Tested and Proven • Daily Devo 544 Evening

Daily Devo 544: Evening Devotional • Word Count: 1,111

** Audio Version of This Evening’s Devotional: Tested and Proven Audio 544

Opening Prayer:

Father, in the name of Jesus, thank you, thank you that we’ve made it to another evening. I thank you, God, for this Night Light devotional. I pray, God, that the mighty woman of God be covered tonight as she begins to settle in, settle down, and rest tonight.

I just thank you, God, that we have come before your throne of grace and glory again, that we are here again, that she went out and came in safely today. O God. I thank you for traveling mercy, O God, and for her being here now ready, O God, to settle in, settle down, to sit with you, O God.

I thank you, God, that she is ready to hear, to receive for the day that is coming. For Lord God, you are a very present help in the time of trouble. You know what she is struggling with, God. You know what she has need of. You know that today has been heavy. But God, the way has been made, and things don’t last always. Seasons must change.

So I thank you, God, that the doors are opening, God, right here, right now, that the doors are open for a new season. The doors are open for rest. Here and now she can begin to confess a new thing, to decree, O God, a new song of victory, to speak life over her and over her family in a way that changes everything. But it starts here, and it starts now.

And I thank you, God, that the power of life and death are in her tongue. I thank you, God, that she can decree a thing and know that it will be established unto her. I thank you for the words that come out of her mouth, O God, for the words that shape her life, O God. I thank you that they be full of peace and be full of glory tonight.

That in the midst of all that has happened, in the midst of all the events that may have transpired today, here and now, she can rest. She can rest, she can be at ease, she can release every old thing in the name of Jesus, for you are the solid rock, the rock of the ages, God.
I thank you, Lord, and I pray in Jesus’ name. Amen.

It can feel really hard to remain focused on the thing. It seems like sometimes when you’re starting up, you’re getting ready, you’re putting one foot out there, that immediately resistance starts. And if you felt that way, if you’ve noticed that, you would be correct. The moment you begin to step out in a way that is guided by faith, you’re walking out by Spirit, not by flesh.

And the moment you do that, you begin to activate something: a testing, a trial, resistance. Immediately, you are challenged. Not because it’s the wrong time to step out, and not because you’re doing the wrong thing at the wrong time. No. This is because the enemy cannot stop the will of God in your life. But he can do his best to undermine you the same way he attempted to undermine the prophet Elijah.

After Elijah had had the biggest victory, had torn down the altar of Baal, prayed and called down fire from heaven, one missive, a bit of intimidation from Jezebel was enough to send him into the wilderness by way of Damascus. And on the way, he decided to leave a servant, to isolate himself, and to sit under a tree and say, Enough, God, take my life. I’m ready to die (1 Kings 19:1-4 KJV). That’s what he spoke. But the Lord had more for him. There was another plan for Elijah. God wasn’t finished with him yet.

When you are ready to step out, you are doing good work, and you are seeing breakthroughs, one door open, one door shifting, one table turning in your favor, it is normal to see resistance. Almost expected. Think it not strange. Think it not strange when people begin to resist you. Think it not strange when things seem to get more difficult. Think it not strange when it feels like you’re taking two steps forward and three steps back (1 Peter 4:12-14 KJV).

This is the way the enemy decides to demoralize you and to block you from where you’re going. And nothing can do that. By faith, we are called to press. By faith, we’re called to tarry in the name of Jesus. By faith, the Bible tells us in Hebrews 10:23, to hold fast to the confession of our faith, for he who promised is faithful.

And this is the truth: our God is faithful. And our God is more than able to shift everything, to break down every wall, to turn tables, and to help you overcome by His Spirit. He speaks to the mountains. He did it in Zechariah 4:6-7. He spoke to the mountain that was standing before Zerubbabel. Not by might, not by power, but by God’s Spirit. That is what you’re looking for this evening.

So sit in the presence of the living God. Rest and receive by His Spirit that all things are made new, giving thanks in all things, as it tells us in 1 Thessalonians 5:18. In 1 Thessalonians, it tells us to be thankful in all things, for this is the will of God towards us. To be thankful in every circumstance. Tonight, be thankful that despite the resistance, despite what is happening, despite the overwhelm, God is with you here and now.

May the grace and the glory of God be over you tonight. I pray that as you rest before Him, as you begin to journal, giving God glory, counting it all joy, and as you begin to just thank God for every good thing, thank God for every wall. Thank God for every block, thank God for everyone, and thank God for those that you were required to forgive who tested your faith. The situations that are testing you now, and the overwhelm that makes you feel as if it’s not worth it.

Thank God for it, because this is the will of God towards you: that you will be tested and proven and found in His glory, found in His marvelous light, to be ready, to be prepared, to be strengthened by your faith. May the Lord bless you.

Father. Bless the mighty woman of God tonight. Cover her, God, and help her to move forward in Jesus’ name. Amen. I’ll see you in the next Evening Devotional.

Good evening.
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