Time to Use Your Voice

Time to Use Your Voice By Jacqueline Ani

For years I have been serving women in the community, locally, nationally and internationally, therefore when the Lord speaks to me about what He is doing in this hour, I do believe, women are a huge part of His Agenda in preparing to receive the greatest harvest we have ever experienced in this period.

Since COVID 19, I have often wondered what God is saying about this pandemic and though He didn’t send us the virus, He is using it to shake the church and the world at large.

However, during my prayer, I believe God has given me much to think and meditate on and I also ask myself how am I to serve Him in this period? I would say the time of lockdown couldn’t have come at a more opportune time in this dispensation of the Kingdom, God is shaking things and He is doing it mainly with the Church, He has brought judgment on the way the Church has been operating for a long time.

On January 18th I had a dream where I was in a Boeing 747 with a few dignitaries, it was a packed plane and we were about to fly off, we had been waiting on the runaway for quite some time, I hadn’t recognised it at first because I was busy talking to those sitting next to me, at some point, I wondered why we were still waiting on the runway, then I was shown the gate board and it was shuffling as if resetting to show the next batch of flights to take off and then I heard the word “ticket resetting” I knew we would take off soon and woke up.

I didn’t understand it at the time, but in the midst of this present pandemic and being on lockdown, it is very clear that the Lord is using this period to reset things in our lives, He is resetting the way we do church, our service and how we move forward after lockdown.

At the same time, He is also bringing to light the remnant people. The remnant are those who as a community of people are left after a catastrophe! They are the holy and righteous who have been chosen to usher in the harvest of souls; they have been chastised, hidden for such a time as this period, they are the ones who the whole creation are waiting to get into position and God has been preparing them for such a time as this. The remnant will not waiver, are uncompromising and will speak as directed by God without apology!

Another passage the Lord showed me 3 weeks before the COVID 19 came into the UK was Numbers 16 and this was about Korah the Levite, Dathan and Abiram the Benjaminite who had made false accusations against Moses because they believed the whole nation of Israel were holy, therefore Moses didn’t have to be so heavy handed on them.

In their accusations they sought to test God because they felt that they were as high priest are the ones to put fire in the censers as high priest do. Korah had gathered all the congregation against Moses and the Lord spoke to Moses and Aaron saying, “Separate yourselves from among this congregation that I may consume them in a moment” Numbers 16:21.

Korah was consumed along with Dathan, Abiram and 250 priests. Finally, when the congregation accused Moses and Aaron of what happened to their high priests, God sent a plague and they were also wiped of the earth.

God had separated Korah, Dathan and Abiram including the 250 priest who had pointed against Moses and his obedience to God from all who were holy and had a heart for God.

Hence a remnant remained to continue the work of God in holiness and righteousness.

In this period, the Lord is preparing a remnant to usher in the harvest which will come forth as a result of the pandemic and the fear that so haunts His People and part of this remnant are women!

How is He using them? He is using Their VOICE! These women have been through tremendous persecution because of their voice, they have been stripped, maligned and abused because God has given them a voice to speak out against injustice, to speak for those who can’t speak, to pray and seek God for deliverance and justice. Their voice is distinctive, it is relevant for this hour.

Just like Samuel was called when he was a young boy and the bible says the Lord was with him and let none of his words fall to the ground!

I believe many of God’s daughters will be relevant in this new season.

I believe the Lord is separating us to serve Him

I believe He is raising a bride with oiled lamps

I believe that there is a reset and it won’t be how it used to be, everything will change to suit God and we are learning how to operate through Him.

I believe this pandemic is meant to instil fear, but the remnant will stay in the Arc (In the Presence of God) because that is where we have hope and direction.

Yes, the Lord needs our voice, to speak up and to speak His message without apology and just like He told Jeremiah 1:17 - 18

Therefore, prepare yourself and arise, and speak to them all that I command you.

Do not be dismayed before their faces

Lest I dismay you before them

For Behold I have made you a fortified city

And an iron pillar

And bronze walls against the whole land

Against the kings of Judah

Against its princes

Against its priests

And against the people of the land

Don’t look at what they will say or not say, what they notice or not notice, you represent God!

Women we’ve already had a dress rehearsal, now it’s time for the real thing because the whole of creation is groaning for you to take your place in this period and your voice is one of the areas that God will use in position.

Jacqueline Ani is a lecturer, author, transformational leadership coach, inspirational speaker and prophetic mentor. She is the pioneer behind the Deborah School of Prophets and The Mentoring Academy and the Overseer of The Mentoring Group for International Women and online media ministry.