The Holy Spirit calls me this morning. The watches of the night brings forth the croaking of the frogs. This is my way of describing the constant barrage of enemy psyops into the atmosphere. The constant unwelcome thoughts trying to defeat me and cause truth to retreat from the battlefield of my mind.
The Holy One always comes to my rescue when my conscious thoughts can be formed. Today He speaks to a perspective in prayer, as I have been called there, to war against the dark forces that challenge all that is Holy in our earthly existence.
When the Spirit speaks, I get a new prayer perspective and strategy. Jesus said, "If you remain in Me and My words remain in you, ask whatever you wish and it will be given to you." John 15:7 As I am pondering this amazing promise for answers, the Holy One brings me to an important truth.
He said, "You have been asking for more action from the Throne, when all you need has already been given. You need to ask for the ability to claim what has already been made available."
Interesting and true. On the issue of our salvation, the price has been paid, the Savior has come, died in my place and is now seated on His Glorious Throne. He has already done all He can to save us, the rest is up to us as individuals. The "action" needed to accept the Lord as our substitute on the Cross and His death to sin as our death, is up to us. An act of our will is what Salvation requires. His action has already been taken. His victory has already been won.
I move on to ponder the battles we are all facing in our lives. The darkness in the circumstances we "see". The Holy One reminds me that things are not as they appear. The evil one is a liar. His lies form a cloud of oppression over our minds and souls and that meters out to our perspective of the circumstances we "see".
The truth is different than the lies we believe. But how do I process this new directive?
Holiness takes me back to the mystery of the power of the spoken word. "God said" and it was so. He reminds me that the weapons we fight with are not carnal but mighty unto God for the bringing down of strongholds. The Holy One cautions me that my own words can impact the battle bringing victory or defeat. Our counsel sessions are vital to living the victorious life here on earth.
The enemy croaks in my ear that all is lost, the dark is too great to be overcome, retreat is mandatory to avoid greater losses. If I agree with that lie, and act upon it, defeat is imminent.
How many battles have been lost due to my verbal repeat and subsequent reaction to the lie I hear in my ear? What victories might I have experienced with the powerful declaration of truth, "Evil is a defeated foe"! Jesus Christ is the Hero and He brought victory for all of us who call upon His name, not just for eternity future but also in the battles raging here and now.
If, as the Holy One has spoken, the battle has been already won and victory is mine, then it is up to me to appropriate it in every situation that touches my life for the Glory of my Savior and King.
I am reading a great book and a chapter in it called, "dare to imagine". It comes to me in the form of an exhortation by the Holy One to press in, know the Will of God as it is written, dare to take God at His word and proceed to the victory as if it is already done and won.
Since the Majestic God of all Creation exists outside the box we know as life, could it be that we can lay claim to victories that are future to us in the confidence that in Heaven they are already won?
How would that understanding of God's Sovereignty affect the depths of our relationship in prayer? How would that change our perseverance, our persistence, our determination to appropriate those victories here?
I believe it is time to purge our minds of the lies of the evil one haranguing us about defeat, and it's time to lay claim to the victories echoing from Eternity's Throne.
The Holy Spirit is calling. Can you hear Him?
The Holy One always comes to my rescue when my conscious thoughts can be formed. Today He speaks to a perspective in prayer, as I have been called there, to war against the dark forces that challenge all that is Holy in our earthly existence.
When the Spirit speaks, I get a new prayer perspective and strategy. Jesus said, "If you remain in Me and My words remain in you, ask whatever you wish and it will be given to you." John 15:7 As I am pondering this amazing promise for answers, the Holy One brings me to an important truth.
He said, "You have been asking for more action from the Throne, when all you need has already been given. You need to ask for the ability to claim what has already been made available."
Interesting and true. On the issue of our salvation, the price has been paid, the Savior has come, died in my place and is now seated on His Glorious Throne. He has already done all He can to save us, the rest is up to us as individuals. The "action" needed to accept the Lord as our substitute on the Cross and His death to sin as our death, is up to us. An act of our will is what Salvation requires. His action has already been taken. His victory has already been won.
I move on to ponder the battles we are all facing in our lives. The darkness in the circumstances we "see". The Holy One reminds me that things are not as they appear. The evil one is a liar. His lies form a cloud of oppression over our minds and souls and that meters out to our perspective of the circumstances we "see".
The truth is different than the lies we believe. But how do I process this new directive?
Holiness takes me back to the mystery of the power of the spoken word. "God said" and it was so. He reminds me that the weapons we fight with are not carnal but mighty unto God for the bringing down of strongholds. The Holy One cautions me that my own words can impact the battle bringing victory or defeat. Our counsel sessions are vital to living the victorious life here on earth.
The enemy croaks in my ear that all is lost, the dark is too great to be overcome, retreat is mandatory to avoid greater losses. If I agree with that lie, and act upon it, defeat is imminent.
How many battles have been lost due to my verbal repeat and subsequent reaction to the lie I hear in my ear? What victories might I have experienced with the powerful declaration of truth, "Evil is a defeated foe"! Jesus Christ is the Hero and He brought victory for all of us who call upon His name, not just for eternity future but also in the battles raging here and now.
If, as the Holy One has spoken, the battle has been already won and victory is mine, then it is up to me to appropriate it in every situation that touches my life for the Glory of my Savior and King.
I am reading a great book and a chapter in it called, "dare to imagine". It comes to me in the form of an exhortation by the Holy One to press in, know the Will of God as it is written, dare to take God at His word and proceed to the victory as if it is already done and won.
Since the Majestic God of all Creation exists outside the box we know as life, could it be that we can lay claim to victories that are future to us in the confidence that in Heaven they are already won?
How would that understanding of God's Sovereignty affect the depths of our relationship in prayer? How would that change our perseverance, our persistence, our determination to appropriate those victories here?
I believe it is time to purge our minds of the lies of the evil one haranguing us about defeat, and it's time to lay claim to the victories echoing from Eternity's Throne.
The Holy Spirit is calling. Can you hear Him?
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