When Generals Need Help

 A general is a high ranking officer, a leader who wields authority, has influence over others and is respected within an organization or kingdom, usually within the military.

A general is not someone we imagine or think about as needing help, well that's not the first thought that comes to mind.

A general would be someone we imagine as being in a position to help others due to his high rank and influence.

We have Generals in the human and spiritual realms, human and spiritual dignitaries.

In God's kingdom of heaven there is structure and and different sectors.

There is a military arm, the kingdom of God has it's own military department.

There are generals in that realm too, archangels or chief princes that other angels report to and take instructions from.

They lead their own teams.

The archangel Michael is a general in God's kingdom in the angelic order. 

He leads his team of warfare angels.

In battles and during warfare, people expect our Generals to show leadership, be at the frontlines and be strong.

Such qualities are what made them leaders, promoted them, and qualified them for their high rank in the first place. Qualities God put in them and life forged in them.

In the body of Christ we have people chosen by divine calling to be Apostles, Prophets, Evangelists, Teachers, and Pastors.

They are people called by divine selection to influence others and help others on their spiritual journey as God has graced them.

The get into battles on other peoples behalf, they intercede and wage war to help the life and destiny of others.

They continue the ministry of Jesus Christ on the earth through their hearts, their lives, the pulpit, their prayers and their teachings.

They are human generals in the kingdom of God.

The scriptures call them ministry gifts, they are gifts to the body of Christ.

They are leaders, good leadership is a gift.

Not every family, organization, community, or nation can boast of good leadership.

Our leaders should be gifts to us.

They should have a heart to help us and we in turn should value their work, respect them and support them.

These ministry gifts are Generals of God.

What about when Generals need help?

They can find themselves being attacked, hindered, resisted and targeted by the gates of hell.

They can find themselves being attacked by the enemy, perhaps even more than people who don't have their kind of high calling.

It is the strategy of the enemy- *strike the shepherd and the sheep will scatter"

The enemy targets ministry gifts to give the Christian faith a bad name, he does so  that the sheep (their followers), those God has assigned them to may scatter.

An attack on our spiritual leaders is an attack on us, directly or indirectly.

 Whether they are famous and well known or not, their spiritual offices demand our respect.

To disrespect their office is to disrespect the God who appointed them.

They are human, they need our prayers as much as we need prayer and demand prayer from them.

They are human, they are not to be used and dumped.

Anyone appointed to watch over your soul deserves your prayers and respect.

Jesus was more than a spiritual General when he was here on earth.

In his humanity there were times he needed help.

It is erroneous to think people called by God who hold spiritual offices don't need your prayers and can't need your help.

No matter how great the calling, how unusual the divine encounter, and how anointed the General of the Lord is, he/she needs your prayers too.

Even Generals with their high callings are human and need prayer.

Those who are sensitive know we are in a season of intense warfare, its not even funny!

I follow the happenings in the body of Christ on earth as much as possible.

I like to know what's happening in the body of my heavenly Father.

I try to be knowledgeable about key players in the body of Christ, rising leaders in the body of Christ, long time Generals in the body of Christ and I make an effort to be sensitive to what God is doing and what the enemy is doing too.

More than ever before, ministers of the gospel are dying, fighting usual battles and facing health challenges on a scale that is so high!

This is not the time to mock, criticize and despise your fallen Generals, even as many are battling daily and fighting their warfare.

This is not the time to be spiritually ignorant or be insensitive.

Its not the time to lack spiritually maturity but its the time to grow up and have a proper understanding of what is going on.

War is being waged from the second heaven on the body of Christ more than ever before and the five fold ministry gifts of God are at the forefront of it.

Trauma and mental health has increased among ministers of the gospel.

Divorces and separation is on the increase among them as well as Post Traumatic Stress Disorder.

It not a joking matter.

If you cannot pray for the body of Christ and leaders in the body, you might need to check if you have a good understanding of what is really going on.

For those who have fallen from grace among them may the Lord have mercy on them to the degree He is able or wants to.

It is not all bad or evil, just as the enemy is carrying out his attacks on leaders in the body of Christ, God is also releasing grace, favor and solutions for many of them, even as He raises new and emerging leaders too.

Generals need help too.

Pray for us!