Prayer Alert for President Trump
by Nathan Shaw
At the start of October I was reading Psalm 55. I read down to verse 9, “For I see violence and strife in the city.” Instantly the Holy Spirit alerted me to the political storm that President Trump is facing. Psalm 55 gives strategic revelation about what is going on and insight about how we can pray. After highlighting Psalm 55 the Holy Spirit reminded me of a prior incidence in my life.
It was the 10th of May 2016. I woke from a dream at 5:59am. The dream was about jealousy between two pastors in the city I was about to visit. Waking at 5:59am was God’s way of alerting me to Psalm 55:9, “For I see violence and strife in the city.” My alarm was set for 6am because I had an early flight to catch. I was flying to another country for a ministry trip but wouldn’t arrive at my destination until the next day. After I arrived I was walking to my hotel when I looked up and saw the large digital clock on top of a multi-storied building. Both the time and the temperature were displayed in bright red. The time was 21:21. Underneath was the temperature—21 degrees Celsius. 21 degrees was uncharacteristically cold for the time of year.
“21:21” is a way that God alerts me to divination. Ezekiel 21:21 describes the king of Babylon using divination to consult the will of his gods: "For the king of Babylon stands at the parting of the road, at the fork of the two roads, to use divination: he shakes the arrows, he consults the images, he looks at the liver" (Ezekiel 21:21). First I had a dream about jealousy; then I woke from the dream at 5:59am (Psalm 55:9 – violence and strife in the city); then I arrived at my destination and saw the time 21:21 with 21 degrees underneath it (Divination). The combination was hard to ignore. Now you can appreciate why the Holy Spirit reminded me of all this in connection with Psalm 55 and President Trump. Aggressive assignments of jealousy and divination are aligned against the President.
In Psalm 55 David cries out to God with great anguish because of his enemy: “My thoughts trouble me and I am distraught because of what my enemy is saying, because of the threats of the wicked; for they bring down suffering on me and assail me in their anger” (Psalm 55:2-3). David was distraught because of what his enemy was saying. The enemies words were demonically empowered. That’s where divination comes in. Divination takes human counsel or demonic counsel and speaks it out as if it is God’s counsel. Divination empowers false words with such certainty that they seem to come from God Himself. In other words they sound divine. Divination causes false words and false narratives to appear as the truth. The assignment coming against David was so powerful it was even operating through a close friend (Psalm 55:12-14, 20-21).
David graphically describes the situation: “For I see violence and strife in the city. Day and night they prowl about on its walls; malice and abuse are within it. Destructive forces are at work in the city; threats and lies never leave its streets” (Psalm 55:9-11). These words could as easily apply to the present situation in Washington DC. There are two powerful declarations from Psalm 55 that we can speak into the situation:
- Lord, confuse the wicked and confound their words (Psalm 55:9).
- Lord, even though many oppose President Trump, rescue him unharmed from the battle waged against him (Psalm 55:18).
Despite the intensity of the situation David was certain God would hear his cry for help: “Evening, morning and noon I cry out in distress, and he hears my voice” (Psalm 55:17). Divine help is needed to break the assignments of jealousy and divination that are aligned against the President. What can we do? No matter how intense it gets, pray fervently and declare boldly until the truth is revealed and the narrative changes. If the present situation distresses you, let your distress be turned into a continual cry to God. He will hear and respond.
© 2019 Nathan Shaw
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