I want to be a victorious Christian. I want to be an overcomer. I want to be able to conquer whatever difficulties come my way. I know it is possible because the Bible tells us that it is, but deep down, I'm afraid most of us don't believe it's possible. Romans 8:37 tells us that in all things we are more than conquerors through Christ Jesus, but what does that really mean? First and foremost, we cannot be victorious without God's leadership. That means we have to lean on Him every step of the way.
For Moses writes about the righteousness which is of the law, "The man who does those things shall live by them." But the righteousness of faith speaks. Romans 10:5-6 Let me say something about faith. You cannot have faith without speaking it. When you study Romans 10, you will notice that it says that "the righteousness which is of the law.... does.... But the righteousness of faith speaks." The law is about doing, whereas faith is about speaking. It is not enough to just know in your mind that you are righteous.
Here's an honest confession: I struggle to rest in the Lord when I'm doing His work. The apostle Paul told the Philippians: "For it is God who is at work in you, both to will and to work for His good pleasure" (Phil 2:13). It is a wondrous truth that God uses flawed human vessels to do His will. But He can't work through us if we are anxiously trying to do the job ourselves. In Old Covenant times, God instructed the priests to dress in linen garments instead of wool so they wouldn't perspire while they worked.
Have you ever had an area in your life where God has given you promise and for whatever reason dropped the ball with it or just let it go? Maybe the waiting, circumstances and the cares of life choked out that promise but God wants to restore it to you! Nothing is impossible with God. Believe the Lord to reignite faith and fire to see the fruition of all that He has promised in your life!
This morning the Lord showed me racehorses standing at a gate ready to run a race. They were not just average horses, but they were thoroughbred horses that were equipped and groomed to run with speed and endurance. They were tenacious, strong, built up and trained to respond to detailed instructions. They were fit with the correct bridle and bit in their mouth and disciplined to follow their master's commands.
The Lord has been burning this on my heart for several days. He gave me a picture of many people who have been in different types of prisons; financial, relational, occupational, emotional, physical, and the like. These have been years and years in their prisons, and one would think this would be their normal state of being, for the rest of their lives. These are people have been misunderstood, ignored, judged, falsely accused, and ridiculed. These prisoners have also been told their lives would never amount to anything. Many have lost heart. They have no real age, or wisdom at this point in time, just regular, 'Joes.' God has heard their cries!
God is sending a miracle to your life! He also is going to heal the sick through you and bring mighty breakthrough. God desires to release creative miracles to you and through your life to others. Jesus came preaching the gospel, teaching the good news, healing the sick and setting the oppressed free. These four things are the hallmarks of Christ's ministry on the earth and as His body we are called to release this same ministry today.
There is a charge being heralded from heaven to raise up an army of faithful soldiers who are called to "fall in" for active service. The generals of this army have already been selected by God. He's been watching in secret, testing and observing those whom He knows He can trust to lead this final quest and army of people; those who have learned to listen well and obey quickly. These generals are the "hidden ones" who, until now, have been through the fire, refined in the desert and survived betrayal, accusations and misunderstandings, but have remained humble, teachable and unoffendable.
The Lord has been speaking to me for quite a few years now about a major wave of deliverance coming to the body of Christ like we have never seen before. I believe we have now entered that time, where the Lord is delivering His people in power in ways we have never experienced. Recently I heard the Lord say, "Now is the time for 24-hour, major, monumental deliverance." When He spoke these words, they resounded loudly in my spirit. He is moving in so much power, upon many right now, that monumental change will take place in a day. Things will look one way and then, suddenly, the mighty wind of the Holy Spirit will come in power and bring significant deliverance and complete change.
A silk merchant in China in 200 B.C. would have faced a months-long journey to transport his goods to what is now the Middle East and Europe. Over the centuries, the routes traveled by merchants from the East became known as the Silk Road, one of the earliest attempts at globalizing markets. Today, a Chinese silk merchant would put his goods on one of many websites where buyers from around the world could shop. What used to take months on the Silk Road now takes only minutes on the "internet road."
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