(This is the 2021 word the Lord gave me for our Grow students and the year ahead)
Hey Revivalists,
While this word came to me for our Grow School I felt to release it publicly because i do believe it is what God is doing in the body right now, and I feel such a responsibility on this year as midwives to make sure that the church are equipped well so we can be an effective force on the frontlines in the years to come. But before I begin to prophesy I want to share what God spoke to me and how it came about.
BIRTHING & INNOVATING
In November Christy and I felt the same feeling we do every year at that time - it’s almost a sense of “something needs to change” and what is actually the innovation and creativity of heaven dropping on us and leading us to shift, change up, and reinvent how we are equipping. It’s very normal for us. I remember when we began our courses it was not the done thing. People we knew didn’t understand what we were doing yet God was moving on it powerfully.
So as we were asking the Lord about what He wanted us to change, one of the major things we heard was to add more physical resources and practical prophetic tools to help our students really run with fire as we are raising them. So God showed us a picture of a box like an adventure pack. Simple right? So we started working hard on behind the scenes.
Earlier in January before Ava was born Christy was almost full term and she felt it.. she was ready to birth, and simultaneously it felt like we were about to birth something in the spirit too. One morning I was in the crunch of organising the boxes, graphics, and overhauling our website for registration when in the middle of the craziness I hear him say so clearly.. “THIS IS THE YEAR THEY BREAK OUT OF THE BOX!”
It took me by surprise and I needed clarity.. “what do you mean?” I asked. Then It hit me. We hadn’t just been working on making physical products for our students but an actual prophetic sign that we were going to see them BREAK OUT OF THE BOX! We were making a physical, tangible prophetic toolbox so that YOU could BREAK OUT in 2021!
HIDDEN TREASURES
Throughout the Bible there are so many examples of where God broke people out, like Jesus breaking people out of the boxes of religious tradition with his parables, miracles, and compassion, where God broke Paul and Silas out of prison when they worshipped, and we can’t forget the 100 prophets who were hiding in the caves until Elijah broke them out. It’s what God does! However, there were two passages that specifically came to mind. The first one in Judges 7:19-20 says;
“Gideon and the hundred men with him reached the edge of the camp at the beginning of the middle watch, just after they had changed the guard. They blew their trumpets and broke the jars that were in their hands. The three companies blew the trumpets and smashed the jars. Grasping the torches in their left hands and holding in their right hands the trumpets they were to blow, they shouted, “A sword for the Lord and for Gideon!” Judges 7:19-20
So as an act of war Gideon’s men blew their trumpets, smashed jars, then in that same hand they held torches? What was this prophetic act for? Was it to proclaim the breaking of bondage and to reveal the shining light of victory? Here’s another scripture from 2 Corinthians 4:7;
“ We are like common clay jars that carry this glorious treasure within, so that the extraordinary overflow of power will be seen as God’s, not ours”
What if God is breaking our boxes in this season to reveal the treasure hidden in us that has been concealed for far too long?
IT'S TIME FOR YOUR BOXES BREAK!
So let me prophesy over you. I believe this year;
So all of that to say this.. get ready for a BREAKOUT year. It’s time for the pioneers to arise unapologetically, for the reformers to step up and leave the cages that religion has tried to keep you in, and for us to step into the new thing and the harvest before us.
It’s a year to see EVERY dormant and hidden gift you carry to come out and make themselves known. You may have been;
But now you are leaving where you have been! You cannot stay there anymore!
So let’s grow together in 2021. If you journeyed with us 2020 we can’t wait to continue running with you this year. If you have never been in grow before go to www.myyeartogrow.com for more info.
“Rejoice with singing, you barren one!
You who have never given birth,
burst into a song of joy and shout,
you who have never been in labor!
For the deserted wife will have more children
than the married one,” says Yahweh.
“Increase is coming, so enlarge your tent
and add extensions to your dwelling.
Hold nothing back! Make the tent ropes longer and the pegs stronger.
You will increase and spread out in every direction. Your sons and daughters will conquer nations and revitalize desolate cities” Isaiah 54:1-3