In a recent time of waiting on God I received the one word ‘ARISE’. I knew this word was for me and also for the body of Christ. I enquired further about what God meant by what He was saying – it is not a time to be inactive or confined. We as believers are always to live out of the freedom God has given to us from a place of His rest. No striving, just obeying. We are to live from a place of victory, seated with Christ in heavenly places, living out of the principles of the kingdom of heaven.
Our prayer should always be “Your kingdom come, Your will be done on earth as it is in heaven.” Now is time to arise in who we are as Christ, His hands, His feet, His mouthpiece, with His heart of compassion, mercy and love. Our loving Heavenly Father wants us to extend our borders as believers, to stretch our spiritual muscles in every area of our lives – God is calling us to extend our faith to trust Him for ‘the more’ in our relationship with Him, in our faith, our giftings, our relationships, in our daily lives, reaching the lost … in all areas. This is the place of victory! God is calling for total surrender to the calling that is on our lives. I don’t want to look back on this time and think ‘I wish I’d been more sensitive to hearing God’s voice and obeying Him.’
Arise, shine, (fellow believers) for your light has come, (shine your light in the darkness) and the glory of the Lord has risen upon you… and His glory will be seen upon you (as surrendered followers of Jesus).” Isaiah 60:1-2