I walked outside to prophesy into the voice recorder on my phone and the scripture that came out of my mouth was from Isaiah 10:29:
“They go over the pass and say, ‘We will camp overnight at Geba.’ Ramah trembles; Gibeah of Saul flees.”
As soon as I said those words, a magnitude 5.2 earthquake began to shake Southern California from a place called Julian, California.
I believe what I am about to share is a now word for the body of Christ for the crossover specialists, those being called to transition into a new era in the midst of much shaking in both the Church and the world.
The shaking is the sign that we’re crossing
A few days ago, someone asked me, “How do we cross into the new when many people are unwilling or unable to go with us?”
My response was: We need to lead them gently, with tact and honor, but also with urgency, knowing the time is now.
But also knowing that it is God that leads us, and uses shaking to disrupt comforts and systems that are no longer aligned with His Spirit.
He breaks our reliance on man-made methods and outdated identities. He exposes what no longer works. He leads us to new shores.
But for this word, I want to highlight something specific that we are moving out of...
We are leaving the fight-or-flight mindset. We are leaving bondage. We are leaving constant warfare awareness.
Isaiah 10:27 says:
“In that day their burden will be lifted from your shoulders, their yoke from your neck; the yoke will be broken because you have grown so fat.”
This passage is about Israel in bondage. God was calling a remnant to rise up and cross over into freedom and deliverance.
This wasn’t just a physical relocation, it was deliverance from oppression.
When God led Israel out of Egypt, it wasn’t just about a new destination. It was about being set free from slavery.
When Joshua led the people into the Promised Land, it was about leaving the wilderness behind.
And it’s happening again right now in our generation.
When God calls us to cross over, it always exposes what we’ve tolerated: dysfunction, disobedience, demonic ideologies, addictions, oppression, and bondage.
In the Church today, we see it loud and clear. We’ve tolerated selfish empires, the Ahab spirit, the Jezebel spirit, and the spirit of religion just to name a few.
These forces have kept the body yoked to structures that no longer carry the wine.
It’s like being at the wedding in Cana—the wine has run out but we’re still worshiping the empty jars that contained it.
All the while Jesus is present, ready to pour out the new wine, but many are too loyal to the old to receive it.
This is what the Jezebel spirit, the unhusbanded spirit, does in tandem with religious control. It keeps us bound to what once held glory but no longer does.
Right now, God is confronting these areas.
He is exposing what we’ve worshiped, what we’ve allowed, what we’ve built outside of Him.
So this word is for the crossover specialist...those who are feeling the friction and pressure of transition and are not only crossing over personally but feel called to be the bridge over for others.
Let me speak to you personally:
You are crossing out of dysfunction. That’s why everything feels stirred up.
God is surfacing areas of compromise in your own life, showing you places where you’ve created Ishmaels or pursued Jonah callings.
He’s doing it in you, and through you, and He’s doing it in the Church.
That’s why there’s so much shaking.
That’s why so much is being revealed.
Thats why people are desperate and broken, because God is exposing the snake.
And yes, He wants to deliver you, but He also wants to shift you into the purpose behind it.
Here’s what we’re crossing out of:
Constant defense mode. You’re not meant to spend your whole life just surviving warfare.
Yes, Nehemiah had to defend the wall for a time but if he had stayed in fight mode, he would never have finished building it.
We are moving from reaction to construction.
And God wants you to thrive. He wants you to enjoy the joy and wonder of what you’re called to do.
When the old wine runs out, and we refuse to crossover, we lean on our flesh and begin to run on fumes.
But when we crossover into the Spirit, we move in His strength, His flow, and His freedom.
So how do we cross into this season effectively?
Look at Isaiah 10:29 again.
Geba and Ramah both mean high place.
The key is the secret place, the high place with God.
When the shaking comes, hide in Him.
When things are unstable, cling to Him.
It is in the secret place that He will heal, deliver, restore...this is where you will move across the chasm into promise.
And from that place, you will also lead others.
But as I end this word I feel to boldly declare something in alignment with the shaking and Isaiah 10:29;
The high places of this world are shaking.
Principalities are being evicted and displaced.
As David crossed the threshold in the valley of Elah and confronted Goliath, he lost his ground.
It came into the hands of Gods people and the battle was over.
What if this crossover is more about kingdom conquest than we realize?
What if God was leading us out of more strongholds and yokes personally and globally than we can see right now?
California is shaking because it’s a declaration that the birth pangs are upon us and that the land is ripening.
And the specialists for the hour are rising.
Could it be you? I pray so...