The Words to Shut Down

Things spiraled out of control. Things that were said of diagnosis and I quickly interrupted and said “no, I know my God, I don’t know what belief you stand in or if you even believe in God, but I know what He does and has done for me, through this whole time since January and I know He will do it again.”

It wasn’t words of rudeness, it was standing firm in my belief as the death words were being spoken. I felt I needed to quickly shut out the spirit of death and words of death to quickly speak truth and life into this.

There comes a time when we need to do this when the Holy Spirit tells us to do so. To stand up for our belief and faith. We can’t allow words to be spoken over what God already and said would happen. It was quickly the opposite of what the Lord said and boy let me tell you, my spirit was stirring up inside to shut it off now before more words spill out.

I had to remember, this isn’t against flesh and blood but against the rulers, against the authorities, against the powers of this dark world and against the spiritual forces of evil in the heavenly realms. – Ephesians 6:12. I knew in my Spirit it was time to shut it off and speak truth.

As a woman of God, who loves and serves the Lord, I had seen this is the time where I am going to either partner with the enemies lies or stand in what I believe, and know, within the years of being hidden in the Lord.

Standing up for God even if it were family or friends, doctors or nurses, whoever it may be, won’t always be pretty but it is definitely worth doing. Why? Because we are not allowing ourselves to partner with the enemies lies and instead we are quickly shutting out those words like a hot potato and replacing them with life giving powerful words of truth.

There is power in the tongue. Where my husband and I were, I knew I needed to clear this atmosphere so I wouldn’t allow that spirit take over and stay. Rather I needed the Holy Spirit to come and reside within this room to fill it up and for Father God to place his mighty warrior angels to stay planted in the room to defeat off anything that tries to come up against what is happening that should not be.

I began to see so much, I began to witness the spiritual realm in such a real way. I knew it was real. I just knew. But to walk it and see it and feel it, it’s a whole new level of training.

The way I see this place I am temporarily in, I see it as growing more into the Lord, running to Him as He leads me into this path of closeness to Him, experiencing His power and glory in a whole new way, defending the Father that I know to be true, and placing my weapons and armor on everyday because there is a real enemy prowling around looking for someone to devour (ones who have no armor on) –1 Peter 5:8. I never realized how important it is to place our armor on daily or have our weapons ready to throw back at the enemy quickly before he tries to throw arrows.. but walking this has shown me its vitally important. And thats what I am seeing and experiencing in this walk we are in right now.

Placing on our pieces of armor. If I choose not to, how else can I fight against the enemy who wants to destroy everything in my path, kill every piece of joy within me, and steal the faith that I strongly have?

I wouldn’t be able to.

Placing on the armor and reciting the Word loudly and inwardly is needed, practical living, day to day in our life. It is a Spiritual Discipline that we must grow in day to day.

And that my friend is what I am seeing in this moment and time for many of us women and men of God.