Monday, February 25, 2008

 

Night Wind




By Ramone - February 24, 2008

April 23 - When walking in the city over the course of a few nights in February, I was blessed by the Lord's presence and I looked up the dark night sky, and it made an impression on me. I began to put it together as I saw it in a picture, something that I more felt and saw in my spirit than understood at the time.

It was the wind at night, and an intercessor (me) was also interesting, one arm up in praise and the other arm kind of up and out, extended as if reaching out to embrace. I didn't understand it, but it felt right in the Spirit. As intercessors (that's us) are filled with His heart and Spirit, we are extended towards Him and towards the people on His heart.

As I walked around in His presence in the city, I was also struck by the glow of the light from streetlights falling on buildings. I was moved by the hues and colors of these lights at night falling on the buildings and how they seemed to glow with them. I was moved with love for the people on His heart, just filled with His love for them and love for their beauty and worth in His eyes. In the sky, it was as if I could see strokes or swirls of night colors -- black, purple, blue -- not in the literal sky, but in my spirit in my mind.

One of those nights when I looked up at the sky, I prayed for the people on His heart, trusting in His wind (Spirit) to "birth" His children (remember how the Holy Spirit "brooded" over the earth before creation in Genesis 1?). Then I suddenly remembered Ezekiel 37 and opened to it and read it! I had forgotten about that when thinking about His "wind"!

When a sister-in-Christ saw this picture, she was impressed by the Holy Spirit very strongly and saw a vision:
I saw the reds and oranges in the bottom part as fire - fire of the Holy Spirit moving among the people bringing about transformation. Moving into the buildings, houses and burning in the hearts of people. I saw the man standing over the city change from intercessor to preacher and the city change to stadium. The high-rises changed to sound systems and huge monitors as the sound came thundering across the stadium and shook the city. The sound was the swell of the heavenly beings joining with the voices of truth on Earth and the darkness above began to lift off of the city. The praise, fire, passion, praise PUSHED the darkness off of the shoulders of the city and light became the enemy of darkness. It grew inexorably and could not be stopped.
She added that, "This is God's FIERCE love for the people in that city of captivity." She also included parts of Psalm 18,
The cords of death encompassed me,
And the torrents of ungodliness terrified me.
The cords of Sheol surrounded me;
The snares of death confronted me.
In my distress I called upon the Lord,
And cried to my God for help;
He heard my voice out of His temple,
And my cry for help before Him came into His ears.

Then the earth shook and quaked;
And the foundations of the mountains were trembling
And were shaken, because He was angry.
Smoke went up out of His nostrils,
And fire from His mouth devoured;
Coals were kindled by it.

He bowed the heavens also, and came down
With thick darkness under His feet.
He rode upon a cherub and flew;
And He sped upon the wings of the wind.
He made darkness His hiding place,
His canopy around Him,
Darkness of waters, thick clouds of the skies.
From the brightness before Him passed His thick clouds,
Hailstones and coals of fire.
The Lord also thundered in the heavens,
And the Most High uttered His voice,
Hailstones and coals of fire.

He sent out His arrows, and scattered them,
And lightning flashes in abundance, and routed them.
Then the channels of water appeared,
And the foundations of the world were laid bare
At Your rebuke, O Lord,
At the blast of the breath of Your nostrils.

He sent from on high, He took me;
He drew me out of many waters.
He delivered me from my strong enemy,
And from those who hated me, for they were too mighty for me.
They confronted me in the day of calamity,
But the Lord was my stay.
He brought me forth also into a broad place;
He rescued me, because He delighted in me.

- Psalms 18:4-19 (NASB)
 I then realized, that is why I was so impressed by the darkness and the different colors I saw swirling around in it in the Spirit! The darkness in the sky is not the spiritual darkness (I'm weeping in the Spirit here), but it is the darkness that surrounds the Lord of lords! (The darkness "over the city" is mainly seen on the houses & buildings.)

The "foundations" of the earth are shaking -- that is why it looks like the "light" is coming from below. I didn't mean to draw it this way, but the houses & buildings actually look like little "mountains"! The foundations of these buildings are going to be shaken by the Lord and the truth of their foundations laid bare by the power of His Spirit, the power of His Word and the intense revelation His love! (more weeping in the Spirit here!) Thank You, God!

