·         The enemy is always planning destruction he never puts his guard down or never gives up. John 10:10

 

·         In battle soldiers go on training before deployment.

 

·         What is the preparation that we need before the battle, in battle and after each battle?

 

Before battle we need a good surveillance system: The eyes, the spirit of the Lord, the word, the temple

 

The Eyes

 

-          To be fully aware what is happening spiritually.

 

-          We need our eyes to be fully open otherwise we will always be caught off guard by the enemy.

 

-          We have eyes but do we have sight?  So we are unable to do a good surveillance.

 

 

 

FIRE SCRIPTURE –  Jeremian 1:11 - 14

 

The word of the Lord came to me: “What do you see, Jeremiah?”

 

“I see the branch of an almond tree,” I replied.

 

12 The Lord said to me, “You have seen correctly, for I am watching[b] to see that my word is fulfilled.”

 

13 The word of the Lord came to me again: “What do you see?”

 

“I see a pot that is boiling,” I answered. “It is tilting toward us from the north.”

 

14 The Lord said to me, “From the north disaster will be poured out on all who live in the land. 15 I am about to summon all the peoples of the northern kingdoms,” declares the Lord.

 

 

 

    Other examples:

 

-          Numbers 22:31

Then the LORD opened Balaam's eyes, and he saw the Angel of the LORD standing in the way with His drawn sword in His hand; and he bowed his head and fell flat on his face.

 

 

-          Isaiah 29:9-10

Pause and wonder!

Blind yourselves and be blind!

They are drunk, but not with wine;

They stagger, but not with intoxicating drink.

For the LORD has poured out on you

The spirit of deep sleep,

And has closed your eyes, namely, the prophets;

And He has covered your heads, namely, the seers.

 

 

-          Isaiah 35:5

Then the eyes of the blind shall be opened,

And the ears of the deaf shall be unstopped.

 

The eyes when we are sleeping.

 

 

For God does speak—now one way, now another—

    though no one perceives it.

15 In a dream, in a vision of the night,

    when deep sleep falls on people

    as they slumber in their beds,

16 he may speak in their ears

    and terrify them with warnings,

17 to turn them from wrongdoing

    and keep them from pride,

18 to preserve them from the pit,

    their lives from perishing by the sword.[b]

 

The eyes of the heart = believe = faith

 

 

18 I pray that the eyes of your heart may be enlightened in order that you may know the hope to which he has called you, the riches of his glorious inheritance in his holy people, 19 and his incomparably great power for us who believe. That power is the same as the mighty strength 20 he exerted when he raised Christ from the dead and seated him at his right hand in the heavenly realms, 21 far above all rule and authority, power and dominion, and every name that is invoked, not only in the present age but also in the one to come.

 

Faith - Hebrew 11

 

11 Now faith is confidence in what we hope for and assurance about what we do not see. 2 This is what the ancients were commended for.

 

3 By faith we understand that the universe was formed at God’s command, so that what is seen was not made out of what was visible.

 

Romans 10: 17 17 So then faith comes by hearing, and hearing by the word of God.

 

1.       God to locate and touch us .. He knows us even before we were in our mothers womb….

 

2.       Eyes of the day to open

 

3.       Eyes of the night to open

 

4.       Eyes of the heart to open = hope = believe = faith =Word to come alive

 

5.       The sight of the Eagle