This word is submitted by Cheryl McGrath (southland@greatsouthland.org)
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Dream and vision concerning Africa
DREAM:
My friend and I and a group of Africans were taken by an African leader to
the a rural area, to a village, where we were all going to run an
evangelistic outreach. When we arrived at the designated place, we found a
field and started setting up for the outreach. Someone came and told us
that there were rebels in the village school which was across the road from
us, and they were holding the children hostage. I went over to the school
with a group of young children. I hid in the shadows and had a look. I
could see men with guns pointed at some children. Then the young children
with me crept around the rebels and overpowered them. Each child took one
man, while I stayed back in the shadows watching. One little boy ran back
to me and told me the rebel he had caught was too big for him and he was
scared of him. I went with him and showed him how to tie the rebel up and
secure him. The children took the rebels captive and freed the other
children. Then a mother came up to me and she was so full of joy, and
started telling me how long she had been waiting for this to happen. She
was talking about her little boy who was a leader among the children and who
she had wanted to see made free. I then returned with the children back to
the outreach sight, but I was told the supplies and equipment that were
needed hadn't arrived as expected, and we would have to wait indefinitely
until they came. We were so ready to preach the gospel, especially the
children. We all felt we were on fire and just wanted to get the gospel
out. We sat down on the grass to wait for the supply trucks, feeling
disappointed and frustrated.
END OF DREAM
Immediately after this I was wide awake and I heard the Lord speaking
clearly to me. This is what He said: "Africa has become known as a land
where children have become soldiers. I am going to turn that around and the
children are going to be MY soldiers, and I am going to establish My OWN
liberation army with them."
He then immediately showed me a vision.
I saw black African children, both boys and girls, coming out of the African
bush. They were in formation, marching in lines, and each one was dressed
in white linen pants and top. They were singing and dancing with
abandonment and making a lot of noise. Many of the children were under 12
years old. At the front of the army were boys with guns. Behind these ones
were some children holding up a large banner which read "Jesus Christ is
Lord of Africa." Behind these ones there were other children with large
swords in their hands, and they waved them above their heads as they danced
and sang.
The army came out of the bush and danced into an African village. Even
though I say they danced, they kept formation as they danced. It was like a
dancing march. As they entered the village, the boys at the front with guns
trained their gun sites on the village people and started shooting at them.
I saw heart shaped bullets come out of the guns and enter the village people
right through their hearts. The people who were shot spattered with blood.
But the Holy Spirit spoke and said "This is not the blood of the people, but
the Blood of the Lamb". Each bullet fired hit its mark, none missing. Then
the ones with swords, who had stood back and waited for this to happen, came
forward. They stood in front of the villagers, and lifted their swords in
front of their own faces. Then each child kissed their own sword with their
lips. As they did so, multitudes of small swords came out of their mouths
and went straight into the hearts of the village people, right were the
bullets had penetrated.
I heard a Voice say of these ones "They overcame him by the Blood of the
Lamb, the word of their testimony, and they loved not their lives unto
death."
END OF VISION
INTERPRETATION: I believe the first child soldiers with the guns were child
evangelists and that the Lord is also going to use them to evangelize many
of the children of Africa, as well as adults. I believe the ones with the
swords were child teachers who will come in and teach the word. I believe
they will be willing to lay down their lives for the word of the gospel.
I also asked the Lord about the dream and He said that in the past the
Western Church has sent labourers to Africa to tell the African churches how
to do things, but that it is time for the African churches to take
responsibility for the African nations. He said they have the labourers,
but are waiting for resources from the west, which are not coming to the
extent they are needed, because the western church is so preoccupied with
itself. He said to tell them in the west to send the resources the African
churches need to spread the gospel, because the harvest is extremely ripe.
Cheryl McGrath