Perhaps you have prayed for a shift. Perhaps you have travailed for a shift. Perhaps you have long wondered if a shift would ever come in your situation.
Do not feel alone. Many have been on the front lines for a very long time. We may be wounded and battle weary but we are NOT defeated!
Be of Good Courage for the Lord Has Heard Your Prayers!
I have heard the spirit of oppression in many of your heart cries. Some have been pushed to the brink in this season. Hold fast to the profession of your faith because the season is shifting.
All that has gone before was training ‘for such a time as this!’ All that has gone before was purifying all that could not go forward to where God is taking you. All that has gone before had to be burned off and removed for you to walk in the fullness of your destiny in Him ‘for such a time as this!’
There Are Really Only Two Options
Now…the choice is yours. You can step out of the grave clothes of ruminating over how your situation looks in the natural, over past indiscretions and perceived hurts OR you can continue on in the well-worn path of misery and the circuitous route of defeatism.
No matter what very real challenges you face in your circumstance, if you choose to stay enmeshed in hopelessness and inter-relational drama, that will greatly impede your journey and keep you stuck. Take the high road!
Choose Wisely!
Choose now to completely place your trust in Him. It really is a choice first and foremost. Do not miss this shift! Walk by faith not by sight! Now is your time to step up and step out. Do not miss this shift!
It does not matter what you see in the natural. See with spiritual eyes in this season. You are here in the most exciting time in history for a reason. You are here to bring light to a darkened world. Do not miss this shift!
Do NOT Miss This Shift!
The laborers are few. If you are reading this and if you feel a move in your spirit, you are one of the laborers. Do not miss this shift!
Bandage your wounds. Let the Lord BE the balm of Gilead for your heart (for it is always a heart issue). Let Him shepherd you. There is no place on the battlefield for the faint of heart. Do not miss this shift!
Arise, Mighty Warrior!
~Encourage yourself in the Lord.
~Surround yourself with good counsel and trusted people of God.
~Daily meditate (contemplate/reflect) on His Word and get it deep in your heart (for it is always a heart issue). Do not be upset by the news or what is happening around you. Be encouraged by the Word of God…for therein lies truth which will forever trump worldly fact!
~Pray without ceasing! Pray with a grateful heart. Pray, diligently seeking Him for He is a rewarder of those who do just that!
~Daily put on the whole armor of God in accordance with Ephesians 6:10-18
~Daily pray a mighty, thorny hedge of protection around you and your loved ones .
~Daily plead the powerful, precious blood of Jesus over all in your life for healing, restoration and protection.
~Before sleep plead the blood of Jesus over your conscious and subconscious mind. God grants sweet sleep to His people.
~Make it a habit to listen to and engage in anointed worship music daily. Such music will shift the atmosphere in your home, break spiritual strongholds and ultimately cleanse your environment and your heart (remember, it is always a heart issue).
~Daily take communion for therein lies the greatest healing and spiritual empowerment. Engage the Holy Spirit’s help to forgive and release others you may be holding in your mental prison before receiving. With time you will release readily and be free indeed!
It is through consistent, diligent practice that you are matured.
What This Time Is Not and What This Time IS!
This is not the time to hastily read random Scripture passages, forsake the assembly or just take only that portion you think you have time for.
This is clearly not the time to live with God on Sunday for an hour or two and keep Him in that “church” box the rest of the week.
This is not the time to take counsel from worldly, carnal people whether in or out of church. Choose your friends and those you allow to speak into your life very carefully!
This IS the time to diligently seek a very close relationship with Him. This IS the time to let Him speak into your life. This IS the time to step out of worldly life patterns and into His Kingdom ways to bring His Kingdom to earth as it is in heaven.
You are not The King’s emissary if you bring the world to the world. You are only fooling yourself. God will not be mocked.
Take Your Position!
Are you ready for a shift? Step up as a warrior in the Army of God. Take the necessary daily steps to be battle ready and grow as a trained and seasoned soldier. Step up and hear His voice. Step up and hone in on His direction forgetting ALL that lies behind.
