Joey LeTourneau: "When 'Forsaken' Prophesies Victory"

From the desk of Steve Shultz:

Let's just get this statement out of the way: YOU are NOT Forsaken!

If you have felt this way, you NEED to read this word by Joey LeTourneau as he shares:

I believe many people have recently stepped with the Lord into the great unknown transitioning from one season to the next; a courageous step of obedience putting you in position for a "But God" moment that only He can finish and bring to pass. And He will!

Yet, so many who have stepped obediently into that moment with great faith have also suddenly felt forsaken while they stand upon the waters of the deep...

Can you relate to this? Now read this word and watch how God brings you through Victoriously!

"And about the ninth hour Jesus cried out with a loud voice, saying, 'Eli, Eli, lama sabachthani?' that is, 'My God, My God, why have you forsaken Me?'" Matthew 27:46

I believe many people have recently stepped with the Lord into the great unknown transitioning from one season to the next; a courageous step of obedience putting you in position for a "But God" moment that only He can finish and bring to pass. And He will!

Yet, so many who have stepped obediently into that moment with great faith have also suddenly felt forsaken while they stand upon the waters of the deep. The journey of promise and the step of faith begin with "God with us"; so to suddenly find ourselves in a moment where we may feel forsaken to our faith and obedience is a cry so deep inside, it can only be heard in your soul and hardly expressed with words.

But He is not done. You are not done. For the moment Jesus walked through His forsaken moment on the Cross was the moment He changed its definition forever. Forsaken could no longer mean alone or abandoned, because when Jesus walked through it He changed the definition to "God with us" instead.

Not Forsaken - God With Us

One of the last things Jesus went through while upon the Cross, just before He yielded up His Spirit, was that feeling of being forsaken. Yet, that forsaken moment was a doorway to the Cross becoming a full victory. I can imagine that those moments of feeling forsaken by the Father must have been the most painfully excruciating moments Jesus went through. (Photo via Pixabay)

Trusting the Father through those forsaken moments are among the greatest victories of all, and like Jesus, we are not exempt from that part of the upgrade God is leading us through. Forsaken was one of the most powerful moments of humanity that Jesus had to go through, and to overcome. What we do with "forsaken" empowers what God can do "with" us.

Jesus foresaw each of our forsaken moments when He overcame that forsaken feeling on the Cross. And remember, there is a big difference between feeling forsaken and actually being forsaken. The enemy uses forsaken to try and make us feel isolated and alone, but Jesus lived that forsaken moment so we would never be alone and could pass through that moment knowing that just like Jesus, it is a moment that catalyzes us into our victory with Him.

One of the hardest parts about "forsaken" is it usually comes at the end of one of our races, just before we are about to "breakthrough" the finish line tape to the other side of our calling and what or where He has been preparing us for. We must not get stuck in that forsaken feeling, but move into the resurrection glory awaiting on the other side.

It does not mean the feeling isn't very real. Just as Jesus' forsaken moment was a prelude to what we would also have to overcome in Him, so does "His victory prophesy over ours" and remind us that as "He was never alone, neither are we." Your forsaken moment with Him is the very moment you become marked as an overcomer in Him that did not and would not let go, even when we "felt" let go of.

The cup of victory is waiting for us on the other side. On the first day Jesus tasted the bitter ache of forsaken, but on the third day He drank freely from the "cup of victory" and poured out that same taste of the Father's goodness for us all to freely enjoy.

Forsaken Turned into Victory!

A Crowning from the Lord:

"To give them beauty for ashes, the oil of joy for mourning, the garment of praise for the spirit of heaviness; That they may be called trees of righteousness, the planting of the Lord, that He may be glorified. And they shall rebuild the old ruins, they shall raise up the former desolations, and they shall repair the ruined cities, the desolations of many generations." Isaiah 61:3-4

It's at that moment when our trust of Him overcomes our feelings and circumstances that we steadfastly step forward through "forsaken", kneel before Him and He crowns us with beauty instead of ashes, with joy for mourning, with praise for heaviness, hope for hopelessness, and so much more. (Photo via Pixabay)

For God, it is easy to restore to us at any moment. But what He is doing in us through the process of our "forsaken" moments is turning us into restorers who will carry that same anointing out to share His victory with the world.

Do not give up. Do not let go. You are not alone for your "forsaken" feeling was already redefined as "God with us" and already prophesies victory; you must simply drink of that cup. Cling to the goodness of the Father and move into the new glory of one who has walked with Jesus through the excruciating power of feeling forsaken, and enjoy that cup of victory on the other side. Yours will taste of something you've never tasted before!

Picture the Lord knighting you with the weight of His resurrection glory as you receive His words as a declaration over you as a restorer that these moments are making you to be:

Beauty for ashes...
The oil of joy for mourning...
The garment of praise for heaviness...
You are a tree of righteousness, a planting of the Lord!
You shall rebuild the old ruins,
And raise up the former desolations,
You shall repair the ruined cities, the desolations of many generations.
You are an Overcomer, and therefore you are a Restorer!

Joey LeTourneau
Imagi-Nations LLC
Email: joey.letourneau@gmail.com
Website: www.goimaginations.com

Joey LeTourneau, along with his wife Destiny and their six kids work across the nations to see the Father's nature revealed, raising up local leaders to their nations and dreaming to see each of God's children empowered to live out every purpose they've been created for - that no one's purpose would fall to the ground. Joey has authored six books, specifically: Revolutionary Freedom, The Life Giver, and The Power of Uncommon Unity. Most recently, they have released an emerging young leaders development curriculum, Hope Arise, to father and raise up young leaders across the nations.

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