I had a dream last week and in the dream, someone had a shofar, but it was circular in shape and they were blowing it but no noise was coming out of it. The person looked at me and said, why is it not releasing any sound? I began to explain to them how to blow the shofar, but they still could not get a sound to come out of it. I then took the shofar from them and looked into the mouthpiece and I saw that there was a piece of bone that was hindering the release of the sound. I explained to the person what the issue was and said, you need to remove the bone in the mouthpiece if you want to release its sound. End of dream.

I woke up with the thought that the circular shofar was a French horn, so I contacted a couple friends about the dream and both said it was related to battle and the French. I have been sitting on this dream for nothing felt like it was clicking as to what the dream was about. Then I was watching a show called Iron Chef and the man did a Medieval themed cooking and he blew a bugle, that was circular and the Lord said, that is the instrument in your dream.

This morning, the Lord reminded me of the dream, the bugle and so I began to study the bugle. “A bugle call is a short tune, originating as a military signal announcing scheduled and certain non-scheduled events on a military installation, battlefield, or ship. Historically, bugles, drums, and other loud musical instruments were used for clear communication in the noise and confusion of a battlefield.” (wikipedia) The history of the bugle goes back to a French word cor bugler which means horn of an animal. Henceforth the shofar and being circular.

I send all this to a friend this morning and she shoots a message back saying, 1 Corinthians 14:8 “For example, if a bugle doesn’t sound a clear call, who will get ready for battle?” Now all the pieces are together. The Lord is wanting us to sound a clear call to the nations for we are in a spiritual war, but the mouthpieces are being hindered and cannot release the sound. The Lord is removing the “bones” that are hindering our breath from blowing the shofar, releasing the clear call to battle and cutting through all the noise and confusion on the battlefield.

My friends, the war is real, it is active and it is noisy, but God is releasing a sound that is cutting through so people can hear the call to pray, to sing, to shout, to declare the enemy has been defeated. I don’t know what “bone” is hindering your sound, but it is time to remove all obstacles and hinderances to the releasing of your sound for we are in a war and the bugle must sound the alarm so the army knows what is being said in the midst of this battlefield.

The shofar is the voice of God that speaks in our battles and when He does it brings peace in the midst of confusion. Can you hear the voice of God calling out right now, with His voice comes peace even as the war is raging. The hinderance has been removed and now the sound will be clearly heard.