ORACLES: Lesson 34

“I pray you stand in your authority today.”

When life becomes amuck and things are out of order around you, it’s easy to feel like your hands are tied. Even more, it’s easy to feel like there’s nothing to hold onto when everything swirls out of control. Confusion elicits high emotions, a collision of bad behaviors and an environment filled with tension and divide. Maybe you experience it during holidays with relatives in town. Maybe you’ve been living with it daily in your marriage. Or, maybe your office environment evolved into an atmosphere of animosity, angst and anger—right before your eyes.

Essentially, this is a time of distraction from what really matters, a time when feelings reign, and worst of all, the fear of the Lord is dismissed as carnality is on display and people follow the dictates of their own heart rather than the will of God and the leading of Holy Spirit. Be clear, He does lead even in times of chaos but because the issues are so loud and commanding, focus is lost, perspective is warped, and an opportunity is stripped.

Whenever there is an outburst of wrath, a display of disaffection, and/or disorder you have an opportunity to feed the fire or put an end to it. If you’re going to put an end to it, first, check yourself. If there is selfish ambition and envy within you, you’re the source or part of the problem. Blaming others further handicaps you! Stop the outbreak: judge your sin, repent to God and apologize to people. If you’re not the source, make sure that you’re not an instigator. Friction can’t start on it’s own, someone has to rub for fire. If you’re the troublemaker who’s meddling and agitating issues, your actions grieve Holy Spirit and will return to you as tribulation.

God is not the author of confusion, but the devil is and he uses people for his agenda. Which means you must let God use you! Stand up and declare peace to the storm! Exercise your spiritual authority over the eruption of conflict/pain. Literally, open your mouth and tell the devil his agenda is exposed and every plot and plan to provoke and prod confusion and unrest is now nullified and made void, in Jesus’ name! You can evict the devil from the premises, from his assignment and from having any affect on your life because you have delegated authority! (Luke 10:19) And God told me to tell you to stand up, and use the power in your mouth to put a stop to the foolishness! Don’t let your silence embolden the darkness!

Regardless of your personality, you can make a difference if you’ll assess and attack the real source. I’m not telling you to go yell at people, I’m telling you to either adjust yourself and/or get into your prayer closet and arrest the spirits of darkness that create havoc and laugh as people’s lives falls apart.

You’ve got the power (through Jesus) and God’s got your back. So, get to work!