I originally received this word last year, but just now released to share it. Praying for you bride.
05-16-13 Transitioning into a New Season of Fruitfulness
I woke this morning hearing the words to a song in my
spirit. The song is by a new friend, a brother the Lord brought into my life
recently…Cephas the Remnant (look him up)
The words go some thing like this:
Heaven is calling,
One step away;
Won’t you say yes?
He’s calling out your name.
As I was hearing this song in my spirit, I realized the Lord
had something to say and just then I saw a vision of Him standing in front of a
banana tree, but He had His back to me. Suddenly, He had a machete in His hand
and He cut the banana tree down. After a short while, two banana trees sprang
up. When they produced bananas, He cut down the banana trees down again. After
a while they sprang up again, twice as much as before. When they produced
bananas, He harvested them and cut the trees down again. And yes, twice as many
banana trees sprang up again. End of vision
Galatians 6:9-10 Let us not grow weary while doing good, for in due season
we shall reap if we do not lose heart. Therefore, as we have opportunity, let
us do good to all, especially to those who are of the household of faith.
Lord is saying to many this morning, you are in a time of
transition. Do not be discouraged if it seems like fruit is not being produced
in your life at the moment. In fact, for some, it may seem like the fruit in
your life and ministry is somehow diminishing instead of increasing, but the
Lord is causing you to decrease so that He may increase you more and more. The
devil would like to convince you that your ministry is not as fruitful as it
once was, but the Spirit says; you are being transitioned into a new
season. Therefore, do not grow weary and do not cast away your
confidence in the promises made to you because He is not slack concerning them.
Hallelujah! Hold on; keep on believing, keep on faithing, because you’re on the
brink of breakthrough.
John 15:1-2 I am the true vine, and My Father is the vinedresser.
Every branch in Me that does not bear fruit He takes away; and every branch
that bears fruit He prunes, that it may bear more fruit.
It is the Lord causing what seems to be a diminishing of
fruitfulness and activity in your life and ministry, but there is a purpose.
That purpose is for a cutting off of the old branches to make way for the new
branches that will bear new fruit. You have done nothing wrong, you have done
everything right. A cutting away of the dead things never is a pleasant
experience, but once it’s over then the new growth begins and soon the fruit.
Expect big this year. I hear the words “bumper crop” a very good friend of mine
likes to say “exponential growth”. The door for opportunity is open and there
is great potential for things to get real good for those who are positioning
themselves…aligning themselves correctly with the Lord, His word, His timing
and in His kingdom. His purpose is for the showing forth of His glory through
His sons and daughters.
Job 14:7-9, 14 For there is hope for a tree, if it is cut down, that it
will sprout again, and that its tender shoots will not cease. Though its root
may grow old in the earth, and its stump may die in the ground, yet at the
scent of water it will bud and bring forth branches like a plant. If a man
dies, shall he live again? All the days of my hard service I will wait, till my
change comes.
Just
like in the vision, the Lord would cut down the banana tree after it bore
fruit. After a while, a season, it grew back twice as much. You may be in that
in between season of feeling like a stump in the ground. Let me remind you what
happens next…double! Double happens next…praise, worship, adoration and
thanksgiving can act like Miracle Grow to speed up the process a little. Hmmm….
Job 8:21-22; 11:16, 19 He will yet fill your mouth with laughing, and your lips
with rejoicing. Those who hate you will be clothed with shame, and the dwelling
place of the wicked will come to nothing…because you will remember it as waters
that have passed away. You will also lie down and no one will make you afraid.
Yes, many will court your favor.
Just a few observations about some of the symbolism in the dream:
- The machete the cutting away banana trees – repentance, change, discipline; cutting back for increased harvest and fruit.
- The banana, which is the result of the cutting back and pruning – gentleness; easy to open up and share the sweet soft inside…which is really more of Jesus coming out of us and less of self. That is always His intended result, that we be more conformed to His image.
- Yellow - gift as in gift of God or from God, honor, light (revelation), renewed mind, courage, celebration and joy
- The backside of the Lord – is His glory.
Exodus 33:22-23 So shall it be, while My glory
passes by, that I will put you in the cleft of the rock, and I will cover you
with My hand while I pass by. Then I will take away My hand, and you shall see
My back (Glory); but My face shall not be seen.
Be encouraged, your future is looking bright.
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