From the War Room to the Store Room [Day 2]
By Pastor Amreitha Jeeva
“Then your light will break forth like the dawn, and your healing will quickly appear; then your righteousness will go before you, and the glory of the Lord will be your rear guard. Then you will call, and the Lord will answer; you will cry for help, and he will say: Here am I.” (Isaiah 58:8-9 NIV)
In January of this year, I shared a prophetic word with our church I read from a Christian leader at another church. It was a word of encouragement given in a prophetic nature. It was not Scripture; although when I read it, I felt the Lord take me directly to Isaiah 58:8. Whenever I hear or read a “word from the Lord,” I always make sure it can be backed with Scripture.
In the midst of trying to push myself to set goals for the new year, I came upon this word and it filled me. It filled me with life and hope. I set down my goal writing, and I just allowed these words and the Scripture in Isaiah to wash over me.
Here is a part of the word of encouragement:
“You are leaving your war room, your weeping room, and your crushing room for a new place I am calling you to where you won’t have to continually fight and battle for bare minimum. The war room season of fighting for survival is coming to end and you are coming into your establishing season where you will see just what your worship and surrender accomplished. You are going to be amazed at what your dark nights produced – a greater authority, an increased anointing, and the keys to unlock doors for those stuck like you were.
“Soon you will see the fruit of this season of waiting, warring, worship as it manifests explosively in your family, marriage, relationships, finances, health, and destiny in the days to come. You are going from the war-room to the store-room where you will open the door to a realm of access in MY kingdom you didn’t even know you had. You will see that I didn’t waste a moment of this past season and only caused it to store up blessing for you in ways you never imagined possible.
“Out if you is going to ERUPT such a song of breakthrough that will be such a weapon for you and others because it was forged in the dark when you had to worship your way out. It’s more potent than you know and know I am commissioning you to wield it. This is where you move from warring to conquest, from battling to breaking down enemy lines for the kingdom. This is where your new story begins and you start writing history for me through YOUR story!”
As I shared this word with the church, many people reached out to me saying they felt what I felt; it was like taking a big drink of water for our thirsty souls! Our spirits were stirred as language was put to the feelings of hardship and war we faced in the past season. Hope and courage rose up in us as we considered leaving all that behind and entering into a new place: the store room.
In March of 2020, only three months after I shared this word, the United States and much of the world went into quarantine due to COVID-19. The near future looks bleak. Schools are shut down for the rest of the year, churches are meeting online, and many of us find ourselves anxious and fighting for our jobs, community, hope, and so much more. What happened? This doesn't feel like a store room. It feels like we’re back in a war.
Here’s the truth: I don’t have the answer for how to reconcile this profound word of encouragement with the circumstances we’re currently facing. What I do know is that God knew COVID-19 would happen when I shared it. I believe He is still asking us to stand on this word. I know He’s asking me to explore with Him why this word is relevant and important for this very moment.
Here’s what else I know: Jesus will fight any war for us and see us through to victory. He is our conquering King. He wants to see you through to the store room.
Recently, a close friend of mine met with all of her family members for the first time in 16 years while only being allowed to connect online. This is a profound store room moment—a family reunited after 16 years, wow!
Would you ask God what leaving the war room and entering the store room means for your life? Is God still leading you to the store room amidst a pandemic?
In your questions, petitions, and conversation with Jesus, may your resolve be the promise of healing, righteousness, and beautiful store room moments! COVID-19 doesn’t have the last word in 2020. The year is still before us, and I believe Jesus will hear our cry and say, “Here am I.”
Prayer
Father, thank You for sending Your son Jesus to die on the cross for the final victory over every war in our lives. Thank You that in our dark nights, Your light breaks forth like the dawn! Thank You for encouraging us with the hope of store room days, months, and years ahead. We stand on Your scriptures, and when the wind is blowing around us so strongly, we stay anchored in Your truth alone. We give You the rest of this year and surrender to whatever You want to do with it! In Jesus’ name, amen.
