Change In Spiritual Seasons Leading Up To Jewish Year 5777
On August 1, 2016, I woke up and could feel that the spiritual season had shifted overnight (between July 31 and August 1). I asked the Lord about this, and He told me we had entered into a season of peace and comfort.
This morning, He gave me more about what He wants to do in this new season, and how we, His children, should respond.
Here’s what He told me:
This season is a season of rest and regeneration. It is a recharging that will lead up to the Jewish year 5777, which begins on Rosh Hashanah (October 3-4, 2016). (Rosh Hashanah is the first day of the Jewish New Year–the new year on God’s calendar.)
This season of peace and comfort will prepare you for what God will do after the Jewish New Year (after 5777 starts).
Here’s how we should position ourselves to receive all that He has for us in this current season:
(And this is from now through October 3…)
Related: Read more about discerning times and seasons in this post about The Anointing of the Sons of Issachar.
1. Protect your quiet.
I heard Song of Solomon 2:10-17:
My beloved spoke, and said to me: ‘Rise up, my love, my fair one, and come away.
For lo, the winter is past, the rain is over and gone. The flowers appear on the earth; the time of singing has come, and the voice of the turtledove is heard in our land. The fig tree puts forth her green figs, and the vines with the tender grapes give a good smell.
Rise up, my love, my fair one, and come away!
O my dove, in the clefts of the rock, in the secret places of the cliff, let me see your face, let me hear your voice; for your voice is sweet, and your face is lovely.’
Catch us the foxes, the little foxes that spoil the vines, for our vines have tender grapes.
My beloved is mine, and I am his. He feeds his flock among the lilies. Until the day breaks and the shadows flee away, turn, my beloved, and be like a gazelle or a young stag upon the mountains of Bether.”
In this season, God wants to be alone in intimacy with you even more than usual.
Many things may attempt to rob you of your time alone with Him, but don’t let them. Be purposeful about neglecting the distractions and focusing on alone time with Him. Protect your quiet and protect your peace.
He wants to dance with you in the secret place, and He will meet you there.
He assured me that whatever you give up for the sake of meeting with Him, He will restore many times over.
So protect your peace. Protect your quiet. Protect those sacred moments alone with Him in your car, in your closet, in your secret place, anywhere. “Rise up, beloved, O fair one, and come away.” Come away with Him so He can protect you and minister to you in this season. Let your goal be just to be together with Him.
2. Guard your heart.
Guard your heart from offenses, from anger, from unforgiveness, and from disillusionment.
Papa is gearing you up from something that He wants to do in Jewish New Year 5777, and if you allow your heart to be pulled into sin over the next two months, you won’t be ready when 5777 arrives. (You’ll have to waste precious time getting free from offenses and forgiving people instead of being able to step into the flow of what He releases in the New Year.)
He gave me Proverbs 4:23 for this point:
3. Papa said: “Wait on My Presence to get refilled and recharged.”
This doesn’t mean “wait” as in, “until the delay is over.” It means to wait on as a cupbearer would wait on a king; as a butler would wait on his beloved employer. It means attend to; gaze at; minister to.
Attend to His Presence. Serve Him. Gaze at His face. Minister to His Presence.
Doing this will recharge, refresh, renew, and restore you so that you will be filled up and ready to go when He releases the new thing that’s coming.
He gave me Psalm 46:4 to go along with this point:
Drink deeply of the River of His Presence in this season, for it shall make you glad.
4. REST.
Psalm 46:10 says:
I feel that this is a season of stillness. That doesn’t mean we don’t hustle and make progress; but it does mean it’s a season of inward stillness, spiritual stillness. If you will pay attention, you will feel a Holy Spirit-led time warp in this season that almost stops time. Time will pass, but you won’t feel it as you abide in the stillness of His Presence.
And in that place of peace, your soul and spirit will be rejuvenated–which literally means to be made young again. The age and wrinkles will fall off your spirit as you rest.
Pay attention to the needs of your body, too. Allow yourself the freedom to sleep more and take care of yourself better than you ever have before. As you do, I believe you will feel better than you have felt in many years.
I believe the over-arching Scripture for this new season is Psalm 46.
So, I would encourage you to get alone with the Lord and read Psalm 46 sloooowly, asking Him what He wants to say to you out of it for this new season.
I’d also encourage you to ask Him for any other things He wants to say to you regarding what He wants to do for you and in you during this season–and to prepare you for what’s coming.
