A few days ago I had a dream, and in the dream I saw a mass choir of African Americans/ Africans dressed in yellow, black and white; and they were releasing a sound that I had never heard before, it was so heavenly to my ears that literally woke up thinking the choir was inside of my room. The Celebration was so big and seemed like it was a gathering of mostly African Americans, Africans, Blacks and etc
On Saturday the 22nd of February 2014, l had received several words of prophecy from some leaders in the Faith but the one that stuck out the most was that of me “entering into my season of worship.” I knew when l received that word that there was more to it than just personal worship. And the dream confirmed everything I was feeling on the inside.
I believe after this dream the Lord had me pray into FAMILY and the restoration of it. At the time it did not make sense as to why l was praying for family. To me it would have made more sense to pray for something more related to worship or the Glory of God. As quickly as I heard the unction of the Holy Spirit to pray, I was lead to open my Bible and it was only then that it made sense:
1 Chronicles 6 (The Family of Levi),
Musicians in the House of the Lord
31 Now these are the men whom David appointed over the service of song in the house of the Lord, after the ark came to rest. 32 They were ministering with music before the dwelling place of the tabernacle of meeting, until Solomon had built the house of the Lord in Jerusalem, and they served in their office according to their order.
The Lord then said “l am restoring the family of Levites in the area of worship. I am restoring them to their original function. They have been attacked from the head but l am putting back the unit. Now is the time for Levites to open up their houses of worship. They must be in alignment with the house of worship shifting the atmosphere with a different sound. Creating houses of worship until the temple of worship is built. The enemies plot was to destroy the family home of the Levites so he may destroy an entire nation of people.”
Now please do not misunderstand me, l am not stating that the African Americans or Blacks are the Levites but l am stating that in this season God is giving particular anointing (anointing has no race or gender) for Levitical worship specifically to them which is necessary to usher in the presence of God. I believe that it is a sound that we have never heard before and as this sound is being released (as well as other components) we will see a move of God in this nation, similar to those of the 1 & 2 Great Awakening.
The Key words in all of this is WORSHIP/SOUND, RESTORATION, LEVITES…..so the Lord’s next question to me was, “how do you RESTORE something…?” The Biblical meaning of Restoration is to return all things to their previous, pure state. Then I was reminded of a passage in the book of Isaiah.
Jeremiah 18
The Potter and the Clay
1 The word which came to Jeremiah from the Lord, saying: 2 “Arise and go down to the potter’s house, and there I will cause you to hear My words.” 3 Then I went down to the potter’s house, and there he was, making something at the wheel. 4 And the vessel that he made of clay was marred in the hand of the potter; so he made it again into another vessel, as it seemed good to the potter to make.5 Then the word of the Lord came to me, saying: 6 “O house of Israel, can I not do with you as this potter?” says the Lord. “Look, as the clay is in the potter’s hand, so are you in My hand, O house of Israel!
The lord reminded me that he is the potter and we are the clay, so He had me go through the literal stages of how you restore clay; see l am an artist at heart and God speaks to me a lot in color, forms of art, etc and from that He developed these 5 stages of restoration.
1.
Dying/ Brokenness
2.
Purifying/Cleansing
3.
Rebuilding/Healing
4.
Deposit
5.
Releasing
When we look at Bible we see that Nehemiah also had a burden to restore an entire nation of people. They too went through all these stages at some point during the process of restoring their city back to its origin.
So, some of you who love to ask questions, like me, may ask the question, “At what stage are we?” Well beloved, I truly believe that we have now entered the 3rdStage of Rebuilding and Healing. On Saturday February 22nd 2014 one of the most amazing moments I have ever seen occurred when Mike T completed his message and shared his heart on restoring African Americans back to their rightful positionwithin the body of Christ. The air was so thick and you could feel the tangible presence of God in the room, when an African Pastor stood up and asked for forgiveness on behalf of his ancestors for selling them out of greed or pure ignorance. Women broke out into a travail, men where moved into a place of weeping, there was no explaining what happened, but to simply say healing was moving in this place. To some it may be a shocker but there are some visible tensions between African Americans and Africans and l believe that there was some healing that took place in the spirit for both people groups that Saturday afternoon.
So what am l saying through all of this I am saying God is the process of restoring a nation of people, it’s time for the intercessors to RISE UP and pray until we see the SOUND of worship that God is wanting to Deposit and Release in his people. I believe that this sound must come forth so we can see the move of God in a way that we have never seen before. This sound will break principalities and pierce the Kingdom of darkness and bring forth the KINGDOM OF LIGHT and the tangible presence and Glory of God like never before!
