Planted Thoughts

Dear Saints,

Greetings to you.

I would like to share this word, which I pray will bless you. 

In the times we are living in, we need one another - this is not the time to rejoice when one falls. It is time to build up our army; we are all each other has. Let us not give room to the enemy to believe that our God is not strong.

I have seen - and I am deeply grateful - for the wise men and women, and for the level of unity and understanding we are experiencing in the Body of Christ. 

Read on.

A few days ago, I had a profound encounter with the Lord.

As I was praying for the Body of Christ, the Lord showed me what many people are dealing with, and the key thing that needs to be uprooted. I heard the Spirit of the Lord say: “planted thoughts.”

I asked the Lord to expand on this, and He said:

“Planted thoughts are rooted in the deepest insecurity of man. They are also rooted in pride. They are dishonest. The person carrying them is dishonest in their true emotions because the foundation is instability.”

Let me explain what this looks like –  

Environments create thoughts in your mind. Many people are in environments shaped by inherited offence or information. Because they are trying to protect themselves, they never truly process information to arrive at truth. So when something arises that looks similar to what they know, they defend it without listening for transformation.

Those thoughts build defence systems - affecting how they receive truth and respond to what needs to change.

Every time they hear something similar to what has been planted, they assume they are under attack - when that is not the case.

Planted thoughts also manifest when people interpret prophetic words through the lens of assumption. Instead of receiving the Word of the Lord, they reduce it to what they think the messenger is going through - missing what God is actually exposing.

It also shows up when conviction comes. Someone hears the Word and immediately becomes defensive or angry, thinking, “this is what they’re trying to say about me,” when it is actually the Lord bringing conviction. They then withdraw from strategic relationships or set misaligned boundaries. This is where pride enters - believing it is personal, instead of recognising God is highlighting something that needs to be dealt with.

A planted thought causes you to look for similarities, not truth. You begin to judge and interpret prematurely - becoming judge and jury over something that has not been clarified. This leads to sabotage, manipulation, and strained destinies.

Conversations need to be had. Rooms need to be cleared so that what should live can be resurrected. Many people are carrying planted thoughts into relationships that have the potential to grow.

It also manifests in subtle ways - like waking up in the morning with a negative or distorted thought. If you don’t check it, it will shape your behaviour and lead you into self-sabotage.

The enemy is intentional. His aim is to silence people and prevent the chosen ones from addressing what they know (without a shadow of a doubt) needs to be fixed. He will cause you to defend things you are not truly aligned with. He will position you in environments or partnerships that avoid confronting what matters in this season.

Many have done incredibly well and reached significant milestones - saving souls, investing, building - but through the ups & downs, and pressures of life, structures begin to form around the next level of fruit. This next fruit carries a stronger fragrance and a greater anointing.

The Lord is calling revealers to bring this out - it feels like the Word of God is shut up in our bones, compelling us to speak with bold confidence. And even when revealers are misrepresented, the truth will ultimately be made clear for all to see.

If you are reading this - you owe it to yourself to get your foundations right.

Being supported by those who refuse to change will not change the mind of God when He finally addresses these things. Do not mistake correction for attack, or refinement for delay - especially when God is giving you the opportunity to come before Him, remove planted thoughts, and allow the Holy Spirit to replace them with true discernment and wisdom. You must not ignore this drawing.

Don’t allow yourself to be upheld by someone else’s unresolved insecurity or ambition which will only cause you to fail.

As I wept before the Lord, I asked, “God, what must be done?”

I felt a boldness and courage rise to speak against this. That the Lord will anoint your head with oil. That every thought seeking to blind you from your value will be removed, in Jesus’ mighty name. That no one will lose their vision or sight.

The bruising, the confrontation, and what you go through does not diminish who you are - it produces a greater anointing and oil within you.

Listen carefully:

If you find yourself apologising for things that are not your fault just to manage someone else’s bad behaviour - your mind is being confused. Do not let someone else’s inability to face the truth cause you to lose a part of yourself that the Lord is pleased with.

Saul had thoughts that made David appear as an enemy, yet David was helping him. Those were planted thoughts. How many leaders today are operating from the same place?

Consider Salome, the daughter of Herodias. She was influenced to ask for the head of John the Baptist (Mark 6:14-29). She was in an environment of inherited offence - her mother carried a grudge. What business did a young girl have making such a despicable request? It was a planted thought.

Destinies are being limited by planted thoughts - which are demonic thoughts. And I believe the Spirit of the Lord is ready to judge this.

Do not allow past sorrow to take residence in your narrative. Sorrow was meant to be a tool, not a partner. You cannot partner with what you have overcome. You must become. Become, and lead.

In life, you are not truly free - regardless of how far you go - until you learn to capture these planted thoughts. When you overcome them, you gain discernment, and an understanding as to what is operating behind and around others. That is where true authority comes to pull down territorial strongholds.

If you are reading this - do not remain silent. Speak, even in the face of backlash. The Lord will have His way.

There are people like King Ahab who are hiding and covering themselves - operating with planted thoughts - but they will neither escape, nor get away with it. 

In 1 Kings 22, we see that the prophet Micaiah prophesied against him. In his fear, Ahab sought to manipulate the outcome of the battle by making Jehoshaphat visible while he disguised himself. 

Though he instructed Jehoshaphat to wear his kingly robe, behind the scenes he was positioning him as a target (1 Kings 22:30). But - El Roi - God, sees all. And He did indeed see everything behind these false pretences, and Ahab’s plan failed (1 Kings 22:32–33). He was struck by an arrow and killed in battle.

Despite Ahab’s 400 prophets insisting he go to war, King Jehoshaphat discerned that something was not right and insisted on hearing from a true prophet of God. Ahab despised Micaiah and had him imprisoned because he did not like the word he brought. He preferred the voices of false prophets with deceiving spirits, who told him only what he wanted to hear. He rejected the truth because it disrupted the false structure he had built around himself. 

Like Jehoshapat was adamant about hearing the Word of the Lord - you must want the anointing and the vision more than the comfort of what is dysfunctional. 

The enemy is working diligently to silence the true voices of God. But as I prayed, I heard the Spirit of the Lord say, “It is a season of vindication.” 

So, you need to be true to your calling - not rude, but true. Be faithful to what God has instructed you to say. If you are serving Him, look to Him. The enemy’s intention is to silence and mute true voices.

A person operating in planted thoughts often keeps people divided in order to maintain control, because they know that true reconciliation would expose their insignificance. When truth aligns people rightly, false power collapses. True reconciliation removes assumed power.

Ahab failed in his attempt to manipulate and misdirect others for his own protection, and his assumed power was exposed as insignificant - his scheming came to nothing and did not prevail. Be very careful and discerning - planted thoughts can compel you to raise a prayer altar against the innocent; but justice will be served.

I feel this fire so strongly to release the voices that have been muted by people’s sin, fear, and concealment - and the many who are still covering themselves with fig leaves. But fig leaves do not heal.

Let me expand on this:

Adam was called to tend the garden - but when exposed by God, he chose covering instead of confrontation for transformation. We often think what we are doing will validate us, while God is trying to remove what is in us that hinders us.

In this time, the Lord is removing what cannot sustain what He is doing.

I see and I feel revival.

Selah.

Adored,

Reverend Betty King