The Storm that hit the heart of the city

June 7, 2007

Joel Akin

 Where do I start but by grabbing my tea and waiting on the Lord.

First let us begin with a dream. Yesterday morning, without knowledge of what had happened in the city, I dreamed of a flood outside my front door. It was dark water, filled with mud and debris.

 When I woke up it was raining. It hadn't stopped. It was going on and on and on and it was a rain that filled the city. The heart of the city was affected the hardest. There nearly 72 centimeters of rain had fallen. That is an incredible 25 inches. That much hit the heart and it was this which God showed me in prophecy just a short week ago.

In the story I wrote of Calgary and Deerfoot. I said if the heart of the city wasn't connected to the main artery then there was trouble. The heart needed to have two major arteries. One coming and one going. And it is true with any body the size of Calgary.

Now the one point I mentioned is if something happened to the one artery, which was Deerfoot Trail, then the city would shut down. And as it happened the city did start to shut down when every entrance to Deerfoot was flooded.

Now I didn't stop with this article. I went on and said the heart of Calgary was located over an ancient grave. And that a giant glacier would melt and a flood would ensue and the city itself would be carried downstream. This did happen spiritually which means someday it will happen in the natural.

While this storm was ongoing I had a conversation with God about the breakthrough I had asked for that morning. I wanted a breakthrough and though I had sought him for one indirectly I had not mentioned one specifically.

 It was approaching midnight when God spoke. He told me that three were approaching the breakthrough point. And he showed me that it was like a major fire. The wood was burning and the people were being protected. He then showed me that there was only one region that was left. He called it the Sphere of Influence. Within that area the fire still raged. And that was where I was in. The heart of the fire.

While this was going on I was dealing with things of wisdom. And in prayer because of the shaking I was feeling from the fear of massive lightning and thunder. It was around us and within the city. The city was being ravaged hard and it was hitting not just our area but was aimed at the heart of the city. The weathermen said today this was very unusual as most go to the edges but never to the heart. And another thing was all the strikes of lightning actually starting fires. I heard one report there were seven fire starting strikes. One was serious that I know of.

It didn't stop and the calls to emergency services were relentless hitting well over 4,000 calls. There were people caught in floods and people trapped inside and homes filling up with water. It was a true storm.

Yet the last thing God said to me Tuesday night the 5th was the phrase "Its only a matter of Mopping up." Mopping up is what one says when a war is won. The war can be with nature or it can be with man. In this case it was with spiritual powers and authorities. So when I dreamed of the flood after being told of the fire it made sense that God would bring the battle into the natural and that meant into the city of  Calgary.

And to my amazement this morning the headline for the Calgary Herald was "Mopping up" and it was the exact phrase God had used.

Now all together it sounds like there was a spiritual war. There was. God was pushing sin out of the city. He had to fight with evil and he had to fight with the devil and he had to fight against power and principality. And then he had to fight with those who were of faith in men. They too wanted this story to go their way. And so he had to fight things that could not make sense.

Then God had to fight with me. I was fighting for understanding but I was pushing for help. And so by fighting with me he had to fight with me on a front I could bear. And that was fighting my heart.

Now I wasn't a fan of the city but he had to put the heart of Calgary into my thoughts. And to do that I had to write a story that sounded so obscure and so specific no one will figure it out. And that was on another page other then here. Not in Joel Akin but in Freedom Bridge. And Freedom Bridge was called that by God because God wanted it to be Freedom. Not just for me but for those who were to come. They were people who would marvel at the things they saw. That is spirit lead people. For God will take them to the things that happened in the heart of the city. And it will be spiritual in nature. And he will show who was there and why. And he will show that God doesn't make mistakes. That is he knows some suffered but those will be compensated. Either by men or by the Lord. So pass it on.

Now the real important part of this story is I knew I was involved. Not just in a small way but a big way. I struggle with the thought that I am part of removing sin from the city when evil is always present. So I was responsible for yelling at sin and man in one day. And that happened at a neighbors house and she will be honored.

The next thing is God had to get me free and that meant putting me into things that were desire related so I could hold Wisdom. That might sound strange but Wisdom struggled to be held because she was a spirit. And she was a daughter of God and she was frightened of storms. But I had a friendship which she clung to and that helped.

All this might seem strange because if anyone had looked I seemed to be alone. Yet I was fighting with fear over every flash and that isn't like me. I can sleep through it but not this time.

So the real fact of the matter is God was building up a new li of thought which means beginning. He was creating a well into the earth where the water could drain. And so there might have been micro tremors in Calgary so water could drain into the depth of the earth. After all we had more rain then what is normal. And that is a major storm that hit.

The last thing that happened is I got to change the taste of things. That meant I got to fight for what I believe is right. And that is the way of life.

I want this story to be true. I don't want it to be false. I don't want to hear about more murders and more sickness and more disease. And so I write with caution that I believe the above may be of God.

Now all this is part of the Lord and His promise of a breakthrough. It means that there are things that will change the nature of Calgary. It will begin to see and see will change the name of those who come to help. They will find that men are able to bear things and bear it with life. And they will see a man who is able to pray and does what his heart tells him to do. He is not rooted to things but to God. And in that root there is a route of life called hope.

God doesn't shame. He doesn't give up. He doesn't turn down a prayer of the heart. He just says give. And give is to carry a line to men with prayer. For if I pray and if I go and if I turn away then God will not hear me. If turn back to God in prayer no matter which path is there God will be there. It is like David who suffered torment from Saul and from the spirit that hindered him. And that soul of the spirit was in hell. Yet even in hell David fought and was released with prayer.

 And if there is a prayer of psalms it is this

I give a prayer of divine hope. It is hope for God to deliver. It is in this prayer I am trying to find out how to have a life. It is a prayer of hope. It is a prayer of life. It is a prayer that leads to life. For out of darkness I pray. Out of the depth I weep. I am hope but I cannot be. For I hear a man who cries harder and a man who weeps with prayer. And he cries out for deliverance. And he cries out with pain. And if I am Hope then I am not able to bear this man. I grant him release.

There are three men who called out from the night and said "Hope, do not release. He has not forsaken you. He has not released you. He prays and he prays and he prays and he prays but with you. He has said in his heart "No, I do not release them. I cling to them. I do not leave them to suffer hell. I am there to pray with them. I am there to pray with them to deliverance. I am there to pray until a prayer is answered. And that is his heart."

And so as a man I speak in mystery of a storm that carried a prayer down to hell. And there in misery was one named hope who had been there with the Spirit of God. She was one who had been carried to hell with sin because of the creature. And the creature was of those who had not been prayed for. I did. I did not give up. I did not cast a spear or hurt at them. I cast it at those who had done wrong. And it was they who had submitted to the wrong spirit. And that spirit was an evil of lie. And lie is the path chosen by those who want things to be well. They go out and sin and do wrong and cast aspersion on the man who prays for the creature. And I do. I pray for those who are destined to suffer without recourse for there were none to help. I pray for them and I build a bridge called Freedom. It is like an egg only the egg which is my own freedom hasn't arrived quite yet. It will arrive and I will endure as best I can.

But if God will grant my prayer then help me stand. For I stand trembling and weak kneed but with a heart that cries out in hope. In hope for Hope to be returned to our world.