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Be Tenacious
Be still, and know that I am God! I will be honored by every nation. I
will be honored throughout the world.
—Psalm 46:10 NLT
DISCUSSION:
As I was studying Enoch, the Lord instructed me to focus on different character traits, the first being tenacity. I believe the Spirit of God really showed me what Enoch was like; one of his character traits was tenacity. In this realm, Enoch walked with God in a time when there were all these dinosaurs, hybrids, and giants. Plus the people of that time period were not going to repent since they were hybrids who were incapable of doing so. Even the animals were corrupt, and God eventually destroyed everything hybrid (Genesis 6:1-7).
Tenacity is the quality of grabbing hold of something and not letting go, like a bulldog. The way that we develop this quality is by understanding that God is Who He is and if He promised something, then we know that we have it. One of the things that we know about God is that He is full of authority and literally has everything planned out. We are meant to have this tenacity to the point that we just clamp down on God’s promise and never give in.
I want to present my revelation of tenacity by sharing my experience with the Father. When I was in Heaven, the Father didn't say a word to me; He just sat there. I didn't see His face, but I was talking to Jesus. There were all kinds of activities going on in the throne room, including multitudes of saints and angels singing. Other creatures were also there. I saw the fire of God, the cloud of glory, the sapphire stone, and all the different types of gemstones, along with gold and silver. In the midst of it all, the Father just sat there, completely at rest. He and Jesus were both being worshipped, and there was just so much activity, so much heavenly fire in the throne room. However, the one thing that I noticed about the Father was that He was settled within Himself. He didn't have anything to prove. So He just sat there without speaking a word. And I thought about the scripture, “Be still and know that I am God” Psalm 46:10). That is the scripture that we will talk about in this study.
There are some things that we do not believe, which we should, but we are not fully convinced. I'm actually embarrassed that I had to go to Heaven and find out some of these revelations that were right there in the Scriptures. I had been taught, therefore, was really without excuse, yet I saw that I was not participating in it on earth. So when I was sent back, I was transformed into a completely different person than I was before that experience.
Even after my divine encounter, it took years to comprehend it. I didn't really get in gear until just recently. Not too long ago, you may have found out about me and Warrior Notes. Well, it's because I really needed to engage God on that higher level. It's a lot of responsibility. However, one of the things I saw was that God is settled and that all I have to do is just be settled in Who He is. “Be still and know that I am God,” is what the verse says. Then He explained that He would be honored by every nation in the world.
What’s interesting to me is that Psalm 46:10 is saying something that really isn't happening on the earth right now. The Lord being honored by every nation is what happens at the end. Every knee will bow, and every tongue is going to confess. Well, you may be thinking, what does this have to do with tenacity? I'm telling you, it is being fully convinced that things will play out just like God has planned. Eventually, everyone will have to bow and honor Him, so just be still and know that He is God. When you do that, then you realize that if He promised something, it is done. Enoch was tenacious and that we must be like that, too.
o What does it mean to be tenacious?
GREAT FAITH
You might think that I must have great faith because I went to Heaven and experienced all these things that I shared with you. The truth is that my faith is only in knowing who God is and being convinced that He is well able to perform what He says. So I clamp down on His Word, and I will not let go of it. I go through trials just like you do; however, I know what has to happen—time. It just takes time. “Be still and know that I am God.” You must let time pass because that's how this earthly realm operates. Yet it doesn't mean that God has changed. It means you just have to let that time pass. For example, when you sit by a river or a stream, you watch the water go by. Once that water passes you, it's not coming back around again; it's going to its destination. That’s what I mean by letting time pass. In other words, things have happened in your life, flowing a certain way, but God never changes. Paul talks about this:
In Him also we have obtained an inheritance, being predestined according to the purpose of Him Who works all things according to the counsel of His will.
—Ephesians 1:11
Paul said that in Him, we have obtained an inheritance. So literally, know that God is God and be still in Him. But then He gives us something. The Lord promises an inheritance, stating that He has predestined us according to the purpose of Him, Who works all things according to His counsel and will.
I, therefore, the prisoner of the Lord, beseech you to walk worthy of the calling with which you were called.
—Ephesians 4:1
Paul is encouraging people to listen to these promises:
• You have a glorious inheritance.
• God works everything out according to His purpose.
• He has already predetermined your destiny according to His counsel and His will.
• You now have the same power that rose Jesus from the dead!
• You have been called to have hope.
Paul then talks about being a prisoner; in other words, you have been captured by the Lord. He urges us now, “Because of all this, walk in a manner worthy of that calling.” So God has called you, He's given you all these promises, and now He wants you to walk that life out.
o How would you live if you knew you had an inheritance? How would you walk if the power that rose Jesus from the dead, that burst him out of the grave, is really dwelling in you?