The city is crowded, but in the picture you get even more the sense of claustrophobia -- which is a spiritual choking, a spiritual claustrophobia of the enemy. God is going to TAKE HIS CHILDREN OUT OF CAPITIVITY TO THIS DARKNESS and SET THEM FREE into a BROAD AND SPACIOUS PLACE!!! (Weeping in Your heart, Lord!) Hallelu Yah!

As we intercede for them He is already setting people free, and as for them, He is already and is going to raise up the cry of David:
"The cords of death encompassed me, and the torrents of ungodliness terrified me. The cords of Sheol surrounded me; the snares of death confronted me. In my distress I called upon the Lord, and cried to my God for help; He heard my voice out of His temple, and my cry for help before Him came into His ears..."
 And then their earth and the foundations of this city will tremble and shake because of His POWERFUL love! (Symbolized by the intense darkness that surrounds His throne -- a symbol of the power of His righteous justice! See also Psalm 97)

And the "channels" of His LIVING WATER shall be revealed to them! Indeed they have already opened and will open more and more here to bring His water (word and Spirit) to people who are dying of thirst! And they will stand up, praise God and testify,

"He sent from on high, He took me; He drew me out of many waters. He delivered me from my strong enemy, and from those who hated me, for they were too mighty for me. They confronted me in the day of calamity, but the Lord was my stay. He brought me forth also into a broad place; He rescued me, because He delighted in me."
This is a picture of God's FIERCE love, this is a picture of Him THUNDERING here! This is a picture of His Spiritual POWER that is and is coming and will set people free and is already setting them free! This is a picture of His MIGHTY WIND, His wind of JUSTICE that sets people free, that sets us free and sets THEM free! (Thank You, Lord! Thank You for Your wonderful heart and tears!)

Thank You, God! I am in awe of Your Spiritual might and POWER for us and for them!!!!! All I can do is weep in Your Spirit! I don't know what to say! I worship You and I praise You, Lord! You are the God! You are the Deliverer! You are the Liberator! You are the One who by His might sets the captives free! You are the hard-core REDEEMER of the men, women and children of this city! So be it, in Jesus' name, hallelu Yah and AMEN!

Blessings to you all in His name and in His love!

# posted by Ramone @ 5:33 PM
Comments:
Note to myself: I was supposed to add some purple into the night sky. Jesus, I don't know what this means! But I bless Your heart. Thank You.
# posted by Blogger Ramone : 4/07/2008 12:17 AM
 
I'm so grateful for this, God. You were prophesying through my friend! Thank You for her obedience to Your Spirit! I am struck again by the passage from Psalm 18 that she quoted!

How the fire underneath looks like "coals" underneath...

How the "darkness of waters" reminds me of how I used water to spread the ink around to create the blurry "wind" effect...

How that word, "He bowed the heavens" is being visualized here though I didn't know it...!

Last night I looked up at the sky over the city and was blessed by realizing again the awesome magnitude of His power, how He is with us ---who can be against us! How He is GOD! And how God is MIGHTY, MIGHTY TO SAVE! How hell is quaking! How His children SHALL BE DELIVERED by His love and power, by the mighty overcoming power of His finished work on the cross which has defeated all authorities, principalities and powers and put them to public shame!

I sang two songs as I stood there in quiet awe and prayer in the Spirit, and as I walked back to class...

Lord, we proclaim You now
And the mighty power
Of Your awesome majesty
Lord, come upon us now
And release Your power
And let Your presence fall

O Lord...
Release Your power
And let Your presence fall

and this chorus,

Lord, Your Name
is higher than the heavens
Lord, Your Name
is higher than all created things
Higher than hope
Higher than dreams
The Name of the Lord

I will seek Your face
Call upon Your Name
Jesus
All I want is You
Jesus

Thank You, Jesus, Name of God. Thank You. Higher than hope, higher than dreams is Your presence, power and promise here not only for us but especially for the hundreds of Your beloved children whom You love in this city. Your Name is higher than all created things, all forces of resistance, all powers and principalities. Your triumph is ours, Your triumph overcomes. Heaven bows in You and Your Spirit gives birth to Your salvation in them. Thank You Jesus, in Your name, amen--so be it!
# posted by Blogger Ramone : 4/26/2008 1:41 AM
 

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