The Power that Preserves

Call unto me, and I will answer thee, and show thee great and mighty things, which thou knowest not. - Jeremiah 33:2-4

For a week now, Watchmen of the Wall have endeavored to prepare and equip you with the means to combat the "Sudden Terror & Fear" attack that will engulf this world in the last days. We have provided examples found in the Word of God of believers receiving a "personal word" from the Lord and the dynamic difference that it made in their lives. Now, let us hear the conclusion of the matter...

The reason that a "personal word" from the Lord contains the power you will need to overcome in the last days is that it stems from an intimate relationship with God himself. It renders Satan of the ability to deceive a believer because it addresses the fallacy that has plagued the bride of Christ since the dawn of time. In order to explain this, we must recall and reflect its very origin; and it all began in the Garden of Eden...

Consider the following verses found in Genesis Chapter Two -

15 And the Lord God took the man, and put him into the Garden of Eden to dress it and to keep it.
16 And the Lord God commanded the man, saying, of every tree of the garden thou mayest freely eat:
17 But of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil, thou shalt not eat of it: for in the day that thou eatest thereof thou shalt surely die.
18 And the Lord God said, It is not good that the man should be alone; I will make him an help meet for him.

Furthermore, consider the following verses found in Genesis Chapter Three -

1 Now the serpent was more subtle than any beast of the field which the Lord God had made. And he said unto the woman, Yea, hath God said, ye shall not eat of every tree of the garden?
2 And the woman said unto the serpent, we may eat of the fruit of the trees of the garden:
3 But of the fruit of the tree which is in the midst of the garden, God hath said, ye shall not eat of it; neither shall ye touch it, lest ye die.

Here we notice the difference in the word God spoke to Adam and the version that Eve responded with to the serpent's inquiry. The reason that Eve's version of God's commandment was different than that of the actual one given by God is due to the fact Eve received the commandment through recourse from Adam; not from God directly. This is evidence that Eve did not have an intimate relationship with God herself and substituted the relationship Adam had with God in its place.

The reason that Satan was able to "beguile" and deceive Eve lies in the fact that Eve received the Word of God "second-hand." A word received in this manner is "diluted" and, although this will make some cringe, "polluted." In other words, a word received by any means other than the source does not contain the original power it possessed when it is received straight from its source. This has been the mistake, problem, and reason the children of God have been and still are victims of Satan's attacks and devices through the ages. When a person depends or relies on another avenue in which to receive God's words and instructions, (i.e. - pastors, preachers, teachers, evangelists, spouses, books, radio, etc.), that person forfeits the original power those words contained. When a person receives his/her words and instructions straight from God, the very power contained in the breath of God producing those words is also imparted and planted within the heart and mind of that person as well - a power the Devil cannot contend with and cannot overcome.

However, the key to receiving a "personal word" for oneself is not in asking God for a word directly. In order to receive a personal word from God, one must begin with cultivating a personal intimate relationship with Him first. Beloved, in order to draw power straight from the "vine" and not from its "branches", you must seek God with the sole purpose of discovering Him for who He is, and not with the motive of what He can give you. You must begin a journey of seeking God's face and not His hand with no pretence of how long it will take or in what manner God will respond. By faith, you must seek Him through prayer, fasting, bible-study - with your motive being simply to discover His nature and not His nurture. We must be honest with our readers...this is not an easy journey.

Hebrews 11:6 declares - "But without faith it is impossible to please him: for he that cometh to God must believe that he is, and that he is a rewarder of them that diligently seek him." What is that reward? The reward is a power undiluted and unpolluted...a power that heals the sick, protects the mind, motivates the heart...it is a power that preserves!