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2024

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With That I’ll Run

Are you in a season of surrender?
Is the Lord calling you to lay down something that you are holding on tightly to?

We pray the message behind the new prophetic song release 𝙒𝙞𝙩𝙝 𝙩𝙝𝙖𝙩, 𝙄’𝙡𝙡 𝙧𝙪𝙣, will speak to you.

Album Art:
Written by album artist Jaz Loh

This vision was a collaboration between Elina (the songwriter) and me.

Elina initially saw an Olympic torch with fire (a sense that there is a group of people who are running for God with fire) , and after she shared the vision, I saw an ancient key within the flames and a pathway leading to an open door.

I felt the Lord conveying that there is a key within this song that will unlock breakthroughs and the paths we've been praying for, leading us through that door of breakthrough we've been seeking.

The scriptures that resonated with me were:

Isaiah 43:2 (emphasis on verse 2): "When you walk through the fire, you shall not be burned, Nor shall the flame scorch you."

Psalm 37:23-24
“The steps of a man are established by the Lord, when he delights in his way; though he fall, he shall not be cast headlong, for the Lord upholds his hand.”

Isaiah 22:20-23 - The emphasis is on Eliakim, a group of people or persons who have been waiting and seeking for a while.


I sensed the rise of the Eliakims (people whom God will establish) and the transition away from the Shebnas (people holding high positions but with pride and wickedness), making way for the Eliakims who have been earnestly seeking the Lord.

It feels like a time of fulfillment and breakthrough, where Davids will ascend to the throne and Josephs will be granted their authority.

So be encouraged that a time of fulfilment of callings is coming. Those who have been running with fire and endurance will soon walk through the open door by God, and take up their rightful positions in His kingdom.

The key is to surrender, trust His timing and obey. The walls of Jericho will fall for you.

Desert Song

Isaiah 51:3

“For the Lord will comfort Zion, He will comfort all her waste places; He will make her wilderness like Eden, And her desert like the garden of the Lord; Joy and gladness will be found in it, Thanksgiving and the voice of melody.”

The theme for this song is Barrenness but God will turn the negative situation around, also in the area of infertility.


Album Art:

Written by album artist Jaz Loh

I immediately had a vision of a beautiful lily formed out of water in the middle of sand dunes when I heard about the song and its name.

As I listened to the song and allowed this vision to soak in, I sensed that despite the barrenness of the season and the feelings of loss, hopelessness, and tears, the Lord is doing a new thing. He is shaping and forming something divinely beautiful within this hard season. As we trust and wait, we will see His beauty amidst this barrenness. God will turn the negative situation around in all aspects, even in the area of infertility. As we hope and trust in Him, we will witness and behold His beauty, knowing that He is God, and praise Him with new faith and hope.

“Behold, I will do something new, Now it will spring forth; Will you not be aware of it? I will even make a roadway in the wilderness, Rivers in the desert.”

‭‭Isaiah‬ ‭43‬:‭19‬ ‭NASB1995‬‬

“He has made everything beautiful in its time. Also He has put eternity in their hearts, except that no one can find out the work that God does from beginning to end.”

‭‭Ecclesiastes‬ ‭3‬:‭11‬ ‭NKJV‬‬

“For the LORD will comfort Zion, He will comfort all her waste places; He will make her wilderness like Eden, And her desert like the garden of the LORD; Joy and gladness will be found in it, Thanksgiving and the voice of melody.”

Isaiah 51:3

““For this reason I say to you, do not be worried about your life, as to what you will eat or what you will drink; nor for your body, as to what you will put on. Is not life more than food, and the body more than clothing? Look at the birds of the air, that they do not sow, nor reap nor gather into barns, and yet your heavenly Father feeds them. Are you not worth much more than they? And who of you by being worried can add a single hour to his life? And why are you worried about clothing? Observe how the lilies of the field grow; they do not toil nor do they spin, yet I say to you that not even Solomon in all his glory clothed himself like one of these.”

‭‭Matthew‬ ‭6‬:‭25‬-‭29‬ ‭NASB

Eyes on Eternity

Fix our eyes and focus on the things eternal.

Ecclesiastes 3:11
He has made everything beautiful in its time. Also He has put eternity in their hearts, except that no one can find out the work that God does from beginning to end.

2 Cor 4:17-18
For our light affliction, which is but for a moment, is working for us a far more exceeding and eternal weight of glory, while we do not look at the things which are seen, but at the things which are not seen. For the things which are seen are temporary, but the things which are not seen are eternal.

Album Art:
Written by album artist Jaz Loh

As I listened to the song, I soaked in the presence of the Lord and waited.

I saw an image of a butterfly, and behind it, a shattered mirror. I sensed that the image was incomplete. As I continued to wait, a very bright and clear leaf appeared, with a droplet of water forming during the “evening” part of the vision. I realized that this vision, and the promise it carries, comes in a sequence, just as the Lord moves.

I believe the shattered mirror represents our broken perceptions—how we see ourselves, our situations, and the scars left by time and life on our self-image. But as we set our paths and eyes on the Lord, He transforms and heals us from these negative self-perceptions, from the brokenness of the world, from our “ashes,” and creates something beautiful out of it all. The Lord wastes nothing: “All things work for the good of those who love Him.”

As we flow with Him, there is a constant renewal of hope, shalom, and a deep, refreshing peace for every season. Simply being in His presence brings continuous restoration. His covering, His blood, and His protection will be with us through every season. I sense that when the evening comes, we are never alone. He is, and will always be, with us. Let us always remember who is for us, never forget who we belong to, and find peace in the simple truth that He is our rock and our salvation.