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“LOOK! I AM UNCOVERING WHAT HAS BEEN HIDDEN, REVEALING WHAT HAS BEEN IN PREPARATION, & OPENING DOORS THAT HAVE BEEN CLOSED!”

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“LOOK! I AM UNCOVERING WHAT HAS BEEN HIDDEN, REVEALING WHAT HAS BEEN IN PREPARATION, & OPENING DOORS THAT HAVE BEEN CLOSED!”

“LOOK! I AM UNCOVERING WHAT HAS BEEN HIDDEN, REVEALING WHAT HAS BEEN IN PREPARATION, & OPENING DOORS THAT HAVE BEEN CLOSED!”

I believe that February is a strategic month of GRACE (Divine help, enabling power, strength, and favor) to begin to SEE what has been UNSEEN and hidden revealed. A few weeks ago as I was praying into February I had a dream containing three revelations that all painted this same picture - that whatever it is that God has been planning, preparing, & strategizing, He is about to LAUNCH & MANIFEST it through you! 

02/02/2020 - FROM RESET TO THE REVEALING, FROM CLOSED TO OPEN DOORS! 

After I had this dream I began to write it down when I suddenly felt a strong impression from the Lord not to share this particular revelation for a while or until I felt the release. It felt strangely out of timing yet this morning when I woke up on 02/02/2020 suddenly I knew in my spirit that this word was ready to be released. But why now? What’s the significance of today compared to a few weeks ago? 

The last few weeks and months have been a time where God has been dealing with tired hearts, burnt out, cynical, hurting, weary, and longing hearts, and so our focus has needed to be on Him while He readied our hearts for what He was about to REVEAL. It was the RESET & recalibration of those who were still rehearsing the wilderness, living in survival, and clinging desperately to the last threads of a finished era. To see through the eyes of the spirit effectively you need to be clear and in fact... empty. This emptying has been God preparing you to be filled with his understanding and not expecting we can walk this season out the same way we did the last.  The significance of today is that we have stepped into an open door (02:02) in this 2020 year. 

Isaiah 22:22 “I will place on his shoulder the key to the house of David; what he opens no one can shut, and what he shuts no one can open.”

I believe that today onwards God is beginning to REVEAL the doors the enemy desperately did not want you to see or ever enter. This will be a time of joyfully advancing and CROSSING OVER the threshold of the new territory many long-awaited promises and walking into the doors God has prepared for you. 

This will be the time where crucial directions and strategies will be released that will TRANSPORT you where you need to go, where the dots will connect and you feel the favor and ease on moving forward. Also for those who have been making major, risky, adventurous faith steps, THIS will be the month you see the fruit of daring to believe God at His word. 

THERE’S BEEN A RUMBLING IN THE DEEP - IT'S YOUR 3RD TRIMESTER!

In the first part of the dream, I simply heard the Lord say “This is the third trimester for those who have walked through a year of major opposition of what I have given them to birth. This is where they will stare their promise in the eyes!” then I was handed a calendar that had this scripture written on it;

“Rejoice with singing, you barren one! You who have never given birth, burst into a song of joy and shout, you who have never been in labor! For the deserted wife will have more children than the married one,” says Yahweh” Isaiah 54:1

Many have been in a relentless season of opposition because of the spiritual baby God has given them to birth. The enemy has seen something growing and increasing in you and has been trying every attempt to delay, frustrate, and abort the delivery. But the good news is that God is saying over you today that for EVERY DAY you were delayed and opposed God has only increased the size, the impact, and anointing of what’s about to be birthed through you! 

The third trimester of a natural pregnancy is the last trimester of carrying a child before birth and is the most crucial time for both mother and baby to prepare for that delivery day. This is the time that the mother must really know how to prepare for what is to come and how to physically bring about what has not been yet seen. This is also the last trimester of development for the baby where the baby opens its eyes and begins to get into position for birth. In the same way, I felt this dream was the Lord saying that we must prepare for the greatest birthing of ministries and movements we have ever seen sweep the body of Christ. 

