“The Lord is setting ambushes against our enemies” Word for 2022 – A Word by Danielle Dixon

The Lord dropped this scripture into my heart while I was asking what lay ahead in 2022. 2 Chronicles 2:20-22.

I immediately thought of the double two’s prophetic meaning which has been showing up for many believers over the last decade in all kinds of places and ways to encourage them through many different situations.

One of the prophetic meanings for these double digits is God opening doors and shutting doors, keys of authority -Isaiah 22:22.

The Hebrew year 5782 we have just entered the 2 is symbolized as a house.  The Lord is saying we will see a fresh apostolic anointing to build the house of God. Equipping the church to shut the door to fear and open the door of faith in His house. He wants his people to be confident stepping into this new era assured of His plans and purposes for His body, 2022 is a building year.  There is no room for doubt in 2022.  This central truth will arise in the hearts of God’s people  “Jesus is building His house and the gates of hell will not prevail no matter what it looks like”. Matthew 16:18

As I meditated on 2 Chronicles 2:20-22 these are some of the prophetic highlights brought to my attention.

“Early in the morning, they left for the Desert of Tekoa. As they set out, Jehoshaphat stood and said, “Listen to me, Judah and people of Jerusalem! Have faith in the Lord your God and you will be upheld; have faith in his prophets and you will be successful.”

After consulting the people, Jehoshaphat appointed men to sing to the Lord and to praise Him for the splendor of his holiness as they went out at the head of the army, saying:

“Give thanks to the Lord,

for his mercy endures forever.”

As they began to sing and praise, the Lord set ambushes against the men of Ammon and Moab and Mount Seir who were invading Judah, and they were defeated”.   2 Chronicles: 20-22

Firstly, King Jehoshaphat was the main person in these scriptures- God was saying -there will be a kingly anointing, authority available for those who will be bold enough to stand up and say, listen, to the people around them have faith in God, his plans have not changed, He will uphold us. Don’t worry about what the enemy is doing stay focused on His goodness.  There have been so many distractions and upheavals over the past 18 months it has taken the focus of God’s people. Apostolic Leaders will play a big part in recentering and refocusing God’s people in 2022.

Then the Lord highlighted the words believe in his prophets – what does that mean in 2022 belief in what God has said to you prophetically, believe the prophetic words that have been spoken over your family, region, nation- there is a call in 2022 to start rigorously rehearsing and releasing God’s promises and not what the enemy is doing.

He is also showing us worship is a weapon to use against the enemy this is the response we need to the schemes of the enemy if we want to see things breakthrough in 2022. The Lord pointed out king Jehoshaphat asked these men to go before the army and sing “His mercy endures forever” it’s our job to cry  mercy over the earth in this hour many cries have gone up for Justice. God’s Mercy is something we don’t deserve but He willingly gives it to us pardoning our flaws to show His loving kindness to the world.  There are different seasons where justice is required but this place in time is desperately in need of a total wave of God’s mercy to cover the nations.

Lastly, He showed me through these verses that worship was a catalyst to see increased angelic activity.

“As they began to sing and praise, the Lord set ambushes”. These ambushes were described as angels that looked like men who caused the armies to fight against each other. The Scripture says he set ambushes against Ammon, Moab, Mount Seir the Lord spoke to me about the meaning for each group of enemies the Lord is sending angelic ambushes against in 2022 on our behalf.

Ammon -(Whatever is stopping God’s people from entering new territory ) During the exodus the Ammonites stopped the Israelites from passing through their lands.

Moab-(God’s people coming short of their promised land) The name Moab is a biblical name for a land that is just short of the promised land.

Mount Seir-(Mountains/ Obstacles sent to hinder) The enemy making things look bigger than they are.

We are to remember to use our authority to release angelic hosts, to use praise as our weapon and not concentrate on the wiles of the enemy.  The harvest is ripe we are not alone in the fields the Lord of the harvest has gone before us. We will see things we have never seen before in 2022. There will be great battles but we will see great defeats against the enemy. Many giants will have their heads removed.