The Assignment of Isolation
One of the greatest epidemics of the Church is breaking right now. I want to pray over you and prophesy into your life, especially if you've been isolated by the enemy or been in a season of feeling very disconnected from other Believers and from people.
If you've seen attacks and warfare on your relationships, marriages, your kids, and those around you; if you've gone through season after season of wrong alignments, unhealthy coverings, "Sauls" instead of fathers and mothers, all while being surrounded by wolves; or if you've just been rejected over and over again, and it's sent you into isolation, then I believe the Lord is speaking to us all in this season. I believe we are seeing a spiritual movement, both on a micro and a macro level right now, to shift this tide.
We're seeing the Lord expose an assignment that has been allowed and tolerated in the Body of Christ for too long. That assignment is isolation. It's a tactic of the Jezebel spirit, one that has hidden easily within the institutional church paradigm, and it's thrived within the current culture of the Church.
But the Lord is weeding it out, exposing it, and bringing us back into the revelation of family and belonging. That truth is counteracting and loosing the bonds of this demonic principality, because people are no longer interested in a "nice sermon" if they have to go home and be alone during the week.
This spirit has worked overtime on us. It's a principality that hasn't just broken apart the Body of Christ into factions and denominations, it's also stopped the most powerful voices (those carrying truth and authority) from rising into their place.
It's created a cancel culture within the Church, an isolation culture. It's created antisocial behavioral norms within the Church, and we've accepted it for too long. But I prophesy today that is all shifting. I prophesy that it's shifting over your life, most importantly. (Photo via Unsplash)
If It Can Isolate, It Can Assassinate
As I was praying into this, I asked the Lord why Jezebel seems so invested in creating this kind of division and isolation. He said that Jezebel recognizes the power and anointing that comes when the Church walks in unity. That's the macro level. The Jezebel spirit knows that when Believers support one another, when we link arms, there is an anointing that is unleashed. If it can isolate, it can assassinate.
Let me say that again: If the Jezebel spirit can isolate, it can assassinate.
Why do you think so many people can attend church on a Sunday and still feel utterly alone? Why is it accepted that we can go to events and meetings and conferences but still lack genuine connection?
The Church has often wrapped "mission" in religious activity, while relational connection—the very essence of family—has been lost. It's led us into pain and deep spiritual disconnect, and it's time for this to shift.
As I continued to pray, the Lord reminded me of the seasons in my own life where this spirit (the Jezebel spirit) came after us again and again. I remembered being in churches where the nature of our callings led to sudden rejection, pushing us out of community. I remembered delivering a warning word to leaders and immediately being cast out. I remembered being in a toxic work environment when a Jezebel-influenced boss physically isolated me in a separate building so she could bully me. And I remembered the many times this happened in ministry spaces.
It's happened over and over again, and we have all become used to it. We've learned to operate alone. And we've called it "normal" ministry life. We say the Church is a family, but so many have lived as lone rangers even inside a church setting. This is breaking now!
The Blueprint of Elijah
Look at Elijah in 1 Kings 18. Jezebel threatened him, and he ran for his life; he hid in fear; he isolated himself. Even though God looked after him, there were a few things that took place in that moment that I believe the Lord is highlighting now as a blueprint for us.
1. Elijah was fed. I see this in a couple of lights: First, the fresh manna from Heaven and sustenance built him up again. Second (in light of the "breaking of bread" amongst Believers in Acts 22:46), I believe it points back to God leading him out of isolation. Third, I see it as the bread of deliverance.
2. Next, Elijah was reminded of the still, small voice, because fear had drowned it out. In isolation and fear, the voice of the Lord pulls us out because we are so bombarded by lies, and it's the enemy's lies that keep us there. Right now the lies that sent you there need to be broken.
3. Then what happened? Elijah wrapped his mantle around his face and left the cave, which was prophetically representative of us choosing to pick up what we dropped when we went through the pain of slander and accusation that led us to isolation in the first place. It's picking up our callings again.
Oh, but it's also more. It's choosing to allow our hearts to let people in after a season of being wounded.
Leave the Cave and the Place of Isolation
I believe this is the invitation from the Lord right now to leave the cave and to leave the place of isolation.
I know it's easier said than done. I know many of you are afraid, and rightfully so. You've been burned. You've been rejected. But there is a grace right now to break this assignment of isolation and assassination that has put your gifting on pause and your purpose on the back burner. (Photo via Unsplash)
This is a season of finding your tribe, finding the people who will lift your arms. It's time to step out of religious, controlled environments and into true community—into spiritual family.
There is a remnant rising for this moment, and we are linking arms while creating safe spaces. Pastors and leaders from all walks of life are laying their brands in the dust and choosing connection over control. It's the "Acts 2" core belief calling us back to breaking bread. This is the priority now. We are better together and healthier together. Even COVID was a prophetic image of the enemy's plan to isolate, but we're saying, "No more." We will not let this spirit mute our voices or steal our destinies. We need each other.
So I prophesy over you, this moment, right now, marks the breaking of isolation. Loneliness is breaking off of you. It's time to find your people. I prophesy this week that you will feel something stirring on this front... a stirring, a longing. Your heart will begin to feel again, and bondages will break in the process. You'll feel the shift inside and see it on the outside, as God brings this into being.
I prophesy new environments, new rooms, and new tables; places you never imagined will open to you. God can do it in a short time. But I also challenge you: You need to step out. Start walking toward the community God has prepared for you, because isolation is over, in Jesus' name.
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Nate Johnston
Everyday Revivalists
Email:Â everydayrevivalists@gmail.com
Website:Â nateandchristy.co
Nate Johnston is a prophetic voice and worshiper who has a heart to see sons and daughters unleashed into passionate friendship with God and an effective supernatural lifestyle. Through his ministry school, "Everyday Revivalists," he leads people from the basics of the gospel through to being sent and released into their mission field, as well as championing and raising up emerging prophetic voices around the world. His burning cry and desire is to see the Body of Christ become a beacon for the lost by raising up a generation that walks in the love and power of God, representing Him well. Nate and his wife Christy have three daughters, Charlotte, Sophie, and Ava and live in Colorado Springs, CO.
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