nateandchristy2018

TIME’S UP! NO LONGER WILL YOU FIGHT IN THE TRENCHES, BUT YOU WILL THUNDER FROM THE HEAVENS!

nateandchristy2018

TIME’S UP! NO LONGER WILL YOU FIGHT IN THE TRENCHES, BUT YOU WILL THUNDER FROM THE HEAVENS!

TIME’S UP! NO LONGER WILL YOU FIGHT IN THE TRENCHES, BUT YOU WILL THUNDER FROM THE HEAVENS!

This is an hour that God is calling the body of Christ up out of the trenches of defeat. We have exited Egypt and are crossing over into new territory that is unlike anything we have ever seen or have experienced but there has been MAJOR turbulence in the crossing and opposition at the threshold. Many have been deep in the trenches for an extended season and needing refreshing and fresh perspective.

As I write this word I’m feeling the strong weighty glory of God upon me and I pray you feel it too. Receive it! I pray this word is not just information or stories to you but becomes burning revelation that marks you deeply and an invitation into your own encounters with Jesus. I pray you will be encouraged that you are not alone in this and that you’ll discover the deeper riches of your inheritance that causes you to see with new eyes and causes your heart to soar in Jesus name! 

THE SHOWDOWN AT THE CROSSING

“Why am I constantly fighting Lord?” I have said for years now. Ever since we entered the Jewish new year 5777 there was a commission to take dominion and territory from the enemy. It has been the “seeing” season of the church realizing more and more what we are meant to possess. The battle and fight increased and many have been warring for their promise and new legacy and acquiring it at a rapid rate. The church has been awakening. We are no longer the slaves of an evil tyrant master, blind and unaware of the kingdom at our disposal. No, we have awoken. 

But the battle has increased. It hasn’t felt like lower level warfare anymore but it’s been an all-out war to assassinate the rising sons and daughters that are crossing over. This always happens at the crossing. It’s the enemy’s last attempt to take you out before your destiny moment. It’s been a war against marriages, homes, children, dreams, relationships, ministries, and callings. It’s been so intense many have stood at the crossover wanting to give up because the battle has been so great. Can you relate? 

Recently as we were facing some intense opposition the Lord reminded me of Jacob who at his crossover place(the Jabbok brook) fought an angel of the Lord until daybreak. At the end of the long night, Jacob said “I’m not letting go til you bless me!” and the angel said, “because you have fought God and man and overcome, your name is now Israel”. At that moment his legacy of striving and fighting changed. Can’t you see it? This is your greatest showdown but you aren’t walking away empty-handed from this fight. It feels like all your chips are in the middle and it’s make or break but YOUR LEGACY IS CHANGING! Don’t give up now! 

THE THIEF & THE CLOCK

It was a crazy night. Both my children woke up crying from nightmares and I was on the warpath, walking up and down the hallway in prayer before bed, then I had a dream too. In the dream I heard a noise in the house like someone trying to break in. I would hear a bedroom window being pounded or being smashed in then I would run to where I heard the noise to find no one there. Then I hear it again in another room and run there and again, no one was there. In the dream it seemed to go on for so long that I was exhausted to the point I felt tired and even tormented by the endless stress. Then finally I came to my bedroom window to find it wide open. Sitting on the window was a ticking clock whose alarm suddenly began to chime loudly and I woke up. 

When I woke up it was still dark and my instant reaction was to walk around the house and check that all the windows were closed and locked. Just being honest -  I did this for half an hour taking the dream as literal before I asked the Lord “Ok what are you saying?”

Then the Lord said something very clear; TIME IS UP!”

“The time is up for my people being robbed and pillaged for lack of knowledge. For not knowing who they are and the power that flows through them. I am declaring that the TIME IS UP of my church being robbed and powerless, battered and bruised, defenseless and defeated!”

“Yet if he is caught, he must pay sevenfold, though it costs him all the wealth of his house” Proverbs 6:31

God has declared war on the thief stealing from you any longer. He is putting a zero tolerance on the plans of the enemy and ushering in a season of repayment for every wrong that has come against you. Those two always go hand in hand. God is prophesying over your life and situation today that the TIME IS UP of being continually bullied and thieved from entering into your promise and dreams fulfilled! This is also a season that marks the fulfilment of time for us fighting in “our own” strength. We have not fully understood or seen the full manifestation of power available to combat the enemy so we have been blindly swinging our swords in the darkness. This is changing. 

