Prophetic Word: Today, the Father says, come into alignment with My will and purpose for your life. I will make the crooked places straight and release streams in the desert. I will make your life blossom with My goodness and favor. You will bear fruit so that others will see My glory and be drawn to Me. When you walk with me in the wilderness, it is a place of preparation, where you learn to trust Me and where I release My provision and signs and wonders. Now is the time I call you to step into the promised land I have purposed for you. Do not fear, for I am with you. I have a reason for each season. You will see My glory revealed in your life and in your circumstances. Come, My Bride. Follow Me into the blessings and abundance I have for you, says the Spirit of the Lord!
Today we’re going to look at crossing over: crossing into the promised land, our next season, and into our destiny. In every season, God reveals to us a unique aspect of His presence and nature. Just as the natural world has seasons, so does the spiritual world, with seasons like wilderness, harvest, pruning, and growth. These seasons influence our walk with God and our faith, helping us mature in Christ and bear fruit.
For example, pruning is not necessarily a sign that we have done something wrong. In fact, pruning often precedes promotion. Our heavenly Father prunes from our lives what hinders our growth (John 15:1‒2). It may even include relationships that we must let go of and not bring into the new season. Even as we submit to His pruning, we may feel the pain of loss, but we will soon experience the joy and productivity of growth. It is important to understand which season we are in so we can complete it. The Holy Spirit can reveal it to us and give us strategies for walking through it.
We are crossing over to something new, and we must shift our minds to the heavenly realm and watch God move on our behalf. When God is done with a season, we must be done too! We can’t bring the old season’s baggage into the new season. We need to release what belongs to the past season. We must release the old wineskin, the mindset and beliefs from the previous season, to step into the new thing God has planned for us. God wants us to come out of captivity into freedom, out of lack into prosperity, and out of sickness into health.
Sometimes we stay in a place because it feels familiar and comfortable, and we think we are in control. Sometimes we stay because we fear what might be on the other side, or we encounter a storm (Mark 4:35‒40). God is challenging us to have faith in Him and move to the other side when He tells us. Prophesy to yourself: “I am going to the other side.”
The Jewish autumn harvest festival, celebrated for seven days beginning at the end of September, is called Sukkot, or the “festival of booths,” also known as the Feast of Tabernacles or Tents, and recalls the wilderness through its temporary dwelling in booths. Still, it celebrates the harvest blessing in the promised land.
The wilderness is not punishment or our permanent address, but a training ground where we find our true identity in Christ as sons and daughters of the King, with a royal identity and destiny. It is where we learn dependence on Him. The wilderness will expose what is inside of us. It’s a place of testing and trials that lead us to victory as we trust, follow, and surrender to the Lord. In Matthew 4:1, the Spirit led Jesus into the wilderness to conquer it in every way. Christ teaches us to conquer the enemy through the Word of God (Matthew 4:4). So we must focus on the Word and walk by faith, not by sight, following the Holy Spirit’s leading (2 Corinthians 5:7; James 1:2-4).
God is our source, and He will make a clear path through the wilderness and help us flourish by giving us His wisdom, guidance, and instruction. When He provides rivers in the desert, this speaks of the Spirit’s outpouring and the life-giving waters He gives, which Jesus spoke about on the last day of the Feast of Tabernacles (John 7:37-39). We will not be destroyed; we will come out of the wilderness in the Spirit’s power, as Jesus did (Luke 4:14).
Nobody likes the wilderness, but it prepares us to face the giants standing in our way. When we get ready to step into something new that God has for us, we need to let go of our self-centeredness, maybe some relationships, and die to the things God asks us to. We need to do this so we don’t carry the same giants into our next season.
After Prophet Samuel anointed David king, David returned to his sheep in the wilderness, where he killed a bear and a lion before he ever faced a giant. He learned to trust in God and developed other weapons, such as prayer, decrees, and declarations, as we see in the book of Psalms. Therefore, in 1 Samuel 17, David saw himself as the defender of the living God and believed God would deliver Goliath into his hands. He knew God had delivered him before and that the battle is the LORD’s (1 Samuel 17:47).
When we examine the Israelites’ battles in the Old Testament, we can see how they responded when they faced giants and armies. How we see ourselves matters, as it did for Gideon in Judges 6. An Angel of the Lord greeted him, saying, “The Lord is with you, you mighty man of valor.” And told him that he would save Israel from the hand of the Midianites. But he said his clan was the weakest and he was the least in his father’s house. God needed to help him adjust how he saw himself to how God saw him.
After Moses sent the 12 spies into the promised land, they returned with a report that giants lived there, and they saw themselves as grasshoppers (Numbers 13:26-33). Fear and unbelief engulfed them. They forgot what God had promised and could not enter the promised land (Hebrews 3:19). I prophesy over you that you are not like the Israelites who shrank back. You will learn what God wants to teach you in the wilderness, see God’s signs and miracles, and move forward in the power of the Spirit when He calls you to advance, as you learn to trust and lean on Him.
We are sons and daughters of God, and we need to see ourselves as He sees us in Christ, worthy, qualified, and victorious.We must seek the Holy Spirit and the strategy to move forward. We must humble ourselves, relinquish control to God, and depend on Him.
I recently heard a prophetic word about days of divine acceleration that spoke to me about an accelerated transition connecting the Feast of Tabernacles to moving forward. I had been seeing 11:11 on the clock frequently, which signifies transition. Acceleration occurs at the boundary between two seasons. The end of one season begins another. For example, God says in Deuteronomy 1:6, “You have dwelt long enough at this mountain.” Decree and prophesy to yourself: “No more circling! I’m moving into my promise! I am going to the other side!”
