Prophetic Word for April 2018

During a Ladies prayer group recently, as we all began to pray and seek the Lord, I began to see in the spirit a huge hot air balloon.  As the Ladies continued to pray, more detail of the balloon appeared. I could see that there were bags hanging from the sides of the large wicker basket connected to the balloon. I was assuming they were filled with sand.  I could not see if there were any passengers.
I began to ask the Lord, what does this mean?  The Lord revealed to me that the balloon was still on the ground because of two reasons. One reason was there was not a licensed pilot to take control of the craft and start the fire in the burner that would lift the balloon.  The other reason was that no one had taken the leap into the hot air balloon to become a passenger and to help release the heavy bags. Then the Lord said, they are both waiting on the winds to be just right.
I shared with the Ladies what I had seen during their prayers. I told them that I sensed that the Lord was saying that the bags hanging from the hot air balloon wicker basket were filled with deep pain, fear, doubt, sadness, rejection, shame, and unforgiveness.   I felt God was saying that the balloon represented so many of his people and these heavy burdens were holding us back from rising in the fire of his power. 
The group continued to pray and some time later, one of the Ladies said, I feel like the bags you saw on the balloon were also filled with grief. That struck me like lightening. I could see the sorrow and unrelenting grief of so many people packed into those bags. More than that, I could feel how heavy they were. I could feel the excruciating pain of grief and the heartbreak of loss of loved ones, health, jobs, homes, success..
As it happened, a few days later, I was speaking at a Legendary Leader’s event. As I came off the platform, and handed the microphone to one of the host of the meeting, I remembered this vision and I had a surge of regret. Oh my, was I supposed to share this vision? Was it for this group? Oh Lord, I ask, did I miss you?  I went home that day really wondering if I missed God.
A few weeks later, that same host of the Legendary Leader’s event contacted me about writing a prophetic word for her April post. I told her I would pray about it and I did not even think about the vision. After several days, I contacted her and agreed to write the prophetic word, not knowing what it would be, but, knowing that God had given me the yes to do it.  It was not until later, when I had the time to pray and write this, that the Lord brought the vision back to me and revealed so much more about it.  I realized then that it had not been for an earlier release.  Ok, dear ones, I’m hoping and praying that last sentence gives you peace during a time when you think that maybe you missed God!
As I prayed over the vision, I knew then that I was to do some research on hot air balloons. As I did, I read that as the air inside the envelope is heated by the burner it becomes lighter than the cooler air outside and the hot air balloon floats up. When a weight is dropped, the buoyancy of the balloon increases. This will cause the upward velocity to increase until the drag of the balloon matches the new buoyancy. The time the balloon can fly is depending on the calmness of the wind and the weight carried. All weather conditions are serious to the balloon’s flight.
Then I heard the Lord say, the balloon is waiting on a licensed pilot. Someone to take control of it’s destiny. Someone to start the fire in the burner. Someone to test the wind. Someone ready to fly to new heights. Someone humble, to invite others to come aboard on the journey and help them throw the heavy bags overboard. Someone to pray for them to break off the ropes and chains holding these weights to them.
The Lord said it is not about the winds or the storms, it is about my timing. Winds will come and go. Let my voice guide you through the turbulence. The beat of my heart will become your compass.  Let my love hold you through the storm.  Release the word of truth over every lie of the enemy. For it is my word that heals.
The Lord said, pick up your license, your authority, the power you have through me. Stoke the fire I have put in your heart. Let the fire of my presence take you higher. Soar in my spirit and be the Leader I have designed you to be.
The Lord then brought these scriptures to remind us all: Isaiah 40:31, But, those who hope in the Lord will renew their strength. They will soar on wings like eagles; they will run and not grow weary, they will walk and not be faint. Isaiah 60:1, Arise, shine, for your light has come, and the glory of the Lord rises upon you.
 
Be Blessed by His unending love my friends..
By Prophet Brenda “BJ” Cannon