"We Are in Rapid Acceleration: Prepare For Take Off" - Cindy McGill

"We Are in Rapid Acceleration: Prepare For Take Off"

Cindy McGill, Salt Lake City, UT

The Elijah List

Prepare For Takeoff

My husband recently had a dream where we were on a type of spacecraft that looked like a pontoon boat. The sides were open and it only had a roof. This craft was full of people and without warning it took off, straight up in the air with rocket speed. The impact of this rapid acceleration was so intense that one pilot had to stand on the other one's shoulders to maneuver the aircraft upwards, avoiding obstacles in the atmosphere.

Interpretation: The new structure has open sides and the craft represents a ministry without walls that is infinite for expansion. It is a horizontal invitation to reach out and take hold of people all around us. The top is God's covering.

We are in a rapid acceleration now. This waiting is over and this is a fulfillment of time. Things we have been pondering in our hearts are getting ready to be realized. I know we have all heard this before but it really is happening. The stage has been set behind the curtain and we are now waiting for things to be revealed.

Keeping Foresight in the Midst of the Storm

We can't lose our vision and stray from our purpose when a storm approaches. We have a destination to reach and a job to do when we get there. Just because we might experience a few turbulent moments doesn't mean we are not going to arrive at the prepared place for us. (Photo via flickr)

I know there have been many messages about some terrifying things ahead. I'm not denying for a second that things could get seemingly out of control and bumpy, but GOD IS IN CONTROL and that doesn't discount the assignment we have been given and the job we are equipped to do.

We are entering the days of the greatest harvest of souls we have ever seen. People are starving to have the Truth. We have an assignment and orders from Headquarters. That is our focus and that is our destiny.

Explosion of Birth

I had a dream a few years back were I was going to deliver a baby. The medical team had covered the walls of the delivery room because they knew it would be an explosive birth. The surgical staff had given me a "solution" to induce labor but it wasn't working. There is a timing for a spiritual birth to occur and man cannot manipulate it to happen before its time.

The fact that it was an "explosive" birth tells me there are many different parts to this new birth. When something explodes, it breaks into many pieces. I feel we are being prepared to handle many projects all at once, out of the same womb. These projects will be connected to each other but will have their own identity.  

This next year will birth many, many ministries that are essential to ushering in His Kingdom. Differing from one another, they will all come from the same Kingdom and will have specific functions. Inventions and new discoveries will breathe new expressions from God's Kingdom. These new births are fused with power, strategy and creativity.

Don't Be Afraid of the New

God has got this. He is the Author and Finisher of the work He has started in all of us. Over my many years of ministry, I finally surrendered to the fact that: He knows better than I do about His Kingdom, His ministry, His government, His process, His alignment, His expression and His way of communicating with all of us.

Our posture is to be secure in HIM, and He will direct our paths. Perfect love always casts out fear and solid surrender keeps our feet from slipping. (Photo via geograph)

When we pastored churches and faced challenges concerning people and their lives, I remember God speaking to me very clearly, "Cindy, you didn't die for these people, I did, and you didn't save them, I did."  

What a tremendous relief I felt. I was not to do God's job; I was just to do His will– and that was to be a daughter of the King. I am God's daughter before His minister, and the ministry is an overflow of my solid relationship with Him.

God is doing new things. We just get to "follow the Leader." Every day, embrace His mercies and every day take His burden and we'll all be good. We are complete in Him and nowhere else.

Cindy McGill

Hope for the Harvest Ministries

Email: dreaminslc@hotmail.com
Website: cindymcgill.com

Cindy McGill's passion to help people find their lives' purpose, receive healing from life's trauma and live their lives to the fullest. She travels internationally, teaching on the subject of dreams and dream interpretation. She also leads "dream teams" using innovative methods to help others discover the hidden meanings behind their dreams and give them a chance to find hope and truth at their point of need. She's had the privilege to interpret thousands of dreams at events in the United States and abroad, including the Olympics, the Sundance Film Festival, Burning Man in the Black Rock Desert of Nevada, other expos and festivals, or just one-on-one with people she meets. 

