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
Just last night, i was asking, ‘am i depressed’ having this foggy annoyance over my mind. The answer then, an absolute, no! I am just kicking ( excuse the word) some enemy ass!
Love your timely in season word Lance!
Lance,
As a pastor I have faced this type of attack from the enemy many times and just got over one last week.But God is gracious and He usually sends a servant of God to me who prays over me to break this assignment of the enemy.God can use different methods for different people.Praying for victory.
What an on-time word. I was journaling this morning and felt such failure, but I must believe what the Father says “this is My beloved daughter, in whom I am well pleased.” I cast my care on Him because He cares for me. Thanks Lance for being so real and transparent. The enemy wants to beat us up alone. Blessings to you and all who are reading this word and being fed by all the feedback. As One.
I fall down.. You pick me up..This messenger business you’re in.. rewarding? I thank God for your obedience and pray to find a way for my own. What impeccable timing. I want to know how you block distractions to focus on the higher purpose.. because those come pretty hard. Is there something you repeat to yourself for clarity and strength? Thank you. You are a tuning fork.
This is EXACTLY what has been happening in my life! It is good to hear that I am not alone in my struggle and that I can overcome. I will not throw away my confidence…
Thanks for expressing my heart. It is a constant battle to fight off condemnation that when exposed has no merit. Thanks for the encouragement to stay the course and do what is right despite our past and our failures. God is for us not against us…
As I was out for a run yesterday and I was praying to take my mind off the heat and pain when a thought popped into my head: why are you afraid to succeed? It is a great question as God is known to ask sometimes. After flipping it over and considering it, I came to the conclusion that it wasn’t me that was afraid to succeed, but the accuser that was casting doubt.
With that perspective, I’m ready to continue ascending into the promises of God.
My life & thinking changed dramatically…..from suicidal to tenacious for life… when I discovered that God loved me, was rooting for my success, and had created me with the ability to overcome. Overcame abandonment, orphanhood, and the regular everyday “stuff”. Peter had to adjust his thinking about gentiles and think as God thinks….look what happened! We have to do the same….we are what God says we are! If someone gives you grief….they are the ones who can’t see as God sees. I was part of an organization which practiced seeing by the Spirit and not the flesh…..there were very few fleshly disagreements or arguments and much grace because we chose to see as God sees….
1. No you are not alone. I’ve been attacked in my mind in a way that I’ve not seen in a decade. Anxiety, fear, depression, analysis paralysis… you name it.
2. You’ve touched a “nerve” in the kingdom of darkness. You got somebody’s attention. And not just any ‘ol body. You’ve got a general’s attention. He’s caught glimpses of the strategies God is preparing to give to you. And even though this general in the kingdom of darkness does not fully comprehend what he’s seen, he knows enough that it terrifies him; because he knows that its BRILLIANT strategy and that its HIS TERRITORY that you are about to OCCUPY. And that scares this general to death. So he didn’t send his best to take you down… he is personally attacking you with his arsenal of fear, unbelief, doubt, discouragement, depression… but he can’t take you down. Do you know who you are? You’re Dr. Lance Wallnau. The one God has personally chosen to lead the charge with His message of TERRITORIAL OCCUPATION of the 7 Mountains.
The kingdom of darkness was only Annoyed by the revelations of “saved by faith through grace”, healing, baptism in the spirit / gifts of the spirit, prosperity, and so on. But this last revelation of occupation has got the enemy so far beyond scared.
Run Dr. Lance… run TOWARDS your enemy!!! The gates of hell WILL NOT be able to stand up against the onslaught of the Kingdom of Light. AS ONE!!!!!!
Such a powerful, in-time word for me and my husband as we’re processing through the same heaviness/depression
for no specific reason! I agree! Let’s not cast away our confidence! Let’s CHOOSE REST in His goodness for our life, destiny and circumstances.