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Ricci Wilson

The “Hannahs”—the intercessors—must arise! Hannah came and brought Samuel a little coat each time she came to worship at the temple. She kept him covered in her prayers throughout his life. Hannah seemed to truly understand Samuel’s destiny, and as such, she kept him covered in prayer to ensure her own sacrifice achieved its highest and best in the Kingdom of Heaven. Hannah saw with her own eyes what was occurring in the temple. She was not blind, but the Lord gave her the grace and a knowing that there was something about this divine gift that she was given that would change the course of Israel’s history. Hannah knew the impact of this life that came from her barren womb. She would not have turned that baby over to a corrupt priesthood without faith from God that his life would rectify the priesthood. She was an intercessor and that is what intercessors do—they grab hold of the horns of the altar and they seek the face of God until they know the truth, and then they hold on to that truth in the midst of the tumultuous seasons. They will always seek the face of God until they have won the victory. Time and time again, I’ve seen it, intercessors press in like none other. This is what the "Hannahs" do, and then they give birth to the Samuels who go and declare the Word of the Lord within the midst of unbelievable darkness. What a beautiful work of the Lord!



What does this have to do with the D.C. Gathering and what God wants to do in our nation in 2020 and beyond? It’s prayer and the rise of the Hannah and Samuel Generation! Hannah prayed it in and Samuel carried it out!



In 1906, God came to Southern California in a tiny church on Azusa Street. A pastor came and prayed and birthed a Pentecostal movement in this tiny church. He was full of the Spirit of God and held nothing back as he gave God free reign to move and flow within his congregation. He came and He birthed a revival that would not only last several years in our country, but within two short years, the revival would sweep across the earth to over fifty nations—FIFTY in the early 1900s! And friends, it transformed those nations! It went up to Canada, it went over to Russia, Ukraine, Korea; missionaries took it to Africa, and China. It was in Europe, Taiwan, Singapore, all the way to Australia! Within two years, people not only came from all from the world, but they were sent to all parts of the earth to release the revival around the world. There was a change at every level, from the religious understanding of the book of Acts to the social, economic and family structures within the nations. It was a revolutionary reformation that occurred in under two years; this was a move of God unlike anything that had ever touched the earth before.



In Korea, people rose with the sun to pray to God and they sought His face before going to sleep at night. A group of intercessors wept for years in the Ukraine and it was their intercessions that brought revival to Ukraine. Missionaries, baptized in the Holy Spirit, felt called to Africa. When they arrived, they got off the boat and supernaturally had received the gift of the tribal languages! The tribal members recognized the language and hearts were opened to the Gospel! They’d escort them to their villages and as a result, revival swept across Africa! Talk about faith!



While we were in D.C. the Lord began to speak to me about that revival in prayer and during worship. As we prayed for nations a common thread emerged, it was the Azusa Street Revival and how it impacted the nations! Did you know that South Korea was blessed by God through that revival for decades? They carried out their morning and evening prayers for many, many years, much longer than we did here. When we prayed over Russia and Ukraine, I had a vision of the intercessors who’d wept for revival to come to Ukraine. I saw the pull of their intercession literally grab hold of the revival and drag it across Russia and into Ukraine. The Lord told me those tears are still in the soil. So, what does that mean? The seeds of revival are already in these nations waiting to be ignited once again! What are we waiting for? What’s missing?



We are missing two key factors: the Hannahs and the Samuels—those who will seek the Lord and keep a covering over the commission of the Lord, and those who will go and deliver the Word of the Lord regardless of the cost. Samuel faced a king who had already turned his back on God, a king who could have ordered his beheading at a moment's notice, and yet, Samuel told him that to obey is better than sacrifice. That is courage, that is the drive, that is the fight for the purity and the holiness of the living God to go forth at all cost. Samuel walked with the Lord and remained pure all the days of his life. The Lord gave him the privilege of anointing King David, the king who would be called “a man after God's own heart.” Though David made mistakes in his lifetime, to this day he is still considered “a man after God's own heart.” Of the nearly fifty kings that reigned in Israel and Judah, there were only about six or seven of them who were good in the eyes of God, who heard the Word of the Lord and fought to ensure they were obedient and submitted to God’s will. That’s less than ten percent, not a very good ratio, is it? Samuel fought for righteousness, he fought for truth and he sought God in all things. He spoke the truth in love and he spoke it no matter how difficult the circumstances.



He did the circuit around Israel as righteous judge, always striving, all the days of his life, to bring people into a relationship with God. It was so important to him to obey the Word of the Lord that he anointed David years before he would become king, knowing Saul would’ve had him killed had he discovered the errand. Obedience was Samuel’s priority and because of this, the anointing of God was upon Samuel, as was the fear of the Lord. Saul had many priests killed in the years to come, yet he would not touch Samuel because the fear of God was upon him. Kings respond to the fear of God within a person. Obedience to God is born of a holy fear of God and it played a key role in all that Samuel did.



To be continued next week…

Blessings & love,

Ricci Wilson