In 2011, her and her team were featured in Dreams, A Documentary, which chronicles live dream interpretation encounters that took place at the Sundance Film Festival at Park City, Utah, and won awards at various independent film festivals around the world. Since 1979, she and her husband Tim have given their lives to helping people redefine their lives and find healing and direction. They have two grown daughters and four grandchildren.

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Rooted in Israel’s history, five remarkable trees

Rooted in Israel’s history, five remarkable trees

Tales of timber, from the cedars outside the Jewish Agency building in Jerusalem, to the 600-year-old oak at the tomb of Rabbi Yosef Abba Halafta in the Galilee

BY AVIVA AND SHMUEL BAR-AM   November 15, 2014   TIMES OF ISRAEL 

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  The gnarled ancient olive tree at Kibbutz Tzuba (photo credit: Shmuel Bar-Am)
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  The cedars of Jerusalem (photo credit: Shmuel Bar-Am)
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  Kibbutz Tzuba's ancient oak (photo credit: Shmuel Bar-Am)
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  The olive tree at Tzuba, so hollow that you can climb inside (Photo credit: Shmuel Bar-Am)
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  Cedars at the Tal Tzemach memorial, Kibbutz Hulda (photo credit: Shmuel Bar-Am)
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  The 600-year-old Oak tree at the tomb of Rabbi Yosef Abba Halafta (photo credit: Shmuel Bar-Am)

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‘One day Honi Hameagel, a righteous miracle worker, saw an old man planting a carob tree. Knowing that a carob tree took 70 years to bear fruit, and that therefore the old man would not live to see the results of his labor, he asked why he was planting a tree whose fruits he would never enjoy. ‘Carob trees were here when I was born, planted by my father and his father,’ answered the old man. ‘Now I plant trees for the enjoyment of my children and their children’s children.’” (Talmud Ta’anit 23a)

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Although trees offer desperately needed shade, and add that extra dash of beauty to our lives, we rarely take the time to admire their barks, their leaves, their towering heights.

Yet trees are the oldest forms of life, and, aesthetically pleasing, they are ecologically essential.

If trees could talk, they would be able to tell us wonderful stories about our history, our nation, and the lives of those who came before us.

Here are just a few:

Cedars outside the Jewish Agency building, Jerusalem, corner of King George and Keren Kayemet Streets

Fourteen meters tall, the three Himalayan cedar trees in front of the National Institutions complex on King George Street were planted in 1931. And although they are “only” 83 years old, they have witnessed more than their share of history – for the three major pre-State organizations have had their headquarters here since the early 1930s.

The cedars of Jerusalem (photo credit: Shmuel Bar-Am)

Shaped like a horseshoe, and constructed in modified Bauhaus style, the building on the left as you face the courtyard houses Keren HaYesod (United Israel Appeal); the Jewish Agency is in the middle, and the wing on the right holds offices of the Jewish National Fund.

The lovely cedar trees witnessed all kinds of historical event, for this is where Israel’s Knesset held its first half a dozen sessions, and it was here that Dr. Chaim Weizmann was sworn in as the new country’s first president. And, of course, the trees overlook a large courtyard that was the scene of many a festival and demonstration. When the United Nations decided to partition Palestine on November 29, 1947, Golda Meyerson (Meir) stood on a balcony and spoke to the large, excited crowd down below.

Kibbutz Tzuba’s ancient oak (photo credit: Shmuel Bar-Am)

Oak and olive at Kibbutz Tzuba – Off Route 395 about 15 minutes west of Jerusalem

When a tree becomes old and hollow, there isn’t enough original wood left to allow testing for age. That’s what happened with two elderly specimens at Kibbutz Tzuba, both of them estimated to be over 500 years old. Indeed, the gnarled ancient olive tree is so hollow that if you are agile enough you can climb inside — and the oak is simply stunning.

The olive tree at Tzuba, so hollow that you can climb inside (Photo credit: Shmuel Bar-Am)

The trees’ long survival is probably due to the fact that Muslims once buried their dead nearby. In fact, it is thought that long ago, bodies were purified in the shade of the ancient olive.

Jujube at Ein Hatzeva, off Highway 90 about 150 kilometers north of Eilat

History aficionados and biblical archeology buffs will enjoy Ein Hatzeva, which features amazing excavations as well as a unique and spectacular tree.

