Early dawn morning as I positioned myself for prayer, I could instantly feel that the Lord wanted to release a word and that it wasn’t just a word for me, but a clarion call to share with the body of Christ to begin to shift things. As I pressed into this burning word, everything about it got my attention.
Abba Father God said: “He is sending a new breed of woman. A woman who will forfeit anything to hear from Him! A woman who will not back down. A woman who will shift her sphere of influence. A woman that will not take “NO” for an answer because she knows that heaven backs her. A woman who will weed through the distraction in the earth and tune into the heart of God. A woman who is faithful over the things assigned to her. A woman who will go and never come back empty-handed. A woman who is His completely and totally.”
As Abba Father God release this word, I received it by faith, but what immediately came to mind was Hannah. When many examine Hannah’s life—they may remember her barrenness above all things, but through Hannah, God said, He never saw barrenness, He saw, relentless faith, hope and love that becomes a glowing example to women of the faith everywhere.
1 Samuel 1:9-11 says, “Then Hannah got up after eating and drinking in Shiloh. Now Eli the priest was sitting on the seat by the doorpost of the temple of the Lord. She, greatly distressed, prayed to the Lord and wept bitterly. And she made a vow and said, “Lord of armies, if You will indeed look on the affliction of Your bond-servant and remember me, and not forget Your bond-servant, but will give Your bond-servant a son, then I will give him to the Lord all the days of his life, and a razor shall never come on his head.”
Here are 3 major keys God wants to highlight from this passage of the scripture:
1. Hannah desperately wanted to get God’s attention so much so that she wept bitterly and threw herself into prayer. She would not back down, just as you must not back down in this season of uncertainty. Even if it doesn’t look like what you’re praying for is happening—keep praying anyway. Getting God’s attention requires dedication, faithfulness and consistency and with Heaven on your side you will never lose a battle.
2. Keep your vows to God. Hannah kept her promise to God. First, she named her son Samuel which means: “heard of God” and his very life was a testimony in itself that God heard her prayers. But she vowed to give her son to the Lord all the days of his life. In obedience, after he was weaned from her, Hannah took him to the temple in Shiloh and released the son she had prayed so fervently for back to God by presenting him to Eli.
3. Abba Father God needs you to know that you are a sent one. Some of you will meet this new breed kind of woman God is talking about—who in essence isn’t new, but simply a rare find. He’s saying, when you meet her, she will mentor you and help you come up. He’s also saying, some of you “are” this woman already, and simply need to press into deep and more intimate times with Him to fully become her—that will get you an audience with Heaven just like Hannah.
Beloved saints of God, in this hour Abba Father God needs the warrior woman who won’t back down in prayer. He needs women on the frontline of the mountains they influence to make change. He also needs women who give to the work of the kingdom with gladness and He needs women who will never stop championing for the spreading of the gospel, the saving of souls and the shifting nations.
