I have been looking at notes from pasts fasts this week and reviewing the prayers that were answered during those fasts and the revelations that were gained and writing them in a journal. It occurred to me this week that there was a matter that although I had prayed about I hadn't asked God what I should do as in what action to take if any. I had been praying about this matter for along time. I thought to myself surely I had to have asked for instruction, but I hadn't. I had prayed and prayed and then I did what I thought I should do to secure the result that I wanted (to no avail). So I asked the Lord "Lord what do I do to....?" and he gave me a direction. This weekend the strong winds in the area made me think about the Mulberry tree that was in my backyard. During a storm a Mulberry Tree in my yard was damaged to the point that it had to be cut down. I was sad about it; not because I like Mulberries, because I don't. I was sad because I love the scripture in second Samuel Chpt. 5 where God gives David the strategy to win the battle. He told David to listen for the sound of going in the tops of the Mulberry trees or listen for the wind blowing through the leaves in the Mulberry trees. Although that tree was lost, one day while in my backyard I discovered that the Mulberry Tree that I thought belonged to my neighbor was really in my yard and belonged to me. It was planted so close to the fence line that if you didn't look closely you might think the tree was actually in the other yard. Some of the branches even reach into the other yard. I had never noticed before because the Mulberry Tree that I had always focused on was bigger and it was positioned in the yard in such a way that it was an attention grabber. This week like David I sought the Lord about the battle and God sent an answer by the winds of his spirit. Victory is in the air! Do you feel it?
2 Samuel Chpt. 5
24) And let it be when thou hearest the sound of a going in the tops of the mulbery trees, that then thou shalt bestirre thy selfe: for then shal the Lord goe out before thee, to smite the host of the Philistines.
25 25) And Dauid did so, as the Lord had commaunded him; and smote the Philistines from Geba, vntil thou come to Gazer.
