A few years ago, Randy and I met with other pastors for a mountain retreat. At the close of our last meeting, I had the soft impression in my spirit that Jesus wanted me to tell everyone that He heard their prayers for their churches and themselves.
I had a picture in my mind of a piece of ground. The sun had baked the dirt’s top layers into a place of hardness. However, in the middle of that hardened soil, water was beginning to bubble up from the springs below. God was going to bring a breakthrough. And for many of us, there was a significant breakthrough in the months to come.
I will open rivers in desolate heights,
And fountains in the midst of the valleys;
I will make the wilderness a pool of water,
And the dry land springs of water.
Isaiah 41:18
Just before driving home, Randy and I decided to take one more walk in the woods. Were went off the path just a little bit to survey the forest’s beauty. As we stood there in the sun, I looked down and realized the ground was wet. Quite literally, water was bubbling up from an underground storehouse, just as I had seen in the picture the Lord gave me. It was amazing.
All this to say, I sensed the Lord’s leading to share this for someone who might read it. You have been praying about something for a long time without seeing much of anything. However, the Lord wants you to know He IS bringing a breakthrough for you. Not the big surge you may have hoped for, but a slow, steady springing forth that over time will be ever so much more powerful and important than you could have imagined.
So, be encouraged and lean hard into Him. You don’t want to miss what He has in store for you because it seems the waters of His Spirit appear as a small trickle. The Lord, your God, is turning your dry land into springs of water.