Today’s Readings:
Ephesians 6
Proverbs 17:1-10
Genesis 9:12-27
1 Peter 4:7-11
Isaiah 42:1-13
Now my beloved ones, I have saved these most important truths for last: Be supernaturally infused with strength through your life-union with the Lord Jesus. Stand victorious with the force of his explosive power flowing in and through you. Put on God’s complete set of armor provided for us, so that you will be protected as you fight against the evil strategies of the accuser!Your hand-to-hand combat is not with human beings, but with the highest principalities and authorities operating in rebellion under the heavenly realms. For they are a powerful class of demon-gods and evil spirits that hold this dark world in bondage. Because of this, you must wear all the armor that God provides so you’re protected as you confront the slanderer, for you are destined for all things and will rise victorious.
Ephesians 6:10-13
A Culture of Honor
The Lord says,
I Am moving us to a culture of honor. My holiness — a revelation of My holiness — is vital to a culture of honor, of true honor, of godly, Kingdom honor. It will be again like the days of Noah, when his two sons covered his nakedness — so will My people cover over the flaws and faults of others out of respect and to preserve honor for a person or a family or a community. Honor will be a reflex. It will be seen in the relationships between children and parents and grandchildren and grandparents, nieces and nephews towards aunts and uncles. We are moving to an “honor your mother and father time,” one where parents will also treat raising their children with the reverence and responsibility that is due.
Respect and honor will permeate the way My people approach My House and My Word. Honor of Me, reverence toward Me and My Presence, great humility along with great strength, virtue and integrity will mark the Church, will mark My people as I move and bring a revelation of My holiness in this time.
The Response to a Revelation of Holiness
The Lord says,
Joy will burst forth with such intensity in response to this coming revelation of My holiness. First will come a great wave of humility and reverence as those touched by this revelation fall facedown before Me in awe, in respect, and in holy fear. As I allow My holiness to lift off a bit, to a more tolerable and sustainable level for you, you will be filled with ecstatic joy; because you will understand that I Am holy. You will understand that I Am Creator, Savior, Protector, Defender, Almighty God. You will have a revelation of Me as Almighty God, as God Most High. And you will see your reflection in Me. You will also have a revelation of yourself and who I designed and created you to be from before the beginning of time.
Lying prostrate in My Presence with the weight of My holiness surrounding and covering you will bring many revelations, will bring great humility, will bring a zeal never before experienced. It will bring a refreshing and an energy that can’t be contained (though this may come in the days and weeks following the experience). It will bring purpose, reverence, and it will transform many into lovestruck warriors for Me, for good, for people — with purposes that had never been imagined before.
This encounter with Me will anchor your heart and soul in Me for the rest of your life. We are moving into days of many wild and unexpected encounters with My Spirit. But the revelation of My holiness, the invasion of My Presence into your life — wherever it finds you — will leave you changed forever.
He’s Calling for Reinforcements
The Lord says,
I Am building. I Am building the strength of My people. I Am building the will of My people. I Am building the tenacity and the endurance of My people to fight in this hour, to defend and advance in this hour, to be light and bring light to dark places in this hour. Many are tired, overwhelmed, broken, bruised and battered. Many have fought and fallen. Many have tried and failed. The personal stakes for fighting for what is right in this hour are very high. But I Am higher.
I Am calling many. I Am calling a great wave of reinforcements to the battlefield in this hour. There have been a few out on the battlefield up until now, and they need reinforcements. I Am calling up an overwhelming number of reinforcements. I Am calling you up to run out into the battlefield, to refresh your brothers and sisters who are weary, and to advance. I have a great, great number of angels charging before you and behind you and surrounding you. There are many more with us than against us, though it does not look like that from your vantage point sometimes.
Put on the full armor of God, and be the light. Fight for what’s right. Fight for truth, for justice, for liberty, for the children. Fight for the future. The enemy will not be able to withstand the force that I Am bringing, and you have an assignment in that force. Make yourself available. Make your heart available. Make your voice available. Make your hands and feet available. You will see as I direct you to various stations in the battlefield that this is not traditional warfare, so don’t bring a traditional mindset. Bring a willing heart and ears to hear My voice. Be swift to be obedient, because it may sound like I’m calling you to do something very strange, even out of character or seemingly nonsensical. Ask Me for confirmation, and be obedient before your mind can talk you out of it. Many are moving onto the battlefield now. Be sure to be among them. The taste of victory is so much sweeter when you have been on the battlefield.
How to Respond
- Ask the Lord to prepare your heart for a revelation of His holiness and for an encounter with His Presence.
- Live from a place of joy. Stir up joy in your spirit.
- Don’t dwell on the past, on hurts, on wrongs committed against you or by you. Settle these things. Make them right quickly, and then dwell on God’s goodness, His faithfulness, His love.
- Worship – especially when the darkness feels like its closing in around you. Worship and command the darkness to flee.
- Ask the Lord to help you tune your ears to hear His voice and your heart to be obedient to His instruction.
- Declare that the Lord’s army has many many countless warrior-lovers on the battlefield, and that His victory is secure.
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