Do you have concerns weighing on your heart and life? Do you have concerns that God is also revealing, and speaking to you about? What are you feeling, hearing, sensing? Do you believe God sometimes gives us a burden just to make us aware of it and draw us into a place of prayer? Do you believe God stirs us up to become his warriors; speaking to us or revealing to us his strategic plan against what concerns him. What strategy, prayer focus is God showing you (if any) to make as your personal prayer posture?
Concerns that weigh on us from day to day are truly the ones we need to take note of and not only in a commitment to continue praying, but to consider every time we gather for prayer to remember these issues as important in the heart and mind of God. This approach would become a constant strategic counterattack against Satan. This is necessary because as our enemy, he is constant and strategic in his attacks against us. This year, my prayer group, “Watchman On the Wall” is in a season where we are collectively looking to each other to gain a clearer understanding of “what the Lord is saying” and consequently, taking full responsibility to be hearers of that revelation. When we come together on our virtual wall this is what we are collectively coming into agreement with and addressing in the spirit. United prayer such as this makes us powerful, and it also establishes and signatures our authority (as a body of believers) to carry out the assignment of God.
I’m not inviting everyone to be a part of this prayer gathering – one really should have a sense of “assignment” pertaining to prayer. We meet twice a month; the first Tuesday regarding our personal needs and the fourth Tuesday to address issues that go beyond the scope of our homes, that resonate in the world around us. We see ourselves as “Ambassadors of Prayer.” That’s why I’m inviting only those who have an ear and heart for what I’m talking about and who sense this is a prayer gathering God is calling YOU to also. So, how can you know if God is calling you to be a “Watchmen On the Wall?” Well, consider, if not the children of God, who are also his commissioned Ambassadors, his Royal Priesthood, who are indeed his Holy Nation, who else will he call on to pray strategically for such a time as this? Jesus said, my house shall be called a “House of Prayer.” Matt. 21:13 So, this is what we DO! And WHY we do it. The prayer life of the Church is not as much about our personal needs as it is of God’s, but our personal needs is what we are often most committed to when it comes to prayer. Remember, Jesus said, “Thy Kingdom come, thy will be done, one earth, as it is in heaven.” Matt. 6:10 We are simply recognizing who we truly are to God and answering the call.
I believe we’re living in a generation where the spiritual climate of darkness (ignorance of the true knowledge of God) is overwhelming and saturating the lives of believers and unbelievers alike. There is now a demand upon the believer’s prayer life that MUST SHIFT. As human as we are, there is even more reason for us as a people of God, to learn how to respond to our issues in life and in the world from an OFFENSIVE prayer posture rather than from a DEFENSIVE one. Too often when we are postured in a defensive mode we are merely responding to (not really addressing) these issues and spiritual attacks. Responding to what we see and how we feel about it. Responding with fear, self-preservation and a need to retreat, be silent and hide. Although, when we take an offensive prayer posture, we are coming head on with what we see and understand. We confront, discern and determine approaches and outcomes and consequently, we are also doing what is necessary to keep ourselves guarded, protected, knowledgeable and sound in the midst of these diabolical forces both practical and of the spirit. I believe this offensive prayer stance is what God is calling his people, the body of Christ into.
As believers in Jesus Christ, when we look out into the world there is sooo much going on that goes against the grain of our existence and of what we believe. In fact, it appears it could be far too late for real change. So, to say it’s too late for us to make a difference is not to suggest that we are already defeated. However, it does suggest that the hour has very likely come where planting seed is no longer the primary focus but rather cultivating what already exists. Now, that is also not to suggest that evangelism must cease but rather it means the ground on where God’s seed is falling will be harder to cultivate and therefore, quality discipleship is now a far greater need than ever before. It means the authenticity and living representation of Christ- through the lives of his people, living united in his Kingdom with his purpose, presence and power on the earth will be the ONLY firm foundation to maintain an end time generation of believers. Without it, the cost and the loss is too great considering where this generation is taking us.
So, I suggest to you, that this is likely the season where God separates the sheep from the goats. This could very well be the season where God separates the wheat from the tear. This could be the season where those who are righteous will remain righteous and those who are wicked will remain wicked. It is to say that those who are righteous should recognize that this is an hour like no other when the believer’s light, salt, and sincere mission should be in full view like no other time before. This is why as intercessors, it is imperative that we SHIFT FIRST in our posture of not only how we see ourselves but how we see ourselves committed to the heart and intentions of God in this generation. We ARE Christ’s AMBASSADORS and because we are, we have his promise that he will be with us, and keep us. Therefore, we need not worry about what we see happening around us simply because we are partners with God and of his plans.
So, are you ready to SHIFT?
Then, SEE YOU ON THE WALL!
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Karen Gaithers-Life Discipleship 