A BATTERED BRIDE

The next day the Lord woke me up again to speak to me and I felt such a heavy burden on his heart for the battered bride. The church that has become so accustomed to being powerless that they no longer fought but had laid their swords down. This was the broken and battered bride that had accepted they would no longer be victorious. They were happy to read about theoretical victory and sing songs of power and resurrection but because they hadn’t seen it had camped around defeat and doubt. The Lord called it “the poison of the Philistines”, that is buying the lie that obstacles are unconquerable. 

In this season many mighty ones have slowly become poisoned against faith and power and have been increasingly swayed by the Goliath of culture and pressure to adapt to the giants of our day Instead of realising we are alive to be a change in that very area. 

Pastors and leaders, don’t bend just because you haven’t seen a win in your city’s culture yet. Prophets don’t let fear rob you anymore and cause you to write diluted, weak words. Has warfare become the lens you see kingdom through or do you still live from victory? God is pulling you out of the mud and stench of the trenches right now and replacing mindsets of hopelessness for triumph! It’s a new day! 

FOLLOW ME UP!

Three days ago I had an encounter with Jesus as I was worshiping and I’ve been wrecked ever since. In this encounter, I was having a vision that felt real, like I was in it. I was standing on a side of a large hillside and looking up a mountain in front me. It was green and beautiful and reminded me of the Scottish highlands. Jesus then appeared in front me. Not Jesus in a traditional robe Jesus. Jesus in jeans and shirt with his long hair tied back Jesus. He looks at me and my heart is undone with his big smile and he says excitedly “Come on! Follow me!”. We begin to scale the side of this hill together and he is fast and fit. He is laughing and singing and I feel like I’m witnessing the happiest and freest person I have ever met. That alone was hard to deal with. It confronted me deeply. 

Then the strangest thing happened. As I continued to follow Him I began to hear scriptures like 1 Peter 5:7 and Philippians 4:6-7. The higher I went I began to feel like burdens and weight were falling away from me and I was laughing like Jesus! 

THE POWERLESS ARROWS

Then we came to a clearing. We were pretty high up at this stage but we would still see down. As I looked I could see that far down were angry people like an army yelling but I couldn’t quite hear them more than a bunch of faint whispers on the wind. But they were also shooting arrows at us and I was a bit concerned they would get us. Then Jesus sensing what I was thinking walks over calmly and grabs an arrow from the sky. It wasn’t until that moment that I realized that we were so high up that these arrows had lost their velocity by the time they came close to us! Jesus held it out to me and just laughed almost unimpressed by their attempts. It reminded me of the scripture that says;

“The One enthroned in heaven laughs; the Lord taunts them” Psalm 2:4

FROM GLORY TO GLORY

Shortly after a large thick cloud began to descend upon us and were standing there in the cloud of Gods glory now unable to see down to the ground and those below were unable to see us! His Glory is our defense and as we ascend higher into His presence we become untouchable! 

The glory in this encounter can’t be understated. I have experienced the Glory of God many times in my life and I treasure them all, but this felt different. It felt like I could no longer or at least no longer wanted to leave that atmosphere. The air was clear. 

I started seeing creativity, color, blueprints, and solutions. This cloud was the manifest presence of God but it was also the very realm of Gods intentionality for mankind. It is our lost inheritance for it says that “all have sinned and fallen short of the “glory” but through the blood of Jesus we now have access and have been restored back into glory. In the beauty and wonder of His splendor, my mind began to revelate effortlessly and my thinking was clear and sharp. 

My spirit kept saying over and over “we go from Glory to Glory” and I was reminded of 2 Corinthians 3 where Paul speaks about the greater glory of the new covenant. The greater glory of the new covenant is the glory that comes from being in union with Jesus and hidden IN Him. He is our ultimate defense and our wrap around shield from every arrow and attack of the enemy. Jesus has not only given us access to live above the arrows but he has given us access to the limitless realm of Gods arsenal and protection to constantly soar above any storm we face. 

My heart cry in that moment was “Lord how do we live here as continually rather than just have moments in your glory?”

