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We are certainly in a day of, "the earth shall be filled with the knowledge of the glory of the LORD, as the waters cover the sea" (Habakkuk 2:14).
As God pours out His glory to and through us...many things will happen including a sifting and cleansing.
Diane Lake shares about this in her latest word:
Friends, don't resist the sifting the Lord is doing in you. He's ridding you of things you've not been able to "shed" in previous seasons. Much like the chaff being burned from the wheat, it's a Holy Ghost spring-cleaning!
I sense a new era of glory coming for the demonstration of the Kingdom that even those closest to Him have limited understanding of. I've heard the Lord say that it's going to be a glory canopy that will spread out over the earth...
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"The Shape of Things to Come: A Sifting, Recompense, and a Glory Canopy"
Diane Lake, Missoula, MT
Here in Montana we're getting ready for spring thaw. With snow-pack totals ranging above normal in major river basins in the state (and some measurement locations setting records), spring's warm breezes mean change is coming quickly in the form of runoff. Snow-pack measurements are useful indicators for flooding and help predict long-term moisture levels/water supply for the coming growing, recreational and forest fire seasons.
Similarly, in a spiritual sense change is coming quickly as the wind of change is blowing. As prophetic voices record and release what the Holy Spirit is saying, these prophetic words bring definition, much like snow-pack measurements do, and are useful as indicators. We might not know exactly what's coming in the season ahead, but we can see the outline or the shape of things to come.
A Sifting Like Wheat
| "Bring your petition before the courts of Heaven, a documentation of what the enemy has stolen from you that can go on record." |
Some of what the Lord has spoken to me recently, while encouraging, is also somewhat sobering. He tells us what we need to hear and not always what we want to hear. It's the type of word that can seem jarring at first, until you realize it's for your own good.
One thing I've heard recently is, "He's making you skinny," and, "He has you on a reducing plan." Of course the application here is spiritual, not literal. He does want us to "shed" anything that might slow us down or be detrimental to our spiritual health in the upcoming season.
In a similar vein, I recently heard, "The Lord has been sifting you like wheat." Scripture reveals satan asked to sift Peter like wheat (Luke 22:31), but the Lord is the one doing the sifting here. Matthew 3:11-12 says:
"...He will baptize you with the Holy Spirit and fire. His winnowing fork is in His hand, and He will clear His threshing floor, gathering His wheat into the barn and burning up the chaff with unquenchable fire."
In other words, anything that's holding you back in any way needs to go. But not to worry – it's the Lord who's doing this work in you.
As a personal example of the power inherent in this Scripture, I used to suffer debilitating migraines. Then one day a dear prophetic friend gave me Matthew 3:11-12 and told me the Lord said these verses were for the migraines. Nothing changed concerning these headaches for six years. (Photo via Flickr)
Then I awoke one night to hear... (continue reading)
