Don't Stop: Shoot the Arrow, Strike the Ground

When you obey the word of the Lord, you secure your victory. When he gives you a Rhema word in a kairos moment and you respond out of obedience, God has already gone before you. The arrow has already been shot. The field has already been planted. The field has already been taken. The enemy has already been defeated. All you have to do now because that's why the Bible says, the battle is the Lord's Yes. And the victory is yours. [01:33:44] (31 seconds)  #ObeyForVictory

Promise from God is not permission to be passive. Passive. Well, God says, I'm gonna have victory. He's already said, if I shoot the arrow and strike the ground, I've got victory. But notice, the Bible says, the prophet of God was angry. He was angry with the king because he only struck the ground three times. He said, you should have struck the ground five or six times. You should have engaged. You obeyed. But you should have engaged. [01:47:33] (34 seconds)  #EngageYourFaith

It's symbolic of the battles that we are facing and the walls that we are facing, and we walk around them. And then on the seventh day, he said, shout on the seventh time around. Shout. Why do we shout? Because there is power in your shout. Life and death is in the power of the tongue. We shout a voice of victory. We shout in praise. We shout with thanksgiving. And throughout the scripture, we see symbolic action opportunities and things that took place, and they did it before they did it. And then they did it, and it was done. [01:41:49] (37 seconds)  #ShoutForVictory

But keep in mind what he was doing, he was doing a strategy of symbolic action in the bedchamber on his deathbed. He had already had him shoot the arrow toward the enemy. So what he was doing when he did that, he was actually sending war to the Syrians with one era in the atmosphere, and what was taking place, God was going before the army. When the arrow was shot, essentially, God was saying, I'm going before you. Here I go. [01:32:30] (36 seconds)  #GodGoesBeforeYou

When you feel like death is all around and there's nowhere to turn and no way to nowhere to go, could I tell you, it's not too late for your situation. It's not too late for your battle. It's not too late for you to turn around. It's not too late for you to look toward the east where the sun rises. It's not too late. It's never too late because God is always on the throne, and God is always in charge. [01:30:22] (36 seconds)  #NeverTooLate

See, god gave a word. Shoot the arrow, strike the ground, and you'll have victory, but it required action. Striking was his effort, his engagement, his connection, his obedience. He should have been doing it with passion. He should have been doing it with intensity. He should have been doing it with meaning. He should have been doing it with focus, with force. [01:47:01] (31 seconds)  #StrikeWithFaith

He said, open the east window because you need a new start. You need a new beginning. You need a change. You've not been winning. The war's not been the your army has not been winning. You need something new. Open the east window. But also the enemy was in the East. Syria was in the East. He said, open the east window and shoot. [01:28:55] (23 seconds)  #NewDayNewStart

Now at that moment, Jehoash didn't understand it. He didn't realize it, but he was receiving a rhema word in a kairos moment. And so many times, we miss the rhema word of God. We go and we cry, God, give me a word. And God gives us a word, it goes right over our head. We're not paying attention. We're not focused. We're not keyed in with discernment on what's going on in our world. [01:25:11] (31 seconds)  #ListenForRhema