If I could plan it so, I would program the PLAYLIST at the bottom of this BLOG to play song #9, “When God Ran”, a song that came my way just this past week. Normally, when I add a new song, it moves to the bottom of the list. For some odd reason I moved it up further to the top of the PLAYLIST not knowing why I did that at the time. Today I know. It was moved into the #9 slot as it connects and confirms what the Holy Spirit is speaking regarding today’s special "triple 9 date". If it is not playing right now, it might be worth your while to slip down below, select the song, and listen for a moment or while you read the following.
Yesterday morning the Lord began to stir in me to share on the blog what He opened my eyes to regarding today’s significant date … 9/9/09. First, I searched for the meaning of the number 9. Several of my books on symbolism noted that this number is the number of the Holy Spirit (9 fruits of the Spirit – Galatians 5:22-23; 9 gifts of the Spirit – 1 Corinthians 12:8-11).
Next, I did what I usually do when searching for “the Lord’s take” on any number … I head to the scriptures and search books, chapters, and verses until my spirit is quickened by Him that I have found what He sent me on my search to find! With a date like 9/9/09 there was only one possibility that would line up with this special date. It was Psalm 99:9. I believe this scripture connects to this day prophetically.
Psalm 99:9 “Exalt the Lord our God, and worship at His holy hill; for the Lord our God is holy.”
Psalm 99 is a chapter focused on God’s holiness and an attribute He calls us all to in our lives. Please note that this chapter has 9 verses only. Number 9 is definitely speaking today.
Psalm 99 is a chapter focused on God’s holiness and an attribute He calls us all to in our lives. Please note that this chapter has 9 verses only. Number 9 is definitely speaking today.
I have for some time now prayed for the “lost sheep and prodigals” to come home to the Father. As I have prayed I continually remind the Father about His Word in Luke … how He will leave the 99 sheep to go find the one that is lost and entangled in the world somewhere. And there in the same chapter we find how when the prodigal son came to himself and turned from his wild living back to the Father, THE FATHER RAN TO HIS SON WHILE HE WAS STILL FAR OFF!! I know He hears my prayer and I thank Him for answering my request before it comes to fruition.
Luke 15:4 “What man of you, having an hundred sheep, if he lose one of them, doth not leave the ninety and nine in the wilderness, and go after that which is lost, until he find it?”
Luke 15:20 “And he arose, and came to his father. But when he was yet a great way off, his father saw him, and had compassion, and ran, and fell on his neck, and kissed him.”
Yesterday as the Holy Spirit began to move in my spirit regarding the lost sheep, the prodigals, and the number 99 in Psalms 99, I also read Chapter 100 that followed. What a powerful chapter on “God’s faithfulness” that is familiar to anyone who has spent much time in the Word or listening at Church. Verse 3 jumped off the pages …
Psalm 100: 3 “Know ye that the LORD he is God: it is he that hath made us, and not we ourselves; we are his people, and the sheep of his pasture.”
There it is … a connection with His people being “sheep” just as was mentioned in Luke and more confirmation to me as I listened to the Holy Spirit connect the dots regarding my heart’s cry towards those who have gone astray and His stirring over this very prophetic day.
As I normally do, I shared each of these points with Michael and his immediate thought was, “Linda, have you thought to check out the 9th book in the Bible, 9th Chapter, 9th verse?” No, I had not. I counted the books and the 9th book is 1 Samuel. So, 1 Samuel 9:9 would be the scripture for us to find.
1 Samuel 9:9 “Beforetime in Israel, when a man went to enquire of God, thus he spake, Come, and let us go to the seer: for he that is now called a Prophet was beforetime called a Seer.”
As I normally do, I shared each of these points with Michael and his immediate thought was, “Linda, have you thought to check out the 9th book in the Bible, 9th Chapter, 9th verse?” No, I had not. I counted the books and the 9th book is 1 Samuel. So, 1 Samuel 9:9 would be the scripture for us to find.
1 Samuel 9:9 “Beforetime in Israel, when a man went to enquire of God, thus he spake, Come, and let us go to the seer: for he that is now called a Prophet was beforetime called a Seer.”
Both Michael and I found this scripture so very interesting as we know one way the Lord uses us in ministry is through a “seer gifting” … hearing God through what we are seeing in the natural and in the Spirit.
Today we are seeing 9/9/09 symbolically and prophetically as a day that “the Lord is calling His people to a pathway of holiness, and in so doing, He is also issuing through this blog encouragement to those of us praying for the prodigals to come home and that the Father has left the 99 to find that one lost sheep.” AMEN and AMEN!!
Lastly, you might find the following information interesting on the number 9.
The sum of the digits which form 9 are always a multiple of 9.
EXAMPLE: 2x9=18 (1+8=9); 3x9=27 (2+7=9); 4x9=36 (3+6=9), and so on.
It is also true of larger numbers.
EXAMPLE: 684329 x 9 = 6158961; (6+1+5+8+9+6+1 = 36; 3+6=9)
As those beloved prodigals take that first step back … we all shall rejoice as the Father runs to welcome his children back home again!
As those beloved prodigals take that first step back … we all shall rejoice as the Father runs to welcome his children back home again!
Number interpretations and examples came from “The Symbolic Meanings of Numbers” by Rose Crownover
