I heard a statistic this week about the high percentage of Canadians who have anxiety because of the upheaval around us. However, we as believers can be encouraged when we focus on what is most important. We can get encouragement from a significant prophecy that David Ruis gave at the Catch the Fire conference in October of 1994. This was the height of the revival, where many were saved, healed and empowered. People would line up at church for hours in order to get a good seat. People came from around the world, making it the number one tourist attraction in Toronto. God’s power was so intense that many were overcome for hours on end. Hotels that hosted conference guests had guests strewn out in the lobby under the power of God. Hotel staff would avoid conference attendees in fear that it was contagious. And it was.
In the midst of this, here is what the Lord prophesied through David:
I am here, I am here. I am here. Am I not He who sits in the heavens and laughs at the plans of men? Has it not already been established from time of old that My King would be established on His holy mountain? I say to you, you thought My movement has begun. I tell you, it has yet to begin. You have seen nothing, you have seen nothing, you have seen nothing yet. This is just preparation. You thought the seed is going out amongst the nations of the earth; I tell you that hasn’t even begun. I’m just growing up a plant. My rains are coming to grow up a plant that will grow and grow and grow and then come to the place of seed. You thought you felt wind; it has been nothing. My wind shames the greatest hurricanes. My wind shames the greatest tornadoes. My rain and My wind wreak greater, greater, greater havoc and destruction on the realm of the enemy than any natural thing you have seen. And my wind will blow on this plant and the seeds will go forth to the nations of the earth and bring forth the greatest harvest written page or aural tongue has ever declared in the nations. Give Me glory.
As great and powerful as all that was, something even greater is coming. This should encourage us and remind us to focus on what is most important. The Lord laughs at the plans of men. No plan of any man will cause us fear. We align ourselves with how the Lord sees things. A great harvest is coming. The King is returning. We will not fear
