Prophetic Insights for 2010
by Matt Sorger
As
I have been waiting on the Lord moving into 2010 several themes and scriptures
have been highlighted to me by the Holy Spirit. It is a crucial time we are
entering into. I have some wonderful prophetic encouragements to share as well
as some urgent prophetic warnings concerning the year ahead.
As
we meditate on God's promises and the following scriptures I believe 2010 will
be a year of great fruitfulness in our lives!
1.
SEVEN KEY WORDS FOR 2010: FRUIT, RAIN,
RIGHTEOUSNESS, HARVEST, OVERFLOW, RESTORATION AND PROVISION Joel 2: 22-26
·
FRUIT: In 2010 Jesus is really looking for fruit. God desires to make His people strong and fruitful. Gifts
are not enough. It's by the fruit of the Spirit that we will be known. There
will be a strong focus on developing spiritual character, maturity and
fruitfulness in 2010. You will discern true disciples by their fruit, not their
gifts. Joel
2:22, Mt 7:13-27; Mt 21:18-19; John 15:2-8, 16
·
RAIN, RIGHTEOUSNESS AND HARVEST: The rain of God's
glory will come in righteousness enabling a great harvest. The former rain is the autumn rain that comes for
planting seeds. It softens the ground so seeds can be planted. The latter rain
comes to ripen the fruit for harvest. God is sending His rain so that we will
not only be able to plant good seeds, but also reap the harvest from those
seeds. It will be harvest time for many! As we plant the seed of God's word
into our hearts the Holy Spirit will cause an abundant harvest of fruitfulness
to spring forth. God will rain down in righteousness upon His people and will
cause seeds that have been planted to come to full maturity and harvest. God is
bringing His people to a place of maturity. The threshing floors will be full
of grain signifying a great harvest. This will include a harvest of lost souls
as well as a harvest of God's promises. The key is that the rain comes in
righteousness. The word for righteousness can also be translated in Hebrew
"teacher for righteousness". The moving of the Holy Spirit is coming with
teachings for righteousness in 2010! Joel 2:23-24
·
OVERFLOW: There
will be a great overflow of God's anointing (wine and oil) in our lives. We
will have more than enough. God's anointing will so overflow that not only will
we be able to live victoriously ourselves, but we will have enough anointing to
overflow and minister to others. Joel 2:24
·
RESTORATION AND PROVISION: Years that were lost will be restored. God's people
will experience great restoration in their lives this year. The prerequisite
for this restoration is a full turning of the heart towards God. As hearts turn
to the Lord, lost years will be restored as God deals wondrously with His
people. What was lost over years will be restored in one year. With restoration
God's people will walk in supernatural provision. They will not need to run to
the world for help. The world will run to the church for help. Joel 2:12-14, Joel
2:25-26; Prov 6:31
2. Preachers
of righteousness will emerge under a strong anointing. These
preachers will be full of truth and righteousness. They will walk with God in a
special way and turn many from iniquity. They will be true messengers of God.
There will be a strong contrast between righteous preaching and those who
preach from an unrighteous lifestyle. Unrighteous preaching will cause people
to stumble. Mal 2:6-8 "The law of
truth was in [Levi's] mouth, and unrighteousness was not found in his
lips; he walked with Me in peace and uprightness and turned many away from
iniquity. For the priest's lips should guard and keep pure the knowledge [of
My law], and the people should seek (inquire for and require) instruction
at his mouth; for he is the messenger of the Lord of hosts. But you have turned
aside out of the way; you have caused many to stumble by your instruction [in
the law]; you have corrupted the covenant of Levi [with Me], says
the Lord of hosts."
3. A
clear understanding of God's righteous judgment will come forth. God's judgements are always redemptive in nature.
They do not condemn or accuse. They confront sin in humility and love seeking
to bring people to repentance for the sake of salvation and restoration to God.
As God raises up preachers of righteousness, sin will be confronted and dealt
with. There will be a strong conviction of sin. An understanding of true grace
will come forth. People will begin to understand that grace is more than just
mercy when they miss it. Rather it is the power of God in the life of the
believer to overcome sin in all its forms and manifestations. True grace will
be preached. Rather than condoning sin, power will be given to overcome it. John 8:3-11; 1 Cor
5:9-13; 2 Thes 3:14-15; Acts 13:8-12; Acts 5:1-11
4.
A deep call for consecration will be
given by the Holy Spirit as God prepares and calls vessels to be set apart for
His power and end-time purposes. God will come with a suddenly to His people.
This will be accompanied by deep refinement and purification and
will cause our lives to be offered in righteousness. Mal 3:1-3 "Behold, I send My messenger, and he
shall prepare the way before Me. And the Lord [the
Messiah], Whom you seek, will suddenly come to His temple; the
Messenger or Angel of the covenant, Whom you desire, behold, He shall come,
says the Lord of hosts. But who can endure the day of His coming? And who can
stand when He appears? For He is like a refiner's fire and like fullers' soap; He
will sit as a refiner and purifier of silver, and He will purify the priests,
the sons of Levi, and refine them like gold and silver, that they may offer to
the Lord offerings in righteousness." Rom 12: 1-3
5.
