A few years ago I was introduced to spiritual flag waving. Scott had a passion for waving flags and explained to me the significance of why he feels it important. I understood and also started flag waving at the church we were at but I did not own any flags. I was satisfyed on watching Scott every Sunday. Scott always wanted other people to understand flag waving and to participate. Well I now own a flag and have recently had a better understanding which increased my passion for flags. So you will most likely see me on Sunday and other events waving a flag. This is in Honor of my Lord and Savior and I also do it in honor of Scott Miller. Below is a detailed explaination of waving flags and perhaps will give some of you a new passion also. Throughout history, Flags and Banners have represented the beliefs and purposes of those who carry them. Flown as signals, rallying points and standards of identification, flags define battle lines, and give direction and encouragement. They declare the victory and identify the one in authority. They are an outward expression of the praise that is in our hearts. In a worship service, Flags and Banners are used for God’s people as a visual tool on which to focus. They can declare a time of battle in spiritual warfare, God’s love, His grace, holiness and power. As the Spirit of God (the watchman) directs, the waving of Flags and Banners will open the “spiritual gates” of heaven allowing the Holy Spirit to flow freely among His people with healing, deliverance and encouragement. Flags and Banners are vital to the Body of Christ. They make a statement – a statement of our worship, our praise, our warfare, and a statement that reflects our work with the Lord. They are a form of visual worship and they make a powerful statement to the non-believer. They are a silent witness in ministry but they speak volumes to anyone who looks at them. Flags and Banners: • minister to the Lord, to give Him Glory, Honor and Praise. • open personal communication with God. • rally the troops to war. •create an environment of Worship. •tell people who you represent. • signal or attract attention to an event that is happening. •herald an event. • unify the company. In the Tabernacle in the desert, each of the 12 tribes had their own banner Numbers 2:34. Each clan and each family had their banners with the tribe logo and the family name on them. • show victories won. • are a demonstration of God’s presence lifted up in our midst. • can be a rallying point of healing. In the desert when Moses lifted up the serpent on the stake, that was a form of a visual banner for healing. • put the enemy to flight. •expose and destroy the works of the enemy through worship. • communicate the gospel of Jesus Christ to reach the lost. To Bestow Honor - To declare a name and an aspect of Gods character. As we wave it, we minister in love to our King and proclaim the magnificence of who He is. To Communicate - As a particular Flag/Banner is raised, the prayer behind it is somewhat like a phone call. We are speaking to our Lord in the aspect of His character depicted in the Flag/Banner, asking Him to reveal Himself and related matters of His heart to us. For example, if a Flag/Banner exalts Him as Jehovah Rohi (The Lord Our Shepherd), we are asking to speak to Him as the One Who leads, protects, and comforts us. Perhaps our hearts are crying out to Him to bring us to that place of restoration, or to show us specific direction for a situation. We ask, then await His response. To Signal Gods Presence - Lifting flags in worship follows the action of Moses as he lifted his rod (a shepherds staff, a spiritual type or symbol of a flag) as a visible sign of Gods presence, power and authority over the armies of Israel. To Declare Our Allegiance - As we wave our Flags and Banners in worship, we admit our loyalty as members of our Lords army in the presence of men on earth and before powers and principalities in the heavens. To Rally the Troops - We know our battle is not against flesh and blood, but against rulers, powers and spiritual forces of wickedness in the heavenly places Ephesians 6:12. Raising a flag stirs unity and loyalty in the Kings army, gathers soldiers together for strategy and strengthens commitment to victory. To Direct Warfare and Praise - Early records show that in ancient Egyptian battles, soldiers looked to Flags and Banners (ribbons or fabric tied to poles) to determine the direction of the wind, then shot their arrows accordingly to reach their target. In terms of spiritual warfare, a particular flag might be flown to say in the physical realm what is happening in the spiritual: it relates the direction of the wind of the Holy Spirit on a particular day. To Put the Enemy to Flight - Isaiah 59:19 tells us, ...When the enemy comes in, like a flood the Spirit of the Lord will lift up a standard against him. Flags and Banners are a God-given, God anointed, Word-based standard that displays His truth. Truth and light cause the enemy to flee. To Boast of Victory - The Hebrew word for lift up a banner is degel and the definition of it is to flaunt, be conspicuous, set up with banners. Psalm 20:7 says we will boast in the name of the Lord... To Be a Touchpoint of Faith - God directed Moses to put a bronze serpent on a pole as a focal point and promised that whoever would have faith enough to look on it would be healed of the deadly serpents bites. As we look to the Cross in faith, we find healing in the blood of Jesus. Flags and Banners are not idols and do not contain healing, nor any other manifested gift of God, but serve the Body of Christ as visual reminders of His faithfulness as Jehovah Rapha, The Lord Our Healer, or Jehovah Shalom, The Lord Our Peace, or any of the wonderful qualities of El Shaddai, the All Sufficient God, God Almighty. To Herald an Event - Flags and Banners declare a specific event or season. Through the use of Flags and Banners in worship, at such a time as this, the Bride of Christ is announcing in the spirit of Elijah and John the Baptist, The King is coming! Prepare the way for Jesus! The King is in the land!
Posted on: Fri, 28 Mar 2014 10:14:45 +0000