| (Copyright 11-12-2024) by Eddie Hyatt (Grapevine, Texas) |
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 The mainstream media and political pundits were stunned by Donald Trump’s overwhelming victory on November 4. They are still recovering and attempting to fathom how it could have happened. They were so sure his political career was over. After all, he had lost the 2020 election and had left the White House with two impeachments hanging over his head. His home had been raided by FBI agents looking for classified documents the Biden administration claimed he had stolen. Numerous federal and state lawsuits had been filed against him and the entire mainstream media was arrayed against him. His political career, indeed, seemed to have died. But now, with the 2024 election well behind us, they are still wringing their hands and wondering how he could have won in such an astonishing manner. I am confident I have the answer, which I share below. God Promises a Resurrection In an article posted on Charisma News dated November 8, 2020, I shared how God had given me a word that His resurrection life would be manifest through Donald Trump. This occurred during a time of prayer on Saturday, November 7, just three days after the 2020 presidential election. I had asked the Lord for an encouraging word for those I would be addressing in a Sunday morning live stream the following day. I knew that many were troubled and confused at the media reports that Joe Biden would be the next president of the United States. After all, so many “prophets” had declared that Trump would serve two consecutive terms. The request for an encouraging word was hardly out of my mouth when there dropped into my heart and mind a word God had given me at a devastating time in my own life 46 years ago. I immediately knew it was the message God wanted me to share with the people concerning Trump’s devastating loss. A Life-Changing Word from God God reminded me of a powerful, life-changing word He gave when Sue and I were starting out in life and ministry together. This word came at a time when we had lost everything. We lost our place to live. We lost the place where we were having meetings for the congregation and ministry we were planting in eastern Canada. Everything was gone. The God-given vision and mandate had died. In the midst of this devastation, Sue and I sat on a park bench with two friends lifting our hearts in prayer. I remember their 5-year-old daughter, Cara, sitting with us and praying in tongues. Suddenly, out of my innermost being, those rivers of living water that Jesus spoke about in John 7:37-39 began to flow, and I began praying in tongues. I realize that we charismatics have learned to pray in tongues on cue—at the drop of a hat. Such prayers, however, are too often from the neck up and powerless. This was prayer that I could feel flowing out of my spirit. And all the time I was praying, I was hearing the words, “Don’t be afraid of death because I Am the Resurrection.” I recognized these as the words that Jesus spoke to Martha just before he raised her brother, Lazarus, from the dead (John 11:25). I knew that the Lord was telling me not to fear the death of the vision and mandate He had given. I knew He was telling me that it would be brought back to life, not by my scheming and planning, but by His resurrection life and power. A resurrection did occur in our lives and ministry. A yielding to God, a determination not to quit, a step of obedience, and resurrection power flowed forth. The ministry that came forth was not the same as before; for it came forth in His resurrection power and in ways we could never have planned or strategized. This was the experience that came so powerfully to my mind when I asked God for an encouraging word for the people concerning Donald Trump and his election loss in 2020. Resurrection and the 2020-2024 Elections Fast forward to 2024 and Donald Trump has astounded and confused the political and media pundits with his overwhelming, astonishing victory. Despite everything his enemies threw at him, he carried every one of the so-called “swing states” and made incredible gains in every demographic of American society. I know this did not happen by mere political acumen and human strategy. This happened because God resurrected Trump’s political career. Because of this fact, we can expect his second term to far outshine his first term, for it has come forth in the resurrection life and power of our Lord. Trump’s election also places a responsibility on the church for we must recognize this as a window of opportunity that has opened, and we make the most of it. I have been impressed with the words of Jesus in John 9:4, I must work the works of Him who sent Me while it is day; the night is coming when no one can work. God Has Resurrection Life and Power of You One thing I learned through that experience is that the resurrection is more than just a future event. Resurrection has been personified in the Person of Jesus Christ and He has come to live in us and through us with His resurrection life and power. Paul had an experience that he relates in II Corinthians chapter one where he and his companions went through an excruciating experience in which he thought death would be their lot. He said, however, that out of that experience he learned that, We should not trust in ourselves but in God who raises the dead. So, even apart from the 2024 election, I am convinced that in the days ahead we will see His resurrection life and power break forth on different fronts. Victory will come forth out of defeat. Life will emerge out of death. Success will arise out of failure. His words still ring true, “Don’t be afraid of death because I Am the Resurrection.” —————————————————————————————————- See Eddie Hyatt’s other articles at: Hyatt, Eddie – Church of God, Bismarck (church-of-god-bismarck.org) Reprinted with permission from: God’s Word to Women http://www.godswordtowomen.org/ —————————————————————————————————– |
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