banners of authority

Many have asked why I don’t answer their prayers. They believe that all authority on earth has been given to me, and so they ask “why don’t you vanquish my enemies?” I could, and at times I do. But just as a child looks to his father to shelter him from the bully at school, so do many believers look for me to shelter them. They have forgotten that, as they grew up, they learned how to deal with the bully themselves. When talking did not work, they used other measures.

The mature adult looks back on his childhood with perspective. The bully does not seem to be the threat he was when he was a child. Why is this so? Because he, the child, grew in learning how to deal with bullies. As an adult, fear and being intimidated have given way to wisdom and understanding of his own authority in matters which were formerly ruled over by others.

I don’t ask Man to answer his own prayers. But I do lead every child of Mine into adulthood. When a child gains a victory, and then another, he is gaining confidence in his child-given attributes, for all children are made in My image and are destined for victory. As an adult, he stands with a standard, bearing flags for each victory from the past. This is a representation of the authority the man now carries. Not only has he grown in confidence, but he displays for the spirit realm that which he has experienced in his life: victory. The Father sees it, the angels see it, and the fallen angels see it.

Now satan will not stop in his endeavors to defeat My children. If a man carries a banner with many victory flags, satan will scheme bigger and more serious attacks against him. But there is no battle against My anointed that will prosper if they put their confidence in Me. And the man who has his heart steadied on victory will see his prayers as the weapons of his warfare, establishing the kingdom of God around him.

It is good for the angels of God to see a man’s victory flags, for it is angels who minister to and aid each child of God. Do not fear what the fallen angels see, but defeat them by the word of your testimony. For each victory is a testimony you bear to the world and is on display to the spirit realm. Amen.