This is where you will SEE what has been hidden and increasing in the dark. People have only seen your mess and have judged you by the barrenness of what they see on the surface, and maybe even you have become numb to what Is inside of you, but there has been a rumbling in the deep and God has not forgotten what He gave you to bring full term, and now it’s time and no opposition can stop it!

You must get ready and into position to bring forth what has been delayed. You must shake off the discouragement, frustration, fear, and constant distractions you have been entertaining and begin to SEE with heavens eyes what God is about to do. You must get ready to step into the FULL TERM call of God upon your life. 

I AM RAISING UP MY EAGLE-EYED PIONEERS!

In the second part of my dream, I kept seeing an eagle hovering over and brooding over the earth, surveying the new land and LOOKING for those who would dare to SEE  through the eyes of the spirit in this season to know what God was about to unfold. In particular, I was drawn to the eagle's eyes and the way it was looking with such focus and intensity and I knew this was symbolic of the awakening of God's people to see things not through the eyes of the natural but those would see things through the eyes of the spirit.

These are those who deliberately and intentionally choose to be more focussed on what Is doing over what chaos they see on the news or in surrounding circumstances. These are those who are dedicated to living according to heaven instead of the natural so that they can make earth look like heaven! God is calling the church higher right now especially in this time in history where unless we ascend higher we will begin to be subtly influenced by what is below and become ineffective to dispense the kingdom realm at all. 

“This is a generation of pioneers!” I heard the Lord say. “A generation will ascend the heights with me and SEE how I see. They will not live with the limitations and small-minded thinking of the wise but they will soar in unison with my spirit and SEE how I see and SPEAK what they see me doing. They will be the bell ringers and announcers of a new day, the linguists of new language and themes on my heart, and the carriers of movements that carry my Glory!”

THE TEN YEAR TELESCOPE & THE SEER ANOINTING FALLING UPON A GENERATION

The last part of the dream felt the most significant to me or maybe I just relate to it the most, but I was handed a telescope and as I looked through it I saw time speed up and it was like I was watching a Montague of the next 10 years. (I’ll have to share more on this in another word) Then in the dream this passage from Joel 2:28;

“And afterward, I will pour out my Spirit on all people. Your sons and daughters will prophesy, your old men will dream dreams, your young men will see visions”

When I woke up a few things came to mind;

  1. Ten years ago last month I encountered the Lord in such a powerful way that for two weeks whether awake or asleep I was constantly receiving revelation from the Lord about the years 2010-2020. 
  2. This encounter activated prophetic dreams and visions in my life that have been crucial to my hearing from God. 
  3. For the first time hearing this scripture in Joel 2, it felt like more of a commissioning & responsibility than just a prophetic indication of what was to come. 

I believe that right now God is pouring out His spirit and in its wake is activating a seer anointing in dimensions and depths we have not yet seen. We are about to see a generation of seers arise that don’t just have spiritual experiences they write in their diaries but powerful encounters that they can act upon and transform the earth with! The prophetic has been boxed up way too small and the charismatics have been the main stewarder of this office and gifting but we are about to see a greater wave of prophets rise from all spheres, streams, and denominations in the years to come as God pours out His spirit on ALL people. Prophets of accuracy, sharpness, and the boldness like Elijah who live from the throne-room. 

TAKE OFF YOUR OLD GLASSES

One morning as I was talking to the Lord about what He had shown me I was out for a walk and my sunglasses kept fogging up even though it wasn’t overly warm or humid yet. After a few times of cleaning them, I heard “Now take your glasses off”. I laughed out loud knowing what He was referring to, and maybe you do as well. 

Right now God is beginning to reveal the path forward that was once hidden, open doors that seemed locked and closed, and birth new and unheard things through you, but let me ask you, what lens are you looking through? Are you still looking through the pain of the season you barely made it through? Are you still debilitated from the hurt and betrayal you experienced? Have you encountered so many robberies and bad breaks that you are still seeing your future with that same expectation? Sounds like foggy glasses to me and it’s time to take them off and let God give you his new latest range fog-free sunglasses. 

