THE LIFE OF FAITH AND THE GLORIOUS CHURCH - 2009
MARCH 5th
EVERY WORD WE SPEAK SHOULD BE A GREAT AND POWERFUL LIGHT SHINING
INTO THE HEARTS AND MINDS OF ALL THOSE WHO CROSS OUR PATH
Ephesians 4:29 NASB
As we seek continually
to walk in the fullness of the calling upon our lives we shall find that
"the world" hates Jesus, and we shall also come to the full
realization that greater is He that resides within us than he that is in the
world [1 John 4:4]. As we go forth, seeking only to fulfil the ministry of
Jesus we will be used as vessels of deliverance to destroy the strongholds of
Satan in the hearts and minds of men. Every word we speak should be a great and
powerful light shining into the hearts and minds of men and women and children
- exposing sin and casting down any "preconceived notions" that are
not in accordance with the Word [Will] of God. We are here in this earth to
fulfil the ministry of Jesus, and to do what Jesus calls us to do - no longer
living in any way for ourselves but for the One we serve. Every child of God
needs to have this attitude within themselves, and that is that they want
"nothing" for themselves but "everything" for the Lord. As
the believer replaces every thought that has its source in "darkened
wisdom" with the wisdom of God [at first this will seem like an
"arduous" task] they shall surely come to the place, through
perseverance, wherein Satan shall no longer have any control over them, but
rather they will be "constrained" by the Holy Spirit at every turn.
IF WE DO NOT TAKE THE STEPS TO DRAW
NEARER TO GOD THEN WE SHALL NOT BE ABLE TO RESIST SATAN AND HIS SCHEMES
Every step we take that causes us to draw nearer to God causes us to put up
that much stronger a resistance against Satan and his schemes. If we do not
take the steps to draw nearer to God then we shall not be able to resist
Satan and his schemes, and we shall indeed fall prey to the selfish lusts of
our own flesh. And if we do not bring our "every thought" captive to
the Word of God then we shall surely be found relying on things that are apart
from that Word and, thus, we shall surely be found placing our faith in the lies
of the Enemy, rather than the Author of life. So again, we need to have an
absolute revelation of the need for the renewal of our minds and we must
continue to bring every thought captive to the Word of God at all costs to
ourselves. For as we diligently seek to do this, the Anointing, which abides
within us, shall reveal to our hearts when something is not of God [Hebrews 4:12]. As we
continually replace the lies of Satan with the "exact" [revealed]
truth of God's Word, THEN we will no longer find ourselves believing in the
traditions and the doctrines of men [which, up until this time, have been
readily accepted as truth by many children of God], and we shall begin to see
clearly the true will of God for the people of this earth and [in many cases
for the first time] the "essence" of the true Christian life. As we
continually "confess" the Word of God in place of the
"lying" thoughts that proceed forth from the fallen nature of man
[Satan], the words that we speak we shall come to believe in our heart and,
thus, the power of God shall cause that word to become a "reality" in
our own experience. Again, as the believer diligently practices bringing every
thought captive to the Word of God, they will be delivered from any and every
grip or stronghold which Satan has in them and they shall be
"renewed" to the fact that all authority in Heaven and on earth
belongs to them, in Christ - and that they have been given authority over ALL
the power of the Evil One and, because of these things they will surely enter
into the perfect liberty that is theirs [in Christ]!
Related
Scriptures: Acts 10:38; 2 Corinthians 5:15; James 4:7-8; John 10:10; Romans
12:1-2; Luke 10:19; 2 Corinthians 3:17;
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