THE CLOUD-THUNDERERS

The next and final part to this encounter affected me the most probably because I was able to witness the interaction of Jesus with the Father. As we walked up to the highest pinnacle of the mountain Jesus stood there in conversation with someone I couldn’t see. I knew it was the Father. I could feel His heart for me. Then Jesus leaned in as if hearing a secret then leant down facing the ground and released a sound but what came out sounded like thunder and lighting. Then this scriptures came to mind;

“After it, a voice roars; He thunders with His majestic voice, And He does not restrain the lightnings when His voice is heard. "God thunders with His voice wondrously, Doing great things which we cannot comprehend” Job 37:4-5

Instantly I knew that the earth below was being affected by whatever just happened. The thunder and Lightning’s of his voice were calling things into alignment and bringing judgement and ruin to principalities and powers below. 

My vision ended there but I was so greatly stirred. What if God is commissioning us as cloud thunderers? Who will be those ones? Who will be those who are willing to ascend the mountain of the Lord and dwell in his cloud and hear his heart then thunder it into the earth? 

What if the the call to the church in this hour was to not just have moments in His glory for instance when we are in a great church service and the temperature is up, but learning to live from Mt Zion as a lifestyle. What if we learnt to never leave that altitude? What would happen as a corporate church if that became our norm? How would that affect homes, communities, cities and nations? 

“A warrior filled with wisdom ascends into the high place and releases regional breakthrough, bringing down the strongholds of the mighty” Proverbs 21:22

HEAVEN RAIDED & THE SOUND OF TESTIMONY 

As I was processing this more with the Lord I couldn’t shake the sound I heard from the mountain. It felt more than just a single moment or act. It was a new sound being released into the earth. It was the sound of testimony according to Revelation 12:11;

“They triumphed(overcome) over him by the blood of the Lamb and by the word of their testimony; they did not love their lives so much as to shrink from death”

This is a season of OVERCOMING!

People are beginning to discover the sound that comes forth as they are leaving their long and weary seasons in the battlefield. They are standing to their feet and releasing such a shout that is not just sending demons running but is realigning what is out of alignment and calling things out of darkness into the light. It’s the sound that comes forth as sons and daughters are unveiled to the truth of who they are and what they really have access to. 

We are entering a season where God is bringing exposure to false security and identity that has been keeping people bound and fire-less. We are going to see a new wave of heaven being raided as people once living in bondage and under lies are suddenly awoken to their identity in Christ. We are going to see people shake off their prison clothes and old war armour step onto their righteousness and begin to live “seated in Christ in heavenly places”

The roar of breakthrough stories filling the earth is going be like a grand symphony that will make the enemies chatter and noise futile. That is you and I! That is the time we are living in right now! God is stirring up your song, your testimony, your shout in this hour!

THE CALL HIGHER ABOVE THE STORM

Something is shifting right now in the heavens. Your greatest showdown, your seasons of fighting and persistently pressing forward through opposition, demonic assignments, witchcraft, and mind wars and attack haven’t been in vain. Your spiritual muscles have been built up, but now the Lord is revealing a better tactic for a rising victorious church. It is to come up higher above the storm and live from heaven. God is inviting you and I to live from victory and watch as He FLIPS THE SCRIPT on every powerless circumstance you lay your eyes upon. 

I prophesy that your history of hangups is being turned into HOPE fulfilled, and your story of woe is turning into your testimony of WOAH that is going to UNLOCK the prison doors and set people, families, and regions free. This is the season you are coming up higher and learning how to wield your sword with ease and use your mouth to CREATE as you thunder from the heavens. 

“Now he moves Zion’s mountains by the might of his voice, shaking the snowy peaks with his earsplitting sound! The lightning-fire flashes, striking as he speaks. This is the one who gives his strength and might to his people. This is the Lord giving us his kiss of peace” Psalm 29:6, 7, 11

WARFARE KEYS FOR THIS SEASON

  • Remember you don’t fight people. This is never about a person but a spirit. Don’t get caught talking trench gossip - this will only keep you stuck.
  • Armor up where you need it most. If your mind is under fire, then spend more time speaking the word (truth) over your mind. 
  • Don’t sell out for second best. There will always be sneaky trade posts and temptations moments before the breakthrough. Be wise and discerning. 
  • Break out of the victim role. Easier said than done but many of us need to detox from the war zone. This will happen naturally as you are intentional to leave the trenches.
  • Talk to Jesus and involve Him in your journey. The good, the bad, the really hard moments. This will set you up for some amazing encounters. 
  • ASCEND! Worship and begin to explore the other realm you have citizenship to. You are seated in Christ in the heavens, and no it’s not some kooky place super-spiritual people go to on lunch break. It’s a place you and I are designed to interact with so we can be earthly good! 
  • Become reacquainted with what God says about you and how awesome you are. Identity and worth are almost always half of the battle. If the enemy can get you focussed on how unworthy and useless you are, you are no longer climbing, you are descending. 
  • Pick up your sword again and start seeing yourself as victorious. Stop going into battle already anticipating defeat. That may have been your past but it isn’t your future. 
  • Prophesy more, declare more, speak, yell, shout, THUNDER more in this season. Put your whisper on the bench and stir up your voice and begin to get territorial about the promise in your hands. 
  • AND DON'T GIVE UP!

