Trailblazing

I was driving to work this morning and got behind a Chevy Trailblazer, and the Holy Spirit started to talk to me about trailblazing…my initial thought was fire and burning 24/7 paths throughout the world, but as I had a dialogue with God about it this a.m., I realized that He wasn’t talking about fire this time. “Trailblazing”, in it’s native meaning, had to do with marking trails in the woods. The “blazes” served as guides to those who came behind the trailblazing pioneer. The pioneer would etch marks in the trees with a hatchet, and then chop his way through the forest, letting those after him see his trail.

This really smacked me between the eyes, and I started to realize that God is talking to us about a Nazarite trail. A forerunning path. We’re making straight the paths, marking these trails in the spirit for others to follow. After a trail is marked in the woods, then it’s cleared for walking:

“Prepare God’s arrival!
Make the road smooth and straight!
Every ditch will be filled in,
Every bump smoothed out,
The detours straightened out,
All the ruts paved over.
Everyone will be there to see
The parade of God’s salvation.”
(Luke 3:4-6, The Message)

This is what’s going on with these furnaces; they’re paving the way for His glory. Think of it as laying out a highway…you mark the path, then clear the land, then pave the way. These 24/7 Burn furnaces are marking the path and clearing the land right now. We’re painting marks on the “trees” of our cities, saying: “This place is for Jesus – and here comes His army”. Then we clear out the sticks and stones, and level the ground. Then the 3rd stage is the paving…laying a structure and a foundational road for His glory to travel on…for the King to ride in on.

As these Burns continue, we’re going to see a transition from “tagging” what’s rightfully God’s to clearing out the debris in the heavenlies. People are going to get free and delivered en masse at furnaces and citywide prayer watches. There’s a spring cleaning that’s about to happen in cities. After God has completed that, the concrete will go in the ground…the rock solid Church that is unwavering will be poured out. The warrior Bride with oil in her lamp will walk out of her chamber. And the nations will have a road to travel on, a pathway to the Lord.

8 And a highway will be there;
it will be called the Way of Holiness.
The unclean will not journey on it;
it will be for those who walk in that Way;
wicked fools will not go about on it.

10 and the ransomed of the LORD will return.
They will enter Zion with singing;
everlasting joy will crown their heads.
Gladness and joy will overtake them,
and sorrow and sighing will flee away.
(Isaiah 35:8-10)

By Dave Hightower
Burn Spring Hill Director