What a beautiful spring season this has been. My heart overflows with gratitude as I reflect on the progress we’ve seen in the last few months—especially in areas we once thought were already well established in the move of the Spirit. Yet the Lord, in His kindness, has breathed fresh life into us again after a transformative winter. 

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God has stirred us not only to serve others more deeply, but also to return to the essential foundations of the prophetic. These are the very principles that must be firmly laid once more—not only for those that need reminding, but also for a new generation learning to prophesy well, and for those being called and shaped as prophets in this hour.

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Above all, Holy Spirit continues to remind us of something both simple and profound: humility is our true cutting edge. ‘Sharpness’ is not always found in having the latest “word” or being seen as relevant or having all the answers. Rather, it is in walking low before Him, anchored in His heart, that we carry what is most powerful and enduring.

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One of the most vital principles we’re learning is this: even when we can prophesy into a situation or someone’s life, it doesn’t always mean we should. At times, stepping in too quickly can unintentionally take away the beauty of someone discovering God’s voice and guidance for themselves.

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Learning when to speak and when to remain silent is part of the deeper journey into Christian maturity and grace. It’s about offering what we carry with sensitivity and discernment, rather than presenting it uninvited or prematurely.

There’s an invitation here for all of us to grow. This kind of adjustment is not a setback—it’s a mark of maturing in the prophetic life, where love, wisdom, and restraint shape how we serve others.

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On a more serious note, as we enter this summer season, as we step aside to rest, recover, and prepare for the days ahead, let’s guard against becoming insulated by our own favourite comfort  zones, while others  are suffering greatly for the name of Jesus. Across the nations, there are believers who do not enjoy the ease we very often take for granted. They are pressing on through hardship, opposition, and persecution, all the while remaining faithful to Christ.

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This is a season to be alert and awake, not to kick back and drift along. A season to give thanks, yes, but also to be shaken out of our entitlement and brought back to the sacredness and seriousness of the hour in which we live. The Lord is calling us all, as His people, to a deeper burden, a sharper awareness, and a more costly form of love. He is adjusting the levels in our lives as in many areas, we are out of balance, choosing our own idea of ‘the good life’ over what He is asking of us. The blessing we live in is not merely for enjoyment; it is for stewardship, prayer, and standing with those who bear great suffering for the gospel.

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So this summer, let’s all pay attention to this, and while taking time to rest, be sober in our outlook.  Let’s make sure our hearts (and mouths) are full of thanksgiving and let’s live alert and aware.  Pray for the persecuted Church, honour their witness, and remembering that the kingdom of God advances not through ease, but through faithfulness, sacrifice, and burning devotion to Jesus Christ. Let’s not squander the price paid or the seed sown by the blood of the martyrs.  It is precious. To do so is arrogance. Rather we must be found learning from these precious brothers and sisters. They have much to teach us.

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This summer, my prayer for each one of us is that we will find ourselves living from God’s presence rather than the ‘drivenness’ that ministry can demand.  Not that we become lazy—we are still called to faithfulness in our ‘call’, but that we will be brought to that place in Him of yieldedness which strips us of all performance and the need to ‘always have a word’. 

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That each one of us would be governed by the peace that God gives, rather than drivenness and that our lives would show more than anything that our identity is deeply embedded and rooted in Christ Jesus.

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Rebecca