Strength Training

The Lord gave me a mighty vision about 3 years ago.
I've pondered this in my heart and have prayed for revelation and interpretation.
I now feel the release to share the vision publicly with some of the revelation that God has given me. I have shared this with a few people privately as the Lord prompted me, but the time is urgent that we encourage one another in the Lord (1 Thessalonians 5:11) and sharpen each other like iron sharpens iron (Proverbs 27:17).

We are in a race and we must run well and train well as the writer of Hebrews exhorted. We must keep our eyes fixed on the beautiful eyes of Jesus (Hebrews 12:1-2).

Vision
I see many people in the desert. It's hot, it's dry, and it's very dusty. Life is so hard in the desert. I see God's people, the remnant to be exact struggling in this desert season. Many have been feeling alone and as though they are in what is now known as a desert season. Some have been feeling guilty for feeling alone because you were taught in very religious circles that loneliness is a shameful sin.
The truth is that you are not alone,  you are never alone! It is the Lord who has set us apart and has preserved you unto Himself away from a lot of "stuff" that the enemy would have otherwise used to destroy you. Remember that He gives His angels to camp around those who are righteous (Psalm 34:7).

I see so many beautiful Christians, faithful, true, honest, loving, doing well, but growing weary because they cannot understand the season that they are in. They've been in the desert for so long. In my vision they are dressed as marathon runners in the Summer Olympics with numbers on their backs. Each one has their own lane on the track field. Each one is on this track and in their own lane, yet there is so much dust swirling around from the desert that no one can see that they are not alone on the field.

You have been set apart for strength training. Isometrics training. You against gravity. This is a season where God the Father is training you and strengthening you in the desert season. Many, I see are in position waiting and ready for the sound that will release them to run in the desert! Marathoners with batons will begin running and you will soon realize that they have not been alone. Some have been in a place of hiding, set apart by the Lord to train and be preserved. And at the appointed time He will release you.

This might not make sense to you, but if it does I pray that it blesses and encourages you and gives you hope.

MercyMe, Greater, 2014