Seven
Days of Stillness Seven Days of
Stillness: A Prayer Focus to Renew Your Spirit
Chuck Pierce
Dear Victorious Warriors:
Psalm 46:10-11 is one of the most important scriptures to embrace in the midst
of warfare today:
"Let be and be still, and know (recognize and understand) that I AM God. I
will be exalted among the nations! I will be exalted in the earth! The Lord of
hosts is with us; the God of Jacob is our Refuge (our High Tower and
Stronghold). Selah [pause, and calmly think of that]!" (AMP) This was a
scripture that came burning into my spirit (heart) at the end of July. If you
will remember, I sent the following word out to for us to ponder:
"Find your place of STILLNESS for 7 days and the Jericho that seems
invincible in front of you will fall, and you will move into the next level of
war to unlock the best that I have for you. Yes, I say it is time for you to go
into your next war and the enemy would love to hold you in the warfare that you
have been in.
Be still and watch Me seat you in a place to laugh at the enemies that have been
in your path. I am preparing a release of joy for My people. They will laugh at
their last failures and blockages. This release of joy from stillness will give
you a strength to overtake the enemies that you have been battling." When
the Lord spoke this, I was on the verge of completing two major assignments He
had given me. Many of you have walked faithfully with Dutch Sheets and I in
prayer, giving and attending the 50-State Tour meetings. I knew that assignment
was coming to an end the first week of August. I also knew I was going to Spain
for the international worship gathering at Santiago de Compostela, and then
visiting the nation of San Marino. This was the last of 64 nations in the 40/70
Window for a recorded prayer team to go into. Therefore, that assignment was
coming to completion as well. When God said to find seven days of stillness, I
had to get out my calendar to see how He was going to do that in my life. I
realized that at the end of my European trip I actually had seven days set aside
before I had to begin traveling again.
When I entered these seven days of stillness, I expected quietness, restoration
and peace. But instead I found I was in tremendous warfare. I was contending
with something and I wasn't even sure what it was. But then I began to study the
principle of stillness. To be still is to keep silence or to be quiet.
Psalm 4:4 in the Amplified says, "Be angry [or stand in awe] and sin not;
commune with your own hearts upon your beds and be silent (sorry for the things
you say in your hearts)." Therefore, I knew it was a heart issue God was
dealing with in those seven days. If I would allow Him to quiet and purify my
heart from the past season (no matter how good the past season had been) and
calm my anxieties over certain circumstances and fears over the future, then I
would SEE God.
I wanted to be able to hear that still, small voice that is talked about in 1
Kings 19:12, the voice Elijah heard after running from Jezebel. I wanted to feel
the anointing beside the still waters. I wanted to sit by the waters until their
motion appeared still to me, and I had no fear of the waters overtaking me.
In the mist of all the turmoil around us personally and throughout this nation,
the Lord is looking for those who have a contrite spirit. He is looking for
those who operate in a spirit of meekness. Meekness is strength under control.
People who operate in meekness yield the moment the Lord asks them to make a
shift.
Meekness is the opposite of stubbornness and hardness. A meek spirit has no
idolatry but is filled with worship. The Lord is also looking for those who have
a "cool" spirit. Proverbs 17:27 says, "He who has knowledge
spares his words, and a man of understanding has a cool spirit" (AMP). When
the thoughts of our mind are not in order and aligned with God's mind, our
spirit becomes unsettled. The enemy desires to cause us to go astray and lose
contact with the Holy Spirit. This is a season for confusion to be removed from
our mind and spirit so that we have great authority to advance into our future.
The Lord began to show me what He was doing during the seven days, and I do not
want you to miss this blessing in your own life. He first took me to 1 Samuel
9-15 to read the life of Saul. I was amazed to find this verse: "Then he
waited seven days according to the time set by Samuel. But Samuel did not come
to Gilgal and the people were scattered from him."
