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Prophetic Word for the Year 2012 - Rev Benita Francis
This year of 2012 will be a year of clear distinction. Even the mocking world will once again see the difference between the righteous and the wicked, between one who serves God and one who does not serve Him. The unbelieving world will have to see and admit in astonishment how God honors those who honor Him (1.Sa.2:30). People will be able to see the favor God bestows on a good man and the condemnation coming on a man of wicked intentions (Pr.12:2).
Men of wicked intentions are going to be hated even by their own followers and devotees. We will see such men of wicked intentions imprisoned and murdered by people close to them, even in government and political spheres (Pr.14:17). In 2012, wickedness will help attacking and destroying its own allies, as it happened in the Bible in 2nd Chronicles 20:23. By your prayers and praise, impossible situations will be turned around, and righteousness will reign. As two evils help to destroy each other, good will emerge like a secret weapon which God in His wisdom had been hiding until His perfect moment of showing forth to the world.
In several nations, such sudden swings of political rulership will happen and bring righteousness, peace and tranquility to suffering people. In 2012, the one thing God strongly requires from His chosen ones is that they use the victory strategy of King Jehoshaphat found in 2nd Chronicles Chapter 20. When King Jehoshaphat saw himself threatened by a great multitude, he set himself to seek the Lord. In this year of 2012, your victory will come only by positioning yourself to seek the Lord. In 2012, your help will not come by might or by power or by human or military strength and ability (Ps.33:17; Zac.4:6). All the opposite, if you seek your help or your refuge in human strength, you will not only be disappointed but even hurt (2.Ki.18:21; Isa.36:6). If you trust in man and make flesh your strength, you make your heart depart from the living God and draw curse upon yourself (Jer.17:5). God Himself declares woe on those who seek their help outside of Him (Isa.31:1).
In 2012, your help is in the Lord who made heaven and earth (Ps.124:8). He will help you and deliver you from the wicked, because you trust in Him (Ps.37:40). You will be happy because you have the God of Jacob for your help, and your hope is in the Lord your God who keeps truth forever, executes justice for the oppressed, gives food to the hungry, gives freedom to the prisoners, opens the eyes of the blind, raises those who are bowed down, watches over the strangers and relieves the fatherless and widow. Your God loves the righteous, but the way of the wicked He turns upside down, and the world will once again see the difference between the righteous and the wicked (Ps.146:5-9). In 2012, you will experience and be strengthened by the victory secret of King Hezekiah who could say about his mighty enemy: “With him is an arm of flesh; but with us is the LORD our God, to help us and to fight our battles” (2.Chr.32:8). Not only you alone will have victory, but your faith and your testimonies will also strengthen other believers to stand strong and unwavering in any storm of life.
In 2012, one of your victory weapons will be calls for public family fasts according to the guidance of the Holy Spirit. Victories in the spiritual realm will be won as God's people set aside all their own agendas and concentrate together on seeking the Lord. King Jehoshaphat not only positioned himself to seek the Lord and make clear he would not seek help anywhere else; he also proclaimed a general fast. Before all the national leaders, King Jehoshaphat declared and confirmed his trust in his God. He kept proclaiming the past faithfulness and victories wrought by the Lord until the Holy Spirit gave a clear war strategy through one of His priests (2.Chr.20:1-14).
In 2012, you will operate as a king and a priest unto God as a believer in Jesus Christ (Rev.1:6). Your God is challenging you to expect His Holy Spirit to come upon you to reveal His heavenly strategy to fearful, confused spiritual, secular and even national leaders. Surprising doors will open for God’s faithful ones to minister to and counsel political leaders like never before. The powers of Elymas will be broken, and leaders will be free to hear and receive the truth of Christ (Ac.13:6-12).
In 2012, you will experience that the battle is not yours, but God’s. You will rest in the finished work of Calvary, knowing that your God is not only with you but in you to fight your battles. Battles will come, but you will come out victoriously as you position yourself to receive and obey God’s strategies. You will move only at God’s clear command and thus avoid all the pitfalls of satan.
