Several months ago, we began to paint during our watches at the Tent of David. I am not an artist, but the Lord prompted me to go out and buy some oil paints and canvas and begin painting. The result was that it seemed to trigger more of a prophetic flow and a freedom in the meetings. Then we did some renovations at the Tent and got a new carpet put down. The paints went away because we needed to somehow figure out how to set up a place to paint that wouldn’t ruin our nice new flooring. Then we went to Israel in March. While there, we had an amazing visit with our friends in Bethlehem. They had been doing all kinds of aid work in the refugee camps there and suddenly God told them to stop and paint! When we got there, their prayer house and apartment was filled with the most amazing prophetic paintings. When we began to ask why God would tell them to do such a thing, they said that the Lord told them that creativity breaks the spirit of religion. Since they began, so much breakthrough has happened in the Arab churches and glory has begun to fall!
After returning from our trip, Dan felt compelled to go out and get some new art supplies and a few weeks ago, we began again to paint. Since then, more and more release has come in the painting. This weekend, after we celebrated Shavuot, or the Feast of Pentecost with Bill Carruthers, I was sitting outside looking at an incredible sky and the Lord spoke to me and said, “I want you to start painting clouds”. Not long after that, folks ministering in Israel reported on the most amazing clouds that appeared on Pentecost there. For days, the sky had been practically obliterated with sand clouds because of a number of sandstorms in the region, but they awoke to Pentecost with a clear sky and magnificent formations of clouds in the sky.
Ever since we began our journey of pressing in for a great awakening over the nation of Canada, clouds have been a predominant theme for us. In a period of transition for us, the Lord showed me a column of cloud in the sky and spoke to me about the cloud by day that travelled with Israel and showed them the way. This column of cloud seemingly went ahead of my car that day until I really got the message that He was leading us. Clouds have been spoken of in the Bible many times as well. Isaiah 19:1 tells us that God rides on a swift cloud. Israel was led by a cloud with the angel of the Lord in the midst. The dense cloud covered Moses as he led the people into transition. The cloud was so thick when the Temple was dedicated that the priests could not stand. And, Jesus is coming in clouds!
I am not sure what the clouds in Israel on Pentecost this year are telling us, but I have a sense that a huge transition is upon us. Pentecost is the season of transition. The tablets of stone with the Ten Commandments were given on Pentecost, and ushered in a new era for the children of Israel. Then, one wonderful day, on another Pentecost, a sound of a mighty wind, tongues of fire and unusual utterances came forth on a small group who would turn the world upside down, and another era was born. Just what is ahead of the church in this transition time, we can only say, “Could it be, Lord, that this is the day that the prophets have longed for?”
In the meantime, I am painting clouds. Let the cloud of Glory once again fill the atmosphere until we cannot stand. Even so, come, Lord Jesus.
Please do not forget the National Forgiven Summit being held this weekend at the Ottawa Civic Centre. Visit http://www.i4give.ca/ for further information and meeting times. All watches at the Tent of David will be cancelled this weekend to enable participation in this timely event.
Many blessings,
Tent of David Ministries
