I feel that August is a significant month of breakthrough and pushback, and the Lord has been rolling out the blueprint of His heart for those who are hungry and willing to take it and be movers and shakers to see significant change in areas of conflict and to forcefully put up blockades against the enemy.
Over the past weekend, I spent some time on my face before the Lord for the next month, and He impressed a few things in my heart for the month of August...
-We would have to decide whether to move forward with greater faith in the decisions and direction we have been givenor stay in fear.
-We would have to stand up and press back against the onslaught or stay defeated.
We would either expend our oil on meaningless battles and chatter or use it to take down giants around us.
-We would either be a voice for the kingdom or bury our heads in the sand and see no change.
-There is an effortless expansion that will come with the steps of risk.
God is conducting a major reshuffling of roles, and this month will mark the beginning of a new wave of mobilization for the church.
-God is inviting us into a greater definition of what we are called to do and be a voice for and clearing away the rest.
-There is a restoration coming to fallen soldiers and their reactivation.
-From this month onwards, God is inviting the prophetic movement into a new realm or space not currently occupied.
-Heavyweights will emerge to spearhead areas where there has been a void of the voice of the Lord.
-Grassroots movements will spring up with a simple yes as people embark on faith journeys for Jesus.
RESET IN THE SECRET PLACE
As I continued to sit in the presence, I heard a song play in my spirit - "Revive Us" by Robin Mark, which is a powerful song of revival. The lyrics kept washing over me like it was a reset of focus and vision: "I hear the voice of one crying, prepare ye the way of the Lord. Make his paths straight in the wilderness."
I asked the Lord, "What are you saying?" and he said, "I am resetting the hearts and purposes of those who have been under the noise of the world and have been DISARMED & DISABLED. I am stripping away the distraction and confusion and leading them back to the purity of their calling and their purpose!"
There is a reset taking place right now where God is exposing the diversions to the call and removing all strings, wires, ropes, and chains to the counterfeit calling to fight noise with noise, and He is restoring and healing hearts that have been cluttered and sidetracked from the real mission. Then I saw them in the secret place on their faces, and fresh oil was flowing from where the well had become dry. As the oil flowed, a new unction began to surge through the weary, and those who were disarmed and disabled rose with a fresh fire and focus.
BACKED INTO A CORNER
Then the Lord took me into a time of intercession over the body of Christ, and in a vision, I saw what had been taking place in the spirit, especially over the last few months.
⁃I saw people being pushed into a place of confinement by the enemy where it felt like, in every situation and circumstance, there was no way out.
⁃I saw the impossibilities on every side and the end of the road signs around those who had been pursuing the faith journey.
⁃I saw the extreme mental battle in the months of June and July, where the breaking point reached a whole new level of intensity, and the taunts of warfare were deafening.
⁃I saw the decisions in front of people - "Do we choose faith or retreat?" "But I'm tired, and I just need to rest!" many have said.
⁃I saw the torment of shame, condemnation, and failure looming, like they had messed up along the way and were not going to see what God promised fulfilled.
⁃I saw voices begin to shut down and go into the internal dissolution of God-given assignments because the pressing and bullying had become so severe.
HEAVEN IS SHOUTING "ENOUGH IS ENOUGH" NOW THE PUSH-BACK BEGINS
But then I saw it... the enemy had overplayed his hand with this forceful and obvious move because something switched in this state of extreme pressing. The people of God began to rise up in their state of extreme onslaught—they found a fire and fight in them they didn't even know they had. Like a hidden reserve of courage and with a jail-breaking anointing, they stood up and said, "NO!" In the face of the intimidating spirit, the tide shifted.
I felt like the cloud of witnesses was standing in heaven interceding over the church right now, saying, "Enough is enough! Rise up, church!"
Right now, many are feeling this crushing and pressing, but through it, it is awakening a fire in you that the enemy will have wished he hadn't. The PRESS-BACK is already beginning. Eyes are opening, veils are being removed, and the sleepy church is stirring!
This assignment has been the spirit of bondage and control sent to confront the freedom of the spirit breaking out over your life, but I keep hearing 2 Corinthians 3:17, "Where the Spirit of the Lord is, there is freedom," because this is a season where the promise before you is "Go, run, and pursue, stretch your tent pegs, expand, and move!"
We are in a time where the enemy is contesting every freedom, and he is trying to establish and normalize control and limitations, but you will not come under that Jezebel agenda in Jesus' name! You weren't created to live under ceilings but to break them! You weren't created to accept and tolerate demonic agendas that strip you of your authority but to shatter them!
You will soon see that you aren't stuck or limited as you thought, but God is making way for you in every area you thought was beyond aid. In the months to come, those who were the most pressed, crushed, bullied, and oppressed by the enemy will be the ones who release the most powerful roar that will silence the enemy and shut down his plans. We will see those who have been pushed beyond limits leap over the barricades of darkness and rally the church to fight, not hide, and to stand up, not sleep this one off.
If you feel stuck, exhausted, and pressed beyond your limits today, I decree the freedom of the Lord over you in Jesus' name!
I command every stop to be removed and every source of frustration blocking your movement to be exposed and disarmed in the name of Jesus!
Being backed into a corner only makes you want to run into the enemy's camp and wreak havoc, so do it! Praise, prophesy, stand up, rise up, and move in faith regardless of what you see!