“NOW WHAT DO YOU SEE?” PRAYER TO SEE IN THIS SEASON & THE ACTIVATION OF YOUR SPIRITUAL EYES

As I am writing this I was reminded of a word I received from a general a year ago who told that one of my life’s graces was to pray for people to SEE & HEAR, and one of my mandates was to open the door for others to experience dreams and visions. I feel strongly that I am supposed to pray right now and activate your God-given inheritance and ability to SEE in this season. Remember you don’t have to be a prophet to prophesy and you don’t need to be a seer to see.

So maybe you have never seen in the spirit before at all, maybe you used to but it’s been less and less, maybe you used to dream but haven’t in a long time or you only seem to have warfare dreams, visions, and experiences. Maybe you don’t ever get visions or impressions, or maybe you do but you don’t know what they mean. I feel like the Holy Spirit wants to IGNITE this in your life so in the days to come it can be a powerful communication line and revealer of what God is saying and doing. 

There are three passages of scripture I want to pray and prophesy over you today to activate this; 2 Kings 6:17, Ephesians 1:18, and John 20:20;

“Holy Spirit I pray that every person reading this would first ENCOUNTER YOU & SEE YOU like the disciples did 2000 years ago, and that they would intimately know you and your heart for them daily because without seeing through the lens of righteousness and through eyes of love they will never be able to understand or comprehend what they see in the spirit. Holy Spirit give them the mind of Christ and the vision of Jesus, the love of Jesus, and His immense mercy for a world that doesn’t yet know him. If they have lost the purity of the simple gospel then right now Lord restore it in Jesus name. Also I pray that the light of God will illuminate the eyes of your imagination, flooding you with light, until you experience the full revelation of the hope of his calling, so you would be able to see what is not seen by your natural eyes and perceive with all your senses what is unable to be be accessed by natural means. Lastly I pray for your spiritual eyes to be OPENED right now, that you would no longer be blind or foggy in your view your of life, your circumstances, your future, your destiny, towards others, and the world in Jesus name! I pray for your dreams to begin NOW, for visions to begin NOW in Jesus name and that just as Joel 2:28 says you would have dreams, visions, and PROPHESY in Jesus name! 

We are in the beginning of the greatest move of God that this planet has ever seen since Jesus and when God asks you “I am doing a new thing, do you SEE it?” I prophesy that you will reply “YES I CAN!” 

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FOR THOSE ASKING "WHERE DO I GO FROM HERE?"

