HSD: He Will Plead Your Cause!

Come here. Come take a walk with me.

Lately, God has been doing something I truly never expected.

And I’m not sure why I didn’t expect this when I asked of Him, “Lord, help me with my desire to be understood by others.”

I hadn’t realized that as the Lord was calling me to teach His Word/minister, that the green flags of my calling were hidden in what I struggled with.

I always struggled with wanting people to get my perspective. I would over-explain myself just trying to convey my understanding of things and my perspective on situations.

So, I asked the abovementioned prayer humbly because I knew my need to be understood by the world could not come with me where the Lord was showing me that He was taking me. It would be so counterproductive and destructive.

I knew He would answer the prayer because I knew the desire to pray for this came from the Holy Spirit Himself…

 I just didn’t know HOW He was going to answer this prayer.

But yall,

In the gentlest Jesus way possible, He addressed this issue.

He began validating the stances I have held over the years. (I love Him so much. He’s just so nice to us for no reason. His grace…His grace, man.)

Let me lend you some context…

I’ve faced experiences over the years when I either randomly said something that seemed off to others/didn’t immediately resonate or

I was placed in situations where the whole room was on one side of a perspective, and I was on the other.

Over time, and with added humility in Christ, my mind would wander to those moments, and I’d either dismiss those stances as nothing or even repent for being wrong.

But yall…

 One thing God is going to do; He is going to God every single time.

Before I lift up His name any further, let me lie down some scripture.

“The Lord lifts up the humble” (Psalms 147:6)

“And every tongue which rises up against you in judgement, you shall condemn.” (Isaiah 54:17)

“For the Lord will plead their cause…” (Proverbs 22:23)

“For their Redeemer is mighty; He will plead their cause against you.” (Proverbs 23:11)

“Behold, I will plead your case and take vengeance for you.” (Jeremiah 51:36)

“I will bear the indignation of the Lord because I have sinned against Him, until He pleads my case and executes justice for me. He will bring me forth to the light; I will see His righteousness.”

I truly could go on and on… (just say the word).

But I digress.

The point is, the Lord is in the business of pleading your cause not just before others, but before the tormenting spirits that lied to you and compromised your confidence in revelations the Lord gave you.

The Lord will remind you that the only person who needs to understand you or what you are doing at any given moment is Him Himself.

Case in point…

When Jesus was washing the feet of His disciples, He told them, “You don’t understand what I am doing now, but later you will understand.” (John 13:7).

And there are so many other instances where it was evident that Jesus was fully confident in His delivery of the Truth despite being fully aware that many people had no idea what He was talking about.

With Jesus being the truth meaning He is not only the Truth literally, He was also physically here to show us the Truth of what our relationship with God was supposed to look like before sin entered this world (more on this soon), this means, that some things we experience are meant to mirror some of Jesus’ experiences.

Sometimes we will have to be on the unpopular side of revelations. (Matthew 5, 6 &7)

Don’t worry, later they will understand.

Sometimes the enemy will try to confuse us or make us lose confidence in what we know to be the truth. (Matthew 4:1-11 and Luke 4:1-13)

 Don’t worry, later you will understand.

Sometimes we will be called to speak radical revelations that seem random or off-the-mark to others.

Don’t worry, later they have no choice but to understand.

And of course, sometimes just because the entire room agrees with one opinion on a matter, that doesn’t mean you haven’t been called to discern something greater happening beyond that room but still relevant to the people in it.

 Don’t worry, later they will be humbled before divine understanding.

Since what we wrestle against is not flesh and blood, this should remind us that God is going to plead our causes against the lying spirits in operation—even the ones we ourselves battle with daily.

He will plead our causes and validate us.

Never forget: In a room where you make sense to no one else, you make perfect sense to God. You do NOT confuse him.

And once he confirms a stance, whether through another sermon given by your Pastor, or a scripture you hadn’t recognized before as particularly resonating, or by a random prophecy given to you by a fellow anointed one, you might find yourself saying, “Lord, I completely forgot about that. I didn’t know I needed to hear that or for that to be validated by You. Thank You.”

I know I have.

God-validation is the most fulfilling experience you will ever encounter because at least from my experience, He waits until you truly let it go before, He sends confirmation to say, “By the way, you remember that time? Yes, you were right.”

For example, I once told someone that I could feel when I shouldn’t wear a specific piece of clothing. At the time, maybe 9 years ago, I specifically remember saying, “I think I can feel the energy on clothes? Is that weird?” Fast forward to Him validating my suspicions with more Biblical alignment nearly 10 years later through a sermon. I wasn’t “feeling the energy on clothes,” I was discerning the spiritual attractions of clothes bearing certain colors or if—say they were gifted to me—I could discern what was attached to the person who gave it. I could even detect what types of spirits certain less-than-modest pieces would attract.

I now understand that what I thought was weird was me operating in my gift—I just wasn’t under the anointing in a way that full surrender has afforded me today, and that lack of full submission compromised the articulation of what I was experiencing (more on this later.)

 I say all of this to say, stop worrying about being misunderstood by others. It is likely that the Lord is allowing this purposefully.

He will validate you once He gets you to a place where you recognize His opinion is the only one that matters.

And by the by: He doesn’t carry opinions. He carries facts. Opinions can be swayed, unjust, biased, and/or corrupted.

He is the Truth in every situation.

So, seek Him first and even the fulfilling validation you seek will be granted unto you.

Reflect on this. Pray on this.

And if you are so led by the Holy Spirit, receive this.

Just remember,

With everything you do…

Be sure to lead with Love.

God bless you.

Holy Spirit, I thank You for this Word today. Please let it meet the eyes of every person who needs to hear this so that they may be encouraged to move forward and lead others to you with Love. We love You, Lord, and we thank You. In Jesus’ Name to the Glory of the Father, we thank You. Amen.