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By Nate Johnston July 11, 2025
Inbetween what you were doing and what you are stepping into. Inbetween alignments you had and the tribe coming. Inbetween the last seasons revelation that sustained and carried you and the fresh oil coming from the crushing and warfare. Inbetween language and a message you knew fluently and a new sound in your belly you don’t yet recognise. Inbetween an old mantle that had to go and the mantle you don’t understand or know how to fully trust yet. Inbetween breaking and the incoming breakthrough.. Inbetween feeling exhausted and spiritually crashed, and the fresh fire and awakening stirring inside you. Inbetween the battlefield of your last season and the new day dawning. Inbetween the old wineskin and the fresh outpouring. Inbetween the funeral song and the full recovery. Inbetween the robbery and the recompense. And this is where the ground under your feet feels shaky. Because it’s the garden of gethsemane and instead of praying and prophesying you just want to sleep through it. You want to be anaesthetised instead of enduring the unknown. But I’m writing to you today to say.. ENGAGE! Wake up mighty church. For you aren’t lost. You are the way makers. The soldiers of the breach! And this is a moment where PRAYER and prophecy will unlock the way. Lift your voice mighty ones!
By Nate Johnston July 11, 2025
At first, stepping into a mantle feels unfamiliar and daunting. It’s like the moment that Elijah threw the mantle around Elisha. It was a moment of decision. It was a moment of knowing something needed to be let go. Something had to be forfeited that felt comfortable, that felt… normal. That felt effortless. And I believe that many right now are in this uncomfortable and awkward place where you’re holding on. This awkward and uncomfortable place where there’s something new on your shoulders, and it’s forcing you to a decision because you can’t hold both. You have this mantle, this activity, this assignment, this calling. You’ve been walking in that. You know how to do it well. You know how it operates. You know what it does. Yet there’s this strange sense you’re meant to burn it to the ground and move into something new that feels unfamiliar, that feels unusual, that even feels not like you. It feels like death to everything you’ve ever known about yourself and what you’re called to do. And it feels like a moment where you’re in this awkward place of deep surrender, heart circumcision, and having to yield and surrender all your plans and expectations to God. It’s a moment where the Lord is saying to you, “There’s something greater I have for you. I know it doesn’t make sense right now. I know this is not what you expected that I would put in your lap. Yet, this is what carries my glory. And today the Lord is saying, Will you choose me? Will you choose my glory? Will you choose to step into a greater mantle that’s going to lead you and your family forward for the days to come? Will you surrender your idea of your calling and your destiny? Will you lay down your dreams even to pick up mine? And as you do, I will cause you to flourish and thrive. I’ll cause you to expand to the left and to the right, where you’ve been living in survival, where you’ve been playing it safe, comfortable. This is your breakout. Place mantle upon your shoulders and watch me move mightily upon your life. It’s time to shift out of the dysfunction that’s been sitting there as you’ve been in autopilot, going through the motions. It’s time to step into that fresh mantle that comes with fresh authority, fresh power, and breakthrough. It’s going to break you out of the prison you don’t even know that you’ve been living in. And for those of you who are asking my advice on how to practically begin to step into this mantle, I would say to begin your day on your face before the Lord, just surrendering everything that’s in your hands and in your heart. If it feels painful, it might be that your identity has been wrapped up in your last season’s activity or in the pain and woundedness of things that happened or didn’t happen in your past season. This is also an opportunity just to lay it at the feet of Jesus. I believe the story of Elisha is so applicable for us now. We want a goodbye ceremony just like Elisha did wanting to say goodbye to his mother and father. We want to spend a season in grief, waving off the past season’s accomplishments and failures. It’s a season that is so seductively trying to keep us bound, when the Lord is actually saying right now, “Will you just shut the door?” Will you just shut the door, and will you step into what you don’t understand as a worship? It’s one of those moments where you just have to close your eyes and say, “Okay, Lord.” I know so many who are going through this right now. I’m going through this right now. I know pastors who are shifting into an apostolic grace. Prophets who are beginning to build things and do things that they never had on their radar. It’s a season where you don’t feel qualified for the thing that God’s calling you into. And you don’t feel anointed. But the ironic thing is you are anointed for it. You just don’t know how to operate in it yet. So my advice to you is: get before the Lord. It’s a threshing floor moment. Bring it before Him. Let Him take the old, and let Him begin to help you step into the new.
