All good will come under attack. In a garden of beautiful potential, there will be weeds. To assume otherwise would be naive.

You woke up this morning in a garden of beautiful potential. Here, in this year, supernatural things can happen in your life. Things you have been waiting YEARS for have the potential of happening here. Seeds you thought were dead are about to breakthrough the ground. Yes, breakthroughs are here. Growth is here. Proof of all you have been praying for, working for, waiting for, is about to be seen.

And my sister, it’s all under attack!

Why? Because it’s good!

God is doing something sooooo good in you. He’s been moving in your life, working in the details, preparing you for this new year. You’ve felt it. You’ve felt dreams being whispered again, hope being stirred, strength being received. And now … things get noisy!

Your adversary, the devil, he is loud. 1 Peter 5:8, “Stay alert! Watch out for your great enemy, the devil. He prowls around like a roaring lion, looking for someone to devour.” He roars! He creates noise. What does the noise do? It distracts us. It creates fear.

If you were on the Goal Setting Broadcast live with me this past Saturday, we had a front row seat to the noise of our enemy. As we are discussing the potential God has placed within you, along with the power, love and self-disciple to make the changes you desire and live in the fullness of the BIG Life you were created for, suddenly there was noise. Literal noise. Noise that drown me out. Noise that created chaos and confusion.

Our live Zoom broadcast was hijacked, and let me make this very clear, it was hijacked by evil. They flooded our screen with images of absolute evil in the chat. If you ever questioned if the devil is real and actively on the prowl, question no more. We saw him. And we heard him.

Why did this happen? Because you are on the cusp of breakthrough. You are daring to believe the promises which God has spoken over your life. You are claiming the power, the love, and the self-discipline God’s spirit has offered you. And if the enemy of your soul can’t rob you of that offering, he will certainly try to distract you from it.

There is noise! Oh, you will probably hear the noise today. Sometimes it shows up in loud, chaotic roars that send shivers down your spine. But most times it shows up as the little voice in your head that tries to talk you down. The voice that says you can’t. The voice that says you’re not good enough. The voice that says you’re not worthy of the changes you desire. The voice that says it will never happen for you. The voice that says it’s too late. That is NOT the voice of God. That is the voice of darkness. That is goodness under attack.

After this jarring experience and encounter with evil, God led me to a story in scripture to serve as a guide for each of us encountering the distractions of the enemy as we step into our new year of life.

The story is of Nehemiah. Nehemiah was charged by God to rebuild the destroyed wall of Jerusalem. This was good, and remember, all good comes under attack. His enemies did not want him to rebuilt the wall and they tried to discourage him. But Nehemiah would not be discouraged. Say that with me, “I WILL NOT BE DISCOURAGED!”

Nehemiah 6:1-4, “When word came to our enemies that I had rebuilt the wall and not a gap was left in it, my enemy sent me this message: “Come, let us meet together in one of the villages on the plain of Ono.” But they were scheming to harm me; so I sent messengers to them with this reply: “I am carrying on a great project and cannot go down. Why should the work stop while I leave it and go down to you?” Four times they sent me the same message, and each time I gave them the same answer.”

You have good work to do in 2024. Rebuilding of what the enemy has destroyed. Rebuilding of what has been broken. Rebuilding of what you thought could never be. And your enemy, plain and simple, DOES NOT WANT you to do this work. No, he doesn’t want you to get healthy. No, he doesn’t want you to be confident. No, he doesn’t want you to have good relationships. No, he doesn’t want you to have energy and joy. No, he doesn’t want you to be happy or successful. Heck no, he doesn’t want any of that for you. So you better believe he has been scheming to harm you. What should your reply be? Just like Nehemiah. “Enemy, I am carrying on a great project and I don’t have time for you. I will not stop this work because of you!”

But the enemy does not give up easily. Nehemiah received the same message 4 times, and scripture says each time he gave them the same answer. That means the voices will try to distract you on Monday, and they will be back again on Tuesday. But that’s not all, they’re coming for you again on Wednesday and Thursday too. But wait, there’s more.

The messages from the enemy came the 5th time. Fears and threats, all to distract and discourage Nehemiah from the good work he was doing. And this is what Nehemiah did, chapter 6: 8-9, “I sent him this reply: “Nothing like what you are saying is happening; you are just making it up out of your head.” They were all trying to frighten us, thinking, “Their hands will get too weak for the work, and it will not be completed.” But I prayed, “Now strengthen my hands.”

Oh my goodness, isn’t this exactly what the enemy is trying to do to you? With all his noise, he’s trying to make you believe you’re not good enough and you will never finish what you start. But your response must be, “No, devil, that’s not what is going to happen here this year! I don’t believe you.” Now turn to God, focus fully on him, and ask him to strengthen you!

My sister, there is so much goodness in you. God has such great plans for your life and the enemy will try to distract you and discourage you. Day after day, time and time again, you will have to continue on with the work God has given you to do this year and not stop! You will have to choose not to believe the lies of the enemy. You will have to overcome the voices that tell you you can’t. You will have to push through the hard days and the setbacks. And you will have to continually ask God to strengthen you.

And if you do, you get to experience life like you have never know before!

Here’s how the story ends. Chapter 6, verse 16, “When all our enemies heard about this, all the surrounding nations were afraid and lost their self-confidence, because they realized that this work had been done with the help of our God.”

Oh, the enemy and all of his demons will be afraid because you are doing this work this year with the help of God. They will lose their self-confidence in their power to distract and discourage you. The enemy may be coming into 2024 with a lot of confidence because he has been successful in his schemes against you in the past, but not this time, Devil. Not this time! We know your game, and we know how to defeat you!

James 4:7 says, “Submit yourselves to God. Resist the devil, and he will flee from you.” Resist him. Fight him. Don’t believe him. Don’t be distracted by him. Oh, he’s going to come in and interrupt your goodness. He’s going to be loud and bring chaos. But don’t you dare stop the good work you’re doing. Resist him and he must leave!

I’m a firm believer that God uses every ounce of harm intended by the enemy, and he turns it around for good. The enemy certainly intended harm with his evil presence during our Goal Setting Broadcast, but guess what, he didn’t win! God turned it around for good. We woke up. We got serious. God’s girls are showing up to fight. Yes, we will fight for the life we are created for!

I’m grateful to have been able to hear the roar of the enemy that prowls around like a lion, so I know he’s there, but he did not win! The teaching was complete. He was too late. The recording of the session ends abruptly so no others are subjected to the vessels of darkness that hijacked the zoom, but the good work continues. It’s waiting for you. This is the goodness you’re seeking. Tap into the power, love and self-discipline being offered to you by God, and write your goals for 2024, then show up for the work!

I will not be discouraged. I will not stop my work. I will seek God for strength, and I will continue!

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