"He that receiveth a prophet in the name of a prophet shall receive a prophet's reward; and he that receiveth a righteous man in the name of a righteous man shall receive a righteous man's reward."
Everything that could steal my peace and joy came at me, from the smallest to the largest detail. Seriously! My daughter called ahead for a mani and a pedi. When I got there after they'd finished the mani, they just said, "Sorry we don't have time to do a pedi." No explanation other than sorry no time. That hasn't happened to me in my entire life. Then, I went to get my hair done and my hairdresser got sick. She has never been sick in the 13 years I have been her client. Then, I went to pick up my dry cleaning and their boiler broke down and they had to have someone come in from Pittsburgh to fix it. Now, I can see one of these, but all in one day? Then, at the same time every single person that we depend on for services, office details, music, finances, TV shows, shortwave, all got attacked in their health. This woke me up! I was in a fight. I was determined the Lord would fight for me. I realized the battle was to keep us from divine appointments, and anointed assignments. The devil wanted to get me over into worry, strife and every evil thing. I refused to bite the bait. It was too blatant. The devil had overplayed his hand.
1 Corinthians 10:13 ESV
"No temptation has overtaken you that is not common to man. God is faithful, and he will not let you be tempted beyond your ability, but with the temptation he will also provide the way of escape, that you may be able to endure it."
I just wanted my life to be easy, after all I was doing the work of the Lord. That is not how is often works. It was because I was preparing to do the work of the Lord, preparing to speak as a prophet, that the warfare picked up. Sometimes, it's not the big things the devil goes after but the small things to steal our peace, joy and time.
For this week the blog will be released later. I may keep the later time. Let me know what you think? Blog will be out at 11AM.
Remember, I believe in you and you need to believe in yourself.