I have learned to ask the Holy Spirit what I am transitioning into, then wait upon Him for the answer. Waiting can be difficult when you’re between two seasons or before the breakthrough manifests, but God is faithful as we wait on Him and do what He asks during the wait (Isaiah 40:31).
We will face ground to take and giants to overcome in the promised land, but Jesus Christ has already defeated the enemy through His death and resurrection. Therefore, we can destroy every enemy we face, such as fear, unbelief, financial troubles, insecurity, and disappointment. God can destroy all our enemies and move us into the victory Jesus won for us. God allows things to bring us to greater maturity as we grow in intimacy with Him and release our faith.
Last month, on 9/11/26, we stepped into the Hebrew new year 5787. The 8 represents the decade of Pey (on our calendar, 2019-2029), associated with the mouth. The last number 7 is associated with Zayin, used in this prophetic picture as a weapon: a sword. The sword we carry is the Word of God in our mouths (Hebrews 4:12). The Word of God becomes a two-edged sword when it comes out of our heart and mouth (Ephesians 6:17). It slays our enemies when we decree aloud what God has promised to give us from a Rhema, or living Word, we receive from the Scriptures or a prophetic word.
We must also walk in the Spirit of Might. We walk in the same anointing that Jesus carried because He lives in us. Isaiah 11: 2 says, “The Spirit of the LORD shall rest upon Him, the Spirit of wisdom and understanding, the Spirit of counsel and might, the Spirit of knowledge and of the fear of the LORD.
I went to a deliverance conference this summer called Gibbor. I didn’t know then that Gibbor is the Hebrew word translated “might” or “champion,” carrying the sense of strength, might, and valor. So when God clothed Gideon with might, He clothed him with Himself, El Gibbor (Judges 6:34). God doesn’t always remove the fight, but He teaches us to live in victory.
We are in an anointed season! We are anointed to crosss over! Let’s see what we look like when we come out of the wilderness into the promised land.[1]
Who is this coming out of the wilderness like pillars of smoke, perfumed with myrrh and frankincense, with all the merchant’s fragrant powders? Song of Solomon 3:6
Who is this coming up from the wilderness, leaning upon her beloved? Song of Solomon 8:5
We come out anointed like Jesus, leaning on Him, our Beloved. The three wise men from the East brought myrrh and frankincense, representing kingship (Matthew 2:11), and Mary anointed Jesus at Bethany with spikenard for His burial (John 12:1‒8).
Our destiny awaits us, but it is not only about us. Every battle we face against giants is a fight for our future, our families, for others, and future generations. We must set aside offense and what people may say, stay focused on the giant before us, and on what God wants to do in and through us. We can’t focus on circumstances; we must keep our eyes on the prize: possessing the promise. However, let us never become so focused on possessing the promise that we forget the One who gave it to us. Agree with God and see the promise as a present-tense reality in the spiritual realm. In other words, see it in the Spirit.
We all have a book of destiny written about us in heaven. Jesus had a book in heaven written about Him, and He fulfilled everything written about Him (Psalm 40:6-8).
Your eyes saw my substance, being yet unformed. And in your book they all were written, the days fashioned for me, when as yet there were none of them. Psalm 139:16
Therefore, when He came into the world, He said: “Sacrifice and offering You did not desire, but a body You have prepared for Me. In burnt offerings and sacrifices for sin You had no pleasure. Then I said, ‘Behold, I have come— in the volume of the book it is written of Me—To do Your will, O God.’” Hebrews 10:5‒7
We can engage with our book of destiny in heaven by decreeing that it is open by the blood of Jesus, the Lamb slain before the foundation of the world, read aloud, and executed in heaven according to Daniel 7:9‒10 and Malachi 3:16. Decree and prophesy over yourself: “I decree my book of destiny is open, read aloud, and executed in heaven. I will execute it on earth. God will sovereignly lead my way, and I will see it manifest. I will fulfill everything that is written about me in my book, just as Jesus did.”[2]
Our words are powerful. Let’s determine in our hearts that our mouths shall not be a weapon against our destiny; we shall speak words of life that align with what heaven is saying. Listen again to the prophetic words you have received, and speak them aloud to remind yourself and the devil of what God has written in your book in heaven.
This week, ask the Holy Spirit to reveal what season you are in and what your next steps are. Remember, we must obey the Holy Spirit’s leading to do God’s will. Is there something you need to do to prepare for the next season He has for you, so you can move into it when He directs you? Is He asking you to trust Him and step over into the promise He has given you? Is there a giant to defeat? What is the strategy to defeat it?
Ask the Father what He wants to teach you about His presence and nature so that you can know Him more intimately. We can cry out to God, as David did in Psalm 25:4: “Show me Your ways, O Lord; Teach me Your paths.” As we contemplate His ways, we will receive a greater revelation of His love in the destiny He has prepared for us to walk in.
Let’s take a moment to thank Him: Father, thank You for what You are teaching us and for Your presence with us. May we learn to lean on You as our Beloved. Thank You for sustaining and carrying us through because You are faithful. Thank You for giving us Jesus to save, heal, and deliver us. Thank You for Your love, Your grace, and for anointing us with the Holy Spirit and power, in Jesus’ name. Amen.
Scripture taken from the New King James Version®. Copyright © 1982 by Thomas Nelson. Used by permission. All rights reserved.
[1] Sandie Freed, Wilderness Webinar, YouTube, September 29, 2026.
[2] Souza, Katie. (2026, 10 16). The Secret Books [Webinar]. Zoom. https://us02web.zoom.us/j/85165585654
