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Election and Our Prayers, I Heard the Lord Chuckle, 'Get Ready!'" --by Jessica Miller

From the desk of Steve Shultz:

Some of you know that Jessica L. Miller helps many things run smoothly here at The Elijah List. But beyond that, she is an intercessor, a writer, a speaker, a teacher, and a prophetic "voice" extraordinaire! As such, Jessica and I were comparing notes today with what we were hearing from the Lord about these elections.

I asked her to write up what God had told her, because it agreed with the essence of my understanding from the Lord as well!

God knew we, the Body of Christ, by and large would obey, we would pray, and we would vote in larger-than-normal numbers.

God also knew that those who were perceived by many to stand for unrighteousness would be elected, and that many would feel disappointed, and feel "what did we do wrong?", when a seemingly more righteous person was NOT elected.

But God, as we understand from Psalm 139, is not up in Heaven wringing His hands with shock--as if stunned--that some righteous people or issues we voted for did not pass the election process.

No, instead, HIS reaction is quite different. But read it for yourself.

It starts with a "Chuckle" from Heaven.

That's all I'm going to tell you so far.

Read what Jessica heard God say.

Blessings,
Steve Shultz
The Elijah List
The Voice of the Prophetic magazine
www.elijahlist.com
Prophetic.tv
www.prophetic.tv

We Prayed!

One thing that is true about prophetic people--we love the prophets and we believe the prophetic!

Through hearing the numerous prophetic words spoken about the importance of the November 2006 elections, I had myself doing all I knew to do, as were many of you--Praying, fasting, decreeing, agreeing with God, and of course, voting.

Last night, as the voting tallies were reported, I knew we were in trouble. This morning when I read the news, my reaction was heart-sickness.

I was so grieved, that I did not think I could do anything today but weep before the Lord.

In my mind, I ran down a list of, "How could something like this possibly happen? Our economy has been showing a new strength--the stock market is reporting all time highs, unemployment is declining, interest rates are at an almost all-time low, and....WE PRAYED!"

So what happened? It looks like the enemy won--OR DID he?

Then I thought, "Oh no!", now we are all in BIG trouble. We failed the Lord; we failed the unborn. We failed...I felt discouragement and despair threatening to drown me.

MY HEART CRIED OUT, "NOW IT'S DARKER THAN EVER!"

I started out my heart cry to God with, "Now it's darker then ever--how could this happen?"

Then I clearly heard the Lord chuckle and say, "Get Ready! The Son of Righteousness is arising with healing in His wings!" I knew this Scripture passage comes from Malachi 4:2.

I then saw a huge ball of fire (much larger and more brilliant then the sun). It rose up over a very dark land. Stunning, magnificent light flooded the land with such illumination that there was not even shadows, let alone darkness.

Then the Lord chuckled again and said, "I have a few tricks up My sleeve, too!" A trick implies something not conventional--something not "predictable."

"Hope deferred makes the heart sick, but desire fulfilled is a tree of life."

In a split second, I realized the Lord is fully and completely going to accomplish His purposes here on earth, even through this election.

Concerning this election, this is what really happened--We, His Body, did pray, we did believe, we did vote, and we did cry out for righteousness.

Faith DOES NOT go by sight--and God does hear the cry for righteousness. And He has heard us!

Let us continue to walk in and cry out for righteousness, and let us remember the Bible is filled with numerous stories (Sodom and Gomorrah, Gideon, Abraham, and others) where the Lord clearly moved on behalf of the minority...as long as they stood for righteousness.

Although the Lord uses the voting process, He is not confined to it. God does not need a majority or a quorum.

He only needs the righteous to cry out for righteousness!

The Lord is not nervous, and He wants us to rest in the assurance that HE is LORD!

In this time, we must encourage ourselves in the Lord (just like King David did in a very dark hour).

We must not release word curses against people who "won" instead of who we voted for. By doing that, we would only strengthen the enemy of our souls to work evil in this country. There are good and Godly (and SOON to be Godly) people on both sides of the aisle in Washington, D.C. We must therefore bless and pray for each person in office--without regard to how we feel they will rule.

What would actually happen if we really prayed for and blessed those who appear to be in the camp (again, on the left or the right) of the unrighteous? Oh just imagine the glory God would get if we were heard on High, as we cry out for the souls of any and all unrighteous leaders to be turned to the Lord!

Be encouraged dear ones--we have NOT failed--and darkness has NOT prevailed.

God clearly said HE had a "few tricks up His sleeve," and darkness is about to meet head on "the SON of Righteousness!" Oh what a glorious collision this will be!

Let's Pray On!

Jessica L. Miller
Publications Manager
The Voice of the Prophetic
Editor-in-Chief
THE ELIJAH LIST
www.elijahlist.com
jmiller@elijahlist.net

We must not make the same mistake the People of God made when the Messiah first appeared, or like them we will miss the blessing. His purpose is not political victory per se, for His Kingdom is Eternal and not of this world, and His victory is wholly other. Let's not miss that. His written word contains all we need to know (to know Him The Only True God and Jesus Christ Whom He has sent is eternal life; to know what is, and what will happen); all that we need for life and godliness; all that is suitable for our training in righteousness:

To the Law and to the Testimony!
The Law of the Lord is perfect, reviving the soul;
The Testimony of the Lord is trustworthy, making wise the simple.
~Psalm 19:7

His words are Spirit and they are Life!

As all things to us His divine power (the things pertaining unto life and piety) hath given, through the acknowledgement of him who did call us through glory and worthiness,
through which to us the most great and precious promises have been given, that through these ye may become partakers of a divine nature, having escaped from the corruption in the world in desires.
And this same also -- all diligence having brought in besides, superadd in your faith the worthiness, and in the worthiness the knowledge,
and in the knowledge the temperance, and in the temperance the endurance, and in the endurance the piety,
and in the piety the brotherly kindness, and in the brotherly kindness the love;
for these things being to you and abounding, do make [you] neither inert nor unfruitful in regard to the acknowledging of our Lord Jesus Christ,
for he with whom these things are not present is blind, dim-sighted, having become forgetful of the cleansing of his old sins;
wherefore, the rather, brethren, be diligent to make stedfast your calling and choice, for these things doing, ye may never stumble,
for so, richly shall be superadded to you the entrance into the age-during reign of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ.
~2 Peter 1:3-11 (Young's Literal)
~or read in the more familiar NKJV

On the Lord chuckling, read Psalm 2!