|
Dear Friends, Both Christian believers and New Age adherents promote the idea that “every step should be a prayer.” Yet I hear the Lord summoning His children to a higher call than that. The Lord says, “Every PRAYER is a STEP, and to neglect to pray is to fail to advance in this hour!” To walk in the Spirit is to let prayer determine your steps, not the other way around. It is to see and hear prophetically where the Lord is taking you, then step into that trajectory to find victory awaiting you! Prayer is good, but it can be rooted in a works-based mentality that is not Spirit-led, bringing weariness. I hear the Lord saying, “It’s time to relearn how to walk! For there are some who have experienced new birth, but have not yet learned to walk in the Spirit. And others walk, but have grown weary in their walking. Work FOR Me has replaced rest IN Me, causing their strength to fail.” If you feel like every step you’ve taken lately is heavy and precarious; or if gaining a firm foothold seems difficult, I believe the Father is saying, “Come to Me, and I will show you how to walk with Me. Lean on Me, and your ways will be secure. Let Me refresh you, bringing stability and balance where it is lacking. For in many cases, the way you have been taught to walk is NOT the way I walk!” Today, the Lord wants to elevate the way you walk, so that you walk on firmer ground, taking secure steps in the higher realm of the Spirit. He wants to help you find a new path and a new momentum for a new season! VICTORY AT EVERY STEP Oh, the places you will go when you walk in the Spirit! There is rest and ease in being “carried along” in the current of the Holy Spirit’s movements, walking on higher paths your feet could not possibly travel! There’s an efficient fruitfulness in spiritual rest that is unattainable by human effort. The prophet Isaiah paints a picture [of anointed King Cyrus] that describes this Spirit-accelerated walk perfectly: "Who stirred up one from the East, whom victory meets at every step? He gives up nations before him, so that he tramples kings underfoot; he makes them like dust with his sword, like driven stubble with his bow. He pursues them and passes on safely, by paths his feet have not trod." ~Isaiah 41:2-3 ESV; emphasis mine. God is looking for believers who trample the enemy underfoot, yet to become this kind of person is to learn that your real ‘feet’ are not located at the lowest point of your body; they are located in your spirit-man! It is by the Spirit that we live and move and have our being (Acts 17:28). ARE YOUR STEPS BEAUTIFUL? There is an ebb and flow to walking in the Spirit, much like the tides. First, the magnetic “pull” of the prophetic calls you higher and sets your sights. Then, the gentle “push” of intercession moves you forward. Prophecy and prayer partner together to lead you into the fulfillment of God’s promises for your life and the right timing and placement of His words in your world. As a believer, you will advance only to the degree that you pray.
Isaiah paints a second picture of the one whose feet are called “beautiful” as they carry fresh revelation from the Throne: 'How lovely on the mountains are the feet of him who brings good news, who announces peace and brings good news of happiness, who announces salvation, and says to Zion, "Your God reigns!"' ~Isaiah 52:7 NASBS News is, by nature, fresh revelation or information.