By Nate Johnston • 01 May, 2024
This is burning in my spirit to share for those who have felt stuck or put on hold especially in the last 4 months. It seems like you are back in waiting but aren’t sure what for. You feel like you have been on a wild-goose chase that has suddenly shipwrecked you in “no mans land”. It feels like you have been robbed of your vehicle - your purpose. Like you have been pulled over and forced out. You feel like you have ended up in a situation that looks nothing like what you envisioned, grieving what makes you come alive but is now out of reach. Looking behind you it feels like your best days are over like you hit your peak - but you haven’t even seen your best days yet. I saw the word I NTERRUPTION being crossed out and in bright red the word LEGACY was written over it. None of this is an accident - where you are right now is a setup. THE UNEXPECTED PATH None of this was a mistake. Your unusual path. The detour. The treasure hunt and blind faith journey. It wasn’t a tease. It was designed to go somewhere you couldn’t have found on your own. You wouldn’t have chosen the mess and the unknown, the struggles and wrestles, pressing and crushing - and you also wouldn’t have seen what was waiting for you at the end of this. But now your heart needs to adjust to the new landscape. The new thing that you didn’t expect or envision. It’s not settling - Its surrender. It’s not giving up - it’s finally moving with the new flow and accepting the new script. ADDRESSING THE LIES The lie of failure has shut down your creativity and confidence. It’s made you drop your sword and begin to bargain your way out. The lie of being abandoned has questioned your first call and whether you heard God at all. No, you didn’t miss it. The lie of “this is as good as it’s going to get” has made you begin to settle for second best and make your bed in the valley but you are moving through! THE SEED FALLING TO THE GROUND Many have been in an extreme 4 months of what has felt like a “falling to the ground season” where it has felt like everything they once held has had to be laid down. “Very truly I tell you, unless a kernel of wheat falls to the ground and dies, it remains only a single seed. But if it dies, it produces many seeds” - John 12:24 I heard the Lord say “If my people don’t lay down what they are holding how can they pick up what I am giving them next?” It feels painful to let go of a dream or expectation you built your life around but God isn’t taking it from you to hurt you but to ADD TO IT! God wants to multiply you! Have you been fighting it? The enemy has. He wants you to stay in the same place you have been. He wants you to hold onto the old seeds that have worn around your neck like a necklace, but if you don’t let them go they will become like a lead weight! As quickly as you lean into surrender God will pour out what he wants to give you. This refining and shaking moment is protection and promotion. It’s advancement and the breaking of apathy. It’s the pure ointment clearing away the old husks of an old season. ENTER THE RESURRECTION! I then heard the Lord say “I am resurrecting my people!” and then I saw the 4 winds of the Spirit whirling and could see the purpose behind this process - God has been seeing his people in bondage, trauma, and constant conflict with the enemy and so He sent us through the fire to DELIVER US! What emerges from this furnace now is going to be so potent. New movements, ministries, messages, and voices. New synergy, partnerships, family, and tribe. Watch what and who leaves the tomb in this season. Watch who comes out of complete disablement with a fresh sound and voice for this season. “In the midst of fiery hot trials, persecution, shaking, opposition, and warfare, heavyweight ministries and movements are emerging and birthing. This is far from a “stuck” or “decrease” season for those who have held onto the hem of Jesus garment. This is where we see the cross outwork powerfully in crisis” “He must increase, but I must decrease” - John 3:30 God didn’t cast you off or send you into isolation - He is REFORMING you and readying you for the next chapter of this pioneering adventure! THE NEXT SIX MONTHS The six months from now til September (Rosh Hashanah) are going to be WAY OPENING months. New direction and coordinates are coming where there has been only roadblocks and no options. New blueprints and fresh vision for the days ahead are coming. Old wineskins will keep falling away. Powerless seeker sensitive Christianity will keep losing its grip and fiery red hot believers will emerge to lead the way forward. Veils of religion and fear are going to drop off the ears and eyes of Gods people so we can see this season clearly and embrace and seize it instead of running and hiding. We won’t fall for the lies of false prophet media. Regardless of what we hear on the news or see in some circumstances. God is tapping us into the newsroom of heaven to see beyond the storm. We are going to shake off the death of this past season and begin to live through the glasses of hope and the victory of the finished work of the cross again. Foundations will keep shaking as God reveals the true rock to build upon on. Structures on sand won’t survive this season. We are coming back to what matters and shedding the weight of every thing that has cluttered us and held us in bondage. We are going to resurrected seeds multiplied. We are going to increased anointing on those who have walked through this shaking season and kept their eyes on the Lord. Jesus is taking center place again in the church. We will see the broken merchant tables of the old expired movements begin to make way for the oil lamps of the burning ones. We are entering an extremely high revelatory season - and Jesus will share this heart with his friends. We are stepping out of defeat and into strategic alignment to hear the counsel of the lord and action it. The Josephs will make themselves known with practical insight of how to plan and prepare and build. We are entering a season of visitation that turns the hearts of the cold back to the Lord. Families that have even under fire will begin to see their broken foundations rebuilt and God is bringing joy and recompense to those who have suffered loss and sowed in tears. And Jesus gets all the glory.

