Hello Church, I want to share a dream I recently had. I believe it is an exhortation to 'stir up the prophetic' and to honour the Voice of God and the insight by which He leads us. It is too easy to trivialize the things we hear, but remember the words of Jesus, "be careful how you hear, more will be given to the one who hears". Here is the dream.
I drove up to a mountain top lookout with some friends. On arrival I got out the car and immediately started to slide over the edge of the ridge. I fell only about a metre and landed on a ledge where a dog was chained. I climbed back up, dusted myself off and began to look around. As I did, I noticed a large bald eagle walking around, injured and unable to fly. No one seemed bothered by it so I said to the others, 'that eagle is battered, we should get help for it". They seemed disinterested and warned me that I would just get hurt if I tried to attend to it. I reluctantly agreed and reasoned that there was nothing I could do and turned my back to enjoy the view. As I did the eagle crashed into me as it tried to take off, grabbing on to me on its failed mission to fly. This stirred up my resolve to help it. I held it in my arms and went in search of help.
I entered a nearby shop and asked if they knew the phone number of somewhere I could get help for this large, majestic, rare, endangered, visionary eagle. The attendant woman showed me a number to call some people who were dedicatd to helping injured wildlife. The number to call was written on the wall but I just could not read it. It seems the area was too dark and the reflections all wrong and I just could not read it. I asked to woman to read it out to me and after getting help to dial the number, a man answered the phone and I told him about the bird and its plight. He was disinterested and said that such an animal was not worth his trip.
Eventually he agreed to come and pick up the eagle, which, all the while looked desperately in need of attention and beckoned with its eyes for help. I then left the bird with the woman but I noticed another dog, the same as the one on the edge of the lookout, in the room and asked if she would chain it up to keep the eagle safe till help arrived. I left the room and the dream ended.
I understand the eagle to represent the Vision and discernment that the prophetic gifts are to the Church. As I stood on the lookout, the place to see, as in Christendom, little or no attention is given to the fact that this aspect of our calling is not functioning but rather wounded and ineffective. While there are dangers (the dog on the ledge and the possibility of slipping of such a ridge), it is our responsibility to take care of each other, function as a Body and nurture the prophet's calling and the prophetic gifts, which have become endangered. The power of the eagle is to 'see' to evaluate from a higher perspective. Our job as the Body is to protect this gifting from the inherant dangers that comes with the calling and to disciple the dedication required for the prophetic to function. Our churches have been 'led' by great principles and great leadership qualities sometimes to the detriment of the Supernatural ability to 'see' and 'go'.
Two last points, when trying to find help for the eagle, support for this necessary gift, I struggled to find anybody who was concerned and then when I found the number to call the one who was meant to be a source of healing and restoration was nonchalant at best. This is a cry from the Father's heart that we who are mature must nurture the prophetic in those around us, looking for leadership and wholeness in this prophetic generation that God is raising up. We must prepare the way of the Lord and restoration of the prophetic in our families and churches, nurturing it and bringing it to full health in the context of the Body is essential if we will be the Body of Christ in all her beautry and authority. Thank you Father for leading us, help us to hear and follow.
