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 perceptive to wickedness you become—you begin to discern it more quickly. If I’m being honest, it’s easier and faster for me to discern wickedness than righteousness. I try to remain neutral about individuals in my perception of them, so if wickedness is not instantly discerned, I leave it up to God to reveal the truth about an individual, not automatically chalking them down to anything—wicked nor righteous. And when someone is seemingly a “good person”, still I do not chalk them down has righteous, or God’s sheep, because not all “good people” are Christ Followers. In short, if I do not discern foul play, I leave it up to God to reveal the true nature of a person because many have mastered hiding in sheep’s clothing.
Because of this sensitivity, when wickedness is nearby—especially when it's not well hidden, which is often the case—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 for justice, it’s easy to see the recognition of a battle as a green light to immediately step into warfare. But revelation of the battle doesn’t always equal permission to fight. Even if God intends for us to engage, we must still move according to His timing and direction. The battle ultimately belongs to the Lord, yet He often calls us to partner with Him so His victory can be established and revealed on earth. 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 of the importance of adhering to God’s direction and commissioning, I still fall short. I often perceive more than I’ve been given the authority to war for. For example, God doesn’t always reveal every battle in others’ lives to me through a dream—sometimes, by His Spirit, I sense it in waking life. Nevertheless, if it is not revealed to me personally, it is often a sign that I have not been commissioned to insert myself into their war.
This becomes especially difficult when I sense a loved one in the midst of a battle, yet they can’t—or won’t—seek God for deliverance. In the past, out of love for others and the awareness that God hears me when I pray (even for those outside of His will), I’ve taken on assignments that were not given to me—placing me out of order and in pride.
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 of my actions 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. It was as if someone had a screw driver in hand, and continuously drove it through the middle of my scalp over and over again. 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 to me. 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 of perversion 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 soldiers. 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 (See 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 blindside 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 could bring about such a victory despite 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.
