From Thursday through Saturday last week, I had several hearts that melted into my arms with such pain that I’ve kept it in my heart continuously.

 

Through prayer, some were relieved of pain, and others were set free of demonic activity wreaking havoc in their bodies and lives.

 

This is not what I thought my life with Christ would look like, yet, it is exactly what the scriptures refer to. Somehow, I just never saw it clearly.

 

Little did this untrained heart know of what God would one day call me to.

 

Years ago, a fully possessed woman showed me my first glimpse of what the dark world looked like in person. My adrenaline crashed after the encounter, and I was left in bed for days. I will never forget that demon speaking to me with a hellish grin, “I’ve got your number.”

 

I guess the enemy knew more of who I would become than I did.

 

I wish I had known then what I know now. That woman would have been free through the power of Christ Jesus. Yet, I was just barely understanding the authority I carried.

 

I remember telling the Lord how frustrated I was that I was so powerless that day. Yet, in His kindness, He was training me very slowly. I had zero experience in applying the Word in such scenarios, practically, rather than only quoting it. One day I would be faced with many decisions. A decision to do what I saw the disciples do in the Bible, or let it all just pass me by and keep my really lovely and non-confrontational Christianity.

 

I knew my decision came with a cost. It’s been the hardest work I’ve ever done. I can’t always explain what happens before my eyes. I can’t always describe the feeling when Jesus moves in power to set someone free. I can’t explain the experience of Heaven actually moving through you as Holy Spirit directs a moment.

 

I had to decide not to get easily offended when Jesus placed something before me. I had to learn to see clearly the human being rather than the demonic at work.

 

His authority is supreme in all situations. No other, including myself, ever trumps His plan. I can trust Him even when I am riddled with uncertainties. I can trust Him in my own errors. I can trust Him when darkness manifests before my eyes, and I can trust Him that what is exposed before me was by His divine will alone. The devil never has an upper hand on Christ Jesus.

 

We are in a season, church, where deliverance will be a necessity. It was the same when the disciples walked the earth with Christ Jesus.

 

Our lovely gatherings and services void of power will no longer hold back the darkness. You will have to roll up your sleeves and learn how to command darkness to flee from lives. You will have to have the courage to lay hands on hearts and plead with Heaven for healing. You will have to reckon with Hell in this hour.

 

Devils ought not to be comfortable in our rooms. To the contrary, they ought to be so uncomfortable that manifestation is more likely to occur than not. The anointing weighs heavy like a branding iron on Hell’s minions, and they scatter to run from powerful rooms.

 

Business as usual is truly over. The Kingdom of Heaven has come to set captives free.

 

You and I must choose whether we will participate or not.

 

It must be a deeply rooted “Yes” that declares to make Heaven’s great name famous while also making yours quite known to Hell.