I find that the Lord often speaks to us through numbers, which I believe have great spiritual significance. The Lord uses these numbers to get our attention so that He can speak to us both scripturally and prophetically.
A few weeks ago, as I looked at the time on my phone, it was 10.10 and immediately I thought of John 10:10 when Jesus said: “The thief does not come except to steal, kill and destroy. I have come to give you life and life more abundantly”.
I thanked the Lord for this amazing promise, knowing that He is the one who gives us the power to overcome the works of the enemy that have been released against us.
At the time I did not think too much about it.
Some time passed and I looked at the time on my phone again and it was 11:11 and I sensed God was wanting to speak to me and felt the Holy Spirit was prompting me to look at John 11:11, which says:
“He (Jesus) said to them “Our friend Lazarus sleeps, but I go that I may wake him up”.
We know that John 11 recounts how Lazarus had actually died, and when Jesus arrived that he had been in the tomb for four days. Lazarus’ sister Martha distraught with grief, looks to Jesus to make some sense of what has happened, and then Jesus encourages Martha not worry for he declares: “I am the resurrection and the life” and then he approaches the tomb and proceeds to raise Lazarus from the dead.
So, what is the Lord saying through these verses?
I keep hearing this verse from John 11:11 over and over and I know the Lord is speaking to me personally through this, but I believe He is also speaking to many in His church.
He’s coming to wake us up. We have been through a tough season of shaking and this has left many weary and some of us have become sluggish, evening slumbering. But, the Lord is coming to wake us up!
When He comes, He comes to give us life to the full, life full of passion and a fresh strength to overcome the works of the enemy.
I am really sensing that there is a major spiritual awakening coming, both to the Nation and to the Body of Christ.
I keep hearing the words of a chorus we used to sing: “There is going to be a great awakening, there is going to be a great awakening in our land”. I really sense His heart yearns to bring an awakening to our land, because it’s time for the harvest. He’s starting with His church; He’s starting with us.
We are in a time when Jesus is coming to wake up His church; to wake us out if our slumber.
You may even feel there are some things in your life that have died, some things have been removed from our lives and there are times we have to let go of the old to enable us to pick up the new. There are some things that have die so that resurrection can come.
But what I am hearing is: “It’s time to awaken”.
Jesus is coming to wake you up, He’s coming to awaken His Ekklesia, He’s coming to awaken His Bride. Remember even the wise virgins slumbered whilst the Bridegroom delayed.
Paul says to the Roman church… “now is the time to awaken out of sleep, for now our salvation is nearer than when we first believed. The night is far spent, the day is at hand, let us cast off the works of darkness, and let us put on the armour of light”.
This is the time to awaken and Jesus, our friend, but also our Bridegroom is coming to waken us up, because it’s time to live in resurrection life, to live in the abundance of life He died for to have.
Prayer:
Father, we thank you that You have made a way for us to walk in the abundance of life through Your Son Jesus Christ. Thank you, Lord, because of Your mercy, Jesus is coming to awaken us, and we might walk in the light and be equipped to bring the harvest in.
Awaken us Lord we pray. In Jesus name Amen.
Let us decree: “There will be a great awakening. There will be a great awakening in our land.”
Pam Semp