In 2012, your success and victory will be born out of genuine worship and true heart-felt praise for Jesus. Your exemplary life will make even national leaders to understand and command like King Jehoshaphat, “Believe in the LORD your God, and you shall be established; believe His prophets, and you shall prosper” (2.Chr.20:20).
In 2012, as you advance declaring the praises of your God, He Himself will set ambushes against your enemies. Your enemies will help to destroy one another, and you will gain an abundance of valuables out of every attack the enemy launched against you. You will rejoice with joy, and the fear of God will fall upon all your enemies.
In 2012, God’s Kingdom will progress mightily and be established in areas that were closed and practically unreachable up to now. Many new Kingdom endeavors will be launched targeting especially such neglected areas.
In 2012, there will be a clear distinction not only between the world and believers in Christ, but even inside the Body of Christ. The time has come for judgment to begin at the House of God. Hidden heart attitudes will come to light. Those who admit their wrong and judge themselves will not be judged and can avoid being chastened by the Lord (1.Pe.4:17; 1.Co.11:31-32).
In 2012, we will witness the beginning of the time of ingathering of the harvest. The angels are getting ready to gather in first the tares planted by the enemy for destruction. The Son of Man will send out His angels, and they will gather out of His Kingdom all things that offend, and those who practice lawlessness (Mt.13:24-30,37-43). Brother-haters and resentful Christians will be severely tormented in the flesh for the salvation of their spirit since they are considered liars and murderers in God’s wise eyes (Mt.18:21-35; 1.Jn.2:9-11; 3:15; 4:20; 1.Co.5:5). Yet as they decide to forgive, bless and love, their healing will spring forth miraculously and speedily. Worldly doctors and hospitals will marvel and worship at the sudden recoveries from deadly diseases that happen just by forgiving and releasing the offender from judgment, and many will be gloriously converted, especially among the medical personnel (Isa.58:6-7).
In 2012, we will see a great purification of the Body of Christ in many nations. Scandals and accusations, both false and true, will actually turn out for the furtherance of the Gospel. All of these will only increase the boldness in the true believers. Manmade divisions and denominations will crumble and fade away as believers stand together in true unity for the defense and confirmation of the Gospel (Phil.1:3-21; 1.Pe.3:15).
True believers will become single-minded and fully Kingdom-focused. As they strive to preach the Gospel of the Kingdom to the ends of the earth, astounding and striking discoveries will be made by Christians that will benefit countless millions (Mt.24:14; Jer.33:3).
In 2012, many Christian ministries will make shocking discoveries of selfish ambitions, fleshliness, worldliness and unfaithfulness to the point of treason among their own people. Yet don’t despair! Factions and divisions must occur, so that the approved ones may be recognized inside the Body of Christ (1.Co.11:19). Remember, all who desire to live godly in Christ Jesus will suffer persecution, and rejoice (2. Ti.3:12). All these fiery trials will only contribute to display the glory of the risen Savior as you follow His battle strategy.
Each and every persecution you encounter is just an opportunity for you to enjoy more anointing and exceeding joy (1.Pe.4:12-19). In 2012, questions like, “Now if the righteous one is scarcely saved, where will the ungodly and the sinner appear? What will be the end of those who do not obey the Gospel of God?” will become a revelation in many believers’ hearts and launch a strong movement of evangelism. This wave of evangelism will not be law-based and condemning, but fiery hot with God’s saving love and based on the understanding that it is the grace and goodness of God that leads to repentance (1.Pe.4:17-19; Ro.2:4-16). Satan’s kingdom will suffer serious damage as believers understand Jesus’ Words, “He who is not with Me is against Me, and he who does not gather with Me scatters abroad” (Mt.12:28-30; Lk.11:20-23).
In 2012, as nations and national leaders grope around in darkness and confusion, the true Church of Jesus Christ will emerge in ever increasing glory, beauty and purity and begin taking its role and position as the glorious Bride of Christ. |