I highly respect James Goll and the incredible and multiple gifts he carries. He is always full of prophetic revelation for the season(s) we are in and equips the Body of Christ for what's ahead.
In one of his recent articles James shares with us the highest weapon we have as Believers and he received this word from the Lord:
Now find out what the highest weapon is and how we can activate it much more in our lives! (To Subscribe to the Elijah List subscribe here.)
James W. Goll, Franklin, TN
Prayer—in all its forms—has played a key role in my life and ministry for years. I want to see the works of the devil destroyed with the least amount of backlash. So I have pondered deeply on various understandings and perspectives concerning spiritual warfare and how to deal with territorial spirits. I've met with different revival leaders around the world to increase my understanding on issues dealing with principalities, powers, and spirits of wickedness in the heavenly places (Ephesians 6:12).
A gigantic breakthrough came to me one day when the penetrating voice of the Holy Spirit spoke, resolving the whole dilemma, "I'm going to teach you to release the highest weapon of spiritual warfare."
| "The Lord is looking for such a people who will simply come and�be with Him." |
Stunned, I marveled at the thought, "the highest weapon." That one statement made my spiritual antennas go way out! My initial response of gratitude was soon replaced by curiosity and anticipation. "What could the Holy Spirit mean? What is He referring to?" I thought. At first, the Lord simply gave me an invitation, "I'm going to teach you to release the highest weapon of spiritual warfare." But finally He added, "I will teach you to release the brilliance of My great presence."
Do you want to be effective in prayer and spiritual warfare? Do you want be marked by the distinguishing characteristic of the people of God? Then get saturated with and become a carrier of the brilliance of His great presence!
The Distinguishing Characteristic
There is to be one primary, distinguishing characteristic of the people of God. It is not the clothes we wear, the style of our hair, or even the rules by which we conduct ourselves. There is a "birthmark" of sorts that should set apart every community of true Believers, manifesting itself in love for one another. Moses reveals this birthmark in a dialogue with God recorded in Exodus 33:14-16:
"And He said, 'My presence shall go with you, and I will give you rest.' Then he [Moses] said to Him, 'If Thy presence does not go with us, do not lead us up from here. For how then can it be known that I have found favor in Thy sight, I and Thy people? Is it not by Thy going with us, so that we, I and Thy people, may be distinguished from all the other people who are upon the face of the earth?'" (Emphasis mine)
This is a key of great power in God's Kingdom. The presence of God is the distinguishing characteristic that proves we have favor with God! Without it, we are as other men. The glory of God is "the manifested presence of God," the visible evidence that the person of God, Himself, has shown up among us—and that is the greatest thing in life! I believe Moses was crying out to the Lord of Hosts, "Oh, Great One, do not take us up from here unless You go before us. Put the brilliance of Your great presence upon us."
In the New Testament, we are commanded to "pray without ceasing" (1 Thessalonians 5:17). This perfectly parallels God's command to Moses and Aaron concerning the sweet odor of "perpetual incense" that was to continually waft into the Most Holy Place from the altar of incense (Exodus 30:7-8).
When I first began to... (continue reading)