This was in the context of Samuel asking Saul to wait at Gilgal until he got
there to sacrifice before they went into war with the Philistines. Saul moved
out of his sphere of authority at the end of those seven days, made an illegal
sacrifice, and lost the continuation of his kingdom. What this really displayed
was that Saul did not have a heart fully after God but was entangled with his
own purposes.
I knew that I had to begin this seven day time by waiting until I felt the Lord
bring me into a new place of worship. I knew that waiting these seven days was
very, very important in the heart of God so that we could move forward into our
future.
If you remember, at the beginning of the year I wrote an article about doors.
September is the transition month during which we begin to prepare to establish
ourselves for the future. The word "future" is not used in the
original King James Bible. We find the words "expected end". I heard
the Lord say that I am attempting to make your latter or "expected
end" greater than the former. Wait until you receive a new anointing before
you move forward.
The Lord began to speak to me and gave me two promises to pray for His people.
He said:
"My people are filled with dangerous emotions. I want to settle their
emotions so that their mind will think the same way that I think. Unless they
allow Me to deal with their dangerous emotions they will miss many blessings
that I have for the future. Many will end up striking the rock as Moses did out
of a dangerous emotion instead of speaking to the rock and miss their door of
entry for this season. Tell My people to be still." Then He also began to
clarify and refine what He previously shared on stillness:
"I am calling for a Jericho stillness. This warfare call is important for
the future of My people. If they will come before Me for seven straight days and
allow Me to still their hearts and quiet their spirits, that which has been
invincible in their past and has kept them from moving into their future will
fall before them. Tell MY people to still their hearts before Me." All of a
sudden it dawned on me: it wasn't that we were not to do anything. Rather, this
was a type of fast. I began to see this was the fast God had chosen to help us
make our transition into the "expected end" that He has for us. It
wasn't that we were to do nothing, but we were to capture every thought and
emotion that would hinder us from our future. We were to take those thoughts
before God, get them upon His altar, and watch Him begin to work in a new way.
That is why I was in such warfare! The enemy did not want my spirit still and
quiet before God. He knew that I would then enter into the best the Lord has for
me.
Below are seven days of study helps and scriptures that will help you still your
heart and ready yourself for the expected end that God has for you.
Day 1: Read Psalm 23 and 46. Sit beside the still waters until you feel the new
anointing begin.
Day 2: Read Hebrews 11. Let Faith arise. Elevate and establish trust in a new
way. Let God show you one of the people of faith that He wants you to model
after and understand at this time.
Day 3: Read Leviticus 8. Let God consecrate your heart and life in a new way.
Day 4: Read Ezekiel 3. Receive the prophetic voice of God into your life and
allow Him to establish His presence.
Day 5: Read Exodus 12-15. Remove any sin in your life and ready yourself to
advance forward QUICKLY.
Day 6: Read Joshua 3-5in the AM , Joshua 6 at noon, and Joshua 7at night. Define
your Jericho. Ask God to establish your walk in such a way that you surround
your enemy.. Ask Him to develop a new sound in you. Let the shout of the Lord
rise up and watch your Jericho fall.
Day 7: Read 1 Samuel 11-13. Cry out for deliverance and tell God you will wait
as long as it will takes to see things change and breakthrough come. Ask him to
give you a pure heart to see and fully obey Him.
Other wonderful chapters to study regarding seven days include Genesis 50,
Exodus 29, Leviticus 23, Judges 14, Isaiah 30, Ezek 43-45, Ezra 6, and Acts 20,
21, and 28. You are no longer to be on an emotional roller coaster ride. God is
ready to make the crooked places straight. Steady your feet and prepare for your
latter to be greater than your former. I decree that at the end of these seven
days your spirit will be renewed. Declare all staleness to be broken from your
spirit: stale attitudes, thoughts, teachings, philosophies. Let the Lord bless
your spirit with a fresh, new, wind and word. "Bless the Lord O' my soul
and ALL that is in me!"