GAINING STRENGTH IN RESISTANCE
Prophecy given through Barbara A. Williams, March 6, 1999

The Spirit of God wants to just exhort you and encourage you, but He does have a question: The Spirit of God would ask you, "What is opposing you? What is standing against you? What is standing in your way? What is standing between you and the promise that I have made to you? What is opposing you?" says the Lord. "What is standing against you? " says the Spirit of God. " What is that resistance? " says the Lord. " What is that mountain? What is that thing that stands against you? " says the Spirit of God.

"Is it your doubt? Is it your fear? Is it your inability to understand that in Me all things are possible; that nothing is impossible with Me? Is it your desire to do things without Me? Or your inability to know My voice and know when I'm speaking to you? " says the Lord. "What is that thing that stands between you and your victory? What is that thing that opposes you every time you think about having your victory? What is that thing that comes against you and makes you not victorious? What is it that opposes you? " says the Spirit of God. "What is it that opposes you? " says the Spirit.

"Do you not know that My Word and My Unction are like a battering ram, " says the Spirit. "Whatever it is that My Word meets, if it resists My Word, " says the Lord, "if you would not faint, if you would back up, if you would mount up with wings as eagles, if you would wait for Me for the new word and the new unction and make up your mind that you're going to hit it again, " says the Spirit of God. "and hit it again, " says the Spirit of God. "and hit it again, " says the Spirit of God. "and hit it again, and hit it again, and hit it again, and hit it again, and hit it again, do you not know, " says the Spirit of God. "that every time you are resisted, and every time you are repelled that you gain strength in Me? " says the Spirit of God.

"Resistance by the enemy and resistance by the forces that oppose you are a good thing, " says the Spirit of God. "Are a good thing because they cause you to withdraw, and withdraw into Me, and when you withdraw into Me, I give you more strength, " says the Spirit of God. "I give you more power. I give you more faith. I give you more wisdom. I give you a stronger unction. I give you a power that will demolish the enemy if you would not faint, " says the Spirit of God. "If you would not faint. "So understand that you have need of greater strength, and you have need of patience so that when you draw back, you gain in momentum and you gain in strength. Many of you draw back and lick your wounds. You draw back in discouragement. You draw back in fear. You draw back in resignation and make up your mind that you're 'never gonna step out again and try anything.' " says the Spirit of God. "Or you don't withdraw into Me and you try it by your own devices. And they will not avail you anything, " says the Spirit of God.

"So learn that when you meet this resistance, it is a good thing. It's a good thing. It causes you to withdraw into Me. It causes you to back up into My mercy and My grace, " says the Spirit of God. "And you need grace to help you, " says the Spirit. "You need the anointing to help you," says the Spirit. "You need to learn how to encourage yourself in Me, " says the Spirit. "You need to learn how to avail yourself of other weapons, " says the Spirit. "You need to learn how to do all things through Me," says the Spirit of God. "That this resistance that opposes you, " says the Lord. "it is a good thing, for it will strengthen you, and it will encourage you, and it will test you and it will try you to see what your faith is made out of, " says the Spirit. "It will cause you to know what you have, " says the Spirit. "It will cause you to know such as you have, " says the. "Such as you have, " says the Spirit. "You will know what you have, " says the Spirit of God. "And you can go forward in confidence, you can go forward in strength, you can go forward in a knowing that when you hit it this time, " says the Spirit. "When you hit it this time it will not rise up a second time against you, " says the Spirit of God. "You will annihilate the enemy, " says the Spirit of God.

"So learn how to draw back in Me. Draw back for more wisdom. Draw back for another word. Draw back for another unction. Draw back and wait and meditate until I give you the go-ahead and I give you the correct weapon to use, " says the Spirit of God. "And you will hit the target every time, and you will have good success, and you will prosper, and you will break through. You will break forth on the left and on the right, and you will prosper in every thing, " says the Spirit. "Be not afraid of what opposes you. Be not afraid. Be not afraid, for it is a good thing. Be not afraid; it's a blessing in disguise. Be not afraid. Be not afraid! Be not afraid! Be not afraid! It's a good thing! It's a good thing! It's a good thing! It's a good thing! It's a good thing! It's a good thing! It's a good thing! It's a good thing! " says the Spirit of the Lord.