FOR THOSE ASKING “WHERE DO I GO FROM HERE?” This is burning in my spirit to share to those who have felt stuck or put on hold especially in the last 4 months.
It seems like you are back in waiting but aren’t sure what for.
You feel like you have been on a wild-goose chase that has suddenly shipwrecked you in “no mans land”.
It feels like you have been robbed of your vehicle – your purpose. Like you have been pulled over and forced out.
You feel like you have ended up in situation that looks nothing like what you envisioned, grieving what makes you come alive but is now out of reach.
Looking behind you it feels like your best days are over like you hit your peak – but you haven’t even seen your best days yet.
I saw the word INTERRUPTION being crossed out and in bright red the word LEGACY was written over it.
None of this is an accident – where you are right now is a setup.
The Unexpected Path
None of this was a mistake. Your unusual path. The detour. The treasure hunt and blind faith journey. It wasn’t a tease. It was designed to go somewhere you couldn’t have found on your own.
You wouldn’t have chosen the mess and the unknown, the struggles and wrestles, pressing and crushing – and you also wouldn’t have seen what was waiting for you at the end of this.
But now your heart needs to adjust to the new landscape. The new thing that you didn’t expect or envision.
It’s not settling – It’s surrender.
It’s not giving up – it’s finally moving with the new flow and accepting the new script.
Addressing the Lies
The lie of failure has shut down your creativity and confidence. It’s made you drop your sword and begin to bargain your way out.
The lie of being abandoned has questioned your first call and whether you heard God at all. No, you didn’t miss it.
The lie of “this is as good as it’s going to get” has made you begin to settle for second best and make your bed in the valley but you are moving through!
The Seed Falling to the Ground
Many have been in an extreme 4 months of what has felt like a “falling to the ground season” where it has felt like everything they once held has had to be laid down.
“Very truly I tell you, unless a kernel of wheat falls to the ground and dies, it remains only a single seed. But if it dies, it produces many seeds” John 12:24
I heard the Lord say, “If My people don’t lay down what they are holding how can they pick up what I am giving them next?”
It feels painful to let go of a dream or expectation you built your life around but God isn’t taking it from you to hurt you but to ADD TO IT!
God wants to multiply you! Have you been fighting it?
The enemy has. He wants you to stay in the same place you have been. He wants you to hold onto the old seeds that have worn around your neck like a necklace, but if you don’t let them go they will become like a lead weight!
As quickly as you lean into surrender God will pour out what he wants to give you.
This refining and shaking moment is protection and promotion. It’s advancement and the breaking of apathy. It’s the pure ointment clearing away the old husks of an old season.
Enter the Resurrection!
I then heard the Lord say “I am resurrecting my people!” and then I saw the 4 winds of the Spirit whirling and could see the purpose behind this process – God has been seeing his people in bondage, trauma, and constant conflict with the enemy and so He sent us through the fire to DELIVER US!
What emerges from this furnace now is going to be so potent.
New movements, ministries, messages, and voices.
New synergy, partnerships, family, and tribe.
Watch what and who leaves the tomb in this season.
Watch who comes out of complete disablement with a fresh sound and voice for this season.
“In the midst of fiery hot trials, persecution, shaking, opposition, and warfare, heavyweight ministries and movements are emerging and birthing. This is far from a “stuck” or “decrease” season for those who have held onto the hem of Jesus garment. This is where we see the cross outwork powerfully in crisis”
“He must increase, but I must decrease” John 3:30
God didn’t cast you off or send you into isolation – He is REFORMING you and readying you for the next chapter of this pioneering adventure!
The Next Six Month
The six months from now til September (Rosh Hashanah) are going to be WAY OPENING months.
New direction and coordinates are coming where there has been only roadblocks and no options.
New blueprints and fresh vision for the days ahead are coming.
Old wineskins will keep falling away.
Powerless seeker sensitive Christianity will keep losing its grip and fiery red hot believers will emerge to lead the way forward.
Veils of religion and fear are going to drop off the ears and eyes of Gods people so we can see this season clearly and embrace and seize it instead of running and hiding.