God will strengthen the covenant of
marriage within the church. Believers will need to make a choice to live in a
way that pleases God, not in a way that is convenient for their flesh. Protecting and standing for the marriage covenant is
very strong on God's heart. A plumbline will be set that upholds the truth of
God's word in this area. God is calling the church to stand for moral purity.
His grace and power will be there to help them truly live for God. Mal 2:14-16 "Yet you ask, Why does He reject
it? Because the Lord was witness [to the covenant
made at your marriage] between you and the wife of your youth,
against whom you have dealt treacherously and to whom you were faithless. Yet
she is your companion and the wife of your covenant [made by your marriage vows]. And did not God make [you and your wife] one [flesh]? Did not One make you and preserve your
spirit alive? And why [did God make you two]
one? Because He sought a godly offspring [from your
union]. Therefore take heed to yourselves, and let no one deal
treacherously and be faithless to the wife of his youth. For the Lord, the God
of Israel, says: I hate divorce and marital separation and him who covers his
garment [his wife] with violence.
Therefore keep a watch upon your spirit [that it
may be controlled by My Spirit], that you deal not treacherously and
faithlessly [with your marriage mate]." Mt 5:31-32; Mt
19:3; Mt 19:11-12; Mk 10:2-12; 1 Cor 7:8-39; John 8: 3-11
6. For
those who desire to walk pure before the Lord a strong gift of discernment will
be given to keep them from evil.
Those who choose compromise will give way to a spirit of deception.
Mal 3:18
"Then shall
you return and discern between the righteous and the wicked, between him who
serves God and him who does not serve Him."
7. Although
it may seem that evildoers are exalted and prosper, the Lord says not to be
fooled by appearances. Don't be
disheartened or fooled by the apparent exaltation of unrighteousness. There is
coming a day of reckoning. Those who truly walk in the fear of the Lord will be
remembered in God's book of remembrance. There will be a public recognition of
those who truly walk in reverence before God. Mal
3:14-17 "You have said, It is useless to serve God, and what profit
is it if we keep His ordinances and walk gloomily and as if in mourning apparel
before the Lord of hosts? And now we consider the proud and arrogant to be
happy and favored; evildoers are exalted and prosper; yes, and when they test
God, they escape [unpunished]. Then
those who feared the Lord talked often one to another; and the Lord listened
and heard it, and a book of remembrance was written before Him of those who
reverenced and worshipfully feared the Lord and who thought on His name. And
they shall be Mine, says the Lord of hosts, in that day when I publicly
recognize and openly declare them to be My jewels (My special possession, My
peculiar treasure). And I will spare them, as a man spares his own son who
serves him."
8.
Proper alignments and associations will
be crucial for God's people. Be very careful what influences you let come into
your life through what and who you align and associate with. The Lord is
calling His people to come into agreement with righteousness and truth. Through
proper relationship with God we will be better tuned into the "frequency" of
the Holy Spirit and will more clearly hear His voice and know His ways. What
you come into agreement with is what you will empower in your life. God is
dealing with mixture that has crept into the church. We must break wrong
alignments and pursue godly associations. We must align with truth,
righteousness and God's word. What you hang out with is what you will become. Josh 23:7, 12; 1
Kings 11:4; 1 Cor 5:9-11; 2 Thes 3:14; Rom 12:16; Acts 17:4; Prov 13:20; 2 Cor
6:14,17
9.
There is coming a greater polarization
between truth and deception, between obedience and lawlessness, between the
true power of God and false signs and wonders. True authentic power will flow out of a consecrated lifestyle. Deceptive
power flows out of selfishness, iniquity and lawlessness, leading people astray. Mat 24:11-14 "And many false prophets will rise up and deceive
and lead many into error. And the love of the great body of people will grow
cold because of the multiplied lawlessness and iniquity, but he who endures to
the end will be saved. And this good news of the kingdom (the Gospel) will be
preached throughout the whole world as a testimony to all the nations, and then
will come the end." Mat 24:24-25 "For
false Christs and false prophets will arise, and they will show great signs and
wonders so as to deceive and lead astray, if possible, even the elect (God's
chosen ones). See, I have warned you beforehand."
10. A
revelation and impartation of God's love is coming in the church where God's
people will be motivated and moved by such a deep compassion from the heart of
God. This love will release both a greater faith and a greater power in the
church. Just as
Jesus was moved with compassion and healed the sick and raised the dead, so
will God's people be moved with great compassion. This compassion will bring
with it a greater release of God's miracle healing power. 1 Jn 3:16, 18; Mt 14:14; Mt 18:27; Luke 1:50;
Luke 7:13; James 3:17; Gal 5:6, 22-26; Eph 5:1-21
11.
The name and works of Jesus will be
emphasized. All the works of Jesus
Christ will be seen and known. People will come into a deeper understanding and
revelation of the power, glory and authority found in the name and Person of
Jesus. People will gain a deep appreciation and honor for everything that comes
through His name. Focus will be
brought back onto the life and works of Jesus Christ. Acts 3:16
12. There
will be an anointing for writing in 2010. Those called to write and publish will come under a fresh scribe
anointing by the Holy Spirit enabling them to write and publish the heart and
mind of God.
By Matt Sorger