TO ALL OF YOU FACING GIANTS THIS WEEK

By Nate Johnston • 01 May, 2024
To all of you facing giants this week: As I was praying I heard the Lord say “This is a moment to REMEMBER a what I have said and what I have done” “This is a moment to remind yourself of the breakthroughs you have seen and the impossibilities I demolished in front of you” “This is a time to find your greatest trials that you saw me move in and anchor yourself to that testimony that I will do once again” “This is a time to dig up the words spoken and prophesied over you and go to war with them, arm yourself with them, and stir up your faith to see them come to pass” “I know it’s hard to get your hopes up right now, and it’s been so long since you have seen opposition budge but you are about to see mountains move!” “Cut off the sources of fear, and stop listening to the giants trying to talk you out of your inheritance because soon they will be gone and you’ll hold the keys to the land” “Reject the lies and the failure, and ask yourself; who is fighting for you? Who wages war with you? Who is by your side? Who will never let you do this alone? That’s right, I am with you” “So this week raise up a shout and press into my presence. Lift up your sword and pierce the thick air with your cry, because your worship is going to disarm the warfare and unlock the gates” “The giants in the land are no match for my power and anointing I have given to you. So shake off the defeat and feeling powerless because you have the same power in you that resurrected Jesus from the grave” Let every obstacle, principality, roadblock, and demonic assignment shake in their boots as you March into this week with your hopes up and your sword raised high... we are going to see VICTORIES for the battle belongs to the Lord! “I will sing of you, the one who gives victory to kings— the one who rescues David, your loving servant, from the fatal sword” - Psalm 144:10 “Do not be afraid or discouraged because of this vast army. For the battle is not yours, but God’s” - 2 Chronicles 20:15 

FOR THOSE ASKING "WHERE DO I GO FROM HERE?"

By Nate Johnston • 01 May, 2024
This is burning in my spirit to share for those who have felt stuck or put on hold especially in the last 4 months. It seems like you are back in waiting but aren’t sure what for. You feel like you have been on a wild-goose chase that has suddenly shipwrecked you in “no mans land”. It feels like you have been robbed of your vehicle - your purpose. Like you have been pulled over and forced out. You feel like you have ended up in a situation that looks nothing like what you envisioned, grieving what makes you come alive but is now out of reach. Looking behind you it feels like your best days are over like you hit your peak - but you haven’t even seen your best days yet. I saw the word I NTERRUPTION being crossed out and in bright red the word LEGACY was written over it. None of this is an accident - where you are right now is a setup. THE UNEXPECTED PATH None of this was a mistake. Your unusual path. The detour. The treasure hunt and blind faith journey. It wasn’t a tease. It was designed to go somewhere you couldn’t have found on your own. You wouldn’t have chosen the mess and the unknown, the struggles and wrestles, pressing and crushing - and you also wouldn’t have seen what was waiting for you at the end of this. But now your heart needs to adjust to the new landscape. The new thing that you didn’t expect or envision. It’s not settling - Its surrender. It’s not giving up - it’s finally moving with the new flow and accepting the new script. ADDRESSING THE LIES The lie of failure has shut down your creativity and confidence. It’s made you drop your sword and begin to bargain your way out. The lie of being abandoned has questioned your first call and whether you heard God at all. No, you didn’t miss it. The lie of “this is as good as it’s going to get” has made you begin to settle for second best and make your bed in the valley but you are moving through! THE SEED FALLING TO THE GROUND Many have been in an extreme 4 months of what has felt like a “falling to the ground season” where it has felt like everything they once held has had to be laid down. “Very truly I tell you, unless a kernel of wheat falls to the ground and dies, it remains only a single seed. But if it dies, it produces many seeds” - John 12:24 I heard the Lord say “If my people don’t lay down what they are holding how can they pick up what I am giving them next?” It feels painful to let go of a dream or expectation you built your life around but God isn’t taking it from you to hurt you but to ADD TO IT! God wants to multiply you! Have you been fighting it? The enemy has. He wants you to stay in the same place you have been. He wants you to hold onto the old seeds that have worn around your neck like a necklace, but if you don’t let them go they will become like a lead weight! As quickly as you lean into surrender God will pour out what he wants to give you. This refining and shaking moment is protection and promotion. It’s advancement and the breaking of apathy. It’s the pure ointment clearing away the old husks of an old season. ENTER THE RESURRECTION! I then heard the Lord say “I am resurrecting my people!” and then I saw the 4 winds of the Spirit whirling and could see the purpose behind this process - God has been seeing his people in bondage, trauma, and constant conflict with the enemy and so He sent us through the fire to DELIVER US! What emerges from this furnace now is going to be so potent. New movements, ministries, messages, and voices. New synergy, partnerships, family, and tribe. Watch what and who leaves the tomb in this season. Watch who comes out of complete disablement with a fresh sound and voice for this season. “In the midst of fiery hot trials, persecution, shaking, opposition, and warfare, heavyweight ministries and movements are emerging and birthing. This is far from a “stuck” or “decrease” season for those who have held onto the hem of Jesus garment. This is where we see the cross outwork powerfully in crisis” “He must increase, but I must decrease” - John 3:30 God didn’t cast you off or send you into isolation - He is REFORMING you and readying you for the next chapter of this pioneering adventure! THE NEXT SIX MONTHS The six months from now til September (Rosh Hashanah) are going to be WAY OPENING months. New direction and coordinates are coming where there has been only roadblocks and no options. New blueprints and fresh vision for the days ahead are coming. Old wineskins will keep falling away. Powerless seeker sensitive Christianity will keep losing its grip and fiery red hot believers will emerge to lead the way forward. Veils of religion and fear are going to drop off the ears and eyes of Gods people so we can see this season clearly and embrace and seize it instead of running and hiding. We won’t fall for the lies of false prophet media. Regardless of what we hear on the news or see in some circumstances. God is tapping us into the newsroom of heaven to see beyond the storm. We are going to shake off the death of this past season and begin to live through the glasses of hope and the victory of the finished work of the cross again. Foundations will keep shaking as God reveals the true rock to build upon on. Structures on sand won’t survive this season. We are coming back to what matters and shedding the weight of every thing that has cluttered us and held us in bondage. We are going to resurrected seeds multiplied. We are going to increased anointing on those who have walked through this shaking season and kept their eyes on the Lord. Jesus is taking center place again in the church. We will see the broken merchant tables of the old expired movements begin to make way for the oil lamps of the burning ones. We are entering an extremely high revelatory season - and Jesus will share this heart with his friends. We are stepping out of defeat and into strategic alignment to hear the counsel of the lord and action it. The Josephs will make themselves known with practical insight of how to plan and prepare and build. We are entering a season of visitation that turns the hearts of the cold back to the Lord. Families that have even under fire will begin to see their broken foundations rebuilt and God is bringing joy and recompense to those who have suffered loss and sowed in tears. And Jesus gets all the glory.

