When Pressure Meets Authority

We all go through seasons where it seems that life unravels right before us...and a lot of times....it’s not just one hardship, is it? It’s many and it seems they all arrive at once. Pressure from every side that leaves you wondering how you’re supposed to stand when everything feels like it’s coming undone.

That kind of season has a name. It’s called an onslaught.

An onslaught disorients you and blurs clarity. It presses emotionally, spiritually, and mentally...until even prayer feels heavy.

But scripture tells us something about that:  

Isaiah 59:19 says "So shall they fear the name of the LORD from the west, and His glory from the rising of the sun. When the enemy shall come in like a flood, the Spirit of the LORD shall lift up a standard against him"

That means the onslaught does not catch God off guard. It doesn't outrun His authority, and it certainly doesn't mean that you are failing or forgotten.

More often than not.....an onslaught happens because something matters.....

It happens because obedience is costing you,
It happens because truth is being spoken,
It happens because momentum is building.

It happens....because the enemy feels threatened.

The onslaught meant to overwhelm you becomes the place where God reveals endurance that you didn’t even know you carried.  It reveals grace that YOU didn’t manufacture, and it reveals the strength that comes from anchoring to the Rock.

So DON'T misread the resistance you are feeling.

You are not being fought because you’re off course....you’re being fought because you’re making ground.

The enemy does not rush what is stagnant.
He rushes what is advancing!
He pushes hardest when he knows something is being established that he cannot stop.

So keep going!

Keep standing!

Keep walking forward even if it feels slow and costly.

This resistance is not your cue to retreat.....it’s confirmation that you are on the right path.

And this is why worship matters right now.

Because worship is not a pause in the battle.

It re-centers us under God’s authority.

It lifts our eyes above the pressure that we feel, and it reminds the enemy who we belong to.....and it reminds US who goes before us.

So as we worship, let's not be passive. 

The onslaught may be real....BUT the Rock is unshaken.

And THAT is the place that we worship from.

Intentionally, confidently, and anchored.