Isaiah 59:19 ‘When the enemy shall come in like a flood, the Spirit of the LORD shall lift up a standard against him.’

DAILY READING; Matthew 13:24-58; Leviticus 19; Proverbs 29

The Second Sino-Japanese War was a military conflict that was primarily waged between the Republic of China and the Empire of Japan.
It all started with the the Japanese invasion of the Chinese city of Manchuria on 18 September 1931.
In his book titled ‘With Signs Following,’, Stanley H. Frodsham, records a remarkable incident that happened during this war in Manchuria, China.
Japanese troops had gone on the rampage killing many Chinese civilians and committing atrocities. There was fear and confusion among the people and many went into hiding to escape the rampaging Japanese soldiers.
However a remarkable thing happened when these Japanese soldiers came to invade a mission house where there were a number of Christians praying. These Christians had barricaded themselves in the mission compound. The Japanese soldiers shouted at them to open the gates, but these Christians refused. Eventually the soldiers forced their way into the house. As the soldiers rushed in, one of them grabbed a native Chinese evangelist. He was about to kill him, when the evangelist burst into an utterance in tongues by the power of the Spirit. The soldier stopped in his tracks. He had just heard the evangelist tell him in the Japanese language, that if any harm were done to the people in the compound, then the judgment of God would fall upon him and his fellow soldiers. The rattled Japanese soldiers on hearing the statement stopped their intention of attacking the Christians. Believing that fellow Japanese people were there, they departed from the mission house..
However what they did not realize was that the evangelist who had given the warning couldn’t speak Japanese, but rather had spoken by the utterance of The Holy Ghost. As a result of that incident none of the believers in the compound were harmed, and shortly afterward a revival broke out among the Chinese in the district and many were brought to Christ.

Indeed when we speak in tongues we speak mysteries. As we speak the Holy organizes divine rescue and deliverance for us out tight situations.
Indeed the Holy Spirit knows how to protect believers and deliver them from the attacks of the enemy.

Isaiah 59:19 says ‘When the enemy shall come in like a flood, the Spirit of the LORD shall lift up a standard against him.’

The Holy Spirit is our shied and shelter from the evil floods of the enemy. Especially in these last days, we need His help greatly more than ever before.
We are in the days when the tempo of spiritual battles on the earth is increasing. We need the Hoy Spirit greatly because Ephesians 6:12 tells us that our wrestle is ‘not against flesh and blood, but against principalities, against powers, against the rulers of the darkness of this world, against spiritual wickedness in high places.’

We are in a warfare where we cannot see our invisible spiritual enemies with our physical eyes. But as we pray in tongues the Holy Ghost directs us on what to do and enables us to triumph over the spiritual forces of wickedness ..
We are at a time when no believer can be victorious in battle without active engagement of the Holy Spirit.
We grossly limit ourselves when we fail to pray in the Holy Ghost and listen to His divine instructions .
Through a lifestyle of diligent study of the Word and fervent prayers, we will develop greater sensitivity to the Spirit.
Jesus knew our crucial need for the Holy Spirit that was why He told His disciples to wait in Jerusalem and not go anywhere until the Holy Spirit had come. Without the Spirit they would have been mincemeat for the bloodthirsty Jewish leaders. But with the coming of the Spirit the disciples became an impossible case for the opposition to handle.
In the same way today, through the leading of the Spirit we will be a mystery and a complex case for our enemies to handle. We will be moving like the wind and they cannot tell how we go or how we come.
By the guidance of the Spirit we will be delivered from the pits dug by the wicked and escape the snares of the fowlers.
Certainly, by the help of the Spirit we will enjoy constant divine security and immunity in these last perilous days.

PRAYER: Lord, by the help of Your Spirit, enable me to escape every trap of the wicked set against me today. Thank You Lord for making me a conqueror in every battle of life in Jesus Name.

QUOTE;
The battle you are faced with today is a good warfare because God has already foreordained victorious end for you. WORDBITE 222