The power to create or destroy
Today’s study starts out in Joshua 4:24. The Israelites had just crossed the Jordan
river by a great miracle that the Lord had done for them. “He did this so that all the peoples of the
earth might know that the hand of the Lord is powerful and so that you might
always fear the Lord your God.”
This verse is a vision of the greatness of God and his
strength. His hand has all power over
the enemy. God never spoke and wondered
if what he said would come to fruition, he just spoke – and whatever he said
came to pass. And our God who never
changes, is the same today; what he speaks comes to pass.
The enemy has already been defeated. He was defeated prior to the fall of
Adam. The only power the enemy has is in
our minds. If he can get us to change
our minds and believe lies about God, he can keep us in places of unbelief and
powerlessness. Fear is the gateway of
the enemy. He came to steal, kill and
destroy, but the devil can only do that if we come into alignment with his
deceptions. Naturally, we are wired for
love; we were made by love himself, so
the deceptions cause chaos and toxify our thinking; deteriorating our minds and
our health. That’s why NO FEAR is
written so much in the bible, because partnering with fear is the gateway to
destruction, making covenant with a lie.
Believing a lie makes us hostile to God – so the best way to kill the
enemy is to be fed truth and break off lies.
Satan is a liar, and the only reason you’re not walking in kingdom
authority and confidence in righteousness is because you’re believing a lie. To walk in kingdom power and allow heaven to
come to earth, we must focus on renewing our minds. The more we can think Christ minded, the more
we will be able to walk in power, authority and confidence.
Right thinking produces right speaking. Luke 6:45 “A good man brings good things out of the good stored up in his heart, and an evil man brings evil
things out of the evil stored up in his heart.
For the mouth speaks what the
heart is full of.”
We are the only beings that God created that have been given the power
of life or death. Proverbs 18:21 The tongue has
the power of life and death, and those who love it will eat
its fruit. Angels and demons do NOT have
the power to create, but WE being made in God’s image do! The devil has no power to destroy unless he
convinces us through deception and fear, and we speak his lies. We create destruction through our Rhema – our
spoken word when we are not renewing our minds to the mind of Christ. We are still speaking the word of creation,
just the wrong word.
BUT
GOD!
We all
know that we are made in Gods image but I also know that we have some realigning
to do, to realize how in his likeness we have been made.
Isaiah 66:1-2 “This is what the Lord says: “Heaven
is my throne, and the earth is my footstool. Where is the house you will build for me? Where will my resting place be? 2 Has not my hand made all these things, and so they came into being?”
declares the Lord. “These are the
ones I look on with favor: those who are humble and contrite
in spirit and who tremble at my word.
God is
asking in this verse – where his house is going to be – where his resting place
will be. He’s asking when we are going
to be ready to fully house him. When will
you renew your mind so that you can see that God is with you and is in
you? “I have not dwelt in a house from
the day I brought Israel up out of Egypt to this day” 1 Chronicles 17:5
God is not interesting in manifesting himself in church. He is interested in manifesting himself in
you. “The kingdom of God does not come
with careful observation, nor will people say, here it is, or there it is,
because the kingdom of God is within you” Luke 17:21
Once
we get a grasp of how full of God we already are and realize the authority we
have already been given, we will not just be getting by, we will be walking in
VICTORY. God does not live in a church –
it says so over and over again in his word – he didn’t make a building in his
own image – he made YOU – in his image – the same as He is. John 10:34 says Jesus answered them, “Is it not written in your Law, ‘I have said you
are “gods”’? Jesus himself calls us gods. Why would he say that? Because we have been made in the image of GOD,
and being like our daddy, we have the power to create, and we have the power to
destroy. I’m going to be a daddy
imitator and destroy the enemy just like the disciples were taught in Luke
10:17-21 17 The seventy-two returned with joy
and said, “Lord, even the demons submit to us in your name.” 18 He replied, “I saw Satan fall like lightning from heaven. 19 I have given you authority to trample on snakes and scorpions
and to overcome all the power of the enemy; nothing will harm you. 20 However, do not rejoice that the spirits submit to you, but
rejoice that your names are written in heaven.”
Just like we have been forgiven, we have been healed, we have also been
given authority. When Jesus went to hell
after he left the cross, he stripped the devil bare of ALL authority. He took that authority to subdue the earth
and all that is within it. Genesis 1:28 God blessed them and said to them, “Be fruitful and increase
in number; fill the earth and subdue it. Rule over the fish in the sea and the
birds in the sky and over every living creature that moves on the ground.” We have the responsibility as believers to
take dominion over our own spheres – to make calm in the chaos – to take
authority over the enemy. The enemy
loves to puff himself up and make himself look big. He can look as big as a mountain but he still
has absolutely NO authority unless we give him some. Satan and his destruction are illegal on
this earth. So like an attorney, each of
us should know our kingdom rights and responsibilities as citizens, know who we
are and our authority in this world so that we can do as the great commission
says to do. Heal the sick, cleanse the
lepers, raise the dead, cast out demons.
We were sent here to destroy the works of the enemy – this is our sole
purpose. This is the reason why Jesus
said, As you go, PREACH the kingdom of heaven is at hand… How is it at
hand? BECAUSE ITS YOU! YOU are the kingdom – YOU are the
representative of Heaven. Jesus is IN
you – and he sits on the right hand of God in Heaven. Since he is in you and in Heaven, that means
you are in heaven right now – and that awareness of WHO you are as being in him
makes it so heaven is on earth right now.
This is why renewing your mind is so invaluable. We HAVE to think like Christ – because there
is no other way to think. Because the
only other way to think is going to kill you!
Satan has been veiling and
deceiving you since he had a chance to, so you wouldn’t see who you really
are! Because he knows that when you come
into your own and finally GET IT – HE’S DONE.
Holy
Spirit, reveal to me lies that the devil has spoken to me over the years that
have kept me separated from you. Reveal
to me generational curses that are keeping me from my destiny purpose. Close the doors of hatred, fear, sexual
immorality and witchcraft in my life and seal them with the blood of Jesus. Forgive me God that I have partnered with the
enemy. Heal me, mind body soul and
spirit and restore me to full alignment with you. Show me the authority I have and help me to
see the true identity that I have in you.
I
Declare – I am God’s and He is mine. My
covenant is with God alone. My mind is
renewed and restored in the name of Jesus.
Negative thoughts and negative thinking I bind you in the name of Jesus
and cast you to the pits of hell where you belong. I am a pure and spotless bride and I walk in
total authority. The enemy has
absolutely no power. Everywhere I place
my foot is MY territory and I bring heaven to earth there, and where the spirit
of the Lord is, the devil is bound and sent to hell. Chaos I speak to you and break you in the
name of Jesus. I am POWERFUL, I am WHOLE, I am made in the exact image of my Father God
and with my tongue I speak life, and I destroy the works of the enemy. In Jesus name Amen!
Other
verses to look up regarding this post:
Acts
7:48
Acts
17:24
1 Chronicles
17:5
Isaiah
66:1—2
Jeremiah
7:1-14
1
Corinthians 3:16-17, 6:19-20, 6:16-17
Ephesians
2:19-22
Luke
17:21
Luke
10:17-20
Luke
4:31
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