I once had a vision in which I saw an army of people, who were lying on the ground all over a field. They were dressed in what I would describe as biblical army attire. They appeared to be dead, but in my spirit, I knew they were not dead, but what I heard was, “They are exhausted.” All of a sudden, a sound was released, and immediately, every soldier was instantly renewed with strength, and they simultaneously stood to their feet, ready to move. And then I heard a voice speak loudly and adamantly, “Wake up the warriors!”
I was going to be speaking at a conference a couple of days after that, so I thought maybe the purpose of the vision was that the Lord was giving me a sermon title and a prophetic directive for the upcoming meeting, but the Lord said to me, “I Am not giving you a sermon; I Am giving you a mandate: Wake up My warriors!”
For countless people, this has been one of the most difficult seasons we have ever faced. I hear it everywhere I go, and it’s not just one thing happening, but there are many things coming from seemingly every direction—spiritually, emotionally, financially, physically—and the pressures of the last season have left many feeling completely exhausted. But the Wind is blowing. The tide is beginning to turn, and God is awakening His Church. Perk up your spiritual ears, and listen for His sound! We’ve been lulled to sleep by pressures and distractions. We have worn ourselves out with struggles (some necessary, some not so much), but we have entered a whole new era, and everything is changing.
The Lord says:
There is nothing that has been done that cannot be undone, and there is nothing that has been lost that cannot be found! So, shake the dust off. It is time to get refocused, realigned, and repositioned. Rise above the distractions, hear the sound of the new era, stand up on your feet, and be ready to move!
This is an urgent moment, and we don’t have time to hesitate! It is as if I can see the Lord walking through America, calling,
My Church, My Church, where are you? Come out of hiding! Awake, awake! Be clothed in My strength. Be clothed with My glory! Hear and respond obediently to My sound that is echoing through this time, declaring awakening to My Body. Though you were dead, yet you shall live, and through you I will now reveal My manifested glory. Arise! Take your place. Watch and be amazed by what I will do in days ahead through My awakened Body.
Last year, I had a dream in which I was in a large stadium, playing baseball. Our team was winning in a very big way, but they didn’t know they were winning. The game had been long, and everyone was extremely tired. We had runners on first and second bases, and our next hitter was up to bat. When the ball was pitched, our hitter slammed it deep into the outfield. As the runners began to head from second base toward third base, the opposing team’s third baseman was waving his hands in an attempt to distract and misguide our runners, saying, “Just go on home. You’re exhausted, and there’s no way we can catch up to your score, so just give yourself a break. Don’t even go to third base; just go on home.”
I was in the dugout, and I instantly realized what was happening. We were winning, and there was no way they could catch up to our score, and they knew it! The only way they could possibly win was by a technicality, so they were trying to play to our emotions and trick us into the technicality that would cause us to have to forfeit the game.
I ran out onto the field, and I was yelling at the top of my lungs, “Keep going! Do not cut corners now! We are winning, and they know it! The only way they can beat us is by a technicality, so keep going! We’re winning! We are winning!”
Church, this is not the time to be weary in our well-doing! This is the time to rise with the glory of God that has risen upon us and shine as His light that dispels all darkness. The enemy would have us to believe that America can’t be saved. But God has declared that “America shall be saved!” He has prophesied that we will experience another, greater awakening, and though it may appear that the game is over, the real truth is, we’re winning! “The Glory of the Lord shall be revealed, and every eye shall see it, for the mouth of the Lord has spoken it” (Isaiah 40:5).
At the sound of His voice, the Army of the Lord is rising from exhaustion and complacency. God is reviving us! Just as Jesus’ physical body awakened and rose from that tomb, so His Body (His Church) is rising from the lifeless state we have been in, and in the strength and power of Jehovah, His resurrected Body will now shake and awaken this nation and this world.
“Let us not be weary in well doing: for in due season we shall reap, if we faint not” (Galatians 6:9). This is not the season for weariness; this is the era for reaping. God has spoken, and He will watch over His word to perform it! This is our “due season,” so keep running. Don’t stop. Don’t cut corners. God is with us, and we are winning. It may not look like it, but we are winning!
Let’s Pray:
Father, we hear Your clarion call. It’s a call to action, and we rise and take our place as Your governing body, to decree and enforce Your verdicts for America. We shake off weariness and the exhaustion of the past season. We find renewed strength in the power of Your might. We refuse to succumb to the attempts of hell that have been sent to distract and misguide us. We are winning, and we will not stop! We have faith in You! We will run Your set course with endurance, and by the power of Your Spirit working in and through us, we will see Your will and intentions for our times being established just as You have purposed! In Jesus’ Name and authority, amen!
Our decree:
We are God’s awakened warriors! We will not back up, and we will not stop until we see God’s Kingdom come and His will being done in earth even as it is in Heaven.
