Fifth generation warfare is psychological warfare. Is it any wonder we have more mental illnesses in this generation than past ones? It is a narrative war, which narrative will you believe? Which narrative is right? There are so many things changing at such a rapid pace, people are struggling to know what to believe, who to believe, where to look, who to listen to. No wonder apathy sets in for some, but excitement for others. We are living in a shift on earth that is remarkable.

What if there is a place of peace the Lord is trying to help us find, but we are so busy shadowboxing with all that is being said, we are missing what God is saying? While walking the dog this morning the Lord spoke to me the words, “Existence precedes exposure.” I immediately entered into a time of learning as the Holy Spirit broke down for me how to live in what exists so we are not moved by what is being exposed (revealed).

Everything existed before it was exposed. Jesus existed before the foundation of the world (Colossians 1:17) (John 1:1-3); the earth existed before we could see it, before light was declared (Genesis 1:2-3); land existed before God separated the waters (Genesis 1:9-10); actually everything we see existed before it was exposed, made visible (Revelation 4:11). No wonder it says in Hebrews 11:1, “Now faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not yet seen.”

Faith sees what exists before it is exposed. Our challenge is, we live from exposure not existence, which is why we are tossed to and fro by everything as it gets exposed. Then add “prophetic” people who speak what is exposed and call it prophesy. Biblical prophets speak what exisits before it is exposed.

The Lord is inviting us into a place of seeing what exists, so we are not shaken, moved, or confused by what is being exposed. If we would see what exists, we would sing, “You reign above it all, you reign above it all; over the universe and over every heart; there is no higher name, Jesus you reign, above it all.” And we would not be subject to the psychological warfare of what is being exposed. Existence precedes exposure, if you are able to see and hear what exists so you are not shaken by what is being exposed. Www.apostolicresourcecenter.org