Dear Friend, How are you today? In late May this year, I had a dream. I could not recall anything from the dream, except for one scene. I got the number 1880 in the dream and felt that financial blessing would come my way. But after I woke up in the morning and until I hit my head on the pillow later at night, I completely forgot that dream. Just before going to bed, the Lord reminded me of the dream and the number 1880. I became so curious to know whether the number meant anything that I googled the number on my mobile phone. Then, I was able to see “1880 bank” which seemed to be in the East Coast in the US, and “1880 silver coin” popped up on Google. Interestingly enough, I found out both of them related to finance, and I recalled that I had felt in my dream that financial blessings would come my way, when I had seen that number. Yet I was not certain whether I literally should buy some silver to prepare for bad economy in the future or whether it meant financial blessing. I knelt down and said to the Lord, “Father, if the dream was from you, please let me know what it means. And I would like to know whether I should literally buy some silver.” Then, immediately after the prayer, He reminded me of an unread email from Doug Addison’s ministries in my email box. So, I opened it up, and I was amazed to see what it was all about. It included the link to his latest blog, “Now Is Not the Time to Give Up!” And it talked about Joseph anointing. Doug wrote, “These ‘Joseph People,’ both men and women, will release prophetic insight and financial blessing into the Kingdom of God.” and “I want to encourage you today to think, dream, hope and pray big!” I was surprised to see the Lord confirm the dream was from Him and it meant financial blessing for His Kingdom. I was even more surprised to see Doug encourage to think, dream, hope and pray big. My recent prayer was “Father, I want to live with ten percent of my income, after giving back ninety percent to You,” just like my late pastor in Seoul church said to the congregation. I knew it was a really big dream, but I had the audacity to ask for it. And Doug actually wrote in the blog, “Pray with shameless audacity!” Then, I didn’t really talk about my dreams. One day in June, my Christian friend in Singapore whom the Lord used to give me confirmation, sent me a video link of the prophecy of a pastor in Nepal. His message was for His Church to prepare for the upcoming dark season with global financial crisis, famine and so forth. While I was listening to it, I was reminded of Joseph’s preparing for the seven year of famine to come, and I thought of the recent dream He had given me. Speaking of Joseph, I would like to share a desire in my heart to do farming. When working for my second employer in Singapore in 2017, I made a decision to leave the company, after seeking His will. In my heart for so many years, I had a dream of farming. I grew up in a house with a garden, and my mom planted some vegetables in the garden. It was such a joy to harvest some of the plants together with her when I was little. Especially when I was able to dig some potatoes that were hidden in the ground, it gave me more joy and fun. For decades, I cherished the memory that my mom had given me. Year after year, I had a desire to do farming and gardening after leaving the corporate world for good. Then one day, when I was doing a corporate fasting with my church in Singapore, I went out with a Derek Prince’s book during the lunch hour in the company. I was reading the book outside alone, fasting. Then, out of the blue, YWAM (Youth With A Mission) Kona in Hawaii came into my mind. I already knew it had many discipleship programs, but I visited its website on my mobile phone, putting down my book. After navigating its website, I was surprised to see that YWAM Kona has discipleship training that teaches agriculture and it also holds a seminar on aquaponics. Immediately, I knew it was not a coincidence, but the Lord led me into it. Later in the afternoon, on my way home, I said to Him, “Father, I know You know the best. If You want me to continue to work for the company for a few more years, I would obey You. But, if You want me to do farming, please let me know. I don’t want to be in the place You didn’t plan for me.” After that prayer, I was reminded of something weird early in the morning. At that time, I usually got up very early in the morning, to have enough time to read the Bible and pray before going to work. As it was still hard to get up early in the morning, I usually set up two alarms on two mobile phones: one given by my employer and the other, my personal phone. Strangely in that morning, I was not able to hear any alarm such that I slept in, and had no time to read the Bible that morning. I was in a hurry to come to the office. So, on my way back home, after the prayer, I felt that even that incident in the morning was orchestrated by the Lord. And when I got home, before I opened my Bible, I prayed, “Father, if I read any word such as farmer, farming or blessing on farming or farm lands, I would know for sure it’s in Your will for me to farm.” And I had been reading the Bible in a chronological order and the portion that I would read for each day was not decided by myself, but I read the portion for a day as it was given in that Bible. So, I opened my Bible, and soon enough, I stood amazed to see the word, farmer. But I kept asking Him confirmation and He gave me the words three times including the words on blessings on farm lands. After my prayer was answered, I had no hesitation to end my career in the corporate world. I was so excited. And later, I happened to read a famous investor’s article to encourage people to invest on farming. His view was that global supply of foods would be much lower than demand in the future. Not only investor, but I heard many prophets share their visions from the Lord that food supply issues would be serious. I felt in my heart that the Lord wants me to prepare for the famine, to help His children and to expand His Kingdom. Though I’ve not started farming yet, I cherish the dream and I believe He will open a new door in His time. Not only in farming and finance, but in the Spiritual realms, I believe the Lord wants me to be equipped and prepared for His Kingdom in the last days. I choose not to be panicked, worrying about the future, but to read His Words and listen to His voice, to be conformed to Jesus. I believe that He would lead me step by step, if He would use me as Joseph. Dear Friend, I do not know whether you also thought you were born for such a time as this. I believe He would confirm that you’re also Joseph by my writing, if He meant you to be. I pray that you and I are equipped and prepared in spiritual and material realms for His Kingdom in the last days and many Josephs will arise in Jesus' name! Have a bliss! Yunee There are four things which are little on the earth, Comments are closed.
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