My spirit burns with a message that the Lord recently gave me in a dream. This message seems to underline what Jesus spoke to His disciples. As He called them "Son's of Thunder" He  exhorted them, saying "You know not what manner of men you are."

So too, few of us, in the Body of Christ, really understand what manner of men and women we truly are. Jesus was, I believe, alluding to their lack of understanding, of the power that they possessed in Him.

They were unaware of just how seriously their words could alter things  and that they needed to bridle their tongues because of the power of their spoken words.  

We, as followers of Jesus Christ, born of His Spirit, have the power to both bless and to curse, by the words of our mouths.

The Creator spoke into existence the light which illumined that darkness, which covered the earth, the land which parted the seas, and each element of the creation, by saying, "Let there be .   .   . "       and there was.

                                     OUR   IDENTITY CONFUSION

We are born of His Spirit, having His DNA. The fulness of the One, who Created all things which were created, dwells within us in His glory and power.

The power that created that, which did not yet exist, to be spoken into existence, is the Holy Spirit. He is the same Spirit, which raised Jesus from the dead.

The Holy Spirit, part of the triune God, is the same yesterday today and tomorrow.  He is still empowering creation, and is committed to restoring God's Kingdom rule and reign upon the earth. This is, after all, why Jesus came to earth; is it not? He came to take back dominion, which had been forfeited to the evil one, when man first sinned in the garden, as well as, to save mankind.

The church has made a mental ascent to this truth. However, I'm afraid, that too few of us have truly come into agreement with that truth, in a wholehearted way.

We say, "yes, that's true!" However, do we walk as though that powerful creative Spirit is really indwelling us, and both ready and willing to do the Father's business through us, as He did through Jesus and His disciples?

I'm afraid most of us have been waiting for God to move in some powerful way, with thunder and lightning from heaven, as a sign that  His power has come at last.

There is this subtle belief, that first we must hear the thunder and get struck by Divine lightning bolts. Only then may we begin to do those "greater works than these," which Jesus prophesied over us.

Perhaps, we have mistaken our identities. Perhaps, we have assumed a false identity, by agreeing with the enemy's campaign of deceit. He works 24/7 to prevent us from knowing our God granted authority and power. He is, after all, the accuser of the brethren and He is terrified of us knowing who we truly are.

God says, however, that we know not what manner of men and women we truly are. 

                     REVELATION of OUR POWER in CHRIST  

In the dream, I was traveling with a group of friends, including my pastor. We had stopped in to visit a service, being conducted in a storefront church. I went out ahead of the group and began riding a bicycle, along a stream which emptied into a lake.  

Having an awareness that there was no life in these bodies of water, I found myself proclaiming aloud over the waters, "Life, life, life. You will live! You will not die! Death has no authority over you! Rise up and live!" Many times, I repeated these declarations, with great fervor.

Suddenly I saw tiny splashes, as fish were beginning to break the surface of the still water, as they began to jump.  Somewhat amazed at the indications, that there was now the awakening of life, I continued to declare life  and commanded life to be restored.  

Then large fish and even waterfowl, that had been dead, began to surface, poking their heads out of the water completely. They were literally staring me in the eyes. It was as though they had to see from whom this life giving power had come.

It was a remarkable sight to behold as the waters were teeming with curious life.  

Gazing with wonder at the sight of all these living creatures, that inhabited the waters, I was approached by a friend who informed me of the lifeless  condition of these waters.

As I related this experience to her, pointing out all the living creatures, I began to marvel aloud.

I repeated in utter amazement, "They felt and responded to the vibrations and resonances of heaven; they responded to the resonances of heaven, they responded to the vibrations and resonances of heaven!"  

I awoke speaking those words and immediately found myself in a vision, or a trance. I am not certain which.  

                                    APPLICATION of the REVELATION

In the trance/vision,  I was in a church service, which I had actually been invited to participate in, which was scheduled to take place two days after this dream and vision.  At the meeting, God was prophesying/preaching through me, that He was calling forth a Radical Remnant from His church. 

He said that, He was calling forth a people out of His church, who would be radical in advancing His Kingdom. They would be radical, lovers, of God, who walked in radical unity, doing radical works. It would not be church as usual.

These would be people who were sick and tired of "boring Christianity, dull church meetings, and business as usual," He said.

He continued to say that, He too, was bored with business as usual, dull meetings, and traditions.

The Lord specifically addressed many, who had radical dreams and aspirations, and they felt were too radical to actually be of God.

