WATCH WORD – Cast Not Away Your Confidence!
Do you ever struggle?
I am sometimes surprised by the heaviness that casts its shadow across my mind. I wonder if I am somehow too weak or inadequate for the calling on my life. I linger long, recalling my failures and missed opportunities of the past and wonder, frankly, if I am actually going to live long on this earth. I wonder if I have enough of a prayer shield. I can almost hear the words of the accuser against me.
Then somewhere, as my soul descends down this dark shaft of despair, my descent is stopped and a ray of light breaks forth with this thought…”Where does this dark voice come from?” Is it me, simply seeing the truth? No. This is a distortion of the truth! I groan under a heavy burden. But I am not usually depressed. Is it God? No. It is not His nature to depress.
And then THIS thought comes with liberating force… “The voice that is telling you to quit, stop, give up, admit failure, you're too weak, it's too late…” THAT Voice is a harassing devil assigned to you to hinder and block you. It is assigned BECAUSE THE ENEMY FEARS THAT SHOULD YOU PERSIST… YOU WILL SUCCEED. YOU MUST BE DOING DAMAGE TO THE ENEMY or he would not assault your mind so aggressively to discourage you.
Carry on. That voice of doubt and uncertainty is why you know you are on the right track!
You can't out-argue each critic but you can bury him under a pile of evidence as you “out-fruit” him.
What do you say? Am I alone in my private wrestling?
–stay strong
Lance
I can so relate to that. It is something I have to fight on a regular basis. We are also seeing our 9 1/2 yr. old granddaughter go through this already. She has a very strong prophetic gifting and she struggles with self-abasement already at this age. When the enemy is working this hard, you know God has big things ahead. Praying for you, Lance, that you will quickly recognize the enemies schemes and tactics and rise above them.
No Lance you are not alone! And I am convinced you are right! Thank you for this encouraging, timely, prophetic word!
I receive this truth and walk in its strength, victory and freedom!
You are not alone, Lance.
Remember, ” As ONE”.
You are not alone, Lance.
Remember, “As ONE!”
Wow!! what a timely message for me too! Thank you Lance. You are truly a blessing. Thank you for the free messages on YouTube. I listen to them over and over.
A harrassing devil- very insiteful. I too have had unusual heaviness, as never before.No doubt because fullfillment of destiny is closer than ever before! God gave my wife a word for me in regard to this heaviness-Albatross: a psychological burden that feels like a curse. Recognizing the thoughts are from a devil and not me was the key (the ray of light) for me, because when I realized those thoughts were not my thoughts, I didn’t have to feel burdened anymore. As a man thinketh, so is he, so when you realize your own thinking is good, the thoughts the enemy is putting in are the bad ones, it is hugely liberating. It allows me to walk blamelessly with God, fully expectant of all that he has for me! Thanks Lance.
Talk about right on time.. Thank God you wrote this Lance… I’m on the verge of giving up! Self hatred and voices of doom everywhere! What the ???
I can definitely relate to this. One person calls it the “chatterbox”. The truth of God’s love and grace sets me free from the chatterbox.
SUPER!
It is so encouraging to know we are all walking with the Lord in our strengths,
weakness, and self doubts on which the enemy tries to prey. No matter how much
we honor the flag that another is carrying into battle, the common denominator
is who we are in HIM and that He has called us to win. We will always need to
remember His love for us and remember who the enemy is A liar,
Thanks Lance for continuing to light the way forward.
Blesssings
AS ONE
Susan
Dr. Wallnau,
The enemy is terrified of the 7 Mountain Generation concept. It has the potential of mobilizing much of the committed Church to move “as one.” We need you! Keep on moving on!
Amen! You are not alone Lance. And your gracious openness to share this word in such a personal way was very timely. Just in this last hour the accuser sent an attack. I just kept praying and praising, pressing in yet feeling little evidence of change within or in the atmosphere. But after reading this word there is a breakthrough, my joy returned immediately. And I was able to release some fresh declarations. Thanks for sharing with us.