From the desk of Steve Shultz:
I was really encouraged as I read through Faith Baczko's latest article about God's Armada (His mighty ships) moving out to sea to do mighty exploits for the Kingdom...what a great revelation and parable the Lord gave to her!
Here's a taste of what Faith prophetically shares in this new season about God's ships leaving port:
God's armada is leaving in the port – an armada comprised of many types of ships to accomplish His great campaign. There are passenger ships, great rescue ships (like the Carpathia), mighty war ships armed and powerful, hospital ships providing support to heal the harvest and the wounded, cargo ships loaded with supplies, patrol ships (watchmen on the lookout), oil tankers carrying oil reserves, apostle ships... mighty carrier ships, providing defense and air support...
My question is...what ship are you called to release in this great harvest at hand?
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"God's Armada (Mighty Ships) Are Moving Out to Sea!"
Faith Marie Baczko, Oakville, Ontario, Canada
I am so encouraged by the experience I had the morning of the Day of Atonement. I was in prayer with the Lord and had the sense of a revelation on the horizon – as we are now in the shifting of times into new dimensions of God's glory. I had asked the Lord to help me understand and process this time with wisdom, and not with personal emotional desire. After a wonderful time of communion in His presence, I opened my Bible and it fell open to 1 Kings chapter 22. I read:
"Jehoshaphat also built a fleet of trading ships to sail to Ophir for gold. But the ships never set sail, for they met with disaster in their home port of Ezion-geber." (1 Kings 22:48 NLT)
This is an account which God has highlighted to me in past years. Now, the Scriptures say that Jehoshaphat did right in the eyes of the Lord, but he did make some big mistakes! His first mistake was joining with King Ahab (Jezebel's husband) in battle. After this battle, Jehu the seer said to him, "Why should you help the wicked and love those who hate the Lord?" (2 Chronicles 19:2)
Because of this he said God was angry with Jehoshaphat! Jehoshaphat's second mistake was to ally himself with Ahab's son Ahaziah in an endeavor to build ships at the port Ezion Geber, with the intent of getting gold from Ophir. Eliezer prophesied against Jehoshaphat because of this:
| "So, let us gird up our loins like Elijah, get ready by humbling ourselves before the Lord of Heaven and Earth, and pray the prayer of repentance that always precedes a great move of God!" |
"After this Jehoshaphat king of Judah allied himself with Ahaziah king of Israel, who acted very wickedly. And he allied himself with him to make ships to go to Tarshish, and they made the ships in Ezion Geber. But Eliezer the son of Dodavah of Mareshah prophesied against Jehoshaphat, saying, 'Because you have allied yourself with Ahaziah, the LORD has destroyed your works.' Then the ships were wrecked, so that they were not able to go to Tarshish." (2 Chronicles 20:35-37)
The Ship Has Never Left Port
As I pondered this account, I thought to myself that even though the Lord has been very good to me (and I have seen many dreams come to pass) the big dream and vision God has given me, kept hidden in my heart over numerous years, has never come to pass – the ship that carried my dream has never left port!
I began to wonder if I, my parents or my ancestors had ever entered into partnerships that God was not pleased with. I asked the Holy Spirit to lead and guide me in a prayer of repentance. I stood before God's Throne of Mercy and began to systematically repent for every type of unholy yoke, we as a family could have entered into.
As I was slowly allowing the Holy Spirit to guide me in prayer, with my eyes closed, I saw a picture of a heavy chain across the screen of my mind, from left to right. My eyes were intently focused on the chain, so I wasn't really paying attention to the full picture, as it was a bit foggy. But there was a sense of something on the left and something large on the right, and behind it was very blue.
Something then came down with great force, so fast that I did not see what it was. It snapped the chain in two! Immediately a burst of energy flooded my chest that took my breath away, and I gasped in great surprise! I asked the Lord, "WHAT WAS THAT?" My eyes were still closed and I had a sudden realization that it was a large ship on the right that had been held by the chain, and now that it was broken, the ship began to slowly move out to sea! The ship was leaving port! Hallelujah!
Immediately I knew that what I had experienced in the spirit was about to become reality for many who have been prepared for this hour of history to shift with God into a new levels of His glory – passionate Saints who have been given big dreams but had not seen them materialize to date! (Photo via Wikimedia Commons)
A Year of Reprieve and Favor
This is a significant year in God's purposes. It is also a year of trouble and seeming chaos. HOWEVER, it is the year of the beginning of a reprieve – the year of the favor of the Lord where the Spirit of the Lord will rest heavily on a prepared people, a year of release and the thrusting out of the Saints. It's an anointed and appointed time for the... (continue reading)
