I was listening to some prophetic words on You Tube this morning and one of the suggested videos was about flooding happening in Dubai. For you that don’t know, Dubai is a very wealthy city and is in a desert location. The flooding literally diverted flights, stopped traffic and brought the city to a stand still, last night our time, which was during the day for them their time. As I was watching the videos the Holy Spirit spoke to me and said, “Isaiah 43”. For you that have ears to hear I believe there is a prophetic word of encouragement in this chapter for us with this natural occurrence happening in Dubai right now.

Isaiah 43 speaks of what God did to Babylon, how God delivered His people out of Egypt. The chapter is often quoted as one of the most used do not fear verses and how no matter what we walk through God will bring us out. But that all precedes what the Lord is prophetically highlighting for us today. Listen to verse 18-22 “Do not call to mind the former things, Or ponder things of the past. Behold, I will do something new, Now it will spring forth; Will you not be aware of it? I will even make a roadway in the wilderness, Rivers in the desert. The beasts of the field will glorify Me, The jackals and the ostriches, Because I have given waters in the wilderness And rivers in the desert, to give drink to My chosen people. The people whom I formed for Myself Will declare My praise.”

The desert is flooding as we speak, so this word is in now time, but what the Holy Spirit highlighted was the word formed, “The people whom I formed for Myself will declare My praise.” Formed in Hebrew means, be narrow, to bind, be cramped, distressed, vexed, squeezed into shape. This is not about all people, this is about those people who have been squeezed by the Lord into the shape He wanted to make them and they submitted to the squeezing. You who the Lord has formed, do not call to mind the former things, neither revivals nor mistakes, for God is doing something brand new.

I believe this prophetic picture out of Dubai is to tell us God wants us to not look for another revival or another model which is the old dressed in new clothes, He is doing something brand new. He wants to know can we perceive it. We have been squeezed in order to minister to Him and now we are the new wine skin carrying the new wine. Look, the rivers in the desert are prophesying to the ones who have been squeezed. This is good news.