Recently, I was walking along under a covered sidewalk in a
small town known as a tourist destination. Hanging above my head were signs
advertising each business along the sidewalk.
These signs hung on chains. A sudden breeze began to blow causing all
the signs to sway in opposite directions in perfect cadence. It was like
someone had reached up and set the signs in motion in opposite directions on
cue. This produced the impression that the signs were moving in a precisely
choreographed dance sequence.
As I passed under the dancing signs, I turned and looked
back. I sensed the Lord say, “I have just set in motion signs that will draw
your attention. I will cause a sleeping culture to look up to see my spiritual
signs like you just looked up to see the natural signs sway in the wind above
your head. What is coming will cause
people to look up beyond the familiar surroundings they have assumed to be the
only reality. I am releasing my breath to move the signs that will announce a
coming change.”
For a few days after I saw those dancing signs above my
head, I carried an unsettled feeling. In retrospect, I realize that
unsettledness was not negative. It came from the Spirit asking me to not settle
for a shallow interpretation of what I see playing out around me as if it were
the only reality. God can create a new
reality as easy as He created the Earth – with just a word or by the breath of
His Spirit.
I am sensing a coming interruption to our status quo. This
will happen by the breath of God. When the signs begin to sway look up. These
signs will advertise the will of God in clear and simple terms just like the
signs that danced above my head that day and pointed me in the direction of a
particular business. Heaven is moving and so are the signs announcing a coming
shift.
July 2016,
Garris Elkins