Look neither left nor right. Stay in the lane in which He has gifted you and put you. Stay focused.
God is a God of order. His Army is an Army of order. When you accepted Jesus Christ as your Lord and Savior, you enlisted in the Army of God. The battle we fight is spiritual yet very real. You must be equipped!
If no one told you this when you made your decision, know it now. Count the cost. Consider the reality. Make the choice.
You cannot simply quit the Army in the natural. Do not quit the Army of God now. Rather, pick yourself up, train daily, step up and step out. Hear the clarion call of this season. Welcome to the war!
Are you ALL in or not? There is NO partway. Choose to be in the world but not of it. Choose to be Kingdom!
Do not miss this shift! Take your position and go forward in the name of the Lord ‘for such a time as this!’
As It Is Written:
~”When you pass through the waters, I will be with you;
And through the rivers, they shall not overflow you.
When you walk through the fire of oppression, you shall not be burned,
Nor shall the flame scorch you.” Isaiah 43:2
~”But you are a chosen generation, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, His own special people, that you may proclaim the praises of Him who called you out of darkness into His marvelous light; who once were not a people but are now the people of God, who had not obtained mercy but now have obtained mercy.” 1 Peter 2:9-10
~”But without faith it is impossible to please Him, for he who comes to God must believe that He is, and that He is a rewarder of those who diligently seek Him.” Hebrews 11:6
~”But solid food is for the mature, who because of practice have their senses trained to discern good and evil.” Hebrews 5:14
~”The Lord is my shepherd; I shall not want…” Psalm 23:1
~The Whole Armor of God: “Finally, my brethren, be strong in the Lord and in the power of His might. Put on the whole armor of God, that you may be able to stand against the wiles of the devil. For we do not wrestle against flesh and blood, but against principalities, against powers, against the rulers of the darkness of this age, against spiritual hosts of wickedness in the heavenly places.Therefore take up the whole armor of God, that you may be able to withstand in the evil day, and having done all, to stand. Stand therefore, having girded your waist with truth, having put on the breastplate of righteousness, and having shod your feet with the preparation of the gospel of peace; above all, taking the shield of faith with which you will be able to quench all the fiery darts of the wicked one. And take the helmet of salvation, and the sword of the Spirit, which is the word of God; praying always with all prayer and supplication in the Spirit, being watchful to this end with all perseverance and supplication for all the saints—“ Ephesians 6:10-18
~ “Now great multitudes went with Him. And He turned and said to them, “If anyone comes to Me and does not hate his father and mother, wife and children, brothers and sisters, yes, and his own life also, he cannot be My disciple. And whoever does not bear his cross and come after Me cannot be My disciple. For which of you, intending to build a tower, does not sit down first and count the cost, whether he has enough to finish it— lest, after he has laid the foundation, and is not able to finish, all who see it begin to mock him, saying, ‘This man began to build and was not able to finish’? Or what king, going to make war against another king, does not sit down first and consider whether he is able with ten thousand to meet him who comes against him with twenty thousand? Or else, while the other is still a great way off, he sends a delegation and asks conditions of peace. So likewise, whoever of you does not forsake all that he has cannot be My disciple.” Jesus Luke 14:25-33
~ “When you lie down, you shall not be afraid: yes, you shall lie down, and your sleep shall be sweet.” Proverbs 3:24
~ “Do not be deceived, God is not mocked; for whatever a man sows, that he will also reap.” Galatians 6:7
It Is Never Too Late!
If you have not yet made the decision to accept Jesus Christ into your heart, do it now. Do not wait another minute. Speak to Him from your heart (for it is always a heart issue). Tell Him you have fallen short in your life. Sincerely apologize for your sins. Ask Him to cleanse you and come into your heart and be Lord over your life. From this moment forward, let His Spirit guide you along the narrow road that leads to everlasting life!
“If My people, who are called by My name, will humble themselves and pray and seek My face and turn from their wicked ways, then I will hear from heaven and will forgive their sin and heal their land.”
For it is written:
“Yet who knows whether you have come to the Kingdom for such a time as this?”