By Nate Johnston July 11, 2025
Inbetween what you were doing and what you are stepping into. Inbetween alignments you had and the tribe coming. Inbetween the last seasons revelation that sustained and carried you and the fresh oil coming from the crushing and warfare. Inbetween language and a message you knew fluently and a new sound in your belly you don’t yet recognise. Inbetween an old mantle that had to go and the mantle you don’t understand or know how to fully trust yet. Inbetween breaking and the incoming breakthrough.. Inbetween feeling exhausted and spiritually crashed, and the fresh fire and awakening stirring inside you. Inbetween the battlefield of your last season and the new day dawning. Inbetween the old wineskin and the fresh outpouring. Inbetween the funeral song and the full recovery. Inbetween the robbery and the recompense. And this is where the ground under your feet feels shaky. Because it’s the garden of gethsemane and instead of praying and prophesying you just want to sleep through it. You want to be anaesthetised instead of enduring the unknown. But I’m writing to you today to say.. ENGAGE! Wake up mighty church. For you aren’t lost. You are the way makers. The soldiers of the breach! And this is a moment where PRAYER and prophecy will unlock the way. Lift your voice mighty ones!
By Nate Johnston July 11, 2025
At first, stepping into a mantle feels unfamiliar and daunting. It’s like the moment that Elijah threw the mantle around Elisha. It was a moment of decision. It was a moment of knowing something needed to be let go. Something had to be forfeited that felt comfortable, that felt… normal. That felt effortless. And I believe that many right now are in this uncomfortable and awkward place where you’re holding on. This awkward and uncomfortable place where there’s something new on your shoulders, and it’s forcing you to a decision because you can’t hold both. You have this mantle, this activity, this assignment, this calling. You’ve been walking in that. You know how to do it well. You know how it operates. You know what it does. Yet there’s this strange sense you’re meant to burn it to the ground and move into something new that feels unfamiliar, that feels unusual, that even feels not like you. It feels like death to everything you’ve ever known about yourself and what you’re called to do. And it feels like a moment where you’re in this awkward place of deep surrender, heart circumcision, and having to yield and surrender all your plans and expectations to God. It’s a moment where the Lord is saying to you, “There’s something greater I have for you. I know it doesn’t make sense right now. I know this is not what you expected that I would put in your lap. Yet, this is what carries my glory. And today the Lord is saying, Will you choose me? Will you choose my glory? Will you choose to step into a greater mantle that’s going to lead you and your family forward for the days to come? Will you surrender your idea of your calling and your destiny? Will you lay down your dreams even to pick up mine? And as you do, I will cause you to flourish and thrive. I’ll cause you to expand to the left and to the right, where you’ve been living in survival, where you’ve been playing it safe, comfortable. This is your breakout. Place mantle upon your shoulders and watch me move mightily upon your life. It’s time to shift out of the dysfunction that’s been sitting there as you’ve been in autopilot, going through the motions. It’s time to step into that fresh mantle that comes with fresh authority, fresh power, and breakthrough. It’s going to break you out of the prison you don’t even know that you’ve been living in. And for those of you who are asking my advice on how to practically begin to step into this mantle, I would say to begin your day on your face before the Lord, just surrendering everything that’s in your hands and in your heart. If it feels painful, it might be that your identity has been wrapped up in your last season’s activity or in the pain and woundedness of things that happened or didn’t happen in your past season. This is also an opportunity just to lay it at the feet of Jesus. I believe the story of Elisha is so applicable for us now. We want a goodbye ceremony just like Elisha did wanting to say goodbye to his mother and father. We want to spend a season in grief, waving off the past season’s accomplishments and failures. It’s a season that is so seductively trying to keep us bound, when the Lord is actually saying right now, “Will you just shut the door?” Will you just shut the door, and will you step into what you don’t understand as a worship? It’s one of those moments where you just have to close your eyes and say, “Okay, Lord.” I know so many who are going through this right now. I’m going through this right now. I know pastors who are shifting into an apostolic grace. Prophets who are beginning to build things and do things that they never had on their radar. It’s a season where you don’t feel qualified for the thing that God’s calling you into. And you don’t feel anointed. But the ironic thing is you are anointed for it. You just don’t know how to operate in it yet. So my advice to you is: get before the Lord. It’s a threshing floor moment. Bring it before Him. Let Him take the old, and let Him begin to help you step into the new.