Does this message resonate with you? Does it confirm something the Holy Spirit has already been quickening into your heart? If so, please leave a comment below. I’d love to hear what He’s saying to you about your life!
Every. Word. Confirmed.
Oh Thank You so much my Great Daddy God! You are SO GOOD!
Been turning deep hurts over to Him and surrendering my heart for His cleansing, lifting my soul to Him and releasing matters to Him. Thanking Him for His drawing and wooing me! It’s not because of any goodness or righteousness of my own. He has turned my heart toward Him! He is the cause of this thirst!
How i love You and hunger for and thirst after and long for You my True Love! You alone are my Source, my Light, my Bread of Life, my Living Water…only YOU, my Ishi, can satisfy. i am Yours forevermore…
So glad this was confirmation!! I love it when He does that! 🙂 🙂
More than confirmation, i learned from what He revealed to you. Sensed shifting too, even found myself sharing it in a conversation, but didn’t know why – this is year 5777. This is intriguing to me as i’ve been experiencing awareness about numbers tripled, and the number 5 specific to me, my name, birthdate etc.
The parts that made me stop breathing momentarily and shook my core were the to-do steps, the wording, the scriptures and references…and how without me really knowing why, Abba has been sitting on me and guiding me through these very steps- The just being with Him. No agenda, format or even prayer list. WHOA! It wrecks me, Abba’s tenderness in mercy and grace, like He is wrapping me in Himself, ushering me in. He won’t let me miss it.
Thank you for your spiritual maturity, wisdom and authority Jamie. Thank you for yielding to Daddy in all that you endured and for pouring out to us. Embracing you with all my heart.
Praise God. Big hugs right back to you.
Oh Lord God prepare me for this season. Am ready for it.
The Lord bless you woman of God
You too, bro! He’s working in your life more than you know!
I have been thinking about this very topic, the forty days of Teshuvah, the High Holy days, the Day of Atonement, Rosh Hashanah. I agree with resting as well, healing and restoration will comes as Jesus is our High Priest. I can imgine Him going through ceremonies in heaven. And the year 5777. Grace and perfection. The mohedim of God, His appointed times appear to be on the horizon.
Yes, I love these Days of Awe. You can feel the Holy Spirit brooding!
A sweet confirmation, Jamie. God bless you for your faithfulness!
And you too, sis. 🙂 Bless her, Jesus!
God bless you sis. Please pray for me and my family . I have been praying to God for the life of our youths. They are going this Sunday I want God to touch everyone of them that they will not remain the same in Jesus Mighty name. Youths Camp ?
Happy to pray, Comfort. May Papa do amazing things!
I thought I felt a shift yesterday as well although I thought it might be the summer season shifting toward fall, which I look forward to. Thanks for the guidance on going forward.
Don’t you love feeling that change, that newness? I do! Aaah, the anticipation. 🙂
This word bears witness to everything I’ve been hearing. It actually confirms God’s desire for me to homeschool my 4 littles beginning this year. Shalom to you sweet sister.
That sounds awesome, Pam. May those littles be raised up in the nurture and admonition of the Lord through your sweet, loving care.
This is definitely confirmation for me….. The words ” Be still” have been resonating with me recently. Thanks for this.
Me too. It’s hard to be still sometimes, but I’m learning to find a spiritual stillness even when I have to take care of lots of things on my schedule. We can still enter a deep place of hidden rest in Him!
Waiting and being still is the toughest thing in life.
Thank u?Big sis❣Going to listen to Daddy God. God bless u much?
I have a hard time understanding the concept of season…
So God does things in seasons. And when He does, He moves across the entire Body of Christ. Here’s a post series that will help, I think, if you haven’t already read it:
The New Seasons Series Table of Contents
God’s seasons aren’t always tied to our calendar, although sometimes they are. But they are very often tied to the Jewish calendar, which is the original calendar God gave His people in Scripture. He sets aside certain times of the year to do certain things. The same way seedtime always comes in the spring, and harvest always comes in the fall, for example, He works in people’s hearts and lives seasonally.
Check out the series above… it will help! 🙂
Thanks, I’ll check it!
Yes this word bears witness to my spirit. Thank you for sowing words of life and truth into our hearts!! May you reap 100 fold as you selflessly serve the Body of Christ!
Grace,
Gwynne
I’m so glad it resonated with you! I’m still working on this rest thing–the waiting is hard for all of us–but it’s a sweet kind of rest! 🙂