我們正處於一個超自然的加速時代

推倒牆垣

本周我們在俄勒岡州美德福的活水教會有一個聯禱會。我們的敬拜牧師帶領我們進入到一段自由不受限制的敬拜中。我們開始唱“推倒牆垣”。當我們不停地重複這句歌詞時，聖靈就釋放了某些我們的聚會中。
 
   

在我們唱“推倒牆垣”時，我看到了一個異象。我看到了猶他州的邦納維爾鹽鹼灘。這鹽鹼灘漫延數英里，厚厚的粉狀鹽末凝固在經過長久蒸發而乾枯的湖泊上，形成了一大平原，放眼望去，一馬平川，沒有任何障礙，如果用來比賽，它就會是地球上能打破世界速度紀錄的最佳地方。

當我們繼續敬拜歌唱要推倒牆垣時，我又在異象中看到一個信徒，他代表我們所有人坐在一個帶噴氣式發動機的車輛上。當我觀看時，發動機的引擎開始點火，車輛開始加速前進，目的就是要打破世界紀錄。當車速不斷提高時，周圍所有的一切都在消失。

“我饒恕一切，請走開”

當駕駛員專注在遠方時，路面的前方上開始出現一堵堅固的牆。車輛正急速行駛，已經不可能改變方向，也不能及時刹車。碰撞即將發生。 
     


從遠方可以看到牆上出現了一行字，寫著“殘暴”，“流血”“違法”“傷害”和“背叛”，當這些顯現的時候，上帝說話了，他對駕駛員說“你要對牆說 ‘我饒恕一切，請走開。’”

沒有任何時間可以用人的理由去辯解。一場車禍就要發生。也沒有任何時間去指出誰對誰錯，沒有時間去責備。從駕駛員看見牆到碰撞即將發生就在一瞬間。
 
車輛繼續以超自然的加速前進，而駕駛員也按照上帝的吩咐不斷對牆發出呼喊。當最後一個字從他嘴裡說出時，車輛撞到了牆上。然而，一切的發生出乎尋常，車輛和駕駛員都安然無恙，車輛以更快的速度穿越了堅固的牆體，而那堵牆，變成了蒸汽和灰塵。

這件事還沒有結束。駕駛員又看到了另一堵牆出現，牆上的字描述了過去的生命中經歷的痛苦和悲傷。再一次，駕駛員大聲呼喊到：“我饒恕一切，請走開。”同樣，牆在碰撞中再一次被推倒，而車輛，又一次加速前進。

牆垣的倒塌和車輛的加速會繼續發生，一直到所有的牆都被摧毀，而所有的駕駛員和車輛都能以更加超自然的速度前進。

一個超自然加速的時代



我感到這異象就是上帝在這個時代要對他的民所做的事。我們正處在一個超自然的加速時代。我們已經進入了等同於鹽鹼灘的位置，準備出發。

在前進的路上唯一的障礙就是那些不該存在但我們卻允許存在的事情。一切的發生如此之快，以至於很多我們在過去就已經熟悉的事情在上帝早就定好的全新工作中都成了模模糊糊的背景。這些由過去的傷害構建的牆垣近在眼前，它們不會留給我們足夠的時間為擺脫碰撞思考出策略。

上帝的民面臨兩種碰撞的結果：
1) 碰撞會摧毀我們，因為我們緊緊抓住罪惡不放。
2) 我們會用加速穿越代替碰撞，因為我們選擇在上帝和他的百姓面前用悔改和饒恕的行為謙卑自己，

“故此，你們要順服神。務要抵擋魔鬼，魔鬼就必離開你們逃跑了。”雅各書4:7

Garris Elkins, Senior Leader
Living Waters Church – Medford, Oregon


Garris Elkins:
We Are in a Time of Supernatural Acceleration
"Break Down the Walls"

This week we were in a time of corporate prayer at Living Waters Church in Medford, Oregon. Our worship pastor was leading us in a moment of unscripted and spontaneous worship. We began to sing the words, "Break down the walls". We sang these words over and over. Something was being released by God's Spirit into our gathering.

As we sang the words, "Break down the walls", I began to see an image. It was of the Bonneville Salt Flats in Utah. These salt flats are made up of miles and miles of flat, powdery salt from a long-evaporated lake. The salt flats are so flat and obstacle-free that they have become the single most significant place on earth from which to attempt land speed records.

As we continued to worship and sing words about walls breaking down, I saw a Believer, someone who represents all of us, sitting in the seat of a jet-powered vehicle. As I watched, the ignition of the jet engine took place and the vehicle began to accelerate, moving towards a record-breaking event. All of the natural surroundings blurred as the speed continued to increase.

"I Forgive and Let Go"

As the driver began to focus on the distant horizon, a wall constructed in the roadway began to appear. It would be impossible to swerve out of its way. The brakes could not stop the vehicle in time. Collision was imminent.

From a distance the wall had words written on it – words like, "Abuse", "Wound", "Violation", "Hurt" and "Betrayal". As this event unfolded, the Lord spoke and said to the driver, "Speak to the wall and say, 'I forgive and let go.'"

There wasn't any time for human reasoning or justification. A crash was imminent. There was no time to figure out who was wrong. There was no time to attach blame. This was all taking place in that split-second moment between when the driver first saw the wall and a collision was about to take place.

The supernaturally accelerating vehicle continued to gain speed while the driver was still speaking to the wall. As the last word came out of his mouth the vehicle struck the wall and instead of destroying the driver and the vehicle, as would happen in a natural event, the vehicle accelerated even more as it passed through the wall that had now become a wall of vapor and dust.

The event was not over. The driver saw another wall with other names on it describing hurtful events from past seasons of life. Again, the driver cried out, "I forgive and let go", and this wall also exploded on impact and the acceleration increased again. This wall crashing and acceleration continued to take place until all the walls had been destroyed and the driver and vehicle continued to move at even higher levels of supernaturally accelerated speed.

A Time of Supernatural Acceleration

I sense this is a picture of what God is doing in His people in this season. We are in a time of supernatural acceleration. We have entered the equivalent of a supernatural salt flat.

The only obstacles in our way are those we choose to allow to remain. Things are about to happen so fast that much of what we have known in the past will become a blurred backdrop to the new work God has planned. These fast approaching walls of past wounds will not allow us time to rationalize or strategize our way out of an imminent collision.

There are two collisions approaching the people of God: 1) Collisions that can destroy us because we hang onto an offense or 2) Collisions that we will instead accelerate through into new dimensions of life and revelation because we chose to humble ourselves before God and His people in acts of repentance and forgiveness.

"So humble yourselves before God. Resist the devil, and he will flee from you." James 4:7