By Nate Johnston July 9, 2025
There are three key assignments at work trying to drain your strength in this season. Recognize them and resist them. The first is a shift in anointing and assignment. We’ve entered a new season where the grace, oil, and unction on your life have moved. What worked before no longer carries the same power, and trying to operate in past mantles or rushing into things prematurely will leave you feeling frustrated, depleted, and under unnecessary warfare. When God’s anointing isn’t on something, it drains you instead of refreshing you. Constant frustration, irritation, and exhaustion are signs that you’re out of alignment. Instead of rushing into action, take time to sit with God and discern what He’s doing now. There is a new mantle, a new message, and a new assignment resting on you. Pour your energy into discovering it in His presence. When you wait on His clarity, you’ll stop operating in trial and error and begin to walk with precision. This is not the time for hurried decisions. The enemy is manufacturing false urgency to pressure you into creating something from the flesh, not the Spirit. But God is never in a rush. If peace isn’t present, neither is His hand. Don’t move until there is clarity. Don’t be seduced into birthing an Ishmael. Wait on the Lord. The second assignment is the attack of familiar voices. As you step into something new, the enemy often uses familiar people and old soul ties to try to gain access. These voices may come under the guise of concern or reconnection, but in reality, they are distractions. They pull at your time, energy, and focus, trying to insert themselves into what God is building in your life. This is the same spirit that came after Nehemiah through Sanballat. Sanballat didn’t want to reconnect; he wanted to tear down what was being built. Nehemiah responded with, “I am doing a great work and I cannot come down.” That must be your posture. The enemy is sending familiar spirits to break your focus and bait you into battles that aren’t yours. Not every voice from the past deserves a response. If you entertain the wrong conversations, you’ll lose momentum in your assignment. Guard your access points. Recognize the manipulation in disguise and don’t mistake surveillance for support. The third assignment is overload. The enemy wants to drain you by keeping you busy, overcommitted, and scattered. This includes saying yes to things outside your grace, getting caught in unnecessary drama, and pursuing good ideas instead of God’s instruction. We live in a world of nonstop information, social media, texts, videos, podcasts, and endless voices. Even spiritual content can become noise when consumed without discernment. This overexposure leads to confusion, decision fatigue, and spiritual numbness. If you don’t slow down and guard yourself, you’ll move out of intimacy with God. The enemy sends wild goose chases, gossip, and spiritual distractions to keep you exhausted and off-track. Guard your mental space right now. Protect your mind and what you feed on. Ask yourself, “What am I consuming that’s clouding my discernment?” If you’re feeling constantly tired, irritated, or foggy, it’s time to unplug and get still. The enemy knows that if he can slowly rob your peace, you’ll make a mistake. So, how do you avoid being drained by these assignments? Stay grounded in the secret place. Make time with God a daily priority. Wait for clarity before you move, and don’t let pressure push you. Discern God’s voice above the noise and set boundaries without apology. Protect your energy from old soul ties and manipulative conversations. Unplug. Stay focused on your assignment and don’t abandon your post for unnecessary battles. Learn to rest without guilt. Test every connection and make sure it brings peace, not confusion. If something pulls you away from clarity, it’s not from Him. And know you’re not crazy. Your job is to pause, discern, protect your oil, and stay aligned. He will take care of the rest.
By Nate Johnston July 7, 2025
