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II Chronicles 7:14

if my people who are called by my name humble themselves, and pray and seek my face and turn from their wicked ways, then I will hear from heaven and will forgive their sin and heal their land.

The word of the day is pivot. For whatever reason, God did not allow me to rest without hearing this word constantly. I realize that I have different issues that can cause me not to sleep well. However, pivot just would not leave my brain.

In basketball, you are taught to be mindful of your pivot foot when you have stopped dribbling. Being able to pivot suggests that you have the capacity to turn at the right time. Every person must have the capacity to turn when necessary.

Many of us have plans that we want to fulfill. Those ideas and concepts have been God-given. We even have the drive to work through challenges to see those things come to pass. Yet, God may call an audible for us to address something more immediate. Sometimes, we must address circumstances that require more attention. 

We must have the humility to remember our calling and pray about every circumstance. We must seek the face of God so that we’re always in line with the will that must be done. Otherwise, we will have submitted ourselves to the evil that is present and become complicit in its prevailing due to our silence before God.

Isaiah 54:16-17

Behold, I have created the smith who blows the fire of coals and produces a weapon for its purpose. I have also created the ravager to destroy; no weapon that is fashioned against you shall succeed, and you shall refute every tongue that rises against you in judgment. This is the heritage of the servants of the LORD and their vindication from me, declares the LORD.”

Every person has an opinion about what a person should be. Most ideas are based on the influences of their environment. When people look through their biased lens, they discover many individuals refuse to come into focus for their convenience.

When we subject ourselves to the agendas of others, we face a unique moment where we must choose to walk in the totality of our inheritance or forfeit it to bow down to unsanctioned pressure.

God has told us that the creative genius behind humanity’s creation was a Heaven’s original. Yet, that intricate design has made decisions on what position they want to take. The ones who choose the righteous path have access to everything necessary to survive the attacks, opinions, and unsolicited conjecture that others may produce. 

The righteous must always remember that the prosperity of evil is predicated upon our desire to forfeit our inheritance. Remember that you are a kingdom citizen with access to the covering that will protect you from the attacks of enemies near and far. The moments may come that may rock us to our core, but we will always find ourselves standing tall. Why? This reality is our inheritance from a irrefutable trust established in heavenly places.

Matthew 10:16-23

Behold, I am sending you out as sheep in the midst of wolves, so be wise as serpents and innocent as doves. Beware of men, for they will deliver you over to courts and flog you in their synagogues, and you will be dragged before governors and kings for my sake, to bear witness before them and the Gentiles. When they deliver you over, do not be anxious how you are to speak or what you are to say, for what you are to say will be given to you in that hour. For it is not you who speak, but the Spirit of your Father speaking through you. Brother will deliver brother over to death, and the father his child, and children will rise against parents and have them put to death, and you will be hated by all for my name’s sake. But the one who endures to the end will be saved. When they persecute you in one town, flee to the next, for truly, I say to you, you will not have gone through all the towns of Israel before the Son of Man comes.

We have entered into a season, that many people have never seen before. Most people did not grow up during the major shifting movements that have taken place in the United States. More people have never experienced true persecution when it comes to their faith in Jesus Christ in this country. Nevertheless, we are now seeing an outright assault on the truth of the gospel.

The attack is not on religion. The attack is not on beliefs. The attack is on truth and persistent understanding. Many people are presented with truth on a regular basis. Yet, they choose to look the other way in order to maintain the status quo. Those individuals that refuse to change the circumstances in the name of God’s liberation are committing themselves to the gods and methods of this world.

Many of us know what God‘s truth really is. We also understand that God‘s word must have a place in cultivating and shifting the conditions we currently see in our world. It is necessary for us to no longer allow evil to co-opt a gospel that will never be signed off by Jesus Christ. In this world you may lose Some friends, colleagues, and status for doing the right thing. The right thing is not always profitable, but it is the sign that you refuse to live under the shadow of a godless empire. Remember that the Kingdom’s reward transcends momentary pleasure. Remember, God is counting on you to make the truth know and change the world.