What was the Spirit of the Lord's emphasis to this servant for the year 2023?
1 Thess 5
16Rejoice always, 17pray without ceasing, 18give thanks in all circumstances; for this is the will of God in Christ Jesus for you.
When bad things are happening all around us and we did not pray about these things, well....shame on us. This servant would argue it is apathy toward prayer and an absence of right standing with the Lord (righteousness) that got us into this mess. But now that we are in this mess, now what? The people on this planet are so deep over their head in mess that right now it is going to take multiple major miracles to turn it around even a little.
The good news is this servant believes in miracles because the Lord God has proven both His ability and willingness to perform such miracles over and over again. Miracles are not some archaic relic of way back when in the Bible. Miracles are an ongoing function of how the Lord works. If it were not so why would He tell us this:
Mark 11:23
“Truly I tell you, if anyone says to this mountain, ‘Go, throw yourself into the sea,’ and does not doubt in their heart but believes that what they say will happen, it will be done for them.
then expanding that by one more verse we get this:
23Truly, I say to you, whoever says to this mountain, ‘Be taken up and thrown into the sea,’ and does not doubt in his heart, but believes that what he says will come to pass, it will be done for him. 24Therefore I tell you, whatever you ask in prayer, believe that you have receivedc it, and it will be yours.
So we need to pray out the mess that is all around us. This servant believes we are here on this earth in this season for that reason. When we are being assaulted by corporate America's LGBTQABCDEFG agenda, we need to counter it through prayer and boycott. We pray and take whatever action above and beyond prayer the Spirit leads us to. We don't like voter fraud? Pray it out. We don't like lieing, cheating, stealing politicians? Pray them out. Look, we don't have to figure out "how" the Lord is going to do these things. If we could figure it out we would not need mountain moving miracles to fix this mess. Our part is to ask, seek and knock without ceasing:
Luke 11
9And I tell you, ask, and it will be given to you; seek, and you will find; knock, and it will be opened to you. 10For everyone who asks receives, and the one who seeks finds, and to the one who knocks it will be opened. 11What father among you, if his son asks ford a fish, will instead of a fish give him a serpent; 12or if he asks for an egg, will give him a scorpion? 13If you then, who are evil, know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will the heavenly Father give the Holy Spirit to those who ask him!”
and
Luke 18
1And he told them a parable to the effect that they ought always to pray and not lose heart. 2He said, “In a certain city there was a judge who neither feared God nor respected man. 3And there was a widow in that city who kept coming to him and saying, ‘Give me justice against my adversary.’ 4For a while he refused, but afterward he said to himself, ‘Though I neither fear God nor respect man, 5yet because this widow keeps bothering me, I will give her justice, so that she will not beat me down by her continual coming.’” 6And the Lord said, “Hear what the unrighteous judge says. 7And will not God give justice to his elect, who cry to him day and night? Will he delay long over them? 8I tell you, he will give justice to them speedily. Nevertheless, when the Son of Man comes, will he find faith on earth?”
This is war. The enemy would like nothing better than for every praying believer to lay down and play dead. The enemy comes to kill, steal and destroy. "They" are coming after everything to include the children. How about "enough is enough?" Our prayer must be wartime prayer not peacetime prayer. Why? Because the enemy and his servants have declared war on humanity. Everything that bothers you in this world should be added to the prayer list. There is something major we can do about everything and that is PRAY. We can pray, we can fast, and we can stand in agreement with each other about the things we are praying. When we do this, the enemy is in for some serious pain.
Let us stay focused with our eyes on Christ and the things we are praying for. Believe that we have received what we ask for in prayer. Every form or fashion of enemy agenda item or narrative comes before your eyes take that moment right there to standing in agreement with every other believer to destroy that enemy agenda and narrative.
Prayer works, it always has and always will. We have a job to do as believers which is why we are here on earth in this season.
2 Cor 10
3For though we walk in the flesh, we are not waging war according to the flesh. 4For the weapons of our warfare are not of the flesh but have divine power to destroy strongholds. 5We destroy arguments and every lofty opinion raised against the knowledge of God, and take every thought captive to obey Christ,
We operate in and through the Spirit, not the flesh.
Ps 33
13The LORD looks down from heaven;
he sees all the children of man;
14from where he sits enthroned he looks out
on all the inhabitants of the earth,
15he who fashions the hearts of them all
and observes all their deeds.
16The king is not saved by his great army;
a warrior is not delivered by his great strength.
17The war horse is a false hope for salvation,
and by its great might it cannot rescue.
18Behold, the eye of the LORD is on those who fear him,
on those who hope in his steadfast love,
19that he may deliver their soul from death
and keep them alive in famine.
20Our soul waits for the LORD;
he is our help and our shield.
21For our heart is glad in him,
because we trust in his holy name.
22Let your steadfast love, O LORD, be upon us,
even as we hope in you.
You can be sure that our enemies in this world have 100% of their hopes pinned on fleshly carnal devices that are in this world. Too bad for them when push comes to shove, spirit trumps flesh every time without fail. Kind of like this:
Isaiah 36:
Then the angel of the LORD went out and put to death a hundred and eighty-five thousand in the Assyrian camp. When the people got up the next morning—there were all the dead bodies!
The Lord would have His people be encouraged today. This world is in new world disorder today which is not conducive to the enemy's plans. We also know that until their "superman" (the anti-Christ) is revealed their mission to create a new world demonic order is doomed to failure. Yes, they can create alot of pain and suffering but the end goal remains out of reach for them through this very day. "They" do not have the power or authority to determine when the Lord will play His cards. It will be the Lord God alone who determines when the real end will begin. Until then we are to play our part as Divine Restraint in this world:
2 Thess 2:7
For the mystery of lawlessness is already at work. Only he who now restrains it will do so until he is out of the way.
Glory to God
grace and peace
