A CALL TO STAND FIRM
Musa Opiyo




Psalm 71:20 Thou, which hast shown me great and sore troubles, shalt quicken me again, and shalt bring me up again from the depths.

For many of God's children you have been hidden in the clefts of the rock where he has been preparing, reshaping and remolding you. This process has not been easy. Circumstances have been contrary to the hope and prophetic word that was spoken into your spirit. Many have felt abandoned by the Lord at this time and have allowed discouragement and despair to snuff out the joy and freedom that is rightfully theirs.

Many like Joseph, have been as it were, put in the pit for standing for righteousness and waiting upon the Lord (spiritually speaking). Though different for most people, the pit has caused many unrighteous seeds of hidden anger, resentment, unconfessed sin to surface. Many have at this time of self examination seen the state of their own soul and have thrown in the towel, declaring that they have missed God and are unfit to be used.

Yet the Lord is taking you through a refining process. He has placed a high calling on many who do not realize how high the price they have to pay in the form of death to themselves. The flesh in us must die if we are to advance without hindrance to the full purpose of God. Many still yet are going through a healing process in which the Lord is allowing surprised hurts and unforgiveness to be revisited so that forgiveness and release can flow forth.

With whatever work the Lord is doing in you, his message today is clear, "DO NOT GIVE UP". When you are advancing into God's plans and making progress, you are a threat to the Kingdom of darkness. Expect attacks to come from all sides. But stand firm, girding the loins of your faith and with the armor of the Lord (Eph 6:10) Do not give up in the battle. For there is no victory without first a struggle. Walk in the authority of God through the grace He has given you through the shed blood of His Son.

Do not give up in yourself. The Lord called and fashioned you from out of the depths of his being. He did not do it blindfolded. He was, is and always will be the Alpha and the Omega who sees the end from the beginning. He saw your life; your victories and defeats, your trials and your times of joy. Yet in His holiness he has said, "With men it is impossible, but with God all things are possible (Mt 19:26)" He is depending on your ability but his ability and your willingness to submit to it to do his work.

Do not give up on your loved ones. Intercede and faithfully pray and stand in the gap for them, and watch as one by one, they all come to know Him and accept him as their personal Lord and Saviour.

For what many have endured this season, the Lord will give back double. The Lord has not given up on you. Let him be central in your vision. As you reach forward, he will take your hand and walk with you through this time of transition to your intended destiny (Prov 3:6, Ps 40:1,2)

PROPHETIC WORD

....To you of My children who have remained faithful to My promises, I say do not give up. For the vision is yet for an appointed time. For you have tarried for it in this long season barely seeing the fruit of the promise, but I the Lord am faithful toward the words that I speak. Hold fast to that which I have revealed and promised you, for surely it shall come to pass in My time. Yet My Beloved Church I am refining you and polishing your surface until I see My reflection upon you. For I have given you My name and My anointing unto a people who will be faithful to proclaim and live the message of Christ and the cross. Your labors in Me have not been in vain. Your trials have not been for nothing for I am doing a cleansing and a purging that shall be for My glory. As you wait on Me, you shall run with hinds feet upon the paths I have chosen for you, says the Lord

Musa Opiyo
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