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2009 – The Year of Prophetic Birthing
The Bible is a wonderful book. It is at times so simple that it can be explained to a little child and then at the same time so profound and esoteric that learned doctors have spent their entire lives contemplating its arcane meanings.
One of the recurring themes in the Bible is the tragedy of barrenness.
For some reason many of the women of the Bible battled with the burden of barrenness. And that sad and stubborn struggle is writ large over the lives of many of our Biblical matriarch.
In the Old Testament, Sarah struggles for 25 years with barrenness. And then later both dutiful Rebekah and beautiful Rachel also carry this same burden of barrenness, like a generational curse, into their perspective generations.
Later on in the Bible, Hannah will pray to God for a son for so long until she has no more words to say.
And later still, one of the greatest prophets to ever live will tell a barren woman that she is to have a baby boy. She is so choked with past disappointment that she can barely receive his prophesy.
And then … Elizabeth carries this barrenness theme with her right into the New Testament with all the pain and emptiness unchanged with the passing of the times.
But the thing that I noticed and feel compelled to share with you, is that ALL of these women — every single one of them — found deliverance, healing and fruitfulness in the power of God.
No matter how long they waited, God turned their barrenness into fruitfulness. The sorrows of the struggle was in all cases swallowed up by the Joy of their triumphs.
It doesn’t matter what you are waiting for or how long you have experienced barrenness in whatever area of your life. It is time to believe for fruitfulness in Jesus Name.
It doesn’t matter how great the barrenness – God is the author of fruitfulness and He is more than able to turn the situation around.
Prophetically I believe that this is a year of birthing.
I believe that the Holy Spirit of God is going to quicken our creativity, quicken our gifts, quicken our resources and quicken our faith and that out of the fruitless womb of prophetic destiny God is going to birth fruitfulness in this year.
I believe that the barren spiritual womb will be filled. And I believe that the waiting and empty places in our lives will be filled to overflowing.
So to borrow my pastors phrase “Get Ready, Get Ready, Get Ready” because this is the year of Prophetic Birthings for you.
Keep The Faith!
Dallas, Texas
Evangelist Chris Hill