TO ALL OF YOU FACING GIANTS THIS WEEK

By Nate Johnston • 01 May, 2024
To all of you facing giants this week: As I was praying I heard the Lord say “This is a moment to REMEMBER a what I have said and what I have done” “This is a moment to remind yourself of the breakthroughs you have seen and the impossibilities I demolished in front of you” “This is a time to find your greatest trials that you saw me move in and anchor yourself to that testimony that I will do once again” “This is a time to dig up the words spoken and prophesied over you and go to war with them, arm yourself with them, and stir up your faith to see them come to pass” “I know it’s hard to get your hopes up right now, and it’s been so long since you have seen opposition budge but you are about to see mountains move!” “Cut off the sources of fear, and stop listening to the giants trying to talk you out of your inheritance because soon they will be gone and you’ll hold the keys to the land” “Reject the lies and the failure, and ask yourself; who is fighting for you? Who wages war with you? Who is by your side? Who will never let you do this alone? That’s right, I am with you” “So this week raise up a shout and press into my presence. Lift up your sword and pierce the thick air with your cry, because your worship is going to disarm the warfare and unlock the gates” “The giants in the land are no match for my power and anointing I have given to you. So shake off the defeat and feeling powerless because you have the same power in you that resurrected Jesus from the grave” Let every obstacle, principality, roadblock, and demonic assignment shake in their boots as you March into this week with your hopes up and your sword raised high... we are going to see VICTORIES for the battle belongs to the Lord! “I will sing of you, the one who gives victory to kings— the one who rescues David, your loving servant, from the fatal sword” - Psalm 144:10 “Do not be afraid or discouraged because of this vast army. For the battle is not yours, but God’s” - 2 Chronicles 20:15 

