A Host of Hidden Figures

This past Christmas, Twentieth Century Fox, released a powerful story that revealed the genius of a “hidden” group of African American women and their impact on NASA and U.S.  aeronautical program.  This movie is based on the book/brain child of author/entrepreneur Margot Lee Shetterly.  Ms. Shetterly did the hard work of researching this important story of African American History.  The reviews have been remarkable! This story depicts the power of intelligent women willing to be passionate about who they are regardless of the societal norms that constrict freedom.  There are far too many meaningful themes within the film to attempt to  expound them here.  There isn’t enough time, and I probably wouldn’t do it justice. But who knew that this story was out there…a host of hidden figures (voices) that had changed the course of American History.

I watched the movie and have been encouraging others to see it because it is such an uplifting film. Any good film, if it’s worth its salt, will provoke thoughts and reflection.  This film made me think of how so many people do remarkable things, yet go unnoticed living in obscurity.  Recently, our political scene has caused another group of women to come out from behind the scenes.  Without focusing on the political issues, the fact remains, passionate women came out so that their voices could be heard. It made me think of a host of hidden figures coming out from behind the scenes.

Shortly after watching Hidden Figures, I watched another film about another woman, Dinah, a daughter of the Hebrew patriarch Jacob distinguished by name in the biblical text.  The film is called The Red Tent and it is based on a book by Anita Diamant.  It chronicles the story of Dinah-in her own words.  It follows the biblical account, but emphasizes it as told in the voice of Dinah.  Imagine that?  What I thought was so amazing was the fact that I had never thought about what her thoughts may have been through those chapters of Genesis.  The fact remains, she had some!  Here again, the phrase ‘hidden figure’ came to mind.  Dinah experienced a life that could be considered a modern-day soap opera, yet most of us have little to no interest in how she was processing the events of her life.   Unfortunately, this is the fate of far too many intelligent, beautiful, daughters of God-living lives as hidden figures with voices that are silenced by a society entrenched in its own prejudices.

God is always speaking. Unfortunately, all too often we limit the ways in which He can speak. He can speak to anyone in any way that He chooses because He is God. The real issue is whether we are listening.  Are we seeking to perceive what He is saying without our own preconceived ideas altering the reception?  I don’t think so. I find it challenging to move my own pressing thoughts out of the way to hear Him clearly.  (It is a discipline of willful intent.)  Not because His voice is undiscernible but because of the discipline necessary to shut down the other voices competing with His preeminence. Yet, this is what He has called every child of God to do, to be in such communion with Him that the thought at the forefront of all we do is based on what He is saying to us.  This blog is most often about just that…listening to hear what He is saying and simply sharing what is heard.

Recent events keep confirming to me that the Lord is mobilizing His people in a new way.  He is bringing forth what was ordained from the beginning of time and it won’t look like what we think.  At the center of this mobilization, He is calling forth a host of hidden figures.  Yes, I am borrowing the title of this important movie because I heard the LORD speaking through it. The Father, Son and Holy Spirit saying that there are hidden figures that are being positioned to change the course of history- His Story.  It is about His Kingdom being manifested in the earth. A huge portion of this host are daughters of God.

Last year I had a dream in May after Mother’s Day that was a corporate word for women.

This morning I saw two pictures of maybe visions because of there was movement. The first picture was of a group of women on a theatre moving like a marching band.  The group was dressed in suits of crimson. (The blood of Jesus Christ). The styles of the suits looked different but as the women moved into different formations the suits looked the same.  I could not hear anything but from the picture I perceived that they were hearing a sound of a cadence that mad them move into formation.  The next picture was of the same group but then the scene had changed.  I am not sure how to describe it.  It was not a theatre.  I was an open space but the group looked like they were superimposed over it in different places.  The clothes had changed to ordinary clothes and the movement was of praise.  Again, I didn’t hear anything so I am perceiving it as praise based on how the women were moving.  Some were dancing, some clapping, some stomping, jumping. Each was doing something different but there was still a rhythm and a synchrony.

This is the interpretation I received.

Many women have experienced many transitions.  This has been the Spirit of the Lord brining us into a proper formation for what He has for each of us to accomplish for the Kingdom.  We are not all the same.  We have different expressions but as the Spirit moves us we are moving in synchronicity with Him and the differences are not apparent.  We are hearing sounds that are apparent by our obedience to move as directed by the Spirit.  There is a sound of the Spirit, a sound of praise that the Spirit is bringing forth in the body of Christ that is not only a weapon but also a sound that is causing formation and unity to those hearing it and that are willing to move into greater freedom in praise in worship.


I believe the vision that I had speaks to the mobilizing of hidden figures.  Everyday daughters of God that love a King named Jesus Christ and are willing to simply obey the voice of their
Father. In the movie, those women for the most part, stayed in obscurity.  It is only now that we are learning of the tremendous impact their lives played in American History among some of the most honored events of the twentieth century.  I propose that the same will be true of some hidden figures in the Kingdom of God.  There is a host of hidden figures that have discovered who they are and whose they are.  Hidden figures that have a voice and a weapon in the Spirit.  This discovery has compelled them to no longer be silent, not a voice clamoring in the streets, but a herald heard in the spirit and the Kingdom- preparing the way for the coming of the King.  This host is empowered by its Creator and His Spirit and it will be a force to be “reckoned” with (to count, to compute, to calculate, to esteem, to depend on or rely on as in expectation).  While most may remain in obscurity here in this earthly realm, they will be known in His Kingdom and in the ages to come.

Girls get your swords!


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