We won’t fall for the lies of false prophet media. Regardless of what we hear on the news or see in some circumstances. God is tapping us into the newsroom of heaven to see beyond the storm.
We are going to shake off the death of this past season and begin to live through the glasses of hope and the victory of the finished work of the cross again.
Foundations will keep shaking as God reveals the true rock to build upon on.
Structures of sand won’t survive this season.
We are coming back to what matters and shedding the weight of every thing that has cluttered us and held us in bondage.
We are going to see resurrected seeds multiplied.
We are going to see increased anointing on those who have walked through this shaking season and kept their eyes on the Lord.
Jesus is taking center place again in the church. We will see the broken merchant tables of the old expired movements begin to make way for the oil lamps of the burning ones.
We are entering an extremely high revelatory season – and Jesus will share this heart with His friends.
We are stepping out of defeat and into strategic alignment to hear the counsel of the Lord and action it.
The Josephs will make themselves known with practical insight of how to plan and prepare and build.
We are entering a season of visitation that turns the hearts of the cold back to the Lord.
Families that have been under fire will begin to see their broken foundations rebuilt and God is bringing joy and recompense to those who have suffered loss and sowed in tears.
And Jesus gets all the glory.

Author: Nate Johnston
Nate and his wife Christy host online courses to train, equip and empower people as they walk through deep inner healing, identity issues. They release regular encouragement and prophetic words to the body of Christ through social media and create simple, bible-based books and resources to help edify and empower the body of Christ to walk in their full authority and identity as Sons and Daughters of the King.
To all those having gone through the refining fires and those who may feel like ‘Is it really over?’ ‘Have I really made it?’ …we are His bride , being prepared for the wedding day celebration; and, we are those who are coming out of her(even as and all the while) being that example of Joseph and knowing WE ARE ONE WITH HIM WHO IS, WHO WAS, AND WHO IS TO COME.
Remember this, my family: Eph 5:30 – For we are members of his body, of his flesh, and of his bones.
Ephesians 5:31 – For this cause shall a man leave his father and mother, and shall be joined unto his wife, and they two shall be one flesh.
32, This is a great mystery: but I speak concerning Christ and the church.
We must remember the new things coming and who He made us to be —- Like Him, our example—- and then, meditate upon this thought:
‘Whatever we feel, we attract; Whatever we imagine, we create’
I CAN ONLY IMAGINE* what it will be like (being as God – being One – no longer twain no longer separated but) one in body, soul and spirit
*from the movie of another’Joseph’ in modern times
Heaven Land Devotions – The Servants That Drew The Water Knew
By Joanie Stahl
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qgLRlWVgJBA
The Lord said to comment. Proverbs. Better a living dog than a dead lion. United States is mystery Babylon. Two separate dreams of invasion. Russian invasion. China invasion. Green Acres is the place to be. Obedience is better than sacrifice. Stay strong in NZ. I will be praying for you.
HALLELUJAH.
To GOD be all the Glory
Amen i receive it in JESUS mighty name
Thanks Nate confirmation in so many I can’t even explain.
God bless from Alaska
This is so very true Nate! The Lord asked me to do something for Him a few weeks ago. He told me I had to completely empty my, my heart, my dreams, and my understanding in what and how He wanted to use me..
I was clueless. That was not my intent. ButHe is such a gentleman! He told what I wanted to do for Him, and how I envisioned how His purposes would play out, was actually blocking what He wanted to do.
This is an awesome word from the Lord. Thankyou Nate for being faithful to the Lord to release these words. I got a witness in the spirit that this is a timely word for many of us. Bless you.
