Listen to the Wind By Joey Rocha    on May 19, 2015 Do you ever hear random songs in your head? God speaks to us in many ways. In the book of Job it says that, God speaks, again and again, though people do not recognize it. JOB 33:14 Lately I’ve been hearing the old folk song “Short’nin’ Bread” in my head. I have not heard that song in probably twenty years. So I realized that the Holy Spirit was speaking to me. The lyrics of the chorus go like this: “Mamma’s little baby loves short’nin’, short’nin’, mamma’s little baby loves short’nin’ bread.” Ok, I know you all know it. We all sang it as children. So sing-a-long, “Mamma’s little baby loves short’nin’, short’nin’, mamma’s little baby loves short’nin’ bread.” Yep, now it’s stuck in your head (forgiveness please). In contemplating the meaning of this, the revelation came to me that God is about to birth a baby in my life! I know this to be true, as I have been going through the travail of birth pangs for quite some time now. Babies mean new beginnings such as; families, ministries, business’s, etc. I’m birthing something new! It’s going to be glorious! This season of pregnancy (growing and stretching) has been very hard and painful but The Lord is encouraging me to hang on because I’m almost there! And then some further revelation came, this baby will love Short’nin’ bread! Bread is symbolic for the word of God. It’s a ministry! Ok, so now God has my attention. So I decided to do a little research on Short’nin’ Bread. This is what I discovered, Short’nin’ Bread originated among slaves working on plantations in the early 1800s during the Civil War era. Short’nin’ bread was a treat that plantation cooks could whip up easily. The ingredients were simple: cornmeal or flour, baking powder, shortening, molasses or brown sugar, and water. The word short’nin’ bread is actually shortbread. The molasses or brown sugar gave the short’nin bread it’s wonderfully sweet flavor, which the little children loved. The lyrics of the song are insightful as well, Three little babies lying in bed, Two was sick and the other ‘most dead. Sent for the doctor and the doctor said, “Give those babies some short’nin’ bread.” The gist of the song is that the doctor orders short’nin bread to help heal the sick children and guess what? It works!! Do you hear what God is saying here? This new ministry will share the bread of life, which will heal people! The Doctor is in! This word is not just for me. The body of Christ as a whole is in a season of pregnancy. We are all in this together. The Lord has sped-up the clock. There is a huge acceleration happening. Many are in labor. What would normally take years to process in us is now taking only months. God is healing us. He knows that the pain of the process at times has been excruciating and at some points almost unbearable. The word of the Lord is, hang on you are almost there! It’s almost time to give birth! When a woman is in labor she agonizes in pain. But once the baby is birthed she forgets her pain and is in travail no more because of the joy of the new birth. This is your birthing season. God knows you’re tired. The time IS coming SOON when He will cause you to forget your trouble and make you fruitful! Before the years of famine came, two sons were born to Joseph by Asenath daughter of Potiphera, priest of On. Joseph named his firstborn Manasseh and said, “It is because God has made me forget all my trouble and all my father’s household.” The second son he named Ephraim and said, “It is because God has made me fruitful in the land of my suffering.” GENESIS 41: 50-52 What will you name your new baby? There is another revelation . . . There are many in the body who have struggled for years and years with strongholds of sin. As a Christian you have been at war with yourself having spent endless days and nights agonizing in the battle between the Spirit and the flesh wondering if there will ever be victory. The enemy has plagued you with quilt and you are battle worn. I have good news. There is a nugget in this word that is specifically for you. When making short’nin’ bread the SLAVES during the CIVIL WAR era would have to use the least expensive ingredients available to them, and may have even made it at times without any leavening agent at all, sort of like a flatbread. They made UNLEAVENED BREAD! Unleavened bread means without sin. The baby that God is delivering is you. You are Gods child. He has bottled the tears you have shed in the night season. Joy is about to spring forth! Your life is going to become sweet again because the bread of life has come down from heaven to heal you. And you will sing praises to the Lord because of all that he has done. When those children layin’ in the bed Heard that talk about shortnin’ bread They popped up well and started to sing Skipping ’round the room doing the pigeon wing Our job now is to keep pushing and be expectant because we are indeed expecting! And to think, all this because of a children’s song whispered into my ear. I paid attention to God speaking in ways some may consider “out of the box.” Let us have “ears to hear” what the Spirit is saying. In the Bible the Holy Spirit is many times referred to as “the wind,” And suddenly there came from heaven a noise like a violent rushing wind, and it filled the whole house where they were sitting. Acts 2:2 And when He had said this, He breathed on them and said to them, “Receive the Holy Spirit. John 20:22 “The wind blows where it wishes and you hear the sound of it, but do not know where it comes from and where it is going; so is everyone who is born of the Spirit.” John 3:8 The wind speaks to those who listen so I want to encourage you to . . . Listen to the Wind
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Kimberly Fowler Senior Member Joined: 11/09/2012 Online Status: Online Posts: 2086	Posted: 05/19/2015 at 1:15pm | IP Logged God is so amazing how He does things and confirms things. He has been doing it in an increased rate and measure in my life. And this post is an example. I had literally just gone to the sink to wash my face and heard, "It's time for birthing millions." I went to the computer to my little journal file and wrote that down. And then (not even two minutes later) I read this post which says: "The body of Christ as a whole is in a season of pregnancy. We are all in this together. The Lord has sped-up the clock. There is a huge acceleration happening. Many are in labor. What would normally take years to process in us is now taking only months. God is healing us. He knows that the pain of the process at times has been excruciating and at some points almost unbearable. The word of the Lord is, hang on you are almost there! It’s almost time to give birth! When a woman is in labor she agonizes in pain. But once the baby is birthed she forgets her pain and is in travail no more because of the joy of the new birth. This is your birthing season."