“The assignment against you has been dropped!” – A Word by Charissa Steffens

I awoke to these words “The assignment against you has been dropped!”

As the words lingered, I immediately had an image of a bustling airport waiting lounge. People were going in all directions with purpose and importance. I saw a person walking directly towards me carrying a briefcase. I could sense they intended to intercept me but just as I began to think we would collide they halted suddenly. I noticed their determined demeanour change, they dropped the case and turned away, as if they had been called back from where they came.

I could sense in that moment that a shift had occurred in the atmosphere and an assignment against not just myself but many in the body of Christ had been halted. This is particularly relevant for people who have noticed an increase in warfare in the last few months.

You have been sensing discouragement and disappointment and you feel your faith has been under attack, in fact it feels like your faith is ‘in pieces’ this word is for you. Although you know you should be able to come into the presence of God and dispel this you have had an incredibly difficult time trying to meet with God.

This has been a specific assignment to suppress your time with God so that you could not receive what God has for you coming into this new time of the year. The enemy has been launching attacks on our belief of God’s faithfulness. He wants you to feel forsaken, overlooked, unseen, delayed but even as you read these words you will begin to sense this oppression lift.

If you have felt a distance between you and God, come back into His presence, feel His tender arms wrapping around you. Press yourself into His chest and hear His heartbeat for you, His child.

This is a season where we must guard our minds and our hearts. The atmosphere is full of activity right now and it is very easy to get caught in this. Set your eyes on Jesus’s face – when you do there is no room for anything else or anyone else in your vision. He will take up all your focus as you hold this intimate position with Him.

Put on your helmet of salvation on – bring out the word of the Spirit. Speak the truth of who you are and do not engage in a conversation about your identity or the character of God. They are not negotiables – now or ever. You are saved by Jesus, He paid all for you, don’t doubt this magnificent love that goes beyond time and space. Let God’s voice be the loudest in your mind today.

God’s plans for you are good. He has not forsaken you; this is not the end of it. You will look back and see the goodness of the Lord moving you forward into the new season and plans that God has for you. God has halted the enemy’s plans against you, and you will take the spoils of the assignment. In my vision the person dropped the briefcase at my feet. I can now pick up that assignment and see how God wants me to use that to advance His plans. He works all things for good and He will turn the enemy’s poison into provision in this new season we are stepping into.