* BURIED ALIVE * SEEDS THAT ARE CRYING OUT * EMBRACING THE ROOTS OF OTHER PASTORS

From: William C. Yount Bill's email: blowtheshofar@juno.com May 27, 2001

I sense the Lord saying, "I'm planting pastors."

I've heard of the Lord planting churches, but never planting pastors until now. But it's a season of God planting pastors like seeds in the ground for a great Harvest.

He's planting you way deep.

"BURIED ALIVE"

Many are experiencing a "buried alive" feeling. That's why it seems so dark right now.

As these pastors began to cry out to God for help, it seemed the opposite was taking place. It seemed like God was allowing the "process of death" to happen to these seeds: death to self, ambitions, death to the visions for their churches and for their own lives. They became as dead men buried six feet under-- with their dreams decaying and seeing nothing but dirt as they cried out to God for a pure heart to see Him.

SEEDS THAT ARE CRYING OUT

As these seeds were crying out to God with tears, they began to soften from the moisture and break all apart. Small tiny roots began to grow downward as a result of the brokenness taking place.

EMBRACING THE ROOTS OF OTHER PASTORS

These roots grew so deep that a strong confidence could be sensed coming to the earth around them and even above them. Roots also started to shoot gradually outward as though these roots were reaching out to embrace other roots of pastors that were growing beneath the city.

As these roots connected, a greater power could be felt even almost physically above the ground in the churches of these pastors.

Walls between these churches began to crack and fall as the fruit of this giant root system began to grow upward breaking the surface of the ground. A major ground-breaking and shaking was being felt that would harvest the whole city.

Bill Yount blowtheshofar@juno.com