We Wrestle With Not Flesh and Blood Part 10
When conflict happens what do we do?
Satan is allowed to roam the earth and mess with us, but he is not allowed to destroy us. If we cannot bind satan forever, and God isn't going to bind him until the end, what do we do in the meantime?
Our typical response to trouble/evil/darkness conflict is :
‘THE SKY IS FALLING! THE SKY IS FALLING! – SURELY THE LORD WILL COME BACK NOW – AND RESCUE US –
Do you realize that our response to evil and suffering exposes our commitment to God and our faith and trust in Him? If we are not going to receive a way out of the conflict right away, then we better learn how to respond to it right away. We have to believe that God is still in control.
What if one of God's intentions was to thwart evil by having 'His' image multiplied throughout the earth?
27 So God created human beings IN HIS OWN IMAGE. In the image of God he created them; male and female he created them.
28 Then God blessed them and said, “BE FRUITFUL AND MULTIPLY. FILL THE EARTH AND GOVERN IT.
Genesis 1 : 27 – 28
We believe that one of the reasons that satan hates us is because we are the very image of God. What if one of God's responses to darkness was first to have us take on his image, and then secondly, we go into the world with the fruits of the spirit and mulitply until the earth was filled with his image?
If we want to push back on darkness we need to ask ourselves these two questions:
#1: What am I doing to make sure that I am bearing the proper image of God to the world?
#2: What am I doing to take and multiply that image to fill the world?
As a believer, a follower of Jesus, we are to learn and study each piece of armor, put them on, and walk them out. We are not supposed to beg or hope for God to rescue us when evil and conflict come our way. Our response is to not be rescued from evil/darkness but to rise up and fight against it. It starts with you becoming more faithful, bold, peaceful, knowledgeable, moral, mature, and resistant to lies/temptations. God is waiting for His children to rise up and fight against the giants in their own lives and kill them. When they try to rise up against you, you face that giant and say:
“You come against me with sword and spear and javelin, BUT I COME AGAINST YOU IN THE NAME OF THE LORD ALMIGHTY,…”
What are you willing to do to combat the darkness all around you?
•Are you willing to – ‘BE DISCIPLED’ by someone else?
•Are you willing to – ‘DISCIPLE’ someone else?
•Are you willing to – ‘TRUST’ every Name of God?
•Are you willing to – ‘TAKE ON’ every Character of God?
•Are you willing to – ‘OBEY’ everything Christ has commanded you to do?
•Are you willing to – ‘BECOME WHOLE’ and not STAY BROKEN?
•Are you willing to – ‘BE HOLY’ as He is Holy?
“His intent was that now, THROUGH THE CHURCH, the manifold wisdom of God SHOULD BE MADE KNOWN to the rulers and authorities in the heavenly realms,”
Ephesians 3 : 10
All of heaven is watching how we live and walk out God's redemptive plan of salvation and grace to the world.
Satan is allowed to roam the earth and mess with us, but he is not allowed to destroy us. If we cannot bind satan forever, and God isn't going to bind him until the end, what do we do in the meantime?
Our typical response to trouble/evil/darkness conflict is :
‘THE SKY IS FALLING! THE SKY IS FALLING! – SURELY THE LORD WILL COME BACK NOW – AND RESCUE US –
Do you realize that our response to evil and suffering exposes our commitment to God and our faith and trust in Him? If we are not going to receive a way out of the conflict right away, then we better learn how to respond to it right away. We have to believe that God is still in control.
What if one of God's intentions was to thwart evil by having 'His' image multiplied throughout the earth?
27 So God created human beings IN HIS OWN IMAGE. In the image of God he created them; male and female he created them.
28 Then God blessed them and said, “BE FRUITFUL AND MULTIPLY. FILL THE EARTH AND GOVERN IT.
Genesis 1 : 27 – 28
We believe that one of the reasons that satan hates us is because we are the very image of God. What if one of God's responses to darkness was first to have us take on his image, and then secondly, we go into the world with the fruits of the spirit and mulitply until the earth was filled with his image?
If we want to push back on darkness we need to ask ourselves these two questions:
#1: What am I doing to make sure that I am bearing the proper image of God to the world?
#2: What am I doing to take and multiply that image to fill the world?
As a believer, a follower of Jesus, we are to learn and study each piece of armor, put them on, and walk them out. We are not supposed to beg or hope for God to rescue us when evil and conflict come our way. Our response is to not be rescued from evil/darkness but to rise up and fight against it. It starts with you becoming more faithful, bold, peaceful, knowledgeable, moral, mature, and resistant to lies/temptations. God is waiting for His children to rise up and fight against the giants in their own lives and kill them. When they try to rise up against you, you face that giant and say:
“You come against me with sword and spear and javelin, BUT I COME AGAINST YOU IN THE NAME OF THE LORD ALMIGHTY,…”
What are you willing to do to combat the darkness all around you?
•Are you willing to – ‘BE DISCIPLED’ by someone else?
•Are you willing to – ‘DISCIPLE’ someone else?
•Are you willing to – ‘TRUST’ every Name of God?
•Are you willing to – ‘TAKE ON’ every Character of God?
•Are you willing to – ‘OBEY’ everything Christ has commanded you to do?
•Are you willing to – ‘BECOME WHOLE’ and not STAY BROKEN?
•Are you willing to – ‘BE HOLY’ as He is Holy?
“His intent was that now, THROUGH THE CHURCH, the manifold wisdom of God SHOULD BE MADE KNOWN to the rulers and authorities in the heavenly realms,”
Ephesians 3 : 10
All of heaven is watching how we live and walk out God's redemptive plan of salvation and grace to the world.
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