I hear the Lord saying over the body of Christ: “Where is your peace? This week, you must come up higher. This week, you must gather around the throne room and hear what I have to say. “For the propaganda of the enemy is raging, and the media room is loud, broadcasting false hopes and false prophecies over the nations. But do you hear what I have to say? Can you hear My voice amidst the multitude of noise? I need you to come up higher. I need you to hear what I have to say. I need you to be delivered from the words, the accusations, the slander, and the things swirling in the spirit that have caused you to lose your footing and your peace. Step back into the throne room. Find that place of rest in Me again—despite what you see, despite what you hear.” As the Lord spoke, I went into a vision and saw people laid out in the throne room, wailing as if being purged of the pains of the times. Wars, rumors of wars—all the things swirling in the natural. These were realities, but they had failed to hear what the Lord was saying for this time. “You’ve only been listening to one side of the story,” the Lord said. “Do you know what I’m about to do? Do you know what I’m unleashing in the earth? Do you know the answers I’m releasing as an antidote to the wickedness of the times? Or have you lost sight of My heart for My people in this critical moment in history? Do you feel like I have been silent? Do you feel like My hand has been distant from the problems you face? You’ve been in survival mode, already accepting the outcomes the news and propaganda have delivered, drinking their poison that steals your hope and your future. But this week, I want you to anchor yourself again in the throne room, in My presence, in My abiding glory. “My presence will detox you, ridding you of the lies that have crushed your soul, made it sick, and caused you to backpedal on the faith and authority I’ve given you to wield in this hour.” “I know the storm is raging around you right now. I know the personal battles, the battles for your family, and the battles for your nation have left you feeling unsafe and unsettled. But I need you to hear what I am saying to My people in this unsettling time: I am Yahweh. I am God Almighty on the throne. I am the fourth man standing in the fire with you today.” “I am still your refuge. Though the winds blow, and the ground feels unsteady, I am your firm foundation. I am here to cover you, to uphold you, and to shelter you. I need you to know that I am in control. Do not lose sight of who I am or of My love for you. Anchor yourself in Me and you will not be shaken.” Then, in the vision, I saw people stand and walk to a table with scrolls and pens. They began to legislate in the spirit, as if at a table of heavenly strategy—releasing and decreeing the values of heaven into the earth. From a place of peace and presence, they were able to truly legislate and intercede for nations in crisis. But many have been battling intellect with intellect and fires with fires. “In this hour, I need My people to come up higher,” says the Lord. “I need them to battle from a different place and perspective. Get out from behind your keyboards and begin to release My will into the earth.” In the third part of the vision, I saw Jesus come and sign the scrolls that had been written and legislated. Then runners and heralds took these scrolls, opening them and singing their words. A song was released—a frequency and sound so powerful that it silenced the demonic realm raging like a fire across the earth. It shut them down. A clarion call sounded through worship, bringing things into divine order. The Lord said, “My people, have you forgotten your sound? Have you forgotten your voice? Have you forgotten the frequency I placed within you? Have you forgotten the authority I’ve given you? It’s time to rise with My strategies, My solutions, and release them as a song into the earth. “The earth has been in drought. It has been long since the church has seen My signs, wonders, and glory, and they have begun to fall for a counterfeit. But this will be the hour that I release you as a song into the earth, a song of uncompromising truth and glory that will shatter the blindfolds and veils that have covered My people, causing them to walk in dark deception and to fall for another savior, another outcome, another solution that seems right to man but leads to destruction. But you will lead them out. This week, get into My presence and reclaim your peace. I want you to see hope again. I want you to see that this is the hour you were born for—a time with reason and purpose, for you hold the keys to unlock those who are bound, and nations that are bound. “So this week, step out of the vitriol and back into My presence and glory. Celebrate from a place of victory that I have already won. My blood is enough. I am turning back the tide that has come against you, your family, and the nations.” 

