Vision of the plow

This morning, I was praying in the Holy Spirit and praising the Lord.  After several minutes, I began to pray in English, "Lord, break up the fallow ground."  This was for the area we are in, the Avila Mountains, as well as for the city of Carayaca.  The Holy Spirit began to show me a vision of a plow making furrows in dry ground.  It came to a stop against a rock and could not seem to go any further.   The rock was not very big, about 4 inches or so thick and as wide as a man's hand.  The color of the rock was a light tan, rather dull and boring.  It was very smooth and I recognized this as showing that this particular obstacle had been here for a long time.  As I continued to pray in the Spirit, the plow kept bumping against the rock and moving no farther.  I began to pray for the Lord to remove the rock. 

The word "complacency" came to me.  Apparently, this was the evil spirit that is keeping the Christians in the area from serving God with all their hearts.  I began to bind that spirit along with others such as sloth and lethargy. I asked the Father to touch the hearts of His people so they would stop putting Him last and begin to seek Him first.

Joyce Schrader

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