Hope deferred makes the heart sick, but when the desire comes, it is a tree of life. (Proverbs 13:12)
For the weapons of our warfare are not carnal but mighty in God for pulling
down strongholds, casting down arguments and every high thing that exalts
itself against the knowledge of God, bringing every thought into captivity to
the obedience of Christ, and being ready to punish all disobedience when your
obedience is fulfilled. (2 Cor. 10:4-6)
One recent morning I awoke with
this thought: To fully enter this new
season of restoration, all illusion must be relinquished. You cannot have any
disillusion in your life any longer. We have truly moved into a new season
(some are calling a new “era”) which the scripture describes as the “season of
the restoration of all things” (Acts 3:21). Moving into and occupying
a new season, just like moving into a new place, are two different things. We
must not just enter the season, but we must “occupy.” We cannot occupy this new
place (new wineskin) with old patterns over which the flesh, the world or the
enemy had dominion. These places must first be surrendered and then demolished.
Then full recovery and restoration can be released and these new seasons in the
Lord can be fully entered and occupied.
