What Frequency Are You Sounding?
What frequency are you sounding? Every time the enemy opposes you, there is a sound that comes with that opposition. It is a frequency that says, “You will not make it.” It says, “You will fail.” It says, “This breakthrough is impossible.” It says, “You cannot accomplish what God has called you to accomplish.” The enemy understands that you are approaching something, and sometimes the intensity of the opposition increases because he recognizes that you are getting closer to a breakthrough. His objective is not merely to make your journey difficult; his objective is to make you change your position. He wants you to move from faith to fear, from confidence to doubt, from praise to complaint, and from agreement with God to agreement with the circumstances. He wants the sound of your life to come into alignment with the failure he has already determined for you. This is why you must understand that not every voice you hear during a difficult season deserves your agreement. The enemy can release a frequency of defeat, but you have the responsibility to decide whether that frequency will become your confession. Proverbs 18:21 says, “Death and life are in the power of the tongue.” Your mouth must not become an instrument through which the enemy establishes his narrative over your life.
This is why you will notice that whenever people are approaching a significant transition, opposition can intensify. The enemy knows what is on the other side of your obedience. He knows what your breakthrough could produce. He knows what happens when you finally step into what God has ordained for you. So he attempts to create enough resistance to make you abandon your position before you arrive. The strategy is simple: if he cannot stop the promise, he will try to make you disqualify yourself from believing the promise. If he cannot close the door, he will try to convince you that the door will never open. If he cannot prevent you from entering the next season, he will attempt to change your confession while you are standing at the entrance. This is why the greatest position you can take when the frequency of the enemy becomes loud is the position of praise. When everything around you is telling you to complain, praise. When everything around you is telling you that God has forgotten you, praise. When circumstances are screaming failure, begin declaring the faithfulness of God. Psalm 34:1 says, “I will bless the LORD at all times: his praise shall continually be in my mouth.” Notice that David did not say he would praise God only when everything was working. His praise was not controlled by his environment.
Think about the children of Israel. They had been brought out of Egypt by the mighty hand of God, but before they entered the Promised Land, they encountered the wilderness. The wilderness was a place of transition, but unfortunately, many of them allowed the conditions of the wilderness to change their confession. When they saw giants, they spoke like grasshoppers. When they saw fortified cities, they spoke about defeat. Numbers 13:31 records them saying, “We are not able to go up against the people; for they are stronger than we.” Yet Caleb and Joshua looked at the exact same opposition and produced a completely different sound. Caleb declared, “Let us go up at once and possess it; for we are well able to overcome it” (Numbers 13:30). They saw the same giants, but they did not have the same frequency. They saw the same opposition, but they did not interpret it from the same position. The ten spies saw the greatness of the opposition; Joshua and Caleb saw the greatness of their God. That is what faith does. Faith does not necessarily deny the existence of giants; faith refuses to make the giant greater than God.
I saw a vision of a man who was opposed, but the more he was opposed, the more his light shined. The opposition increased, but so did the brightness of his light. Eventually, the opposition became so insignificant that it appeared as though it had never been there. This reminded me of the words of Jesus in Matthew 5:16: “Let your light so shine before men, that they may see your good works, and glorify your Father which is in heaven.” There is something powerful about light. When a room is dark and you introduce light into that room, the darkness does not need to be physically removed one object at a time. The moment the light shines, the darkness loses its ability to dominate the room. In fact, if someone enters that room after the light has been shining for some time, they may never know how dark it was before they arrived. All they see is the light. This is what I believe God is saying to some people: your responsibility is not to spend your life explaining how dark the room was; your responsibility is to let your light shine. Let your faith shine. Let your testimony shine. Let your obedience shine. Let your praise shine. Let your character shine. Let what God has deposited in you become so visible that the darkness around you is no longer the defining feature of your story.
There are people who have gone through tremendous trouble, but when you look at them, you cannot immediately see what they have survived. You may look at them and think, “I don't think this person has gone through what I have gone through.” But they have. They have cried. They have been disappointed. They have faced rejection. They have experienced delay. They have been opposed. They have stood in rooms where everything around them seemed to say that they would not make it. Yet they refused to allow the darkness to become their identity. Their light kept shining. Their faith remained visible. Their confession remained consistent. Their praise remained in their mouths. That is why the darkness eventually became invisible. The trouble was real, but the light became greater. Jesus said, “Let your light so shine before men.” There is a responsibility attached to your light. God can give you light, but you must allow that light to shine. You cannot continually hide behind your circumstances and expect people to see the glory of God through your life.
