Satan Can’t Confine Your Calling, Mom!

Then I turned to see the voice that spoke with me. And having turned I saw seven golden lampstands, and in the midst of the seven lampstands One like the Son of Man, clothed with a garment down to the feet and girded about the chest with a golden band. His head and hair were white like wool, as white as snow, and His eyes like a flame of fire; His feet were like fine brass, as if refined in a furnace, and His voice as the sound of many waters (Revelation 1:12-15).

When John was on the isle of Patmos, he was limited to a cave but free in his spirit (see Rev. 1).

Remember, satan may work feverishly to limit the ministry and reputation of God’s vessel, but he can never confine the anointing and the call on your life. To the enemy the Lord says, “Do not touch My anointed ones, and do My prophets no harm” (1 Chron. 16:22).

In fact, John’s predicament on Patmos proves that negative circumstances reveal Christ, not veil Him. While in the dank, dismal, dark caves of persecution, surrounded by the sounds of other abused prisoners, John caught a vision. In his newfound image of Christ, he describes the crisp clarity of a revelation given in the midst of chaos. A crisis can clear your perceptions as you behold His face, looking for answers that will not be found in the confines of the situation.

Every ministry gift will eventually confront the cave of loneliness and the prison of an ostracized situation. Nevertheless, let the jailer beware; our God has a prison ministry. He explodes the walls of impossibility. John wrote that he heard the thunderous voice of the Lord. When the voice of God led to the presence of Christ, John collapsed in the presence of the Lord. A deluge flooded the cave as Christ opened His mouth; His voice sounded as the noise of many waters. In the process of seeking the voice, he encountered seven golden candlesticks. The candlesticks are later revealed as the Church. We need men and women who hear the voice of God before they see the work of God. What good will it do us to polish the candelabra and light the candles if there is no voice of God to cause people to turn aside and see?

Purpose

We need women and men who hear the voice of God before they see the work of God.

Transformation Moment

The answer is Jesus. He says, “I am the way, the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father except through Me” (John 14:6). Jesus is the Way. There is no other way. The “prison” of your circumstances is not eternal truth, it is a temporary situation. Your calling and your anointing cannot be confined or snuffed out by the enemy. When we feel trapped in a “prison” of circumstances we don’t like, we have a choice to seek God’s face and pursue His voice. He has something to say to you right now.

Jesus wants to encounter you. Seek His face beloved. Spend time waiting on His voice. Let it wash over you like rushing waters. Before you seek to do the work of God, listen to the voice of God.