Heather Williams is an ordained minister and has been in ministry for over 20 years. Alongside her husband, Dustin, Heather pastored in Utah for over 14 years in various roles ministering to children, youth, young adults and families. Heather has a heart to see people come to know Jesus as their Savior and to walk in the fullness of who God has called them to be so they can influence their everyday world. Heather and Dustin currently reside in Maricopa with their three children and she serves as the administrator for the webchurch..
This month, Heather shares that Jesus is there for you when you need help forgiving others.
Turn on the TV or open your social media, and you can feel it, the tension rising in the earth. It’s the continual noise of unrest that is working to become the prevailing background noise to our everyday lives. Wars, rumors of wars, moral decay, economic collapse, and so much more dominate the headlines 24/7. You can hardly get away from it. But, as followers of Christ, we know that something is not only happening in the physical realm but also in the spiritual realm.
As believers, we are living in a time where discernment matters. I’ll be so bold as to say that discernment may matter more now than ever before. Being able to discern truth from lies is of utmost importance in the time we are living. Hebrews 5:14 tells us that mature believers are those who have trained their senses to discern good from evil. Discernment isn’t a spiritual gift reserved for a few. It’s a muscle every believer is called to develop.
We are surrounded by multiple voices that become louder by the day. There are voices that sound reasonable, even compassionate, but some of them lead away from the truth of God’s Word. There are also voices that reframe biblical values as outdated and call compromise “progress.” The enemy has never been more sophisticated in how he packages deception. Without the anchor of the Word of God and the sensitivity of the Holy Spirit, we can become vulnerable, lacking discernment, and full of fear. None of which God has called any believer to walk in.
We must daily ask God for eyes to see and ears to hear. We must be quick to listen and slow to react. Everything we consume must be filtered through the Word of God AND the peace of the Holy Spirit. If it produces confusion, anxiety, division, hopelessness, or fear, it is not from God— no matter how “Christian” it sounds.
Discernment alone isn’t the finish line. What we do with what we see matters just as much. 2 Timothy 1:7 reminds us that “God has not given us a spirit of fear, but of power, love, and a sound mind.” That sound mind is our inheritance. That power is already inside of us as believers. We are not meant to white-knuckle our way through life—we are meant to shine in it.
Fear will cause us to react. Fear triggers our fight-or-flight response—when we perceive a threat, something in us either wants to charge at it or run from it. And honestly, we see both responses in the body of Christ right now. Some believers are fighting out of fear, lashing out, arguing, and reacting to everything with anger. Others are fleeing, pulling back from community, going quiet, disengaging from the world around them entirely. Neither response is rooted in faith. Both are rooted in fear. Discernment changes that. When the Holy Spirit is informing and interpreting the root of what we see, we don’t react—we respond. We move with intention, with love, with discernment, with faith, and with clarity.
The early church didn’t shrink back when the world got dangerous and chaotic. They prayed with boldness, moved with purpose, and turned entire cities upside down. When the pressure was turned on, the early church showed up in the power and might of the Holy Spirit. Fear and difficulty can either stop us or unleash us.
Living without fear in days like these means we stay rooted. It means we stay in the Word of God every day. It means we stay in community with the fellowship of believers. It means we pray more, not less. It means we worship intentionally, especially when we don’t feel like it. Worship brings breakthrough, and it shifts our perspective from the natural to the eternal.
Living without fear also means we don’t let news cycles, social media, and even well-meaning prophecies (that feed anxiety rather than faith) be our go-tos. Let God be our number one source. Let His Word be our anchor and our firm foundation. Let the Holy Spirit be the ONLY ONE that informs our discernment.
And lastly, we must stay on mission. The greatest response to the darkness is not fear— it is a people so full of light that the darkness has nowhere to hide. Our family needs us to be present. Our community needs us. The generations to come need us. The lost need us unafraid and full of the Hope that is supposed to overflow out of us.
God is not panicking. He was not caught off guard by any of the headlines we read this morning. He is not scrambling for a Plan B. He is still on the throne. He is moving throughout the earth, and He is looking for a people who will move with Him—clear-eyed, full of discernment, rooted in love, and completely free from fear.
The world is not falling apart. It is falling into place. And we are exactly where we are supposed to be. The darker it gets, the brighter we were made to burn. So let us lift our eyes, steady our hearts, and move as Jesus leads. This is not the time to go quiet. This is the time to shine, to discern, to trust, and to move. The world needs a Church that is not afraid. We were made for this moment.
Prayer:
Father, I lay down every anxious thought and fear at Your feet. You are still on the throne. Nothing has caught You off guard. Because You live in me, I refuse to be overtaken by what I see in the natural realm.
Holy Spirit, sharpen my discernment. Give me eyes to see clearly and ears to hear accurately. Let Your Word and Your peace be the filter through which I process everything. In Jesus’ name, I draw a line in the sand and declare that the enemy can no longer rule my mind and emotions. I choose Your peace to rule and reign in my life.
I decree that my eyes are open and my spirit is alert. I will not be deceived. I will not go quiet. I will not pull back. I will not trade the foundation of Your Word for the noise of this world. I am ready to move forward in faith, in discernment, and in everything You lead me to walk in. In Jesus’ name, Amen.
Positive On Purpose – A book from Patricia King
The Now of God – A book from Robert Hotchkin
You’ve prayed. You’ve fasted. You’ve stood in faith. Yet some prophetic words, promises, and callings still seem stuck, delayed, or impossibly far off. But what if you were able to reach beyond your past history and present challenges?
What if you could step past time itself and into the eternal present-tense of the Great I AM — where every one of those promises is suddenly activated and accelerated?
In The NOW of God, you’ll discover how to:
• Break cycles of delay, disappointment, and discouragement
• Identify and demolish the lies that keep you stuck in “not yet”
• Awaken to the present-tense power of the Great I AM
• Move from waiting on breakthrough to walking in it
• Activate faith that pulls “tomorrow’s” promises into today
Eyes That See – An ebook from Patricia King
The Apostle Paul prayed for believers eyes to be opened (Ephesians 1:18). He knew it was God’s great desire that we behold and understand all that has been made available to us through the finished work of the cross. The Lord Himself offers to open the eyes of the church so that we might see (Revelation 3:18).
Do you desire to see into the unseen realm? Are you longing to gaze upon Jesus and His Kingdom? Do you wish to be able to better discern what is going on in the Spirit all around you on the earth? Then you need eyes that see!
This powerful book by Patricia King will help you lay hold of the spiritual sight that you have been given in Christ. You will see in Scripture that the Lord has opened your eyes, and you will learn simple and practical ways to begin practicing seeing in the Spirit.
Jesus has given you EYES THAT SEE, and He has so much He wants to show you!
We at Patricia King Ministries thank you for your prayers, partnership, and financial support. May you be richly and abundantly blessed. And remember, God loves you with an everlasting love!
