Women Empowering Women Magazine Summer/Autumn Issue 2016 | Page 9

Special Feature from every evil act, consecrate themselves and after 3 days make the move. The leaders where to step into the water carrying the Ark of the Lord and as they did this, God would then cut off the water that came upstream and the children would pass on dry land whilst the leaders stood in the water carrying the Ark. It took the leaders to stand as instructed so that God would cut of the water upstream; in standing there was an exchange and as God promised there crossing on dry land came to pass. Every Kingdom forerunner, leader, pioneer has to stand to the end to receive God’s promise. In my case I decided to stand in God, everything else was sinking sand and as the enemy would have it, he lead my husband to leave me to teach me a lesson, believing that would make me compromise and follow him and I didn’t, I maintained my posture in the spiritual realm, the enemy used all tactics to get me to change my posture, but I stood and just as God cut off the water coming upstream for the Children of Israel, the Lord cut off the enemy’s taunts, accusations and threats against me for standing and my husband who had left us for 16months came back without any word from me. My posture in the spiritual realm brought about an exchange and God was the Pioneer behind it all. As a society, we spend more time looking for a quick fit solution and the permanent result we want isn’t in a quick fit solution, how can we as Kingdom leaders tell the next generation what God is declare His Works in our lives if we compromise His instructions. God will test us to show us where our hearts are with Him, how far are you willing to go with Him when you’re being tested? Standing in what God promised until it manifest can be a real challenge, but it takes great faith, your weapons of warfare; worship and praise, and the full armour of God to see |9 Standing in what God promised until it manifests can be a real challenge, but it takes great faith. you through to the end. This you cannot get over night, it’s a discipline we acquire as we stand and not fall in compromise. It’s about time we start teaching and showing the younger generation how to stand without compromise,, such will increase their faith, prepare them to hear God, but most of all teach them how to be extremely intimate with God. Prophetess Jacqueline Ani is the founder of Empowered Woman Ltd, programme director of The Mentoring Academy, author, speaker and radio show presenter and host. www.wewmagazine.com