"The ASSIGNMENT has CHANGED" - Hollie Moody
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The ASSIGNMENT HAS CHANGED
-Hollie L. Moody (20 Feb 06).
Something strange happened to me a few weeks ago.
I was contacted and invited to do something publicly that ordinarily
my response to would have been a quick, No. For the simple
reason that it would not have been something I would have been
comfortable doing and in the past, was something I felt the Lord
had no desire for me to do.
This time, however, I felt a small hesitation in my spirit. I prayed
about it and felt the Lord said to go ahead and accept this invitation.
So, I accepted the invitation, but in my heart I was secretly hoping
the whole thing would fall through. Doing what I had been invited to
do would require that I go beyond my physical abilities and
limitations (my deafness), as well as my own reticence and not
desiring to draw attention to myself.
I continued to pray about this matter. I even set a fleece before the
Lord. I asked the Lord if this fleece wasnt met, to immediately shut
down this entire situation. And that is exactly what occurred. I had
just ventured through this door, and God closed it. I have to admit
that I felt a great deal of relief when God did close the door.
Yet, afterwards, as I was praying about this situation; I had to
wonder why it had appeared that this invitation was something the
Lord had asked me to accept; only to have the door closed at the
very moment of the invitation being performed.
Immediately, the Spirit spoke to me and said, The assignment
has changed!
What assignment, Lord? I asked.
There are many of My Children, the Lord replied, whom I have
brought to a sudden and abrupt halt in what they have been doing
for Me. And now, they are bewildered and unsure of what I am
asking them to do for Me today. They sense that a change has
occurred and are seeking how to implement this change in their
lives and in their ministries. What I asked them to do yesterday is
no longer what I am asking them to do for the Kingdom today. I
have changed their assignment.
(1 Samuel 16:1 ~~ And the Lord said unto Samuel, How long wilt
thou mourn for Saul, seeing I have rejected him from reigning over
Israel? Fill thine horn with oil, and go, I will send thee to Jesse the
Beth-lehemite: for I have provided me a king among his sons.)
What is the new assignment, Lord? I asked the Lord.
The new assignment is one of forgiveness and of restoration, the
Lord replied.
(Jeremiah 1:10 ~~ See, I have this day set thee over the nations
and over the kingdoms, to root out, and to pull down, and to destroy,
and to throw down, to build, and to plant.) Those things which
before I laid on the hearts of many of My servants to perform, the
Lord continued, to root out sin, to pull down and to destroy that
which was not of Me, is no longer what I am requiring of them to do.
I am now requiring from them to build anew according to My will
that which was torn down. I am requiring them to plant anew in
ground that has been broken-up and uprooted.
This is a time of ingathering. The assignment now is to bring back
those whom have been wandering and have been alienated and
isolated from the rest of the flock; to heal those in need of healing;
to bind up the broken; to break the bands of those whom have been
oppressed.
(Isaiah 56:8 ~~ The Lord God which gathereth the outcasts of
Israel saith, Yet will I gather others to him, beside those that are
gathered unto him.)
(Isaiah 58:6, 7, 12 ~~ {6} Is not this the fast that I have chosen? to
loose the bands of wickedness, to undo the heavy burdens, and to
let the oppressed go free, and that ye break every yoke? {7} Is it
not to deal thy bread to the hungry, and that thou bring the poor that
are cast out to thy house? when thou seest the naked, that thou
cover him; and that thou hide not thyself from thine own flesh? {12}
And they that shall be of thee shall build the old waste places:
thou shalt raise up the foundations of many generations; and thou
shalt be called, The repairer of the breach, The restorer of paths to
dwell in.)
How will this assignment be accomplished, Lord? I asked the Lord.
By those who pray it forth, the Lord replied.
I then experienced a brief mini-vision. In this mini-vision, I saw
individual people, as well as small groups of people, praying. These
people were enclosed and were praying in rooms that were lacking
in beauty. These rooms were hidden rooms, unknown and
unobserved by most eyes. The people praying in these rooms were
also unknown and unobserved by most eyes.
When these people entered into their prayer rooms, I noticed they
were enveloped in brown capes. Yet, once they entered within their
prayer room and began to pray, their capes would change into all
the colors of the rainbow. As I watched these people praying in
these seemingly insignificant rooms, I noticed a glow within the
room. I also saw that as the people prayed, their countenances
began to shine.
(Exodus 34:30 ~~ And when Aaron and all the children of Israel
saw Moses, behold, the skin of his face shone; and they were
afraid to come nigh him.)
Who are these people, Lord? I asked the Lord.
They are My unseen warriors, the Lord replied. They do battle
through prayers that no ears hear except My ears. They seek not
to be known of man, but to be known of Me. What they may
accomplish in public for My Name is secondary to what they
accomplish in private through their prayers unto Me. This is their
assignment which they have gladly received from My hand. They
have relinquished any desire to be known or to be praised by
others for what they do for Me. To be prepared for this assignment,
I took them through times of intense suffering and trials. This was
to bring them fully to a place of brokenness and of crucifying their
flesh and fleshly desires. They were bruised by the things they
endured, yet they remained faithful.
(Isaiah 42:3 ~~ A bruised reed shall he not break, and the
smoking flax shall he not quench: he shall bring forth judgment
unto truth.)
For others, their assignment from Me will be different, the Lord
continued. Their assignment will require them to be seen of men;
yet, they will remain humble and without pride while doing My will.
They will not be seeking to be known, but to have My will become known.
At times, their words will not be accepted or understood. Their
motives will be questioned because for some, it will be as if they
have done a complete turn-around. I have given them the
assignment of turning hearts. Their assignment is to bring together
those who have been divided; to bring peace where there has been
turmoil; to bring reconciliation where there has been enmity; to
bring wholeness to what has been broken; to bring healing to
where there has been sickness.
(Malachi 4:6 ~~ And he shall turn the heart of the fathers to the
children, and the heart of the children to their fathers, lest I come
and smite the earth with a curse.
The new assignments will not come without resistance, the Lord
said to me. The enemy will not easily allow those whom have
been divided in times past to become reunited without his trying to
keep the wedges in place. It is the enemys desire to keep My
children separated one from another: separated by
misunderstandings; separated by wrongs which have been
committed. The enemy will seek to keep alive disunity and discord
and unforgiveness.
The plans of the enemy will be overcome through the private
prayers of those whom I have shown unto you. I am asking those
to whom I am assigning to be My private prayer warriors, to seek
their hearts to see if they are able to allow themselves to be
unseen, unknown, unheralded in order to do My will.
(Matthew 6:6 ~~ But thou, when thou prayest, enter into thy
closet, and when thou hast shut thy door, pray to thy Father which
is in secret; and thy Father which seeth in secret shall reward thee openly.)
Yes, child, the Lord said to me, the assignment has changed.
Both those whom will be seen and those whom will not be seen will
be working for the same purpose and goal. They are both needed.
They have both been prepared for their new assignment. Let them
be filled with My Spirit and arise and go and do what I have
assigned them to do!
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