Resurrection Power

The watches of the night bring the "psyops" of evil.  Like the croaking of a frog, the repetition of the message the enemy wants me to believe, keeps assaulting my mind while I am half asleep.

The Holy Spirit calls to me out of that place of vulnerability to remind me that He is always with me to combat the lies with Truth.  How thankful I am each and every day to know that My Redeemer lives, and His wisdom and counsel begins right away.

The enemy's tactics against me always boil down to the battles I am watching unfold or worse, the battles that are in full swing and raging.  It's not just the fact that a battle is being waged by the evil one, it's all the suggestion that the "evidence" proves he is prevailing in it to the "apparent" destruction of all that I hope for.  His ultimate goal is to destroy my faith that God is who He says He is.

The Holy One allows me to vent my fears.  He listens while I repeat the lies to Him that the enemy has fed me.  I take it all to Him this morning.  He receives the dark words of doom. I repeat what I hear the evil voice taunting me with, as I suffer in the circumstances of this trial. 

His gracious words start to flow to me.  I Peter 4:12-19,  "Do not be surprised at the painful trial you are suffering as though something strange were happening to you.  But rejoice that you participate in the sufferings of Christ."

I walk my mind back to my Savior's life and model.  What about "take up your cross and follow Me" have I missed?  The Holy One gently clears my mind,

"Beloved, you do not get to choose your own cross".  I do not get to select the place where I must die to my flesh, my heart, my emotions.  But die I must or I can never experience resurrected life.

I put my mind on the death of my Savior, and process His suffering.  True to the scriptures, I find within this painful trial, that my Lord knows well my pain.

He was betrayed by those closest to Him
He was misunderstood
He was rejected
He was crushed in heart
He was emotionally all alone separated even from His Father
He was brutalized physically
He heard the victory chant as evil drove the spikes through His hands and feet

But then I realized there is something He did not model, something that overwhelms me that was not in Him.  Self Pity.

With the Holy One guiding my thoughts, as I ponder the agony of the betrayal I feel and lift my eyes to the way the Savior suffered for me, I realize there was no self pity......ever.

Jesus came on a mission and the mission did not disintegrate due to the response of the P.O.W.'S or the munitions of evil set up against Him.  Jesus came to conquer and conquer He did. Past the pain of all that he suffered, He rose triumphant and is now seated at the right hand of all  Power and Authority.

I Peter 4:13,  "But rejoice that you participate in the sufferings of Christ so that you may be overjoyed when His Glory is revealed.  The Holy Spirit who dwells within me is charged with the Sovereign Role to bring Glory to the resurrected Savior of the world, in me and through my life. 

Discouragement and self-pity have no place in my heart or my mind.  I repent and petition the Holy One to release His joy and peace within me and give me the strength to walk on for the ongoing commission is well stated in I Peter 4:19,  "So then, those who suffer according to the will of God should commit themselves to their faithful Creator and continue to do good".

The Spirit reminds me that the closer we get to the return of the Lord, the more intense will be the  enemy's efforts to discourage all who believe and represent the light.  But He is here to "strengthen the feeble hands, steady the knees that give way, say to the fearful hearts, be strong and do no fear, your God will come.  He will come with vengeance and with Divine retribution.  He will come to save you".  Isaiah 35.

Suddenly I begin to feel the power of resurrection life flood my heart and mind, realizing nothing is impossible for my God.  Self-pity has given way to the Lord's mighty Presence in this ongoing battle against the darkness and the commission to walk and live in the delegated authority I have against evil, as a servant of the Most High. 

Evil is now on a leash and we can enforce it's boundaries.  The gates of hell will not prevail against the delegated authority of the Lord's people.  Lord, Thy kingdom come and Thy Will be done on earth as it is in Heaven. 

The Spirit is calling.  Can you hear Him?