SUMites,

The prayers on Friday moved hearts and touched heaven. THANK YOU!

I felt your words shift something in the spirit. And Behold, the words of revelation are flowing today as I write. In fact, I sense the Lord, Jesus, speaking.

Then Jesus told his disciples a parable to show them that they should always pray and not give up. He said: “In a certain town there was a judge who neither feared God nor cared what people thought. And there was a widow in that town who kept coming to him with the plea, ‘Grant me justice against my adversary.’

“For some time he refused. But finally he said to himself, ‘Even though I don’t fear God or care what people think, yet because this widow keeps bothering me, I will see that she gets justice, so that she won’t eventually come and attack me!’”

And the Lord said, “Listen to what the unjust judge says. And will not God bring about justice for his chosen ones, who cry out to him day and night? Will he keep putting them off? I tell you, he will see that they get justice, and quickly. However, when the Son of Man comes, will he find faith on the earth?”— Luke 18: 1-8

My friends, this passage is power-packed. I could share multiple lessons from it but today I sense the Lord speaking to me about justice, desire and the changing of the season.

JUSTICE!

At my core of my existence, I am a justice driven person. I was always the kid who cried, “That’s not fair,” when my siblings receive a teaspoon more than me of Kool-Aid in their cups at lunch. I hate injustice and oppressive treatment of all things. You may not sit in this particular area of conviction however, I believe our Father is a just God. And His justice often looks quite different from ours.

For example, recently I prayed with a woman whose husband had an affair. Since his failure, he completely turned from his poor choices and behavior. In fact, he is an on-fire believer, pursing God with a full heart and seeking full restoration of his marriage. Additionally, He was quite willing to do whatever needed to make things right with his wife.

In the prayer session, it became obvious that she was angry and unforgiving. She resisted to put in the work necessary to redeem her marriage. In fact, she mentioned that the very thing she had prayed about for many years was her husband’s faith life. And now that he was walking in this fulfillment, she still wanted out. She wanted revenge, justice, and was unwilling to push past the pain.

I understand. Betrayal is a soul wound that stabs at our very core. And she is within Biblical mandates and could leave her marriage. However, is that what God really wants? Is another broken home, marriage, and children the highest and best for a daughter of God?

As I prayed with her the presence of God arose and after an hour of prayer, I shared with her what I knew to be true.

“God’s justice in your life is to actually see you thriving in your marriage. This is the fulness of God’s justice. It defeats the very work of the devil who wants your marriage destruction. But what satan deemed to put asunder, God will redeem and you will live in joy, peace and fulfilment with your husband.”

We all sat quietly and just let those words of truth settle upon us. It was amazing!

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The world shouts, “Run for the hills!. You deserve better!” And my friends, you know I stand for marriage. However, there are times when separation and even divorce is the only option. I would stand with you 100% in agreement when the Lord says, “ENOUGH!”

The point of this story: We Must pray and not give up. We must listen because perhaps God is showing us His justice but in our limited view we can’t perceive it because it doesn’t make sense.

Finally, there are times when God, Himself, is bringing things to a close. And I often see this happen in the month of September. Take an account of your life. Are there relationships, jobs, positions, areas where you once felt safe but are no longer available? There are changes that God ordains because we need them. But we often fight, kick, and scream about what we are loosing not fully understanding that God is releasing His perfect judgement.

Here is the promise. September will close out seasons, relationships, or move us or uproot us from comfort or stagnant living…

BECAUSE… The promise of October awaits.

I have perceived this pattern for years. Upon Rosh Hashana and Yom Kippur, God releases new assignments, relationships, new locations and more. Miracles, hope, new assignments and greater gifts.

So, as we close out August and move into September, what is closing. Begin to seek the Father for the new assignments of October.

I’ll share more on Friday. Then I will take break over the Labor Day weekend.

Love you my family on the web. Oh, what a reunion we will have one day in glory! I can’t wait! Love, Lynn