By David Robinson
I believe 2009 will see the Lord calling His people everywhere to challenge and confront. (if they’re listening, of course) Like king David, we will be called on to descend into the valley, to run at (so called) giants, armed with the (s)word of the Lord and the training God put us through. In king David’s case it was years of using a sling-shot against predators among his father’s flock. What is in your hand?
How we face-off against the things that set themselves up against the knowledge of God, will be Holy Spirit led - it must be! New laws, statements in the media, counterfeit miracles etc will require God’s people to make a stand or be a sign for the Lord. Eg: Open and clear communication back, intercession, prophetic signs in the hills or in the middle of the street. Be ready to go for it!
A slight caveat to all this is demonstrated in a picture taken from the western movie “Shane”. In it a farmer is provoked by the bad guys, in to a fight and killed by a hired gunfighter. He was goaded in to a location by the bad guys, where he was suddenly ‘vulnerable’. The Lord would warn us not to be drawn out by provocation of the enemy, in the sense that we’ve to be at peace and wait for GOD’S say so. The Lord will determine the time and date for any fight, NOT satan! We must not obey satan’s terms and conditions for any battle, but the Lord’s command only! The Lord will call out the devil soon enough and the Lord will fight for us.
Be ready for battle as “truth is hate to those who hate the truth”. Having said this, remember ‘the horse is made ready for the battle, but the battle belongs to the LORD!’ I believe the scripture in Isaiah 5: 20 will be demonstrated by the LORD Himself this year. “Woe to those who call evil good and good evil; who put darkness for light and light for darkness; who put bitter for sweet and sweet for bitter!”.
We must all love and pray without ceasing, but we will see some consequences this year! So be willing to get out of God’s way when He tells you to.
Also we are instructed to discern fruit, not the gifting! Be careful, this year, of this.
I believe 2009 will see the Lord calling His people everywhere to challenge and confront. (if they’re listening, of course) Like king David, we will be called on to descend into the valley, to run at (so called) giants, armed with the (s)word of the Lord and the training God put us through. In king David’s case it was years of using a sling-shot against predators among his father’s flock. What is in your hand?
How we face-off against the things that set themselves up against the knowledge of God, will be Holy Spirit led - it must be! New laws, statements in the media, counterfeit miracles etc will require God’s people to make a stand or be a sign for the Lord. Eg: Open and clear communication back, intercession, prophetic signs in the hills or in the middle of the street. Be ready to go for it!
A slight caveat to all this is demonstrated in a picture taken from the western movie “Shane”. In it a farmer is provoked by the bad guys, in to a fight and killed by a hired gunfighter. He was goaded in to a location by the bad guys, where he was suddenly ‘vulnerable’. The Lord would warn us not to be drawn out by provocation of the enemy, in the sense that we’ve to be at peace and wait for GOD’S say so. The Lord will determine the time and date for any fight, NOT satan! We must not obey satan’s terms and conditions for any battle, but the Lord’s command only! The Lord will call out the devil soon enough and the Lord will fight for us.
Be ready for battle as “truth is hate to those who hate the truth”. Having said this, remember ‘the horse is made ready for the battle, but the battle belongs to the LORD!’ I believe the scripture in Isaiah 5: 20 will be demonstrated by the LORD Himself this year. “Woe to those who call evil good and good evil; who put darkness for light and light for darkness; who put bitter for sweet and sweet for bitter!”.
We must all love and pray without ceasing, but we will see some consequences this year! So be willing to get out of God’s way when He tells you to.
Also we are instructed to discern fruit, not the gifting! Be careful, this year, of this.
