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208. I’m Flooding the Valleys

The last week has been one of total chaos. It started with me not even wanting to live in this house or this city anymore, and it ended with breakthrough, freedom, and more confirmation from the Lord that I’m hearing Him clearly. 

I missed the Thursday night service this week, so I was glad to get back into church on Sunday. (Me missing service would turn out to be a key part of the end of this testimony) 

On the way to church yesterday morning, I was talking with Regis and the Lord dropped another one of His bombs on me. “Go door to door healing the sick” I heard. I immediately started laughing because in no way is my introverted flesh comfortable doing door to door healing services especially here in Uniontown. I’m like Lord, I just started the monthly prayer meetings here, let me get some footing 🤣 So I’m telling Regis how the Lord is always pulling me in directions of stretching, obedience and growth; and that when it gets warmer out we are going door to door to pray for healing. God said so. 

We get to church and we begin to worship. As we are singing I saw a vision of a waterfall. At the base of the falls I saw almost like a whirlpool that was draining the water as it flowed. It was like the abundance the Lord was pouring out, drained and remained stagnant at a certain water level. I saw trees and grass but mostly like the algae of a pond and the stillness of that water. The only water really moving was the waterfall flowing in and the whirlpool draining it out. 

I saw the hand of the Lord sweep over that whirlpool and the water stopped draining. His mighty hand in one swift sweep stopped the loss. The waterfall continued and the water began to rise, I saw this flood of the Holy Spirit and the Valley was flooded to the top of the trees. 

I heard the Lord say “I’m Flooding the Valleys!

Now I usually don’t give a word for the church, it’s usually a blog but I felt this burning in me to share this vision. Then as per the normal enemy scare tactics, the devil started whispering that this wasn’t a word for the church, maybe it was a word for someone specific. Maybe I’m supposed to tear this page out of my notebook and hand it to someone. My eyes scanning the church, my heart beating out of my chest and me praying to the Lord that I get it right, His word, delivered His way. 

I felt the Lord pushing me to share this with the church. Now if you know me then you’d know how for some reason the enemy has me terrified of my church. Like to get up in front of them on a Sunday with a full house has me shaking in my boots. 

Pastor Harry begins to share his message for the week about playing your role in the Lords story and getting into the secret place with the Lord to find out what your calling is. What part you’re meant to play in His story. What is God calling you to do. He continued sharing about the Lord calling us to do things that make us uncomfortable and I started laughing so hard because my conversation with Regis on the way to church was exactly that. Something the Lord is calling me to do that I’m not thrilled about in the flesh but I’m called to be obedient to in the spirit. He continued the message and kept touching on obedience to the Lord and every time, I’d feel the Lord pushing me to share the vision. 

Pastor Harry opened the altar and we began to pray. As I was kneeling with my face down I felt the Lord again pushing me to share. I waited for the right time and I asked Pastor Harry if I could share a vision with the church. 

I was shaking, I was nervous, I was attacked with thoughts that this was going to fall flat, or not make any sense to anyone. But I was obedient. I shared what I saw. 

Then as I’m walking back to my place at the altar, shaking, being bombarded with thoughts of this not making any sense, I hear Pastor Harry begin to speak. 

He says that I wouldn’t know what they prayed about on Thursday night because I wasn’t there. I had missed the prayer meeting Thursday. They prayed rebuking the devourer. They prayed for exactly what the Lord was showing them in this vision, that He was sweeping in to stop the lack, to stop the enemy from devouring their abundance. He encouraged the church that this is what the body of Christ is meant to do. To come together. This is how the gifts of the Spirit are meant to edify and encourage the body of Christ. 

Later when we got home I looked up the verse at the bottom of the page I drew the picture on and it was the perfect fit! Philippians 4:19 And my God will meet all your needs according to the riches of his glory in Christ Jesus.

The Lord is moving. Our prayers are being heard, Uniontown. God’s not done with you yet. 

I fell on my face at the altar thanking the Lord that I got it right, thanking Him for pushing me, thanking for everything. 

Above all, be obedient to what the Lord is calling you to do. Do it afraid. You have no idea who is depending on your obedience. 

Luke 6:46 - And why call ye me, Lord, Lord, and do not the things which I say?

Matthew 7:21 - Not every one that saith unto me, Lord, Lord, shall enter into the kingdom of heaven; but he that doeth the will of my Father which is in heaven.

James 1:22 - But be ye doers of the word, and not hearers only, deceiving your own selves.

Isaiah 1:19 - If ye be willing and obedient, ye shall eat the good of the land:

James 2:24 - Ye see then how that by works a man is justified, and not by faith only.

John 14:21 - He that hath my commandments, and keepeth them, he it is that loveth me: and he that loveth me shall be loved of my Father, and I will love him, and will manifest myself to him.

Matthew 7:14 - Because strait is the gate, and narrow is the way, which leadeth unto life, and few there be that find it.

2 Corinthians 2:9 - For to this end also did I write, that I might know the proof of you, whether ye be obedient in all things.


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