8/12/25
Recently, I was being hit with a stronghold of heaviness and despair. I knew it was an attack by the enemy because the first thing I started to do, was doubt the power of my prayers and intercession. After a few days of this heaviness and tears, I got up early on this particular morning and started to write in my journal to the Lord. I said, “Lord, I have been in a season of warring in the spirit and interceding for this time of transition we are facing. Lord, I’ve been crying out day and night.” I proceeded to release all my struggles and burdens to the Lord. The moment I put down my journal and picked up my book of Promises, I opened up to the next promise that I was going to look up in my Bible, to meditate on (I’ve been doing one promises and day each morning out of a book I have for a few weeks now). On this particular morning, the next verse for me to look up was Luke 18:7. The Amplified Translations say, “Will not [our just] God, defend and avenge His elect [His chosen ones] who cry out to him day and night? {my exact wording to Him} Will He delay [in providing justice] on their behalf? 😭 This got my attention! I started to dig deeper into this verse that I honestly do not remember ever paying any special attention to before. The meaning revealed to me in this verse is as follows: God brings justice, even if it seems like He is delaying. Our prayers are heard, and God will answer in due time. It is a promise, an absolute. Psalms 34:17 confirms this verse when it says, “The righteous cry out and the Lord hears, He delivers them from all their troubles…”
Our Lord hears your prayers, your intercession, your doubts and fears, and troubles. Just because you don’t see the fruit, YET… Doesn’t mean it’s not working. The enemy wants us to give up, stop praying and interceding, but the Lord is saying… “When My righteous cry out, I will hear you and I will deliver you from all of your troubles in due time” [His timing is perfect]. He sees the whole picture, the beginning and the end. He knows when it will happen, and we press forward in prayer with faith until it does! Sometimes that means pushing through the resistance and doing it when it seems meaningless! My biggest takeaway from this is this: When I wrote my burdens down and gave them to the Lord, He immediately answered me with His Word! The heaviness and despair broke off instantly! His Word has power! He can deliver you in a verse! 🙌🏼
I felt led to encourage you today as I am encouraged! May my testimony become your testimony! 💕 Write it down and give it to the Lord… Ask Him to deliver you and He will!