FOR THOSE EXPERIENCING “PEOPLE FATIGUE”

By Nate Johnston • 28 Apr, 2024
Many are right now experiencing “People fatigue” which is the bewildering burnout after long seasons of being used, manipulated, and pulled in every direction by people for extended periods of time. People fatigue is the result of being constantly coerced and controlled, told what you should and shouldn’t do, being pulled into drama and situations there was no grace on, and/or worn down by people who keep overriding boundaries, and then gaslighting you when you confront it. People fatigue comes to the surface when you realize that you are either bitter and resentful at any level of relationship or involvement with others, overly wary, cynical of all people, or are noticing yourself hiding and retreating. Other signs are anxiety at gatherings or events, scrolling through social media, and anger/frustration seeing others in healthy relationships. If this is you, it’s because the enemy wants you to never find family and genuine covenant relationships. In fact, I believe it’s one of the enemies tactics to isolate you further after you have already come out of a long wilderness, sending you back into obscurity and a Lone Ranger lifestyle. If he can cause you to fear people or have you attempt to do kingdom without people, then he knows he has won in keeping your calling at bay. But let’s go one step further. People fatigue at the surface is people burnout but underneath it’s a triggered area of soul trauma that is rooted in feeling abandoned or used by God. What? How does that work? Let me explain; Think of a pastor who knows his job is to look after his flock. He gives his life to that congregation often at the expense of his family and own wellbeing. Then one day he crashes hard with a moral failure or just mentally/emotionally. Who does he feel let down by? People? Not necessarily. He feels let down by God. “Why did you call me to something I couldn’t keep up with?” He says. But the issue isn’t that God overloaded us, but that religion did. We did. Hang on, how were we part of the problem? It’s easy for us to accidentally slip into the role of fixer when we are in ministry or doing kingdom because we see the great need and think that if we don’t do it, who will right? Before too long we have been spread thin, see the warning signs, but often don’t stop until we have become completely shipwrecked. Is this where you are? Are you in people fatigue? The first step, is dealing with your heart towards the Lord. Ask Him to show you what He called you to without all of the extra baggage and hats that he didn’t tell you to wear. Make the clear distinction between that which He called you to and the over bearing religious burden you have taken on. Also, ask Him to heal and restore your heart from the weariness of the last season. Secondly, deal with any areas of people pleasing in your heart that keeps you in bondage to people or feeling like you owe everyone your time and energy. Is there a reason you keep getting to a place of burnout? Ask the Lord to show you. Thirdly, forgive people who have worn you down and whether knowingly or unknowingly, used you over and over. Maybe you also need to forgive people who have promised things or said things but haven’t delivered. And lastly create some boundaries. Write out a list of rules for yourself of how to effectively do relationships. How can you be in connection to others and a community of people where you feel valued, can pour into them but not feel like you get drained of everything? How do you interact without getting pulled on in an unhealthy way? Decide to up your communication game and value yourself more. You are not being unloving or mean by stating your boundary lines. LAST THOUGHTS Learning to trust people again is a big deal and can be easier said than done but it’s worth fighting to achieve. There are aspects of God we don’t get to experience without community and a close knit group of people to run with. This doesn’t mean we have to open up the floodgates of our hearts to everyone either. In fact, we need more discernment in the days to come and need to know who we are meant to do covenant relationship with and it’s not everyone. One other source of people fatigue are those in “wrong companies” or yoked to people or leaders who are using them to do their bidding. You keep wondering why you are depleted in every way when you are “serving the man of God” but it’s because you are being used. It’s time to break those yokes and as you do you’ll start to be healed and get refreshed again. Some people attract drama and by being in the pig pen with them you keep getting their mud on you. Leave it! Shut the door! “Strengthen the feeble hands, steady the knees that give way” — Isaiah 35:3

