KEY # 2 – Believe the will of God, and have faith enough to be moved to action!
Do we believe enough that it moves us to action? If we are going to receive (lambano) what God has for us, His promises for our lives, it’s going to require us to:
1) Know what the will of God is and
2) believe it so much that my actions change – the way I talk, the way I believe, the way I act.
“And since we have the same spirit of faith, according to what is written, “I believed and therefore I spoke,” we also believe and therefore speak,” II Corinthians 4:13 NKJV
“For all the promises of God in Him are Yes, and in Him Amen, to the glory of God through us.” II Corinthians 1:20 NKJV
2 Corinthians 4:13, 2 Corinthians 1:20, Mark 5:21–32, Matthew 15:21–28, Ephesians 2:8–9
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“. . . 𝐇𝐄 𝐖𝐈𝐋𝐋 𝐃𝐄𝐒𝐓𝐑𝐎𝐘 these nations from before you, and you shall dispossess them.” Deut 31:3
God destroyed the works of the devil, and we are to take possession by driving out the previous tenant to put out of occupancy and reoccupy. The Enemy’s authority has been taken away, so that we can drive our enemies out and once we have driven them out – we reoccupy with the things of God.
𝐊𝐄𝐘 # 𝟏 – 𝐊𝐍𝐎𝐖 𝐖𝐇𝐀𝐓 𝐈𝐒 𝐎𝐔𝐑𝐒 𝐓𝐎 𝐏𝐎𝐒𝐒𝐄𝐒𝐒
We have to know the will of God to know what we have a right to possess. We must grow in knowledge and understanding of Him. God gave the Israelites their boundaries, and God gives us boundaries and within those boundaries, we must drive out every enemy (pride, selfishness, lust, unforgiveness) that takes up land that belongs to God and is preventing us from experiencing the life that Jesus has for us.
Deuteronomy 31:1–8, 2 Peter 3:17–18, Luke 2:52, Hosea 4:6, 2 Peter 1:2–4
Jesus said to Simon Peter, “Do you see this woman?”
Church, do we see the value of people? The value of the lost sheep the way that God sees them from Heaven? In a way that moves us to action to take the gospel to them?
We can believe the truth that Jesus died for all of us, but does that truth move us to a point that we show and share the truth with everyone? How many people do you pass in the course of your day that need to hear the truth of the gospel of Jesus Christ for their life?
“Then turning toward the woman he said to Simon, “Do you see this woman? I entered your house; you gave me no water for my feet, but she has wet my feet with her tears and wiped them with her hair.” Luke 7:44 ESV
God wants to remind you of your authority, and that the enemy doesn’t have a right in your life, without your permission.
The only way the enemy gets a seat in your life, is if you pull out a chair for him, by agreeing with him instead of agreeing with God. Where have you given up your seat, and let the enemy have a place in your life?
3 The Lord your God Himself crosses over before you; He will destroy these nations from before you, and you shall dispossess them. Joshua himself crosses over before you, just as the Lord has said. Deuteronomy 31:3 NKJV
Dispossess – yârêsh – Take possession of; occupy by driving out previous tenants, and possessing in their place; to inherit; also to expel, cast out, put out of occupancy
18 And He said to them, “I saw Satan fall like lightning from heaven. 19 Behold, I give you the authority to trample on serpents and scorpions, and over all the power of the enemy, and nothing shall by any means hurt you. 20 Nevertheless do not rejoice in this, that the spirits are subject to you, but rather rejoice because your names are written in heaven.” Luke 10:18-20 NKJV
Deuteronomy 31:1–8, Genesis 1:26–28, Luke 10:18–20, Hosea 4:6, 1 John 3:8
It was God’s plan from the beginning
” . . . for them to take dominion . . . “
And to ” . . . fill the earth and subdue it . . . “
God knew there was an enemy in the garden, and gave Adam and Eve to dispossess the enemy.
Why didn’t God just kick the enemy out of the garden?
There is a responsibility on God’s side that the people COULD NOT DO without Him, and there’s a responsibility on the people’s side that God WOULD NOT DO without them.
We must stay connected to Jesus, and KNOW WHAT BELONGS TO US!
We must have a revelation in our heart that with God we must drive out the enemy!
Deuteronomy 31:1–8, Genesis 1:26–28, Ephesians 1:11–12, Acts 22:14, Hosea 4:6