The Blindside Victory

Don’t get ahead of God. Wait for His answer and His battle strategy.

The more you grow in the faith, the more susceptible to wickedness you become—not because you fall into it, but because you begin to discern it more quickly. If I’m being honest, it’s easier and faster for me to discern wickedness than righteousness. Maybe it’s because I’m aware of the many wolves in sheep’s clothing. It takes time for me to recognize someone as God’s own. If the fruit isn’t evident, I allow space for God to reveal how He sees them.

Because of this sensitivity, when wickedness is nearby—especially when it's not well hidden, which is often the case—it’s rare for me to miss it. I’m tempted to immediately go into war mode. Not because I’m directly affected, but because I can sense when someone else is. I want to go to war in the spirit for them.

But here’s what I had to learn: just because there is a battle to be fought and I sense it, doesn’t mean I’m the one approved or commissioned to fight it.

When you're on fire for God and burning with a desire to see justice, it’s easy to take on battles that were never yours. And when the ones being affected are those you love, it becomes even harder to hold back. But even then, wisdom and prayer must lead the way.

Everyone’s gifts are different. For me, I’m a dreamer. When God reveals the battle at hand and the spirits behind it in my dreams, that is usually a commission to war. That’s my green light. I move forward knowing I’ve been given authority and heavenly backing to trample on snakes and scorpions (Luke 10:19).

Yet even with this understanding regarding caution, I still fall short. I often sense more than I’ve been given the authority to war for. And when I see someone I love who can’t—or won’t—seek God for deliverance, I step in. I’ve taken on assignments that were out of order because I was operating by my strategy, not God’s.

I was convicted of this. And I can say with certainty—I’ll never make that mistake again. Not only has God been dealing with me about this subject, but He’s shown me the consequences in the spirit.

Dream Share:

In the dream, I was getting my hair done when I sensed the spirit of perversion tormenting someone nearby. It became so heavy that I physically felt discomfort; my head ached from the spiritual tension. Suddenly, I found myself walking in the spirit, searching for the spirit of perversion. I passed by people—at least they looked like people at first. They didn’t acknowledge me, their backs were turned. Eventually, I located the spirit and attacked it.

Instantly, all those people who had ignored me before began to turn toward me and swarm. I wasn’t just fighting one spirit anymore—I was surrounded.

Then, I heard a voice rebuke me. I was told plainly: I had acted out of order. I pursued the spirit without permission, without being commissioned.

I responded, “But I got 22 kills.”

And the voice said, “Yes, but they got 66.”

That was the lesson: the collateral damage of my disobedience was far greater. My unauthorized act affected not just me, but others—possibly those close to me.

Then the voice revealed His strategy: “We always go opposite ways,” He said. God’s ways are often hidden in the blindside—the unexpected.

I saw this play out in the dream. Two groups of soldiers stood on opposite sides of a boundary line. On one side stood four enemy soldiers, and on the other, just two of God’s people. But the righteous stood with confidence. The enemy laughed—they couldn’t understand how so few stood so bold.

Then the battle began.

One soldier from God’s side kneeled and fired a single, precise shot. It hit the enemy, and instantly, the remaining enemy soldiers ran—disturbed and confused. They went on a mission, searching for answers. The victory had come from the blindside.

The Blindside:

The blindside is the misperception of God’s people—viewing them as weak or alone. But we are never alone, and our perceived weaknesses are where God’s strength shines brightest (2 Corinthians 12:9–11).

There was another who appeared weak to man, yet His “defeat” became the greatest victory of all time—Jesus Christ. His death was the ultimate blindsight victory. By it, we now walk in grace and power.

God’s way is always better—and it’s always less muscle work for us. He requires only that we have faith when all we see are enemies surrounding us, outnumbering us, seemingly ready to overpower us.

What I’ve learned is this: if it were logical, it wouldn’t be a miracle. That’s the way of God. In the dream, the enemy soldiers ran off to investigate, as if saying, “Who is this God who wins with impossible odds?”

It’s in these types of victories that God gets the most glory. Yes, He is a God of justice. But even more, His heart is for restoration—for lost souls to be brought back to Him. His miraculous victories aren’t just for show—they’re for salvation.