I have had a feeling for months that we are all waiting until September to see something big happen. Something that will shake the foundation in all of our lives
Wow, love this word. Lost my job in the Aviation industry 7 years ago. Wife didn’t want to move back to the USA, so been working menial jobs here in NZ. Nearly left to take a flying job in the USA in late 2018. The LORD gave me an unmistakable warning dream not to take it. I listened and didn’t. Lost my minimum wage job (With a few extra shekels) 5 months ago (would not take the VAX) and went back to a place I had worked before and hated now for minimum wage (no extra shekels). The final insult was three days ago was a side task of our job (unbeknownst to me) was janitor… The scene from “The Lord of the rings, the 2 towers” Where King Theodan says “How did it come to this?” has been echoing in my head for a while. IFR PIC in the Aviation department for a major fortune 500 company / US Army Captain and Company Commander… Now a minimum wage SH@T mopper… Thanks for this word Nate… My 7 years of madness hopefully haven’t been for nothing. Felt like the LORD wanted me to move to NZ and went with it 10 years ago.
Thanks for sharing your heart Matt. Definitely feel your frustration and pain. We’ve all been in the blender for a long time. Our identity can’t be in jobs or positions. Jesus only. You qualify to be a Joseph now as many of us do since we have been humbled and have been beaten down to powder. Promotion time is here. Time to not be beholden to men any more, but only to the King of Kings. Provide no space for self-pity, anger or bitterness. I am speaking to me as well as you brother.
Blessings!
Bill
Thanks Bill, so true. I just felt like the incident 3 days ago was the last straw. Still hanging in there. Not going to do anything rash
Ps, I’m the guy with the camera… It was fun while it lasted.
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=DFzx1jflerI
Hi Matt, You are going to fly high brother. Hope you got all the licenses updated and ready to go. Reminded of Isaiah 40:31.
Hey Matt,
God has something good for you coming. The scripture that came to mind for you is Psalm 20:4. God also sees your heart and he has been refining it. I know this as the Lord has done the same with me. It is not easy but what the Lord has done in me is amazing. He has helped to clean out some things that needed doing to set me free. I feel freer and my relationship with the Lord is even deeper. The Lord gave me a dream of a pizza oven that had a roaring fire in it. I could how incredibly hot it was. I saw a pizza paddle that was very large and a pair of large hands acting the empty pizza paddle into the oven. The hands finally took the paddle out and on it layer a baby in foetal position unharmed. I believe that what has to be birthed for me will come out of being retired in fiery trials. This dream was 12 months ago and let me say it has been extremely hard. But I do believe that it is coming to an end soon. Bless you Matt.
Thanks for that Leonie. Sorry for having a whinge folks. Been in a holding pattern for 7 years. I’m sure many others feel the same way.
No problems Matt NZ
Look after yourself. I really expected some decent Crypto profits by now so really frustrating. Really appreciate your posts and believe you will get a blessing soon. -,stay strong. Remember what Joseph went thru stuck rotting in a prison. Must have thought God had abandoned him. But look what happened, God bless , Phil
Hey Matt, thanks for sharing. It resonated with me immensely. After 2 powerful dreams, I left my home country after 45 years and emigrated to a country where I did not even speak the language. My wife, who was a native speaker left and took our daughter.
So here I am in a foreign country almost practically alone, desperate and clinging on by the skin of my teeth.
During this time, mysteries of the Bible have been revealed to me, my heart has been so broken before God and I am finding places of repentance and forgiveness.
I really connected with your brokenness and I just want to say that I love you.
better a janitor than death by snake venom jab I took a $3 an hour salary drop because I refused jab and am no longer in nursing
It looks like you really touched a chord in many of us, myself included. I left my nursing job in December due to not taking the jab. I have been unable to find something else at this point. Right after I left, I got very sick for several months. God is good; however, and has been teaching me to depend on him for my needs. I have also been thanking him for his provision prior to anything appearing. Since I started doing that, and my heart is genuinely thanking him. I have started receiving small checks out of the blue, etc. Today I received something I ordered quite awhile ago, and because it was so late, they added several additional items that I had been asking God about! I am trying to do a little day trading too, just to help keep afloat. My prayers are with you, and I believe the Lord will bless you in mighty ways, as your posts have blessed so many others.
I was a licensed nursing assistant with 9 years working for the state. The nursing home ordered everyone to get jabbed I now work for a drug and alcohol rehab but my home life is unstable due to living with my mentally unstable ex