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Dr. Kevin L. Zadai
The truth is that you do have an inheritance and you do already have the power that rose Jesus from the dead dwelling in you. This is tenacity—when you let time go by because it's part of this realm, but you know you got it! You know it's going to happen. So I am encouraging all of you to be tenacious. In other words, know that you don't have to have great faith to receive from God; you just have to have faith the size of a mustard seed.
JUST BE STILL
Grab hold of the truth of Psalms 46:10, which states that God is Who He is and instructs us to just be still. In other words, wait because time has to pass. Be encouraged, knowing that the Holy Spirit is here to help you during that time. You have to wait. In this realm we have time, so we have to know Who God is, as mentioned before. There are situations where we must learn to let time go past a certain point where we wouldn't feel comfortable in the natural. In those moments, we must rest in God, pray, and then wait, knowing we already have the answer. It doesn't matter how long it takes because God heard us; He will answer our prayers.
We also have the Holy Spirit, Who was given as a Comforter. Jesus said that the Holy Spirit is One Who is going to be with us forever, permanently, all the time (John 14:16). This isn't taught as much as it should be.
But as it is written:
“Eye has not seen, nor ear heard, nor have entered into the heart of man the things which God has prepared for those who love Him.”
But God has revealed them to us through His Spirit. For the Spirit searches all things, yes, the deep things of God. For what man knows the things of a man except the spirit of the man which is in him? Even so no one knows the things of God except the Spirit of God. Now we have received, not the spirit of the world, but the Spirit Who is from God, that we might know the things that have been freely given to us by God.
These things we also speak, not in words which man’s wisdom teaches but which the Holy Spirit teaches, comparing spiritual things with spiritual. But the natural man does not receive the things of the Spirit of God, or they are foolishness to him/ nor can he know them, because they are spiritually discerned. But he who is spiritual judges all things, yet he himself is rightly judged by no one.
For “who has known the mind of the Lord that he may instruct Him?” But we have the mind of Christ.
—1 Corinthians 2:9-16
In verse 14, Paul says that the natural person doesn't accept the things of the Spirit of God, for they are folly to him, and he cannot understand them because they are spiritually discerned. So the people of the world do not accept the Spirit of God; however, believers should accept Him because we are spiritual. We have been born again, and the Spirit of God lives within us, so we can accept the things of God. The Holy Spirit is here to reveal mysteries to us. It says in this chapter that eyes haven't seen, nor have ears heard what God has in store for those who love Him, but that it has been revealed to us by His Spirit. So you do have help. While you are waiting for God to come into your situation, know that He has heard your prayer. It's all going to happen!
o How does having fellowship with one another, encouraging each other, and allowing the Holy Spirit to minister to one another help in this fallen world where there is time?
We must have the tenacity to bite down on the truth—on the word of God, on the promises of God, and the covenant of God—and just hold on to it. Jesus said,
These things I have spoken to you, that in Me you may have peace. In the world you will have tribulation; but be of good cheer, I have overcome the world.
—John 16:33
Think about Daniel. In the book of Daniel, the angel finally came after Daniel prayed and fasted for 21 days. Can you imagine not eating for 21 days? The angel explained to Daniel that he had been sent by God the first day he prayed, 21 days earlier.
Then he said, “Don’t be afraid, Daniel. Since the first day you began to pray for understanding and to humble yourself before your God, your request has been heard in Heaven. I have come in answer to your prayer. But for twenty-one days the spirit prince of the kingdom of Persia blocked my way. Then Michael, one of the archangels, came to help me, and I left him there with the spirit of the kingdom of Persia. Now I am here to explain what will happen to your people in the future, for this vision concerns a time yet to come.”
—Daniel 10:12-14 NLT
So what if Daniel didn't know that? What if we didn't have that story? But you see, we do have that story. There may be spiritual warfare may be involved in your situation, too. Thankfully today, God has given us His Holy Spirit to help us to be tenacious in our faith and to stay in there with the promises of God.
PRAYER:
Father, in the name of Jesus, thank you for the family of God. I pray that right now each person would sense Your love and the fire from Your altar. Holy Spirit, encourage them right now that they would know that time has to pass sometimes in this realm, yet You have heard their prayers. You are just asking them to be steadfast, tenacious in their faith, and to take hold of that which Christ has taken hold of for us. Father, we thank You for Your Covenant. We thank You for the blood of Jesus. We thank You for deliverance and provision. Right now You're going to come through in supernatural ways. It will be a time of miracles, and I thank You for it in Jesus' name, Amen.
1. In this realm, we have time. Why is it important to know Who our God is as it relates to time? Why do we sometimes have to wait for time to pass and what should our stance be?
2. Discuss Who God is and how knowing Him allows you to rest in faith. What does it mean to be tenacious concerning receiving His promises?
3. Talk about Daniel and what happened with the angels in Daniel 10. How is warfare involved with being down in this realm?
4. How does the Holy Spirit help us to be tenacious in our faith?