Pullback seasons are not a sign of failure. They are a vital part of the process for those that God uses to break ground for the kingdom. It’s like when Jesus would go up the mountain to pray, spending time with the Father. He would then come down, carrying the very power and messages He received in those moments, walking in signs, wonders, and miracles. If we are always going, always pouring out, living in a constant state of high-intensity kingdom work, we will burn out. We are people with souls, bodies, minds, and emotions, and if any one of these is neglected or left empty, we will begin to crumble. God does not want you to crumble. That is why He purposefully leads you into seasons of pause, or hiddenness, of being set apart so that He can refuel and replenish you once again. In 2024, God has called many of us up the mountain, but some have struggled to break free from the relentless pressure to keep pouring out. And today, I have a word for those who are feeling the tension in this pullback, for those feeling frustrated, disillusioned, or discouraged. Maybe you’ve been wondering if something is wrong with you. But hear this: there is nothing wrong with you. Jesus didn’t launch His ministry until He was 33! Think of a bow and arrow—the further back the bow is pulled, the greater the velocity and power with which the arrow will hit its target. Sometimes we don’t understand why God draws us into these seasons of pause, seasons where we’re hidden and we’re not seeing the fruit we saw in past seasons. It’s not because He’s removed Himself from you. It’s not because you’ve lost your anointing. You’re in a pullback season, being prepared for something new. If you resist the pullback, if you push against His leading, it will only drive you further into burnout. Or worse, you’ll step into a new season carrying last season’s mindset and baggage, unprepared for what’s to come. Yes, the trauma has to go. The wounded was is being ministered to like a weary traveler depleted of nutrients. Many of you are in a pullback because God needs to recalibrate you—emotionally, mentally, physically, and even locationally. This is a moment of redirection. God is pulling you into this season to strip away distractions, to deliver you from what no longer serves you, so that He can realign you in every part of your life, preparing you to be launched into what’s next. So, no, you haven’t lost your voice. You haven’t lost yourself. In fact, God has led you into this because you were beginning to lose yourself. You were beginning to lose your voice. And now He is reviving you, recalibrating you, resetting you, refueling you for what’s to come. Fresh vision is already being downloaded to your spirit. God is removing the blinders that have clouded your view, giving you eyes to see and ears to hear for a new day. Embrace the pullback. Embrace His purpose in it because a new day and assignment will come soon enough and instead of tired you will be ready. 

This is a time of divine closure. In fact this year has been a “wrapping up” year to the last 7. A year where the the emphasis has been on emptying over adding more, and finalising over beginning. That’s why the wrestle this year has not just been about changing your activity, but the end to so much of what we’ve been doing that is no longer going to reap the same effects or same outcomes in 2025. God has been trying to lead us not only into rest but a reset. In fact, He’s been trying to kill off that which has been killing you. That’s right. There has been so much of your activity that has been killing you. There is so much that you’ve attributed to the Kingdom that the grace has worn off of and the anointing on it has worn off from. God’s been gently leading you out from that particular assignment and activity that no longer carries the same glory and effectiveness that it once did. He’s been trying to lift your eyes and lift your head to something that’s greater. And sometimes the only way that He can do that with the people that are visionaries, that are driven, is that He needs to kill the oxen that you’re riding down into burnout on. And that’s what He’s been doing this year. There’s been a definite lifting of grace upon many areas of your life, Pioneer. You can look over this year, see the wrestle, and recognize that you have been worn out, burnt out, and tired, and not knowing how you’re meant to step into any level of change. It’s like many have recognised the shift and said “God, I’ve already tied myself to this oxen. I’ve already said, this is who I am and this is what I do!” And the Lord says “let it die” “Do you trust Me? Let the oxen die” It’s not that the dream’s going to die necessarily, It’s just that God needs to rearrange the way that you’re thinking that is no longer healthy and taking your calling off course. Yes, battle-thinking, survival-thinking, and wounded-thinking - it’s been leading you into a diversion of your calling and that’s what the closure must come to. You had