Strategic Implementation
Jan 8th, 2008
Scribe: Priscilla Van Sutphin
“Did I not give strategies to My armies in the Old testament ? Did I also not instruct My apostles and disciples in the New Testament ? Did they not WAIT on Me before doing anything ? They fasted and prayed to get instructions for what to do. They waited on the prophets to get instructions from above ! They did not have a “think tank” to strategize in the worldly way. They walked in the Spirit and not according to the flesh.
Isa 8:9-16 NIV Raise the war cry, you nations, and be shattered! Listen, all you distant lands. Prepare for battle, and be shattered! Prepare for battle, and be shattered! 10 Devise your strategy , but it will be thwarted; propose your plan, but it will not stand, for God is with us. 11 The LORD spoke to me with his strong hand upon me, warning me not to follow the way of this people. He said:
12 "Do not call conspiracy everything that these people call conspiracy; do not fear what they fear, and do not dread it. 13 The LORD Almighty is the one you are to regard as holy ,he is the one you are to fear, he is the one you are to dread, 14 and he will be a sanctuary; but for both houses of Israel he will be a stone that causes men to stumble and a rock that makes them fall. And for the people of Jerusalem he will be a trap and a snare. 15 Many of them will stumble; they will fall and be broken, they will be snared and captured." 16 Bind up the testimony and seal up the law among my disciples.
Isa 36:4-7 NIV The field commander said to them, "Tell Hezekiah, "'This is what the great king, the king of Assyria, says: On what are you basing this confidence of yours? 5 You say you have strategy and military strength — but you speak only empty words. On whom are you depending, that you rebel against me? 6 Look now, you are depending on Egypt, that splintered reed of a staff, which pierces a man's hand and wounds him if he leans on it! Such is Pharaoh king of Egypt to all who depend on him. 7 And if you say to me, "We are depending on the LORD our God" — isn't he the one whose high places and altars Hezekiah removed, saying to Judah and Jerusalem, "You must worship before this altar"?
I am to be your fear ! I am to be your Dread ! I AM the HOLY ONE OF ISRAEL ! I have ALL power and authority, and I am Your Master ! Do not rely on the wisdom of man, of self sufficiency ! I am getting you to the place of TOTAL DEPENDENCY on ME, because it is VITAL for you in this hour. Tremblings are coming, and the earth will shake more and more as the day of My coming approaches. I said earthquakes in various places ! I said that men’s hearts would faint from fear because of the things coming upon the earth. But I have strategies to reveal to you, for how to deal with the enemy. I have all you need to take authority. YOU must know My Word and use My WORD as a SWORD !
Eph 6:11-17 AMP Put on God's whole armor [the armor of a heavy-armed soldier which God supplies], that you may be able successfully to stand up against [all] the strategies and the deceits of the devil. 12 For we are not wrestling with flesh and blood [contending only with physical opponents], but against the despotisms, against the powers, against [the master spirits who are] the world rulers of this present darkness, against the spirit forces of wickedness in the heavenly (supernatural) sphere. 13 Therefore put on God's complete armor, that you may be able to resist and stand your ground on the evil day [of danger], and, having done all [the crisis demands], to stand [firmly in your place].
14 Stand therefore [hold your ground], having tightened the belt of truth around your loins and having put on the breastplate of integrity and of moral rectitude and right standing with God, 15 And having shod your feet in preparation [to face the enemy with the firm-footed stability, the promptness, and the readiness produced by the good news] of the Gospel of peace. [Isa 52:7.] 16 Lift up over all the [covering] shield of saving faith, upon which you can quench all the flaming missiles of the wicked [one].
17 And take the helmet of salvation and the sword that the Spirit wields, which is the Word of God.
STAND FIRM beloveds on the foundation of My WORD, and My words to you ! Do not veer off into doubt and frustrations out of impatience and weariness ! I tell you that I have not ignored your prayers and your heart’s desires ! I may delay and I may allow the desert to do it’s work in your heart, but I am not DEFICIENT, nor apathetic to your needs ! I AM WITH YOU !
Wait on ME. For the one who waits on Me will have their strength renewed !
Those who wait on Me, will know overcoming power. The Light is approaching and I will make the Son to shine upon you and bring forth His will for you ! Do not grow weary and discouraged. THROW OFF the shackles of deception and heaviness that the enemy keeps trying to get you into. Throw off the spirit of defeatism ! STAND, and again I say STAND and see the salvation of the LORD !
Have some chutzpah beloveds ! My Spirit of Might gives you that ! So ask for the Spirit of Might to fill you, and the Spirit of the Fear of the Lord to invade your being, and your household ! DECLARE I AM WITH YOU ! For I AM over you , and under you, and at your right and at your left, and behind you. I am filling you more and more as you spend time with ME. Keep seeking and I will keep filling. Speak for I am listening all the time ! Put away all complaining and finger pointing. Put away all the useless speaking, and speak what I say !”
Chutzpah - In Hebrew, chutzpah is used indignantly, to describe someone who has over-stepped the boundaries of accepted behavior with no shame. But in Yiddish and English, chutzpah has developed ambivalent and even positive connotations. Chutzpah can be used to express admiration for non-conformist but gutsy audacity.
