I heard the Lord say, “This is the year of the forerunners—those who will hear My words and, in intercession and proclamation, run as My ‘sent ahead’ ones, preparing the way for My glory to come.”
One of our greatest battles is the battle for the sound, which creates movement. Whoever and whatever controls the sound has the ability to influence the atmosphere and the culture and to influence the movement that happens, whether evil or holy. So, of course the enemy wants desperately to capture and control that sound. But the call of the Lord has gone forth. Many are responding to His call, rising with boldness to release His sound that will permeate the culture and reestablish an atmosphere of the glory of God over this nation.
Earlier this year, through a dream, the Lord instructed us to release a unified shout of triumph. Our obedience to do so, He said, would “shatter, dismantle, and cause evil agendas to fall and crumble, giving us access to this land.”
We are in a time of great political excitement. Things that needed to happen within our government are beginning to happen, and for that, we are thankful! But God’s promise is that America shall be saved. That salvation will not come just by way of governmental realignment. It will come from the Lord as He works through His awakened Ekklesia to invoke revival, truth, and awakening that will shatter demonic strongholds and pierce through the darkness of deception, causing hearts to be turned back to Him!
There is power and purpose in the release of the sound of our
- shouts of triumph,
- worship and thanksgiving to the Lord,
- testimonies,
- prayers and faith agreement,
- decrees, and
- declaration and proclamation of the Word of God.
God told Jeremiah that he was His mouthpiece in the earth. If Jeremiah would speak what He told him to speak, things would be rooted out, pulled down, and built and planted. As we consecrate ourselves to the Lord, He fills our mouth, and as we release that sound, He sends it forth to accomplish His purposes.
Psalm 47:1 exhorts us to shout unto God with the voice of triumph. The key of triumph is in our mouths. When we release our sounds, the key is inserted to unlock and initiate powerful, transformative moves of God. Movement follows the release of our sound!
The Lord recently reminded me of a vision I had many years ago, in which I saw a wide expanse of land. A black dome that appeared to be thick and impenetrable completely covered the sky above the land. The dome blocked out the light, so everything seemed dead and desolate.
Suddenly, I saw many single shafts of fire shooting up from the ground. I saw people inside those shafts of fire—one person in each shaft. I recognized some of these people as five-fold ministers, intercessors, musicians, and worship leaders.
I saw intense expressions on the faces of the five-fold ministers and intercessors as they continuously released a loud, powerful roar. The same expressions were on the faces of the musicians as they played their instruments and on the faces of the worshippers as they sang these words repeatedly: “Open up, open up the door to Your presence! Come dwell with us! Come dwell with us!” Each one was marching in place, with their faces looking upward, and all but the musicians had their hands raised toward the heavens, making motions as if beating on a door.
Then the sound of the roar, the movements, the music, and the song somehow blended into one powerful sound that went up like a battering ram against that dome, causing pieces of it to break loose and float down. I could see that each piece was thin like an egg shell. I thought, “This is not as hard and as impossible as we had assumed. It just takes the sound to break it loose!”
Shafts of light then began to radiate through the holes that were being broken in the dome. I could hear voices from above the dome, coming through those holes. They were saying in unison, “HEAVEN HAS BEEN WAITING FOR YOUR SOUND! HEAVEN IS RESPONDING TO YOUR SOUND!”
The sound from beneath then began to blend with the sound from above. The two sounds formed into a huge whirlwind that swept back and forth across that dome until it was completely shattered. I saw shackles and chains falling out of the dome as it was being obliterated. I knew these represented planned attacks of the enemy that were begin broken before they could even be implemented.
As the dome shattered, light came, and the land was instantly transformed.
What an amazing picture of the power of our sound! A biblical illustration of this can be found in 2 Chronicles 5:13-14. “It came to pass, when the trumpeters and singers were as one, to make one sound to be heard in praising and thanking the Lord, and when they lifted up their voice with the trumpets and cymbals and instruments of music and praised the Lord, saying: ‘For He is good, For His mercy endures forever,’ that the…house of the Lord, was filled with a cloud, so that the priests could not continue ministering because of the cloud; for the glory of the Lord filled the house of God.”
The sound preceded the entrance of the glory! Heaven responds to our sound!
The Lord once said to me, “I will reveal My sent-ahead ones, and they will release My strategy and power for days ahead! I will make their voices like the sound of trumpets—each trumpet releasing a unique sound. My Spirit will instruct them for movement! I’ll work a work, and none will stop what I do!”
God is calling the forerunners to run with the sound! Somebody has to go first with courageous faith and fervency, and engage as co-laborers with Christ! Those who will respond to His call will be sent forth as His mouthpiece, releasing His words that will prepare the way for His glory to come. As we release our shout, our worship, our prayers, our decrees—our sounds—we are marching to the rhythms of Heaven, joining with the hosts of Heaven, and that dome of iniquitous influence will completely shatter! Chains will be broken, light will overtake the darkness, and righteous transformation will happen.
Let’s pray:
Father, we feel the urgency of this moment. Awakening is happening. Prophetic words and promises are intersecting their timing, and You are calling Your Ekklesia to take our place as Your forerunners. It is a call to rise and run with courageous faith and fervency as engaged co-laborers with Christ. We hear and respond to Your call. Our eyes are upon You. We consecrate ourselves to You. Here we are, Lord. Send us! Fill us with Your words, and we will lift our voices to declare them. Work through us with power and wisdom to invoke revival, truth, and awakening that will shatter demonic strongholds and pierce through the darkness of deception, preparing the way for Your glory to come and turn hearts back to You. In the name and authority of Jesus, amen!