He exhorted them, saying that He was, "indeed, a radical God, more radical than even they were."  They had not yet seen radical, He challenged. He then extended an  invitation to get even more radical.

He said, "I've given you everything you need to become radical. I gave you my Son! He gave you everything, which I have given to Him! You have the authority, the power and the resources. Whatever I have called you to do, do it radically!"

He continued, "My Son was a radical. His disciples were radicals, and the early church was radical. I am calling forth the radicals once again, to advance my Kingdom on the earth."  

I had seen angels flooding into the meeting holding things in their hands and I inquired of the Lord regarding what they were carrying. He said those were "angels of commissioning." They were delivering the mandates, which He has already assigned, and that people only needed to reach up and receive their commissions by faith.  

Coming out of the trance/vision, I was acutely aware that the vision was an application of the dream. I had been given a mandate to do, at the meeting, just as I had done in the vision.

I understood that He would empower my words to produce life and be made manifest, just as they had produced life and power in the dream.

         RESPONDING to the RESONANCES and VIBRATIONS of HEAVEN

Although I am accustomed to prophetic ministry and teaching, this assignment was way out of the box for me and well beyond my comfort zone. I was well aware that this might be my initiation into the radical and that anything could happen including a lukewarm response and embarrassment.

I had been given the choice to walk in this invitation, which I was about to extend to a church, before encouraging anyone else, to step out on the edge. It was a call for me  to be a model, in order to extend the invitation.  

The dream had imparted a gift of faith within me. This message had ignited my spirit. If I were to "chicken out" and not R I S K,  I might have exploded, or so it felt.

This message was like a bomb exploding within me that had to be released. That I knew as I awaited this meeting.

So at the end of the prophetic ministry time, at the meeting, I stepped up to the mike.  Just as God had shown me to do, I began by speaking a simple phrase over the congregation, "Radical Remnant," pausing a moment before I repeated,  "Radical Remnant"  .   .  .   . "Radical Remnant."  

Audible gasps could be heard, throughout the congregation as I spoke this phrase. As I began to deliver this message, I was overcome by the anointing of the Holy Spirit and He proceeded to prophesy/preach through me, calling forth His Radical Remnant, just as He had done in my dream. He spoke life into every radical dream, vision, aspiration and desire they had entertained.

Simultaneously everyone stood to their feet, to receive what God was offering, although I had not suggested that anyone stand. When the congregation had come to their feet, I glanced back at the prophetic team. They had been sitting on the edge of the platform just prior to my word. They, too, were now standing, much to my amazement.

God had spoken words of life and they all had felt and responded to the resonances and vibrations of heaven!  

The anointing, that had overcome me, was like nothing that I had ever before experienced.

There was, in fact, so much energy produced by the Holy Spirit, that, had I been physically able to jump and pogo, I would have done so. Instead I stomped like a stallion on the ground, to work off the high level of energy, that  I was experiencing for several minutes.

 I prefer not to even consider how foolish and unbecoming a lady this might have appeared.  

This mandate still burns within me, however. Delivering it did not diminish the unction in the slightest. It will not be extinguished.

God is extending an invitation to you just as He did that congregation. If you believe that some of your dreams and visions, and aspirations, are just too radical to be from God, test Him. See if He is not even more radical than you are.

                                      HIS INVITATION to YOU

 He declared that evening and He declares over you now, "Whatever you are called to do, get radical! Many are just sitting and waiting for Me to move," He says.

"But I am waiting for you to move! I dare you to do something radical and see, how I will back up your act! Don't shrink back but lunge forward and test Me," says the Living God.

"I will give you even more radical dreams and aspirations than you already entertain," He says.  "You have not yet seen radical!"  

 Life, Life, Life! I speak to life to every radical dream, vision, hope and aspiration you have entertained. I call those radical exploits to life now. I call you forth as part of this Radical Remnant, releasing you out of the boredom, that has engulfed you.

  I release to you an anointing for the radical; radical love, radical unity in your relationships, and radical service, as God advances His Kingdom through you.

I call you forth out of the boredom of traditions, into the Radical Remnant. He is commissioning you right now and giving you an E-ticket, (E for EXPLOITS! of the radical kind.) You need only to receive by faith.

 I break off every fear of man and people pleasing spirit that has kept you in a holding pattern for so long, in the Name of the Lord Jesus Christ of Nazareth, who came in the flesh.