exalting the young

This is the final dream in a series of 4 in which the Lord shows areas that the church needs to correct. Again, the 4 dreams were given after prayer concerning an initial dream (Dec 17th) in which young people came to a bad end. If you have not read these dreams they can also be found on this month’s postings of Sea of Glass.

In the 4th dream I was with people who ministered. We were on the deck of a large white ship, like an ocean liner. It was anchored at a dock, on which many people were gathered to hear the speaker. I was not chosen to speak, but a younger man was. He began ascending a ladder up the mast, to the crow’s nest. He carried his guitar up with him. It had a cord made of thick white cable of braided strands of lesser cable (thick wire, such as is braided together for the cables of the Golden Gate bridge). When he got to the crow’s nest platform the young man plugged his cord into an outlet above him, on the black stove pipe. I had the understanding that the Lord was going to correct him. He began to sing to the crowd gathered below, but straight away his guitar cord broke loose from its plug-in because it was too heavy. I heard a “twang” and deep reverberations as the heavy cord fell. We all watched this. The concert was over, and the young man was upset. End of dream.

Interpretation – White ship = ministry. A ship can carry many people
Speaker = one who conveys the Word of the Lord
People below = Christians gathered to listen to the Word
Ship’s mast = One of God’s current prophets is a man named Dale Mast. He had a prophecy for 2010 and recently one for 2011, which was posted on Elijah List Nov 8th this year. Though I had not read his word before the dream, I ran across it today while deleting old emails, and so had the chance to find out about a prophet I never knew existed. Dale’s word was called “You must Increase.” The young man in the dream did seek an exalted position of ministry; that of a prophet.
Crow’s nest = Though the mast offers a “look-out” for what is far off, the young man was not placed in this setting to exalt himself. It provided a platform for ministry in a high position, again, such as a prophet.
Cord = the construction was exactly like the braided cables of the Golden Gate Bridge. Each individual cable being intertwined represents the strength of a man. In Eccl 4:12 we read that “Though one may be overpowered, two can defend themselves. A cord of three strands is not quickly broken.” White means pure, and intertwining the cables represents multiplied strength. Yet, because of its weight, the cord should have been plugged in down below, not up above. It needed to be “grounded” in the ship’s ministry and not plugged into the black stove pipe. When all was said and done, the younger man could not carry the weight of the message and the calling of a prophet.
Black stove pipe = area for engine’s exhaust. Smoke is where there is fire. Though the fire of the Holy Spirit is like the fuel of the ship in that it propels us onward in our works, its power is not the source of God’s Words. God brings His words to the speaker out of his relationship with Him, and the words are based on His nature and what He wants to say at any particular given time, and not on the power we may covet for greater works.
Why the young man was chosen over a older woman = the preference of some ministries is to be appealing to the listeners. The 4th dream seems to indicate that the decisions of men done in unity (cord, or being in "one accord") may seem strong, but the Lord will bring His correction and assert His will. He alone exalts, and abases. It was unfortunate that the concert ended without the people hearing what God had to say to them. As ministers of God’s word, this should be our only concern; what does God want to say. Amen.