I want to share with you some things that God has shown me about 2016. This past year, 2015 was the year of the whirlwind. And it certainly has been a year of shifting winds, forceful changes in the world that happened against the will of many in society. When a 'whirlwind' comes into contact with things often land scape in changed forever, homes are destroyed, lives are devestated, changed forever. 2015 has indeed been the year of the whirlwind and things have happened through the course of this year that has changed the whole course and direction of our society, and this world. I for one will be glad to see the end of 2015 and the beginning of a new year. So, will 2016 be a better year than 2015?
2016 is the year of the peg. As in TENT PEG. A peg is used to secure and fasten, to keep things grounded. God is going to secure your life this year and get us rooted and grounded going a good direction in our lives and ministries. 2016 will not see as many changes forced upon society as what we have seen in 2015. A whirlwind has a force and a direction of it's own, and this what we saw in 2015, sudden changes that came suddenly like a whirlwind. But 2016, the year is the year of the tent peg, and what is the significance of a tent peg?
Well, a peg holds things down. We drive pegs deep into the earth to keep things grounded, to hold things in place. This year is going to be a time of going deeper for many people. It will be a year of deeper commitments to God. We are going to see some people who are going to make thier spiritual life more of a priority this year as they draw closer to God. As the world begins to 'shake' with change, and issues beyond our control many people are going to drive their lives down deeper into God, they are going to bury their lives in God. I encourage you today that going deeper in your relationship with God is the only way to handle the problems and the issues that we are facing in our society today.
For some people this will be a year of expansion as they 'spread out their tent pegs' Since the mid-1990's God has tested his ministers with various challenges to see if they would stay true to the Spirit and the Word of God even in spite of persecutions and hardships. That time of testing has come to an end, and those who have passed the test and stayed the course, and have not compromised over the course of the past 20 years are going to see promotion and expansion over the next 2 to 3 years. God is positioning these faithful few to places of visibility where they will be able to preach to the masses. Know this that their words are going to burn like fire, they will not be watered downed words. And miracles will flow from their lives. They will not flatter nor compromise to gain the favor of man but will speak the will and plan of God. It is through their ministries that God will rise up and heal this land.
For some 2016 will be the year that God gives you victory over your enemies and those circumstances that have plagued your life. Jael, used a tent peg and mallet to kill the unwary enemy general, Sisera. She called Sisera into her tent, hid him and fed him. After he fell into exhausted sleep she drove a tent peg through the side of his head. She was hailed as a national heroine by the pursuing Israelite forces led by Deborah and Barak.
Get ready because 2016 overall is going to be a better year for the people of God than was 2015. 2015 the year of the whirlwind is coming to a close and 2016 the year of the peg is around the corner. That means you need to go deeper in Christ, have the faith to expand your ministry if God calls you to it, and believe God to deliver you from your enemies and your challenging circumstances this year.
Some of you have been in a pattern of defeat since about 2012. You have took a few steps forward and then it all falls apart again. The past 3 years have been a particular challenge for you so much so that you almost lost hope of things getting better again. 2016 is going to be the year when God drives the tent peg so deep into the heart of those things that challenge you that those things will lose their hold on your life and the pattern of defeat will be broken and you will emerge victorious in 2016.
Also. look at this verse of interest: Isaiah 22:15Thus says the Lord GOD of hosts, Go, get you unto this steward, even unto Shebna, who is over the house, and say,
16What have you here? and whom have you here, that you have hewed you out a sepulcher here, as he that hews him out a sepulcher on high, and that carves a tomb for himself in a rock?
17Behold, the LORD will carry you away with a mighty captivity, and will surely seize you.
18He will surely violently turn and toss you like a ball into a large country: there shall you die, and there the chariots of your glory shall be the shame of your master's house.
19And I will drive you from your office, and from your station shall he pull you down.
20And it shall come to pass in that day, that I will call my servant Eliakim the son of Hilkiah:
21And I will clothe him with your robe, and strengthen him with your belt, and I will commit your authority into his hand: and he shall be a father to the inhabitants of Jerusalem, and to the house of Judah.
22And the key of the house of David will I lay upon his shoulder; so he shall open, and none shall shut; and he shall shut, and none shall open.
23And I will fasten him as a peg in a sure place; and he shall become a glorious throne to his father's house.
24And they shall hang upon him all the glory of his father's house, the offspring and the posterity, all vessels of small quantity, from the vessels of cups, even to all the vessels of pitchers.
25In that day, says the LORD of hosts, shall the peg that is fastened in the sure place be removed, and be cut down, and fall; and the burden that was upon it shall be cut off: for the LORD has spoken it.
In these verses God is saying that the servant Shebna has not been a good steward over the house and has mishandled the affairs, and that he will be stripped of his title and God wil raise up someone else instead. He will give this new servant all that Shebna had, plus the key to the house of David, the power to open and shut doors, and God will fasten him as a peg in a sure place. So God is taking one man that was appointed out and securing another man into that place. This year we will see ministries and ministers lose their positions and others rise up to take their place. Those who have been unfaithful and compromised will be replaced with those who have not compromised.
Also over the next 2 to 3 years watch for more turmoil on our College Campuses as the students rise up and demand change. Look for a redefining of Christianity to come from secular circles as well. Relgious institutes are also going to get out their by-laws and constitution and look over what they believe and why they believe it. Some religious bodies are going to change their beliefs that they have held since they began. I do not believe we are going to see an economic collapse at this time. This is the time to expand your business, let out your tent pegs this year and expand, but be careful not to build too much debt in your expansion. Over the next 2 to 3 years ministries that have been faithful to the Spirit of God and the Word of God without watering down or compromise are going to see promotion and expansion. But those that have watered down the Word, or have pulled back on operating in the Spirit to please man are going to find their positions taken and their candle sticks being replaced by another.
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