Over the past week we have been up the Far North and while there the Lord gave me a dream that I want to share. In it I saw people resting in their beds and others watching television and it was becoming night time but there was this recognition that an invading army was going to come and invade during the night but within the people there was a sense of hopelessness, acceptance, apathy and fear toward what was going to happen. Initially I got in the bed alongside other people and then I stopped and said, hold on a minute and got up and rallied them with the truth and I saw hope rise and the sense of being overcome go as they stepped up into who they were called to be and not just accept what was going to happen.
If we know something is going to attack us we can become very fearful toward it. We can often just accept what is going to come, but the Lord would say - No, rise up and be the overcomer that he has called you to be. Rise up not in your own strength, but in the Lords. Rise up in His perfect love which casts out all fear. Rise up in the word of God that says that no weapon formed against you will prosper. Rise up in the word that says if God can feed and clothe the birds of the air, are you not more valuable than they, Matt 6:26. Rise up knowing that ultimately Christ has overcome the enemy and that the outcome is victory - even if we don't see it ourselves in our lifetime but believe. Rise up and be the Davids of this generation and slay the Goliaths and not be trembling in our boots because we are being threatened in whatever modern way giant there is, but stand up with whatever is in your hand and slay the enemy that is all words and no power because our God is greater and who dare defy the Living King.
Hence why it is so important to know the word of God. If we go to war without knowing the word of God we are slinging a sword around without being effective. I watched the Voyage of the Dawn Treader the other day and there is a part in it when Eustace is fighting with the mouse but doesn't know how to use a sword and he is all over the place but after a bit of training he was able to use it effectively. Initially with the word we don't know how to use it and we need to allow ourselves to be tested and trained in order to use the weapon of our warfare, which is the word of God, and use it effectively seeing strongholds overcome that might have once overcome us. There is power in the word. And so we would encourage you if you don't know much of the word of God, now is a time to step out in faith and allow God to teach and train you in it. To know how to effectively use the weapons that tear down the strongholds and the giants that would want to come at you and overcome you, but for us to rise up and the children of God and be the overcomers, the victorious in Christ and we can only do that if we know the word of God which is our strength and answer in all situations we may come across.
If you are wanting direction on how to start getting into the word then feel free to give us a call (07 8389009) and we can direct you to what may work best for you. Many blessings.
If you are wanting direction on how to start getting into the word then feel free to give us a call (07 8389009) and we can direct you to what may work best for you. Many blessings.