TYPES OF OPPOSITION YOU MAY BE DEALING WITH RIGHT NOW & WHY

By Nate Johnston • 24 Apr, 2024
Opposition to the deeper REST/RESET This is where the enemy wars against you entering the secret place, bombarding you with busyness, striving, pressure to get things done, and sudden overwhelming distractions. The healing and heart clearing is so important right now and for some God is doing a complete makeover, cutting hidden ties, and removing wounds and trauma you didn’t even know you were carrying. Opposition of CLARITY to receive revelation/blueprints This is where the enemy sends chatter and words against you, where the atmosphere feels foggy and confusion tries to set in, and while God is always speaking it feels like the pieces don’t connect or seems unclear. For many this is manifested in the battle of the mind coming against them right now and the temptation to fall back into old mindsets, fears, and panic, but has been mainly been coming through peoples words of mockery and judgement. The war against you to RECEIVE is because the delivery is vital right now. Opposition on your VOICE In a time that the pure and clear prophetic has never been needed more there has been an obvious assignment to shut down voices rising up. Often disguised as wisdom, safe-guarding, and protecting purity (which are all necessary) this imposter spirit wants to shut down the prophetic by causing division, fault-finding/critical spirit, and instead of broadcasting hope - broadcasting opinions and agendas. This causes true voices of hope to shut down and hide. Opposition on what God is BUILDING in you This is where the enemy very directly hits you in the very area God is really adding favor, anointing, conviction, and vision in. He wants to sabotage it by making you second guess yourself, bring in controlling people and measures to taint it, or cause delays and setbacks/closed doors in the places God has promised. Opposition to your MANTLE and new mission/appointment Very much the same as what God is building in you but specifically the opposition that comes as a direct result of the noticeable increase you have stepped into and the office/appointment you have before you. The enemy sees the new mantle, your sudden fire and rising authority and has been warring against that appointment with weariness and disappointment. This is where you need wisdom and discernment to know that you aren’t taking on yokes, wrong armour, or peoples stuff, but only what God anoints and mantles you with. WHY AM I DEALING WITH OPPOSITION RIGHT NOW? - God is taking you from GLORY TO GLORY. - Your story is changing. Your track history is changing. - God is LIFTING you out of a whole way of living you got way too used to, administering his healing balm, restoration, and justice from many years ago. It’s the line in the sand so you can move into this season FULLY. - New blueprints and VISION are coming to you! You are in a new unknown era and God is giving you clear GPS directions, coordinates, and mission details for you to steward and walk out. - Your once hidden, squashed, silenced, and timid voice is suddenly ROARING from within you and making its way to the surface. You have no agenda, no territory to selfishly protect, and no motives or self-promotion and the earth needs the pure sound of your voice to cut through the noise. - God is BUILDING you, ESTABLISHING you, ANOINTING you afresh, and moving through you in a way you have not seen Him do! - You have been commissioned by God in the wilderness and now you are coming out of that season with a weighty governmental mantle and call to the nations to see them come to Jesus! SO HOW DO I RESPOND? - Take higher ground. PURSUE the secret place. FIGHT for it. It says in Hebrews 4:11 “Let us, therefore, make every effort to enter that rest” It can be difficult in pressure but it's the only place you can get free/clear. - Be armored up. Take communion regularly. - Rebuke the wind and waves. This is your offensive stance. Get out the word and bind up what is coming at you. Clear the atmosphere. Tell the opposition to STOP in Jesus name. - SHAKE IT OFF & MOVE ON! In Acts 18:6 it says “But when they opposed and insulted him, he shook out his garments and told them, “Your blood be on your own heads! I am innocent of it. From now on I will go to the Gentiles.” Don’t let it stop you, hold you back, or slow you down. - Keep your vision before you regardless of what you see. Write down the vision, prophesy it, steward your promises, and guard them with your life. Look at what GOD is doing! We must keep our eyes on Jesus more than the storm that surrounds us, more than any pandemic. What is God doing and saying over you right now ?
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