even begun to form a callous of thought around what your idea of Kingdom is. And it’s made you rigid and has actually caused you, in some measure, to resist the flow and the move of the Spirit of God that is right now erupting on the shores of the Earth. Yes, pioneers, you’re the groundbreakers. You’re the forerunners. You’re the ones that are meant to go before the body of Christ and live in tomorrow. But if you’re not careful, your own mindsets can prevent you from being that in the next season. Yet, that is why God is bringing closure to so much of your activity and your processes so that it brings you into a new place of surrender, so that you are able to see where God is leading and where He’s no longer leading you. The other area that God is bringing closure to right now is in relationships that are unequally yoked. That is why the Lord has been bringing things to a finish in many of the assignments, callings, and movements around you. He’s wanted you to finish well. He’s wanted you to hold up the flag to the very end, but He’s wanted you to leave those rooms. It’s His desire for you to unyoke and unchain from so many of the relationships that have kept you in bondage. In the same way that your mindsets can hold you back, your alignments can also hold you back from stepping into the fullness of all that God has called you to be. Those alignments have changed your voice. Those alignments have changed your focus. Those alignments have tainted the ointment to some degree and God has been beckoning you to break free from these toxic, unequally yoked relationships that have entangled you and held you back. He has been saying “Time is up! No longer will you be tangled up in relationships that suffocate your spirit, hold back your growth, or water down the fire I’ve placed inside you” “The contracts of man must be torn up! The covenants I didn’t authorize must be cancelled. The vows you made that has tethered you must be broken!” However, this is is your time to finish well—even in dishonorable alignments. It’s your obedience in the closing that unlocks the future. And yes, there will be moments when closure feels like loss. When you feel exposed, vulnerable, and uncertain. But remember, this is not the end - this is the beginning of your re-mantling and freedom. Coming out from under the covers of an old bed you were laying in. It’s time to get out!! Yes, God is stripping off the old, toxic jackets that have weighed you down and preparing to clothe you in fresh authority, purpose, and identity. But key me say this to those who are feeling beaten down, and steamrolled right now in this process; You might feel like those who hurt or betrayed you have won. That those who manipulated you got away with it. But God says, “Let Me vindicate you.” The injustice you feel isn’t for you to fight. Release it. The Lord is your defense, and in His time, He will right every wrong. This is a time of simply walking away and letting Him take care of that part of the closure and He will heal your heart as you do. It’s time to sever the cords because not everyone can come with you nor is willing to pay the price to. It’s time to detox from the toxicity and let your soul breathe again. I’ll say it again, It’s time to cut the cords. You’ve been carrying the weight of other people’s issues, pain, and brokenness that God never asked you to carry. Cut the cords. Honor them. Move on. And this is a deliverance moment where God is saying, “I want you to slam that door shut” And for a moment, or for a season, they will think you’ve lost your mind. They will think there’s something wrong with you. They will say, wow, I thought he was for revival, but he’s not. But you know that you need to be obedient to the Lord and close the door and move forward. And what happens is, for a period of time, you look at your hands and they look empty. You look at the slain oxen and you think you failed. But the Lord wants to say this to you, Pioneer. Just around the corner is a new day. Just around the corner is something fresh and new that I have for you that is no longer going to burn you out, but it’s going to give you joy. And even right now, I’m shifting the tides of bitterness and hope deferred that are in your soul that you have not been addressing. And I’m shifting it to waters of refreshing and healing. Even right now, I’m causing the layers of grief and pain that have been sitting under the surface to come up and come forth so I can clear it away and begin to allow those rivers inside you to come forth again. Pioneer, this is a moment you need to not think with your mind, but with your spirit. This is a moment to lay down on your face and allow God to fill that tank. Allow Him to kill off what needs to be killed off. And allow Him to detox you and bring you into a new hour and a new day. It’s more important than where and when. It’s more important than your next assignment and message. It’s the kind of closure where you die but you also begin to live again.