One of the most appealing things about the World Race is having the opportunity to experience diversity and unity simultaneously. We get the chance to live in such a way that not very many people will ever experience. For example, over the course of two days I set foot in Ireland, Hungary, Romania, and Moldova. I think that’s pretty awesome and I don’t take it for granted. By the end of the race I will have set foot in over 15 different nations. Sometimes it looks like an airport layover, a train ride through the countryside, sweating with a Dominican as you dig ditches, or eating dinner with a single mom of two in Cornesti, Moldova. Every place offers a different and new experience, whether it is what we eat, the language, transportation, religion, community living, etc. But one thing remains the same, God’s love for His people and my commitment to be the aroma of Christ to those people.
Here’s my point…The Lord is increasing my territory and with the increase comes greater responsibility and with the responsibility comes greater resistance. Satan doesn’t like what I’m doing. He doesn’t like what my squad is doing. He has been pretty creative in his scheming. One of the ways the enemy attacks is by outside circumstances. This can be anything from disrupting travel, causing confusion in communication, or creating an oppressive atmosphere. But what if those things don’t work? What if he is unsuccessful in throwing us off course by outside circumstances? What else will the enemy do? Simple. He starts attacking from within. He will take a squad and plant seeds of dissension, gossip, pride, and whatever else he can plant in order to cause division. Because he knows that a house divided against itself will not stand.
It is in these moments that God demonstrates His awesomeness. You see, being the omniscient God that He is, He knows what’s going to happen, therefore, He already has a battle plan in place. I have watched Him initiate His plan within my squad and it’s super cool. He strategically places individuals to do battle. What we see is the Lord rising up worshippers to sing songs of deliverance over the squad. We hear prophets proclaiming revealed truth from the heavenly realms in order to maintain 20/20 vision. We have pastors and teachers who come alongside squad members to help them apply the Word of God to their life. There are also the encouragers, intercessors, servants, evangelists, etc. The Lord uses the body to minister to the body.
I realized that what my squad is facing is also occurring within my generation. If satan can divide believers within an entire generation and thus, divide one generation from another, then he can slow down forward momentum. I think that slowing down momentum is more dangerous than stopping it completely. In the process of slowing down, complacency takes root because although it “feels� like you are moving forward, in reality, what you are doing is hovering. It’s a lot like Hurricane Katrina. It wasn’t the powerful wind and rain that brought the most destruction, it was the fact that it moved so slowly and hovered over the land. This is what I see happening in my generation. The enemy attacks with a spirit of division, slowing momentum, thus producing complacency and an acceptance to hover. There are pockets of stagnation. What we need is a fresh wind to blow. When this occurs we will see new revelation proclaimed and an army within an army start to rise up.
Remember, our God is awesome. He already has a battle plan drawn. He wrote one for my generation before the dawn of creation and it’s GOOD.
“I have posted watchmen on your walls, O Jerusalem; they will never be silent day or night. You who call on the Lord, give yourselves no rest, and give him no rest till he establishes Jerusalem and makes her the praise of the earth.� Isaiah 62:6-7
More to come…
