to strengthen you and instruct you. This strengthening and empowering is going to see you empowered with such supernatural strength, that you will go further, see further, hear more clearly and move into the new opportunities, assignments and promotions upon you with greater joy, peace, clarity and passion than ever before.
YOU ARE GOING TO ENCOUNTER HIM IN A WHOLE NEW WAY
The Lord also highlighted to me where Elijah had been strengthened and was now on the mountain and God was going to pass by:
11 And a great and strong wind was rending the mountains and breaking in pieces the rocks before the Lord; but the Lord was not in the wind. And after the wind an earthquake, but the Lord was not in the earthquake.
12 After the earthquake a fire, but the Lord was not in the fire; and after the fire a sound of a gentle blowing. (1 Kings 19:11-12)
I saw the Lord “showing up” in new ways in this season and ways that are different to how you may have experienced the Lord speaking to you before. Some of the greatest encounters with Jesus, some of the greatest touches of His Spirit, some of the greatest moments with the Lord in this season for many prophets are going to come in different ways than has been experienced or expected. For Elijah, he was so used to God showing up in “loud signs and wonders”, and here on the mountain, God shows up in the gentle and quiet whisper.
You are going to hear from the Lord and encounter His heart in a way in this season that is going to leave you gloriously undone by His power, His kindness and His love. A whole new level of AWE of God is upon the prophets and upon the body of Christ.
Prophets of God, I prophesy over you that some of your greatest encounters in this season are going to be in the WHISPERS of God and God showing up in new and unexpected ways. More is going to be released, restored and broken open for you in this season through the gentle and quiet whisper of the Lord. The Lord is depositing and imparting to you something new, something fresh, something different to see released into the body of Christ that is going to bring the body of Christ into greater alignment with His heart and this next move of His Spirit upon the earth.
Prophets of God, you are being ministered to. The Lord is adding to you, He is restoring you, He is rejuvenating you, He is giving the spoils to you, He is taking you further and higher than you have ever been. Your discernment is about to increase in double portions. Your eyes will be like the eyes of eagles on fire, to see like you have never seen before. You will encounter Him in a new way, and be invited into areas of His heart to see, hear, feel and carry what He is carrying which will be TOTALLY different to what has been carried, released and experienced before.
You have been in the fight of your life because the greatest promotion, positioning, increase of assignments, favor and increase season is upon you.
I decree and prophesy over you, that a season of GREAT JOY in what the Lord has called you to, your destiny and vision He has given you is upon you.
Even though you may not feel it, you have won a battle, you have won a war, and now the Lord is ministering to your tired, weary and discouraged heart. The Lord has used what you have walked to extend you, strengthen you, increase your capacity and you are TALLER in the spirit and are growing further into your authority in Jesus and your mantle than you ever have been.
The temptation has been to be like Elijah and throw off the mantle and want to quit, give up or die, but hold on, a great turnaround is upon you through these ministering angels and the power of His Spirit and your mantle is about to see the fire of God fall upon it. Increase is upon your mantle!
“May he send you supernatural help from the sanctuary and grant you support from Zion.” (Psalm 20:2)
“But they that wait upon the Lord shall renew their strength; they shall mount up with wings as eagles; they shall run, and not be weary and they shall walk, and not faint.” (Isaiah 40:31)
Author: Lana Vawser
Lana Vawser grew up in the Sutherland Shire, in NSW, Australia. She began her relationship with Christ in 1996, soon after which, she started to understand and grow in her prophetic gifting both to individuals and the greater body of Christ. Since then she has ministered in various roles in local churches, while posting prophetic messages through email lists or online. From 2014, Lana has been featured regularly on The Elijah List, The Australian Prophetic Council, and later Charisma Magazine.
Lana has a heart to encourage the body of Christ and individuals in their walks with Jesus; deeper intimacy with Him; and learning to hear His voice. Lana operates in the prophetic and loves to share the heart of God with others. In 2009, Lana wrote her first book titled “Desperately Deep – Developing Deep Devotion and Dialogue with Jesus”. She is a gifted prophet and teacher, and loves to see others grow in all that God has for them. She has her own blog site at Lana Vawser Ministries. She also has a Facebook page.
Lana has completed her Bachelor of Ministry through Tabor College, Sydney; and now resides in the Gold Coast Hinterlands, Queensland.
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Amen Lord! I needed to hear this!
Amen Lana! Thank you Lord.I also needed to hear this.All honor and praise to his Holy name.
