The God of War

Our God is a God of War, and His desire is to show Himself strong to this very generation. His passion is to reveal to us His ways and to break through the barriers that have kept us fearful and unbelieving. Jesus is our mighty Deliverer and Stronghold in the day of trouble, but millions, even in the Church, have not experienced His delivering power in their lives. Many have tried in their own strength to be freed from chains of addiction, bitterness, fear, perversion, disease, sickness, and a multitude of other strongholds in their lives, but they have not looked up or focused on the only One who can set them free. Their focus has been on doctors, psychiatrists, pills, pleasures, and formulas that can never free them. I remember the words of Jesus in John 5:39–40: You search the Scriptures, for in them you think you have eternal life; and these are they which testify of Me. But you are not willing to come to Me that you may have life. Many of God’s people have been attacked and harassed mercilessly by an enemy that has been intent on blocking, and even destroying, their lives in this very hour, and only as we come to Jesus and spend time with Him in the “secret place” of communion, listening to His voice and receiving His life-giving Spirit, can we be fully delivered and empowered to walk in God’s end-time purposes. Our God is a Breakthrough God, and what has bound us in the past will now be removed as we stand on His Word and stand our ground on Christ’s victory over the world, the flesh, and the devil. Jesus has purchased our redemption and victory through His agony on the cross and through the power of His resurrection, but we must stand our ground against intense demonic attacks and not allow ourselves to be moved by what we see or feel. God has called us to overcome every obstacle and mountain of difficulty in this hour to prepare us for what lies ahead. God’s hand of judgment is about to be released in an intensity this world has not known, but for God’s people it will be a time of protection and glory as we walk in the truth of Psalm 91. We are being trained to overcome in order to make us spiritually strong, for truly, we are destined for the throne. Never has there been a time like the one we have just entered into. We have now entered into a new decade according to the Hebrew Calendar: the year 5780. And as you will see on the following pages, this is significant for the children of God. This is a time of full deliverance as we speak the Word of God and His Truth over our lives, our family, and over the nations. This is the decade when what we speak will come to fruition, for it is the decade of the “mouth.” We will eat the “fruit” of what we speak, whether words of truth or words of destruction. It is a time of new beginnings and total victory over the enemy and his attacks against our lives and the lives of our loved ones. God is about to show us greater things, the new things that He has in store for this generation. In the past God has shown me that the Book of Acts will seem “dull” in comparison to what He has in store for this very generation. Wow! Many do not see the value in their trials and struggles, but as the Apostle Paul puts it: For our light affliction, which is but for a moment, is working for us a far more exceeding and eternal weight of glory, while we do not look at the things which are seen, but at the things which are not seen. For the things which are seen are temporary, but the things which are not seen are eternal. -2 Corinthians 4:17–18 God’s passion is to reveal His heart to us in a fuller measure and prepare us to bring in the final harvest. The fields are “white” for harvest, and soon it will be too late for many souls. (See John 4:35.) There is an urgency in this late hour. Jesus is coming soon, and the Church must be fully awakened in order to fulfill God’s end-time purpose on this earth. The Lord Jesus is looking for those who are willing to abandon all and follow Him, no matter what the cost. He is gathering together His end-time Gideon army, and He will show Himself strong through a company of Believers whose sole purpose is to do the will of the Father. Not many strong or brilliant ones are in this army, but a weak and humble people who know that their strength and wisdom comes from God alone. They are leaning hard on their Beloved and are even now coming out of the wilderness wholly dependent on Him for every need in their lives. They are a Company of passionate lovers of Truth who have paid the cost and have gone through fires seven times hotter. In God’s power and truth we can break through every barrier that has kept us from the fullness of our calling and destiny. This is not an easy path, but a blessed one, for we will find stones of fear and unbelief rolling away as we walk in the power of the Spirit and of Christ’s resurrection.