Testimony 13

My friend Bianca had the gift of tongue, and usually she would express distinct foreign language passionately in prayer sessions. I often wondered at the content of her articulation. One day, we joined hands to gather in a circle and prayed prophetically. To do that, we would listen and speak whenever the Holy Spirit prompted us, for example, a Bible verse. A few of us spoke out, and I was listening with my eyes closed. Bianca uttered the unfamiliar words, and in the process, she became more intense and zealous. Her voice quavered with emotion as her volume increased emphatically; her hands were shaking and body trembling. Please note that all these while, with our hands joined, it was impossible for me to remain as calm as a sea or as peaceful as a dove.

The Holy Spirit set ablaze my neighbour, spread the fire, and ignited a vision. I saw the brown head of a goat with two grey horns. It didn’t appear lifelike but it seemed like a taxidermied animal used to display on a wall. I was thinking about the link between what she said and what I saw. The answer came like a “thief in the night” and its symbolisation surprised me. Before I shared the interpretation with Bianca, I asked her whether she understood her unique tongue. She replied no, and I was a little taken aback, maybe because God would sometimes translate my vision for me, well everyone had different experiences. So I told her, her enthusiastic extended speech summed up in one word: sacrifice.