Overlooking a crucial crossroads leading south, west and northeast, Ein Hatzeva has housed a variety of administrative centers and fortresses over the millennia. The latest was a military outpost set up at the establishment of the state; the earliest dates back to the time of King Solomon. Many a caravan stopped here to rest over the millennia, for Ein Hatzeva’s abundant spring and strong citadels offered water as well as protection from local gangs.

The Jujube at Ein Hatzeva, the oldest in Israel (photo credit: Shmuel Bar-Am)

Although the site contains remains of several Israelite fortresses, and a massive Solomonic gate, the majority of ruins on view at Ein Hatzeva today are from the Roman era. It was part of the Roman limes (pronounced “lee-mez”), a line of frontier fortifications from the third century with a fort that measured 46 meters by 46 meters.

An enormous jujube tree, the oldest of its kind in the country, stands near the ruins. For well over a thousand years this jujube tree was nourished by Ein Hatzeva’s spring, but modern agricultural development in the region dried up its water. Today the tree is irrigated by the Jewish National Fund to ensure its survival.

Cypress trees at monuments in Hulda Forest, on Route 411, 10 kilometers southeast of Rehovot

It doesn’t blossom in spring and it doesn’t bear nutritious fruit. Yet the Mediterranean cypress, tall, straight and regal, is one of my favorite trees. Long ago, its wood was used for building the Temple, ships, and musical instruments. Locals believe potions and ointments made from the fruit of the Mediterranean cypress can treat diabetes, strengthen the immune system, heal gum infections and fungus, and alleviate toothaches.

You can find dark-green, Mediterranean cypress trees on any Israeli outing. Remnants of wild cypress have been found here and there, but the rest were planted by the Jewish National Fund in forests, parks and at memorial sites.

Cedars at the Tal Tzemach memorial, Kibbutz Hulda (photo credit: Shmuel Bar-Am)

One of the most touching is located inside Hulda Forest, the JNF’s very first woodlands, where two stunning monuments are separated by a long path lined with magnificent Washingtonian palms. At one end stands a work sculpted by famous artist Batya Lichansky; it stands over the grave of Ephraim Chisik, killed defending Hulda in 1929. At the other, an entirely different but no less striking monument is dedicated to young Lieutenant Tal Tzemach, born at Kibbutz Hulda. Tal began his army service in an elite unit and went on to become an officer. He was killed by terrorists in the Jordan Valley 11 years ago, at the age of 21. The simple, very moving memorial features falling white stones, a stone bench, gardens, and tall, ram-rod straight Cypress trees.

Several Mediterranean cultures identify the cypress with the afterlife, prompted by its evergreen quality and the fact that it is roughly shaped like a candle, a symbol of the soul in both Judaism and Islam. It is commonly planted at cemeteries of both faiths throughout Israel – including the military cemetery at Mount Herzl.

Tavor oak at the Halafta Family Tombs, Halafta Junction on Route 85

Back in the early 16th century, Italian rabbi Moshe Basola toured the Holy Land. While traveling through the Galilee, he made a stop at the tomb of Rabbi Yosef Abba Halafta – a site which, he wrote home, stood under a large oak tree. The massive 600-year-old Tavor oak towering over the tomb today is almost certainly that very same tree, for it is believed to be at least 600 years old.

The 600-year-old Oak tree at the tomb of Rabbi Yosef Abba Halafta (photo credit: Shmuel Bar-Am)

The tree is 18 meters high, and so wide that it would take three people to surround it. Take a seat on a bench below the tree as you pay homage to Rabbi Halafta.

A 2nd-century scholar who taught his students Mishna, he lived during scary times: The Romans who ruled the Land of Israel had a prohibition against the study of Torah and the ordination of new teachers. Famous for his declaration that the shchina (the spirit of God) is present when ten people are engaged in Torah study, Halafta managed to stay under the Roman radar.

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Aviva Bar-Am is the author of seven English-language guides to Israel.

Shmuel Bar-Am is a licensed tour guide who provides private, customized tours in Israel for individuals, families and small groups.

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