When I’m in Oregon, I love to use my Birdnet app from Cornell University to try to identify the birds near me by their songs.. I wait patiently trying to capture that softer song in between the louder ones of crows and jays. In this app, you record the sound and then highlight the section you want to ‘.analyze’. The loud ones are easy, but sometimes the program has a more difficult time identifying the subtler ones. If I persist, however, I can often discover who they are.
I don’t know why I haven’t used this app in Florida before today. We have woods outside our door in the townhouse development. God chose our specific one so we would see (and hear) the trees and creatures of this habitat every day. (He is most certainly the Giver of every good and perfect gift.). This morning I recorded three voices: the Northern Cardinal, the Tufted Titmouse, and the Carolina Wren. It was the wren’s song which took patience to identify.
Earlier this morning (still dark), I was listening to Elizabeth Enlow* discuss the various definitions of the Hebrew word Quavah,, usually translated ‘waiting.’ One meaning included the concept of ‘waiting prepared for something about to take place.’ Another contained the concept of weaving together a cord, or ‘entwining oneself with,’ a definition which The Passion Translation often uses in the Psalms for waiting on God.. We know that ‘waiting on’ can also mean as a waiter or waitress would do, which takes into another stream of mental images and concepts.
Many of us have been waiting (often impatiently, I confess myself) for the manifestation of God’s promises for our nation spoken recently through more than a dozen of His true and reliable prophets. We know and believe with all our hearts and minds that He will do what He has said he will do. His word (written or spoken) never comes back void. Some don't believe these prophets are truly speaking what God is saying, calling them 'false prophets,' which by the way is an inaccurate use of the term). But for those of us who do assuredly believe, we're standing firm, even though we haven't yet seen come to pass what was promised. [Oohh, that sound a little Abrahamish, doesn't it?]
We have seen some prophesied events already take place via His Creation: crazy, inexplicable winds around the country, a greater number of earthquakes around the world, 'inexplicable shaking' for weeks in south Florida, and widespread massive snowstorms across the country, especially in the northeast, which had previously been experiencing what meteorologists referred to as a 'snow drought.' Those who haven't been listening and waiting (sometimes because they just were unaware, as I was in the past) could dismiss these events easily as interesting but insignificant. However, those who have heard these things prophesied, as well as their meanings, and also heard the call to get ready in our spiritual armor (including our combat-boot-shod-feet ), wait like watchman for the morning, our eyes trained like a hawk's, knowing that the feet of God and His angels are already on the earth (also prophesied).
As we wait prepared like soldiers, however, we must fulfill another definition of 'to wait,' which is 'to linger.' We must linger in His Presence and in His rest. Dutch Sheets* has just such a recent post from his "Praying 15" series, related to the prophesied coming worldwide revival. Amanda Grace, Rachel Hamm, Manuel Johnson, and Robin D. Bullock* (4 more prophetic voices) stress the importance of looking into His face, long and deeply, as our priority above all others, as we seek to fulfill our part in what the Lord has planned in our nation and on the earth. As I have repeatedly affirmed, the Lord delights in our dedicated time to just be with Him. His plans, and their fulfillment in us as His bride, come out of that relationship.
Listen for His birds; recognize the breeze on your face as the gentle touch of His hand; allow Him to give you insight through His creation by waiting, listening, and watching in the quiet of your heart. Invite Him to sit in an adjoining chair and share His own heart with you. In Him we live and move and have our being. In Him there is no fear or anxiety or worry of any kind, In Him we rediscover the trust of a child. And that's how He said He wants it to be.
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- "Qavah (Hebrew)..to wait actively with anticipation, hopefully watching for God to act."
- Elizabeth Enlow: (waiting) https://youtu.be/LQzaA69Olwc
- Dutch Sheets (lingering): https://youtu.be/6CoFgMKEf4M
- Amanda Grace and Rachel Hamm: (a variety of topics, including the our nation, the importance of time with the Lord, and the impact of parenting): https://youtu.be/0y5IlsvLVDQ
- Manuel Johnson (Elijah Streams) love this man: https://youtu.be/0-3M4m0VTp8
- Johnny Enlow: Ellijah Streams, "Promises that make you stagger": https://youtu.be/yNL2KWuLOIE
- Prophecy regarding the winds (Dec 1 2020): Hank Kunneman
https://youtu.be/JhlJ1YAB590
- Snow prophecy (as a sign of cleansing of DC and NY...Hank Kunneman 1/24/21) https://youtu.be/Jf7dT3hEfjc
- Many, many others. Let me know if and when you want MORE! You can message me on Morning Manna's facebook page, if you like.
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