PROPHETIC DREAM: A CORPORATE OFFENSE IS AFTER THIS GENERATION

There is talk about a “spirit of offense” creating problems amongst believers.
And many seem offended by it…

In a dream several weeks ago, the Lord revealed this spirit at work, but it wasn’t someone being offended at someone else. It was more like a corporate offense. A collective angst against a collective body.

In the dream I found myself getting into a large vehicle to drive home. It was so huge I could barely see out the windows. Then I saw a bunch of young kids outside who saw me as a threat. They started running behind me, They started pushing my vehicle and trying to drive me off the road. They were angry and I tried to tell them to stop. I saw one of them peer inside to get a better look at me and I yelled at them to stop as I was afraid something bad would happen. I wanted them to see that I was one of them! The vehicle finally slowed down to a stop and I hopped out. I looked and saw the vehicle was larger than a bus and more like a tank. Then I turned and saw more of them come around the corner for me. I hated to keep yelling at them, seeing how young they were, but they were convinced that I was the enemy.

What came to my spirit as I pondered this dream was a strategy of the enemy to convince a generation that they can’t trust “The Church.” Leaders have betrayed them. Teachers have led them astray. That which they believed in has let them down. Because of a few bad apples, the enemy has stirred within this generation a collective anger against the collective Church. What may have started as disappointments in a few has led to a corporate disillusionment. An offense against the entire system.  

The only problem is that The Church is just “the vehicle.” It’s merely a structure; a wineskin; and to some, an outdated one. And though I agree that the religious systems of the past have bred some ungodly characters and misplaced doctrines, we must remember all of the people inside these structures. The Body of Christ. To condemn the whole bunch for the wrongs of a few is to punish many whose hearts are pure and hands are clean. And yet, our spiritual adversary has used the pains and disappointments of a generation to fuel a corporate offense that is destroying us from within. Yes, the Holy Spirit is doing a sovereign cleansing work in the Body of Christ, but the enemy wants to twist God’s plans and distort His purposes to sew unnecessary anger and discord. 

“And He is the head of the body, the church. He is the beginning, the firstborn from the dead, that in everything He might be preeminent. For in Him all the fullness of God was pleased to dwell, and through Him to reconcile to Himself all things, whether on earth or in heaven, making peace by the blood of His cross” (Colossians 1:18-20 ESV).

Jesus loves His body, especially His young ones, and He longs to bring healing and reconciliation. Even as we address the malfunctions of the past and restore that which is broken, let’s not allow the enemy to build walls instead of bridges. Let’s pray for this generation that has been disillusioned, disappointed, and hurt. Their pain is real and their concerns are valid. But the only way to heal those wounds will be to start building some trust. To test everything and hold on to the good. To rightly divide the word of Truth so we do not presume guilt or discard relationships so quickly. Let’s pray we can get a better vision for the kind of Church that Jesus died for.  Our prayers can overturn the plans of the enemy if we start calling out the best and offer this generation something worth fighting for.