Simply put, God’s beautiful footmen and footwomen proclaim the REST and VICTORY only Christ can give! ARE YOU HEARING THE LORD’S COUNSEL? EVERY believer is anointed to be a messenger of good news (Isaiah 61:1). Yet to attempt to advance apart from the Spirit is to err. Jeremiah puts it bluntly: "I did not send these prophets, yet they have run with their message; I did not speak to them, yet they have prophesied. But if they had stood in my council, they would have proclaimed my words to my people and would have turned them from their evil ways and from their evil deeds." ~Jeremiah 23:21-22, NIV; emphasis mine. Likewise, Paul says in Galatians 5:16-18: "But I say, walk by the Spirit, and you will not carry out the desire of the flesh. For the flesh sets its desire against the Spirit, and the Spirit against the flesh; for these are in opposition to one another, so that you may not do the things that you please. But if you are led by the Spirit, you are not under the Law." ~NASBS And: “See then that ye walk circumspectly, not as fools, but as wise, redeeming the time, because the days are evil. Wherefore be ye not unwise, but understanding what the will of the Lord is.” ~Ephesians 5:15-17, KJV The King James Version’s use of the word “circumspectly” implies guarded caution and discretion in movement; the kind of “looking around” in all directions that is only possible through the Spirit of Wisdom. (See Revelation 5:6) It is better to remain standing in the council of the Lord, watching and waiting for the fresh word of the Lord, than to run with yesterday’s news! Many Kingdom-minded people rightly believe we need prayer before movement. Not many believe prayer IS the movement. Prayer is the higher path, an ancient one covered up by the simulated speed of society. Ask yourself:
COMMISSIONED THROUGH REST: TWO ENCOUNTERS The Body of Christ has entered a new season of increased healings and miraculous deliverances. Yet hearing and healing are found only in places of stillness and peace. Two recent encounters underscore the importance of this Presence-based rest. First, in a dream, I entered the house of a pastor’s wife, whose name meant “Resurrection.” The wife (who represented the Bride of Christ, with Jesus being her Chief Shepherd or ‘Pastor’), was busy nearby, doing the work of the Kingdom. In the dream, I was often sent to her house to assist in cleaning and organizing her household, since this was one of my gifts. Entering the Bride’s bedroom, I knew that the bedsheets needed to be changed. There were at least four or five sets of previously-used sheets in muted grey or yellow colors, but as I went to put them on the bed, I found that all the fitted sheets were too small! The bed had an extra-deep mattress. No amount of “stretching” the old would work; new sheets (for deeper intimacy) were required. As I watched in the Spirit, I saw the new set of sheets which was to be put on. They were a lovely raspberry color whose deep red tones, I knew, represented the fruitfulness of the Holy Spirit. God was highlighting that living from that place of “deep rest” and guarded intimacy is now a key to the Bride’s success! In the same dream, I was warned by the Father that the enemy would try to hinder the place of deeper rest and fruitfulness through a large-scale attack, similar to COVID. But the Father’s hand was upon the Bride as He tested and prepared her faith, making sure she could withstand the challenges ahead. SURRENDER YOUR WALK: PUT YOUR FEET UP! In a second encounter, I heard the Lord saying that some are so weary from walking in their own strength or at the world’s hurried pace that they need to “put their feet up” spiritually. I saw a picture of the Father holding the feet of one of His children in His hands, rubbing them. If that’s you, stop right now and put your feet in the Father’s hands! Surrender your own works, and allow the Lord to massage His oil into your soles and your soul! Rest until He releases fresh wisdom for how and where to walk and speak again. The apostle Peter wrote, “With the Lord, one day is like a thousand years, and a thousand years are like a day.” (2 Peter 3:8.) Yet I hear the Lord saying, “People desire the second part of that scripture (for its promise of quick acceleration) far more than they desire the first! I am Lord over time! My ability to multiply the time in each day means that as my children surrender each day to Me, their peace is multiplied, and they are free from the tyranny of the enemy’s pressure.” I feel a keen desire in the Father’s heart for those who will commit as much time in prayer as He requires in this season, trusting that extended rest will yield the very “acceleration” most tend to prefer. The phrase “put your feet up” is also a play on words, with yet another reminder to walk in higher realms! PRAYERS FOR YOUR STEPS
I pray that as you pray, your prayers will become your steps and you will partner with peace, not chaos! May you reproduce what you see happening in heaven, bringing heaven to earth in practical, prophetic ways. One word or picture from the Spirit of God is all it takes to set you back on the right course. And the good news you announce to others will bring victories only heaven can give! Deborah  |
Free Link to the Subscriber Resource Library when you join His Inscriptions!
About
Deborah Perkins 
Categories
All
Archives
June 2026
AuthorA severe hearing loss from childhood caused Deborah Perkins to develop what she now calls her secret weapon: tuning in to God's voice. A Wellesley College graduate and an award-winning writer, Deborah is now a wife and mother of 3 boys. Deborah has devoted over 25 years to professional and lay Christian ministry in New England and beyond. Her passion is inspiring people to cultivate greater intimacy with God. 
|
RSS Feed