"The Year of the Deep and the Next Great Awakening"
"Deep calls unto deep at the noise of your waterfalls: all Your waves and Your billows are gone over me." (Psalm 42:7)
In my spirit I hear the wooing of the Lord tenderly calling to His treasured Bride in 2018.
The deep things inside Him are stirring the deep things inside us. All over the world we see this holy cry for more of Him. He's stirring in us an urgency to run after Him with all that is in us because time is short, and the wise virgins of Matthew 25 must have their lamps filled with oil and be ready for His soon return to establish His Kingdom.
"As the deer pants for streams of water, so my soul pants for You, my God. My soul thirsts for God, for the living God. When can I go and meet with God?" (Psalm 42:1).
This Scripture expresses the unquenchable thirst we have for God, which can be filled by nothing else.
"The Lord is waiting with great anticipation for you to enter this special place where you will enjoy greater intimacy in 2018."
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Right now, the lukewarm, apathetic spirit of Laodicea is doing its best to blind the eyes of the Body of Christ, while the Lord is busy preparing a pure and beautiful Bride for His Son.
The Bride is "buying gold tried by fire"—His divine nature. In His presence our nature is transformed so that we become the radiant Bride that shines with the very glory of our God.
Many within the Church are experiencing an inner restlessness placed there by the Lord, which creates in them a yearning for more of God than they've ever experienced before. You'll find this deeper cry echoing from every corner of the earth, where the Lord is stirring up His Bride; filling her with deeper passion than she's ever known. She's yearning—longing for the living God—and nothing and no one else can satisfy that longing.
The Lord says in 2018,
"I am placing a yearning inside of you for only the living God; dead religion will no longer satisfy you, nor will worshipping Me from a distance quench your thirst for more of Me. I am awakening within you a yearning for Me only, and I will certainly fill you up if you only ask."
In fact, I can hear a cry over the waters, where deep is calling unto deep, wooing us into His presence. I sense that this deep cry has three distinct functions, each prophetic in nature, that will be very pivotal in 2018.
The Cry of Father's Heart
The first deep cry I've heard coming over the waters is the cry from Father's heart. From the very depths of Abba's heart is a deep longing to spend quality time with His Bride. No matter where we are in our walk with God, He will lift us up and fan into flames His abiding love and tender care for us, as we simply call on His name and spend time alone with Him in the secret place. Just like a lock and key, what we lack He is; completing and filling us with Himself so that we no longer feel out of sync or ill-equipped for the tasks before us.
"My beloved is like a roe or a young hart: behold, he standeth behind our wall, he looketh forth at the windows, shewing himself through the lattice." (Song of Solomon 2:9)
Time is short. We no longer have time to squander on frivolous pursuits and distractions. He wants us to come away with Him in 2018. The Heavenly Bridegroom stands outside the wall looking through the window. He waits patiently for us and calls out softly,
"Rise up, My darling! Come away with Me, My fair one!"
Then He waits for our response. Will we agree to come away?Will we leave our warm beds and the distractions of the world and come away? Will we leave our normal routine and sit with Him awhile?
He wants us to know He is there. As He looks through the window, He slowly reveals His presence and hopes we will notice Him. Do we?Or do we sit alone, content with the blessings He has provided, while the Lord of glory stands outside alone and lonely?
As hard as it is to believe, He longs for our company—for intimacy with us.
He wants us to know we have a higher purpose than merely taking up space until we die. He yearns for us to go deeper in 2018 and bask in His warm embrace where we can finally rest and find true contentment and security. In reality, this will be our only place of refuge from life's assaults and the relentless spiritual warfare that's driving the enemy's plots to steal, kill and destroy. (Photo via Unsplash)
Our Heavenly Bridegroom is not content that we merely hear stories about His manifest presence. He wants us to draw near and enjoy fellowship with Him in the secret place. He longs to bring us into the experiential reality of His manifest presence where we have those experiences ourselves. It's there that He awakens the desire for more of Him and reveals the deeper things of the Spirit.
The Cry of Fervent Intercession—Birthing a New Season in the Church
The second deep cry I've heard coming over the waters is a cry of fervent intercession birthing a new season in the Church in 2018.
Today the Lord is preparing a company of forerunners who know how to pray and intercede; they shake Heaven and Earth with continuous deep intercession.
You will find them lying on the floor in deep groaning for many hours, weeping for the lost. You will find them birthing with travail the next great awakening.
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