Yesterday on the 11th November, I could sense something spiritually moving around. As the day wore on this only intensified and then when in worship at a prayer gathering I heard the phrase, “winds of change”. The winds of the Holy Spirit for change have arrived and are blowing from a different direction, almost a 90degree shift that causes and change of direction now. Things that have been hard for a long while with great opposition are now entering a new phase where the opposition is significantly less.
It seems that where there has been unnecessary opposition where there has been no clear reason for parties to oppose one another, this opposition is being removed.
If the situation were like a chess game, this past time has meant that every move had to be well considered and checked well. Every surrounding piece nearby and up ahead had to be considered before a move could be made. Some moves meant loss and set back because the future couldn’t be seen. Some moves opened you up to another opposing piece. However, now you are a few rows out from the back line and there are many less opposing pieces on the board. Where there were many pieces surround and coming from all sides, now there are few and they are spread out. Some won’t even cross your path as you move to the other side. The winds of change are here.
While this is exciting news to hold and hear, it felt almost grievous and overwhelming. It has been a hard time of perseverance and holding hope for things to change. The pressure in the opposition kept a lid on the hardship and pain. With the pressure lifting the grief of hardship began being realised. As you experience the relief that things are changing and the difficulty is leaving, there might be some grief in the relief. There is a strong temptation in this grief to then feel you can’t move forward. Even though you have been stuck for so long and seeking breakthrough and movement, now that it is coming, you will fear you are not ready to move ahead.
But God knows the times, and is God of the times. You are ready to move ahead. Just as he strengthened you to persevere against the opposition and pressure, he is going to hold you close and together as grieve in relief and move on as you must. As you have moved forward across the chess board, you have grown in stature and strength in the spirit. You are not the same as you were before entering this journey. You are grown. Do not believe the lie that you are not ready for the movement. You are ready because God who is above all says it is time to go forward and because you have grown in him. It is time to catch up with who you are in God now. He will hold you, he will sustain you and he will show you how to go.
The winds of change are here.
Rest in the Lord as you experience opposition move out of the way. Run to him and be in his care right now as you watch things moving. Then, you will be able to move forward with him, side by side - he will be releasing wisdom on how to move.