Walking A Christian Path by Graham Pockett - HTML preview

Two Visions Of The Coming Revival
– a personal revelation –

During May 2009, at a prayer group where we were praying for revival, God gave me two visions. The group was comprised mainly of intercessors, and I was there because it was held in my home, not because I have any claims to be an intercessor.

I was reminded of Acts 2:17 which says: ‘In the last days, God says, I will pour out my Spirit on all people. Your sons and daughters will prophesy, your young men will see visions, your old men will dream dreams.’

As I am not a young man now (though, that might be a subjective observation) maybe what I saw a was dream and not a vision. You be the judge.

Vision 1

The fire of revival starts as the refiner’s fire, cleansing recipients prior to the revival starting. I saw this fire as a column, with a tornado surrounding it, sucking people into the refiner’s fire within.

While it seems contradictory in the natural (fire and tornado together), this is exactly what God is doing – drawing us to Him and cleansing us in preparation for the coming revival.

Vision 2

I saw a blacksmith’s forge, with the Holy Spirit pumping at the bellows to make the fire roaring hot.

As Christians, we are the iron, placed into the forge to be heated, cleansed, and turned into tools and weapons for the coming revival.

When I first saw the vision, I saw horseshoes being created at the forge, which surprised me because I expected to see swords dripping fire coming from the forge, not a humble item like a horseshoe. However, the Holy Spirit showed me that horseshoes were needed for the warhorses, and they were as important as the swords to the success of the coming battle.

He showed me that when God uses us in His works, we must be prepared to be, and do, whatever He needs from us. The humble horseshoes on the warhorses are, to Him, as important as the swords, spears and the other more obvious weapons of war.

He said we must be prepared to take our role in the coming revival in whatever capacity God deems best for us – and that might not be at the cutting edge, but as part of the support crew. Every aspect of a battlefield is as important as every other. Without the support crew who supply the food, the warriors cannot go into battle; without the armourers, the warriors are unprotected; without the shoes, the horses can stumble.

To us, glory goes to the goal kicker, the striker, the guy who hits a home run – and the warrior facing up to a fierce enemy. To God, the glory goes to every obedient member of the team, from the humblest member doing a mundane job, to the front-line strike force.

We must do what God calls us to do, not what we deem best for us. We might see a front-line glory job as being where we should be, but God may require something different from us. Alternatively, we may be a person who craves anonymity, who wants to be in the background doing one of those mundane (but necessary) jobs, but God might want us to be in the front-line, battling the enemy head-on.

We must be prepared to get out of our own comfort zone, to become the weapons and tools that God wants of us.