A Prophetic Vision for 2007

It was one of those mornings and I was seated on the edge of the bed just enjoying the presence of the Lord. Suddenly I realised that it was very hot. I thought maybe the airconditioner was not functioning properly. But I could hear the sound of the blower. I stood up and lifted my hand towards the airconditioner and realised that the air was cool. I thought, maybe I was having a fever and burning up. I looked at the clock, it was only 4.30 am and I was trying to decide whether to wake Shirley, my wife, up or not.

Then I heard the gentle voice of the Lord in my spirit, "..you are experiencing the intensity of the heat that I will bring on my people in the coming year of 2007. It will be a fire of testing, not a time of passing or failing, but a testing to check the purity of my image in my people. As this year (2006) has been a year of selection and validation, this coming year will be a season of testing that will bring my endorsement of them being partakers of things to come. Those who conform and qualify will not only be partakers of a fresh revival that will begin in 2007 and continue beyond but be custodians and beneficiaries of a shift that I will do to bring back final ownership of this world into the hands of those ready to have dominion." 

I had a thought of a silversmith refining silver, sitting there with his eye on the metal in the ladle as he held it constant in the centre of the fire, that was the most intense. Every now and then he would remove the impurities, until finally, it was ready, an end product that was reflecting, like a mirror, the image of the silversmith. "That's it!", the Lord seem to say, "...the final refining that would bring forth my image and I can see through the clarity to know that the perfection of what I had done in the beginning is restored. Tell my people to endure through the intensity of it all. My hand will be holding them and my eye will be upon them. Not a second too soon, not a moment too much or too late, I will be with them for I know and can see when the perfection is achieved".

Some words of scripture seem to be racing through my mind. I picked up the Bible and turned to Romans 8:18 & 19. These very words of the Apostle Paul seem to jump up at me "....For I reckon that the sufferings of this present time are not worthy to be compared with the glory in us, for the earnest expectation of creation waiteth for the manifestation of the sons of God." Something seem to explode within me, and the Holy Spirit bore witness with my spirit and I almost shouted aloud with excitement. That is why God has been laying on my heart to preach and teach about His glory, the manifestation of His glory through sons who are created by and in His glory. The voice of God seem to resonate through my whole being, "....Yes!!! Now, NOW is the season that will see the coming to pass of this Word!!"  I was just overwhelmed by the magnitude of what God was saying to me, the ultimate realisation for the Child of the New Covenant, one with a circumcised heart, with the Logos of God himself in our inward parts, written on our hearts of flesh. Suddenly it was like bursting from deep within me and there I was, shouting in the spirit, "and the redeem of the Lord shall say so!!"

All of a sudden I began to understand. It all began to make sense. It had been months of preparation that I had embraced with great fear and apprehension. It was like shattered pieces coming together. For myself personally I was humbled that I was one of those that He had chosen for this privilege in this time and season to be part of what He was going to do to draw a final curtain....yes the time and season for the final curtain call!!! I was on my knees, I started to weep and to cry, The tears were like coming from deep within me and flowing out of my heart. It has been sometime since I had cried like this. It was not tears of sorrow, but one of unexplainable joy. I could feel such a loving and comforting presence of the Lord. It was an overwhelming presence that seem to envelop and consume me, all at the same time.

I could hear Him clearly in my spirit, "2007 will begin with 3 months of record highs and breakthroughs. But do not be carried away, there will also be lows and breakdowns to follow. The highs will be unbelievable, but warn my people not to lose sight of me. Tell them not to let Mammon deceive them. Even in the Stock, Property and Commodity Market, tell them to ask me and I will show them when to be satisfied. Highs, such highs but also waves and waves of downs and ups and down and ups. 2007 will be a real roller coaster ride. It will be like running out of control, a ride with no end in sight. But know this that I the Lord your God am still in control. I am still holding onto the reigns, I have not handed it over nor have I loosed it. I am the Lord, creator of the heavens and the earth, I am still the Alpha and the Omega. Do not be deceived."

In the spirit I saw 3 waves of evangelistic fervour. Each lasting about 7 months. Each wave was followed by a lull, but the following wave was moving into a higher crescendo. It was like a full orchestra in concert, with God standing there as the Conductor, orchestrating it all. The Word will be preached with such high pitched fervour and intensity. The manifestation of sons, showing forth the glory of the Father. It was like a beacon of light shining out and the glory was like a thick creamy glowing golden substance, moving to cover the earth...even as the waters cover the seas. In all this excitement and activity, the voice of God thundered out, "...and miracles, wonders and signs will follow and confirm the preaching of my Word". I saw so many miracles, also such an outpouring of healing miracles. Not only healing of sicknesses and diseases, but restoration as well. Blind eyes seeing, deaf ears hearing, the lame and paralysed walking, twisted as well as missing limbs and organs being restored. Yes, miracles that will cause people to wonder and they will all be signs that will point to Jesus!! Such a glory!!

This will be the greatest revival that God will bring. It will begin in 2007, but it will be carried on beyond. In this season too I heard the Spirit say that the prophetic words in Ecclesiastes 2:26 and Proverbs 13:22 will see fulfillment. Yes, a season for the man who is good before God. Wisdom and knowledge and joy will be given as well as the right to eat of what the wicked have laboured to heap up. It will be a season where God will show the futility of man's efforts, it will be like grasping in the wind. Also a season of receiving of the inheritance, and the magnitude of it is that it is more than what one generation can handle. It will see it going to the children and grandchildren. It will be waves of transference, not because of human effort. but a divine sovereign move of God. Such marvelous Glory, a season to see the wealth of the sinner laid up for the just. The issue is not about who will do it, but who are the people found worthy to receive.

For this year will truly see the tested sons of God manifesting the Glory of the Father, and also as the redeemed receiving grace unto grace. A season to meditate on Psalm 84:10, to know that in the presence of God, there is joy, that the joy of the Lord is our strength and in that they will grow from strength to strength. So be ready to be in the presence of God.

Also in that presence of God, in that intimacy with Him, to hear from Him and to grow from faith to faith as stated in Romans 1:17. Not forgetting the words in 2 Corinthians 3:18, to behold oneself in the mirror and in that way to go from glory to glory. So let the Redeemed of the Lord say so in this 2007.

This word was realeased at Covenant Vision's Watchnight Service on 31st December 2006.