GOD HAS A PURPOSE

God has a purpose and a plan for your life.  He placed that purpose in you when you were born into this earth.  God’s DNA chip of His destiny and purpose for you is built into you; it is a part of your being.  Here’s the good news:  He also made provision for all that you will need to fulfill that purpose.

Perhaps you think you have gotten off course and need a course correction.  The Holy Spirit of God is there to put you back on course.  It is so simple that sometimes we miss it.  God is so easy to walk with.  His love is so great and intense for you and me that He is always ready to come to our aid.  Why is that?  He wants His plan to be fulfilled in your life.  That is the place of your greatest joy and peace.  There is no greater joy than to be right in the middle of God’s perfect will.  Is that possible?  Of course it is.  All we have to do is say:  I am yielded to you God.  Tell me what to say.  Tell me what to do.  Show me where to go to do it.  I will obey.  Yielding and obedience is the key.  What a wonderful God we serve!  What a Father we have!  He waits for our obedience!

Hebrews 13:20,21 Amplified Bible

Now may the God of peace [Who is the Author and the Giver of peace], Who brought again from among the dead our Lord Jesus, that great Shepherd of the sheep, by the blood [that sealed, ratified] the everlasting agreement (covenant, testament), strengthen, (complete, perfect) and make you what you ought to be and equip you with everything good that you may carry out His will; [while He Himself] works in you and accomplishes that which is pleasing in His sight, through Jesus Christ (the Messiah); to Whom be the glory forever and ever (to the ages of ages).  Amen (so be it).

This scripture passage settles it for me every time.  God is the Author of peace (shalom: wholeness, soundness).  He is the Giver of peace.  He is the one with resurrection power to bring His life (zoe) into you and me.  That resurrection life raises every dead thing in your life.  And you know what the wonderful part of that scenario is?  He gives us that power to do what He has called us to do.  He equips us with everything good (that’s all of Him) to carry out His will.  He is the One Who accomplishes it.  We are along for the ride.

God is in the driver’s seat and we are the passenger.  There’s only one problem with that scenario.  I imagine you can guess what that is—-we like to drive, even though we don’t know the way.  We like to do it ourselves.  Rest is a word we must learn to employ in our lives.  Rest means sitting down in the accomplished work of Jesus and following directions.  Rest means allowing God to take care of things for us; in other words, let Him do the driving.  We are to rest in His finished work.

Let’s all make the decision today and every day to rest in God’s purpose and plan for our lives and to let Him direct the operations.  He is the Chief of Operations!

AUTHORITY AND POWER, PART 9

We know our authority over the kingdom of satan because Christ has set us free from the curse of the law.  He has given us total freedom from the curse.  What is the curse?  If we look in Deuteronomy 28 we have a list of the things that come from the curse.  They can be summed up in three words:  sin, sickness, and poverty.  Each of these bring death.  Death is separation from something.  Sin is separation from the righteousness of God.  Sickness is separation from the health of God.  Poverty is separation from the prosperity of God.  God’s original intent was for us to be blessed with His Blessing.  That is still true today.  Jesus opened up the way for The Blessing of God to be available to us again.  We as God’s children should expect to walk in that Blessing.

Galatians 3:13,14,16,29

Christ has redeemed us from the curse of the law, being made a curse for us; for it is written, Cursed is every one that hangs on a tree:  that the blessing of Abraham might come on the Gentiles through Jesus Christ; that we might receive the promise of the Spirit through faith.  Now to Abraham and his seed were the promises made.  He saith not, And to seeds, as of many; but as of one, And to thy seed, which is Christ.  And if you be Christ’s, then are you Abraham’s seed, and heirs according to the promise.

Our inheritance, our right, is to have The Blessing of God, which is The Blessing of Righteousness, The Blessing of Health and Healing, and The Blessing of Prosperity operating in our lives all the time.  When that is not the case, we have God’s command to take authority over anything that is robbing us of our blessing or blocking our blessing.  We must be open to His instruction, because sometimes the blocking of the blessing is on our part because we are ignorant of our inheritance or we are afraid it won’t work for us or we feel like we are not worthy of it.  Of course we are not worthy of it.  BUT, JESUS CHRIST MADE US WORTHY!  It is because of Him that we have these benefits of the Kingdom of God.

What part of The Blessing do you need to be operating in your life today?  Take authority over the devil who is trying to keep it from you.  You have been set free from the curse that the blessing may be upon you.  Enjoy your Blessing!