Last night I heard what I sensed as a leader in the demonic realm speaking into me as I was falling asleep. He did not use a threatening voice, nor did he try to entice a sense of terror in me. He was just whispering in my ear, “You have no power over us. We have been released in greater numbers than you can comprehend. You cannot stop us. We will win.” I refused to listen to what he had to say and rebuked him in the name of Jesus. As I praised God, it immediately left. After it left, I sensed a different agenda with this demon. I asked the Lord what was that?

Jesus said, “The hordes have been released and are out to destroy all those whom they can any way possible. They are to work in the unseen and hidden in order to overcome My People and their work. Is that not the way they have worked in the past? Only now their numbers and influence has been increased by the foundation already established in every nation and its culture. Be careful what you watch and what you read. Stay in My Word and My Truth in order to overcome. Tell My People to continue to stand and stay focused on Me, even if they do not sense any evil around them. It is there, it is subtle, and it is powerful. Tell them I love them and will give them everything they need to overcome if they stay with Me.”

I thought about what Jesus had said earlier, how important it is to look to Him instead of the storms of this world. We must not be focused in on the waters around us. For a moment I look and see the muddy water that is rising. I immediately turn my attention back to Him. As His Presence becomes clear again, gratitude and His peace fill me.

Jesus explains, “How much easier it is to trap a nation by slowly raising the evil within its borders than to bring an onslaught upon it. Especially for those who are looking for the evidence of evil.” Jesus leads me to a bench to sit with Him above the waters. He points out to the depths as a large beast raises up out of it. I recognize the beast from an earlier vision. The waters near it transform into people rushing to it, clambering over each other to get as close as they can. None of them see the beast eating those around them. I stand amazed at their intense desire to get to that which is openly destroying them.

As I continue to look at it, I sense my body being drawn to it as if it is a magnet and I am a piece of steel. I turn my focus to Jesus and reach out for Him. Immediately He draws me back to Him. As He does, He says, “Did I not warn you of such? Where you set your focus is where you will ultimately end up. My children need to stay focused on Me and My Word to overcome the enemy. Those who are looking for the enemy, will not only find him, but will ultimately end up with him, drawn by his power of deception and allurement. Does not a car go where you steer it? Keep warning My People to stay focused on Me, to stay in My Word, to continue to praise My Name. People will tell you that you cannot fight an enemy you do not understand. In this case they are wrong. This is My Battle, this is My War. My People need to listen to Me as their Commander. Am I not the Lord of Hosts? Am I not in charge of the ten thousands of thousands? Then look to Me, focus on Me and then do what I say to do. I know the enemy and all his battle plans. I know where his bases are and who are working for him. No one else knows, and those who think they do are only being misguided by their own understanding and by the moles anyway. If My People would stand in unity in My Spirit, focused on Me as their source of all things, and did what I told them to do, not only would they be able to stand through this warfare, but many others would also be saved.”