I remember another vision in which I saw a man who went through different forms of trouble, but his confession never changed. His circumstances changed, but his words did not. His environment changed, but his position did not. This is the kind of consistency that faith requires. Hebrews 10:23 says, “Let us hold fast the confession of our hope without wavering; for He who promised is faithful.” The strength of your confession cannot be based on how your circumstances look. If you only confess God's goodness when everything is working, then your confession is being controlled by your environment. But when you can stand in the middle of opposition and still say, “God is faithful,” you have refused to allow the enemy to change your frequency. When you can look at something that appears impossible and still say, “God can do it,” you have refused to change your position. When you can experience delay and still say, “I believe the word of the Lord,” you are refusing to allow the wilderness to determine your sound.
Many people have compromised their transition through their words. They were closer to their breakthrough than they realized, but they allowed the pressure of opposition to change their confession. They began saying, “Nothing ever works for me.” They began saying, “I knew this would happen.” They began saying, “Maybe this is not for me.” They began speaking the language of defeat until the language of defeat became the atmosphere of their lives. But you must understand this: the enemy wants to change your position before your breakthrough manifests. He wants you to agree with what he is saying about your future so that you stop standing where God told you to stand. David understood this principle when he stood before Goliath. Goliath came with a sound of intimidation, but David answered with a different sound. He said, “You come to me with a sword, and with a spear, and with a shield: but I come to you in the name of the LORD of hosts” (1 Samuel 17:45). David refused to let Goliath's voice determine his position. The giant had a voice, but David had a word.
So I ask you again: What frequency are you sounding? When your life is under pressure, what comes out of your mouth? When you are opposed, what do you say? When the door appears closed, what do you declare? When the transition becomes uncomfortable, do you begin agreeing with the enemy, or do you increase your praise? Your circumstances may be speaking one thing, but what has God said? The enemy may be saying, “You cannot,” but what has God said? Fear may be saying, “It is impossible,” but what has God said? Your responsibility is to make sure that your sound agrees with God's sound concerning your life. Romans 10:17 says, “Faith comes by hearing, and hearing by the word of God.” Be careful what you keep hearing, because eventually what you hear can influence what you believe, and what you believe will influence what you say.
There is a frequency of heaven that you must learn to carry. It is the frequency of faith, praise, worship, thanksgiving, obedience, and confidence in God. When the enemy says, “You cannot,” answer with the Word. When he says, “You will fail,” answer with the Word. When he says, “You will never come out,” answer with the Word. When he says, “This is impossible,” answer with the Word. Philippians 4:13 says, “I can do all things through Christ which strengtheneth me.” Luke 18:27 declares, “The things which are impossible with men are possible with God.” You do not have to deny the battle to maintain your faith. You simply refuse to allow the battle to become your prophecy. You refuse to allow opposition to become your confession. You refuse to allow darkness to become the most visible thing about your life. Let your light shine. Let your praise rise. Let your faith speak. Let your confession remain unchanged. The enemy may increase the opposition because he recognizes that something is about to break open, but your response must be to stand your ground and remain aligned with what God has said.
Declaration
Today, I refuse to align my voice with defeat. I refuse to agree with failure, fear, impossibility, delay, or discouragement. I will not allow the opposition around me to change the position God has established me in. I declare that my words will agree with the Word of God. My mouth will speak faith. My heart will remain confident. My praise will remain on my lips. Every sound of defeat that has been speaking over my life is silenced, and I choose the frequency of heaven. I declare that my light will shine in every dark place. The darkness will not define me; the light of God in me will be seen. I will not hide what God has placed inside me. I will manifest the grace, faith, wisdom, strength, and purpose that God has given me, and through my life, others will see His goodness and glorify my Father in heaven. I declare that opposition will not change my position. Resistance will not change my confession. Delay will not change my faith. I am moving forward. I am entering what God has ordained for me. I will not retreat at the point of breakthrough. I will not surrender my voice at the entrance of my next season. My frequency is changing. My sound is changing. My confession is changing. I am coming into alignment with heaven, and I will become everything God has ordained me to be. In Jesus' name, Amen.
