I HEARD THE LORD SAY ‘SHIELDS UP! HOLD YOUR GROUND’
Recently I heard the Lord say, ‘SHIELDS UP! HOLD YOUR GROUND.’
As I leaned into the Lord and listened to His heart, I heard:
‘My people, SHIELDS UP! HOLD YOUR GROUND! Do NOT move from what I have spoken. Remain in truth. Do not look to the left or to the right and to the barrage of arrows, accusations and intimidation that surrounds you. Turn not your eyes to the natural realm. Do not attempt to work things out in your mind. LOOK to Me. Keep your eyes on Me. You are surrounded by much noise that is attempting to distract you out of your assignment that I have given you in this season. Be not discouraged. Be not dismayed. For I am with You and I am teaching you in greater ways to stand against the wiles of the enemy and the fiery darts that are coming your way.
‘I say unto you, that I am bringing you to a deeper level of understanding of standing in faith and walking by faith. I say unto you, that much of what many of you are experiencing is not what it seems. I say unto you, that I am exposing and uncovering the root of what is coming against you in these days and I am revealing it for what it is. I say unto you, that there are many who are facing ferocious battle and warfare in this threshold moment. There are many who are encountering intense turbulence at the threshold that I have brought you to; and it is imperative, My people, that you give NOT any attention, focus or access to a spirit of fear and intimidation that is attempting to hinder you and delay you.
‘For I have prepared you and am preparing you for what is before you in this season. As you continue to yield to Me and surrender to My ways and live in deep intimacy with Me, I have been working deeply within you to prepare you for where I am leading you.
‘There are many of you who are feeling discouraged by the battle that has come at the gates again; but I say unto you, lift up your eyes to Me and lift up your shield of faith. Hold your ground and do not move; for the battle is raging fiercely against you because of the magnitude of the threshold moment that many of you are finding yourselves at. There are many of you in this season that are at the greatest threshold moments of your lives thus far; and the enemy is attempting to thwart it, delay it and cause you to withdraw. But I say unto you, intimidation is not your inheritance. DO NOT FEAR (Is 43:1) for the enemy is attempting to lure you into agreement with intimidation, but that is not your inheritance in Me.
‘For I say unto you, that the righteous are as BOLD as lions (Proverbs 28:1) and I am causing you to arise in courage in Me, in these days, in ways that you have not walked in before. I say unto, you that I am arising on your behalf and I am causing your enemies to scatter (Deuteronomy 28:7) as you obey Me and follow Me in all that I am leading you into.
‘I say unto you, guard your gates! Guard your gates! Hold your ground and continue to do what I have called you to do. The winds of change are blowing fiercely. There will be acceleration upon what I have called you to do and build in Me and with Me in ways you have never experienced. And as the move of My Spirit comes and I call you out on the water to walk with Me, be NOT afraid. Follow Me where I am leading for there is GREAT JOY IN ME that will be found as you step into the next steps that I have for you. Continue to walk before Me in purity and integrity and give no room and no voice to the enemy that is attempting to talk you out of where I am leading you into. Shields up! Hold your ground!
‘I say unto you, do not sit down. Do not run. STAND. What is attempting to come against you will be turned on its head as you remain steadfast upon My Word. Stand in faith and in My truth and what I have spoken to you and upon My Word, and you shall see a great overturning take place in this hour. I say unto you, where the enemy is coming to attempt to steal the vision, remain steadfast in the vision. Remain faithful to My vision. Remain obedient to My leading. For I will cause all that is against you to suddenly be turned for you. The very areas and the very ground that is the most contended for, for many of you right now, align your faith with what I have spoken and sow into these grounds with faith and expectation of seeing Me move. Because these are grounds and places that you shall see a move of My Spirit in ways you have not seen.
‘These threshold moments where many of you are finding the greatest turbulence right now, are places of destiny that I have for you to partner with Me, from the place of deeper intimacy than you have walked in before. The enemy is terrified, My people, of what I am going to do through you in these new places and spaces and he is attempting to hinder you. But I say unto you, as you HOLD YOUR GROUND, SHIELDS UP IN FAITH, REMAIN; watch the lands of inheritance and destiny that MY HAND shall lead you into in these days. I am training your hands for war and fingers for battle (Ps 144:1) in greater ways than you have known. I am causing you to awaken to the depth of your victory in Me, and shifting many of you from fighting on the defense to the offense. I am drawing you into deeper places of discernment and strategy in prayer, as you continue to seek Me and are yielded to Me and to My Word.
‘I say unto you, that where the enemy has come and attempted to put his hands upon many things in your life to overturn them and cause chaos and destruction, I say unto you; SHIELDS UP! HOLD YOUR GROUND! I am causing you to arise in a strength of faith that you have not walked in. Watch as I increase the conviction in your hearts of the power of My Word and watch how MY WORD WILL GO FORTH. And in the POWER OF MY SPIRIT, where the enemy has attempted to OVERTURN and cause chaos, WATCH HOW I SHALL OVERTURN THE PLANS OF THE ENEMY in your life. Stand upon My Word. Plead My blood over that which the enemy is attempting to touch, and watch what I am going to do.
‘Where the enemy has attempted to continue, over and over and over again, to cause you to run, to wear you down; I say unto you, watch and see – as you continue to STAND and have your SHIELD UP – how I am going to cause ALL the ways the enemy has attempted to weary you and cause you to run from what I have called you to; his attempts now UNDONE as I empower you with a SUPERNATURAL STRENGTH TO RUN and OUTRUN his schemes and plans. WATCH the supernatural power of My Spirit that shall cause you to ARISE AND RUN in supernatural strength in ways you have not ever known.
‘The depth of weariness that many of you have known has felt like it would cause you to not be able to continue or persevere, but I say unto you: not only am I breaking weariness in this season, I am building within you – by My Spirit – the strength to persevere. Where the enemy has told many of you over and over again that you will not make it, I say unto you; that as you continue to stand and trust in Me, as you continue to hold My hand in faith, I say unto you, that you are coming UP AND OUT.
‘I say unto you, that you shall see and know the dependence upon Me that I have been drawing you deeper into in this season in ALL that you have been walking through. Where the enemy has tried to steal, kill and destroy from you, watch how I am turning it all around for your good (John 10:10, Rom 8:28). And watch the depth of dependence upon Me that I have been building within you that is leading you into a deeper place of walking in strength.
‘I say unto you, STAND AT THE THRESHOLD with your SHIELDS UP! Things are changing and shifting and they are shifting quickly by My hand, and the enemy is attempting to bring this barrage against you to cause you to withdraw. HOLD YOUR GROUND. There is a mighty move of My Spirit coming upon you that is like a tidal wave – My Glory and My power that will cause you to be in AWE of My mighty works.
‘The turning is taking place. The turning is taking place by My hand. No weapon formed against you, My people, will prosper. (Isaiah 54:17) Words and curses are coming down as you take authority over them in My name. Word curses will NOT prevail. Watch the words that have come against you fall to the ground and watch MY WORDS that I am speaking over you PREVAIL! Watch My favour and vindication upon you.
‘This threshold you are in is greatly contended for because there is Glory, My Glory, and a move of My Spirit on the other side of this that is greater than you can even comprehend. Continue to remain close to Me in deep intimacy. Stay deep in My heart and in My Word and do not move. Continue to seek Me with purity and humility and give no voice to the accuser. Give no ear to his accusations and watch as you stand, SHIELDS UP in faith, the fiery darts of the enemy fall to the ground. Oh the joy of My recompense, vindication and increase that you shall see.’