Amen! In the past week, the Lord has given me two dreams concerning His grace. In both dreams i also saw the number 5. In the first dream, I was being released from the hospital, I was told I was on the 5th floor and had been admitted for pneumonia ( pneuma is the greek word for spirit). I uderstood that i had been “admitted” to the 5th floor (the number 5 represents grace) in order to be filled with the Holy Spirit ( because I have been walking in the flesh). After I left the hospital, I got in my car ad then took a wrong exit on the road. As I drove, I found myself driving on the scariest, oldest and tallest roller-coaster I had ever seen. The wood tracks on the roller coaster were falling apart and there were no side rails to keep my carn track. When I reached the top and was about to free fall , I prayed for the Lord to rescue me and help me not to feel pain when I died. The panic was so great that I woke up with a cold sweat and a fast heartbeat. the dream was truly disturbing to my spirit. I went back to sleep several minutes later and found myself back in the same dream, at the exact same spot on the roller coaster. However, this time, i felt no fear. The Lord instantly transported me safely to the bottom of the roller coaster and back to the road. Then, i remembered that I had left my ID on the 5th floor of the hospital and had to drive back there. When I entered the hospital, the scurity guards asked me a secret “security” question to make sure I had been a patient there.… Read more »
I’m not a prophet but i do pass on the Holy Word that is given to other’s when it align’s with GOD’s Holy Scriptures. I have had a Rapture Dream and various dreams with Jesus in them…and Jesus has called my name out loud and i saw Him during a Prayer over me when He Asked: “Do you want to be healed”…Stupidly i replied: “i don’t mind”…Deep Sigh…so i wasn’t healed(this was back in 2013)…but i know that i will be when the time is right. Even though i have been blessed with seeing Jesus but not His face in detail, i find myself exhausted and depleted of energy and wanting to go Home to Heaven ASAP and i can’t wait for that Last great Outpouring of The Holy Spirit to revive All who are feeling this way to carry on and bring in that Last Great Harvest…Which is looking to be This Year…!!! According to another Prophet Erin Aleshire of http://sparrowcloud9.com Which i believe wholeheartedly and now You Dear Lana have given along with some others from here a Confirmation of that happening SOON…YAY…!!! PRAISE OUR DEAR LORD JESUS CHRIST XXXXXXXX
Huge Hugs and Lot’s of Love XXX
As long as your heart said, ‘yes’, then if your words were less than optimal, He gets it. He will heal you. But the adversary will tell you He won’t. So believe in Jesus. He knows your heart wants to be healed so He will heal you. Just stop putting energy into the evil one telling you that you failed a test so you can’t be healed. Of course you can. It is Jesus that is good, you don’t have to prove yourself to Him, just believe that.
Lana, thank you for sharing this word. The timing was so perfect for me, it took my breath away. The LORD is so amazing. Thanks for your obedience.
Wow. It’s a perfect fit, as if this was written personally for me. 😉
AMEN! Absolutely this is me! I needed this word so much, only God knows. I am tearing up over this Word..Thank You, God Bless you Lana!
What a confirmation. Amen! Thank you Lord Jesus
Thank you, Lana!
Praise Jesus name who looks after his saints!
Here is a link for a free e-book written by Terry Bennett on spiritual warfare. I sense the darkness/storm fast approaching. My focus is on understanding how to don the full armor of God & learn to confidently rebuke evil in Jesus’ name. I am actively looking for “tools” & know others of you are as well. http://terrybennett.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/Why-We-Fight.pdf
On a separate note, Yellowstone has had 72 earthquakes in 24 hours – https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=AKM-Suj8tDk
Joel 2:28-32King James Version (KJV) 28 And it shall come to pass afterward, that I will pour out my spirit upon all flesh; and your sons and your daughters shall prophesy, your old men shall dream dreams, your young men shall see visions: 29 And also upon the servants and upon the handmaids in those days will I pour out my spirit. 30 And I will shew wonders in the heavens and in the earth, blood, and fire, and pillars of smoke. 31 The sun shall be turned into darkness, and the moon into blood, before the great and terrible day of the Lord come. 32 And it shall come to pass, that whosoever shall call on the name of the Lord shall be delivered: for in mount Zion and in Jerusalem shall be deliverance, as the Lord hath said, and in the remnant whom the Lord shall call. King James Version (KJV) Acts 2:15-21King James Version (KJV) 15 For these are not drunken, as ye suppose, seeing it is but the third hour of the day. 16 But this is that which was spoken by the prophet Joel; 17 And it shall come to pass in the last days, saith God, I will pour out of my Spirit upon all flesh: and your sons and your daughters shall prophesy, and your young men shall see visions, and your old men shall dream dreams: 18 And on my servants and on my handmaidens I will pour out in those days of my Spirit; and they shall prophesy: 19 And I will shew wonders in heaven above, and signs in the earth beneath; blood, and fire, and vapour of smoke: 20 The sun shall be turned into darkness, and the moon into blood, before the great and notable day of the… Read more »