Over the Christmas break I had been asking the Lord about 2012 and at some point I had one of those in the night encounters where I heard the Lord speak directly into my spirit – “ I will change your polarity”.  I felt the first job was to understand what the word ‘polarity’ actually meant! I am not a scientist but managed to get my head around some physics and chemistry concepts as well as what the word means in terms of international relations – are you impressed! I was! My apologies to all science students, but please bear with me as I share my very basic understanding.

In the world of physics the word is used to describe a physical attribute e.g. a magnet has a north and south, and in a battery the polarity is either + or – and the electrical charge flows from + to -.

In chemical terms polarity is a feature of a chemical bond where 2 atoms of a molecule have different capacity to attract other electrons. This causes a polar electrical field. The higher the atomic number the more it attracts electrons.

In international relations – polarity is about a distribution of power e.g. we have

• Bi-polarity in the time of the Cold War with two centres of global power – USA and USSR.
• Unipolarity is where one state has most of the cultural, economic and military influence e.g. USA since 1991 when USSR fell
• Non-polarity where there are numerous centre of power but no centre dominates any other centre.

Having reflected on these dynamics I sense some are personal to me, some for the community at Antioch, some for Wales and wider. What strikes though me is that they are all about power shifts in some way, –

Personal power shifts

• Personal attributes e.g. the level of revelation we walk in and the freedom we experience in the day to day to choose to do the right thing. Some shifts in how we operate – from fear to faith, mourning to joy, disappointment to hope, empty to full.
• What we attract will change – maybe more media attention and profile or more/different people being drawn to us
• For some people the direction or flow they have been walking in will change. I see a new flow in finances, and many are already feeling the transition.

Power of attraction and relationship

• I sense that relational bonds will change, some shifts in relationships and a growing organic shape and structure will emerge
• Also see issues resolving and new connections forming this year

Distribution of power will change

• We are already seeing this in a global sense with the rise of Brazil, Russia, India and China (BRIC nations) and European/USA economic struggles and the down-scaling of American military capacity. Also with our own national government there is a desire to shift power to be more locally based and Scotland is pushing forward with its desire for independence which may force the issue of a new Act of Union between the nations of the UK.
• Wales and church community – we are used to seeing a concentration of God’s power in a geographical location (Toronto, Bethel, Lakeland), but I sense a distribution of power across the body, a diffusion of power, more diffuse and unseen – God manifesting more powerfully in the micro, personal and individual level. This will have an effect on how decisions are made and who has control over resources!
• I can even sense a shift at the molecular subatomic and quark level in our bodies as we increasingly vibrate to the frequency of heaven. Spontaneous healings with no ‘ministry’ in sight now that would be something!

All feels a bit wild really and I am left with a sense of God who can do far more than we could ask or think or imagine. So I am beginning to let my imagination loose and see what happens. Love this journey! Will keep unpacking the word in later posts and share what the unfolding of it looks like for us.