27/02/2026
THE SPIRIT OF STAGNATION
One of the most dangerous, yet hard to detect spirits is the spirit of stagnation.
It is not usually so obvious that you are under a spirit of stagnation. It looks just like normal human challenges you are going through.
Many times, people who are under the spirit of stagnation comfort themselves with platitudes such as 'my time will come', 'everything has its time' and 'my blessing has delayed because God is preparing me.'
Only after 10 years do you realize your time still has not come, you have nothing to show in terms of progress and it was not God preparing you for anything. You are just suffering from stagnation.
This is why God has anointed me with a teaching and deliverance ministry. It is so that through accurate teaching, I can help you draw the line between divine delay and the spirit of stagnation.
Now, there is such a thing as divine delay. God himself can take you through a wilderness journey to train, harden and humble you in preparation for destiny.
On the surface, it will look like stagnation, as in nothing is moving. But a spiritually sensitive person will be able to tell that God's hand is involved by the following things.
1. The voice
2. The provision
3. The comfort
When it is God himself taking you the wilderness season, he will speak to you a lot, showing you the glorious future to come. God's voice is very loud during the wilderness because it is when he is training you.
He will also provide for you. Things will be tough, but if it is God involved, he will provide for you and sustain you.
He will also comfort you. By comfort, I mean the greek word fortizo. He will fortify or strengthen you. There will be unusual strength and assurance even in the midst of difficulties. It is others who will feel sorry for you, not you. As for you you will very strong. When you are about to give up, suddenly unexplainable strength will come upon you.
Now, when it is stagnation you are going through, it will be characterized by the follow