As I was preparing to go to sleep recently, I saw Christ appear in a vision as a Shepherd holding a staff.  I heard this is the army of the Lord, meaning that those who rise up in this hour will have the same countenance as Christ as He appeared in this vision.

He was looking into the heavens and divine light was radiating on His face.  I couldn’t see what He was looking at but He was surrounded by the glory of God.  In a way He was a very delicate fellow, not one that you would expect to be a member of an army that would fight against the devil and his minions and yet that was what was spoken over Him.

I felt that He was vulnerable, but I believe that it was this vulnerability and trust in God that were His greatest assets.

When we trust in the Lord with all our hearts and lean not on our own understanding then God is able to make a straight path for us (Proverbs 3:5-6).

We don’t have to be strong.  We don’t have to be highly trained warriors.  We just need to trust God and His ability to save us.

It was this trust and understanding that helped David defeat Goliath.  He didn’t look at the giant of a man standing in front of him but rather he looked to his God.  And in looking to his God he was able to cut the head off the giant and send the enemy fleeing.

In this hour I believe the Goliaths will stand and little men and women of God will stand in defiance of them.  There is a warrior shepherd that is on the rise, and no weapon formed against them shall prosper.

They are overcoming by the blood of the lamb and the word of their testimony.  They know their God and He has set them free.  They understand His strength and power to save.

They might look weak on the outside just like Christ did in my vision, but we know what He accomplished by submitting to the work on the cross.  Each of us will have opportunity to stand or run in this hour.  I pray that you will have the strength to stand and when you have done all you can to stand even firmer.

The greatest American war hero in World War II was a young man by the name of Audy Murphy.  He was about 5 feet 6 inches tall and weighed 130 pounds.  He did not let that stop him.  He did not let what others believed about him determine his bravery.  He stood in the face of opposition and resisted and took out 4 tanks and almost 80 men singlehandedly.  He did this standing on a burning tank firing a machine gun.  The tank could have exploded, but he didn’t care. He just knew what he had to do and did it.

I believe that this same spirit is rising up now in the generation at hand and the devil who seems to have great strength is about to be destroyed by the little Audy Murphy’s who believe in something bigger than themselves.

This is the hour of the Shepherd Warrior.  It is your hour and I pray that you will step into the battle to see what the Lord will do.