Ok, this is a word for those who have been dealing with years of narcissistic robbery.. One of the most pervasive demonic assignments I’ve ever witnessed in my own life and in the lives of many believers is the Jezebelic assignment. It’s been normalized across the body of Christ and in the world, often labeled as narcissism or seen only as a psychological disorder, rather than a spiritually rooted one. Because of this, people don’t know how to discern it, confront it, or evict it. It has become more than a spiritual stronghold. It’s become a culture. A way of living, responding, and relating that is deeply destructive. I grew up in this environment, and I would say 90% of the body of Christ has, too. Culture enforces it. Our world, in many ways, is systemically narcissistic. It has caused deep bondage and emotional wounds, even manifesting as mental and physical illness over time. Last week, as I was sharing prophetic words, going live, and praying over people, we saw many healings break out, especially last Thursday night on our Vision Live. I’m still in awe of what God did. But as I was praying and asking the Lord how He wanted me to address the Jezebelic element, I had a dream. In the dream, I saw a garden that looked completely dead. Roses that had once bloomed were now black, shriveled, and decayed. The whole garden was poisoned. In the middle of it was a deep pit, and out of that pit grew a short, ugly tree. Its roots spread underneath the entire garden. It reminded me of The Secret Garden, a movie I loved as a child. I knew immediately that the dream was from the Lord. He was showing me how the Jezebelic spirit has poisoned the gardens of many believers. It’s been at the center of our spiritual lives, hidden beneath the surface. We’ve tried to tend the garden around it, but we’ve never dealt with the root. Last week, I spoke about catching the foxes from Song of Songs. We manage our pain around this spirit, but now God is saying: Enough is enough. I’m pulling it out. As I continued to pray, the Lord brought me to the story of Naboth’s vineyard in 1 Kings 21. In this passage, Jezebel conspired to steal Naboth’s inheritance so she could give it to Ahab. But Naboth refused to sell. His name in Hebrew means “fruits” or “produce” and is closely tied to the idea of prophetic fruitfulness, legacy, and inheritance. In one translation, it represents “prophecies and words” Naboth’s vineyard is symbolic of the prophetic call, the anointing, the promises, and the inheritance God has placed on your life. But the Jezebel spirit is a thief. It will lie, manipulate, gaslight, and even kill to rob you of that vineyard. Just like in my dream, it seeks to plant toxic roots in the very soil that was meant to bear fruit. It poisons what was meant to be pure. This is exactly what has happened to so many believers. You’ve been fighting invisible warfare against something that’s been spiritual all along. And every time you try to confront it, in churches, in relationships, in ministries, you get gaslit. You’re made to feel like the problem, when in fact, the spirit that’s been tolerated is the real issue. But the Lord is saying now: I am taking the root out. I am exposing it, and I am evicting it. That’s why it’s uncomfortable. That’s why everything feels like it’s coming to the surface. That’s why your mind has been under siege. Because a false foundation is being torn out, so a holy one can be laid. Then I heard the Lord say something that hit me deeply, and I believe it will hit your spirit too: “As I uproot this spirit from your life, you will not only be healed in your mind. You will be made whole in your body, your finances, your marriage, your family, and your destiny. I’m not just healing you, I’m reordering your life from beginning to end. I am restarting your prophetic timeline.” Let me say that again: God is restarting your prophetic timeline. Imagine that dead garden in your life, the one you thought was beyond recovery. Now imagine the root being pulled out, light returning, and life beginning to flourish again. That garden represents your prophetic call, your purpose, your destiny, and the words spoken over you. The things that felt delayed, blocked, or stuck will begin to move. Where there’s been no favor, favor will flow. Where doors were shut, doors will now open. You will reclaim your vineyard. God says, “I am reclaiming you. This is a Jubilee moment in your life. I am demanding repayment of the robbery of the Jezebel spirit. Everything stolen must be returned. Your inheritance, your health, your time, your voice, your clarity, your legacy, it’s all being reclaimed. I am giving you back the vineyard that was stolen.” Now let me pray: In the mighty name of Jesus, I command every Jezebelic assignment, every generational stronghold that has taken root in your life, to be uprooted now. Be broken from your heart, your calling, your destiny, and your mind. Be uprooted in Jesus’ name. I decree Jubilee over you. The Jezebel spirit is being overthrown. The vineyard is being reclaimed. Your prophetic garden is coming alive again. The delay is over. Cycles are breaking, and the play button has been hit. Your prophetic timeline starts again today. And finally, I release this charge to you. This moment will require courage. It will require boundaries. You will be called to confront some relationships, environments, and mentalities that have tolerated the spirit God is removing. It’s time to say, “As for me and my house, we will serve the Lord, “ and walk in it. No more compromise. No more confusion. No more being stuck and your destiny on hold. Your vineyard is yours again in Jesus' name!