Psalms 41:11 says “ By this I know that thou favourest me, because mine enemy doth not triumph over me.”
Throughout this week I have been thinking about this verse and trying to analyze my life in line with its content. I fragmented it into two parts: The favor of the Lord and triumph over my enemies. The analysis created a multitude of results in my life giving me a brand new way to look at myself; not from a loser’s point of view, but from a favored person’s point of view.
Today we can really create a difference in the way we look at things, by just looking at the good things God has done for us, an art commonly known as “counting ones blessings”. And one of the greatest blessings we need to look at is the Victories we have over our enemies; yes the devil and his children. I know for a fact and this is true that it’s not every time we escape from the ambushes of the devil without injuries. Sometimes he wounds us, other times he kills our members and at given times he takes full control of some parts of our lives. I know this may sound strange but it’s a reality. I am not talking about physical members only but more of spiritual ones!
We constantly engage in terrible battles, exchanges of fire and deployments of heavy spiritual ammunitions, injuring or even destroying his war men. On the other hand he carries out streaks of hit and run attacks, sometimes killing some of our members, as I said earlier, whom we have to bring back to life. Let me be real so that I can create harmony in this great tune. The devils kills our health by planting sickness in us, they kills our financial freedom by dragging us in to debts. They kills our peace by sowing discord in our relationships and as if that is not enough they plugs us into his sockets which ensure that there is a constant supply of these materials.
Being ignorant or just sitting back and watching him ruin our lives worsens our state, eventually reducing us to slaves and servants of his will. He becomes the controller of our radar, driving us wherever he wishes. We cannot make any choices or even independent decisions, simply because we are under his yoke! And a pertinent question remains unanswered and this is it “For how long”?
Anyway that was those who shrink back and relax, the Lord has no pleasure in them, but as for me and those who have decided to take it upon themselves to wage war against the devil, the lord has not allowed this beast to triumph over us. By this I know and I am confident that he has been on our side. He has not allowed the fore to triumph over us. If you fathom this truth, then you will look at life differently. You will realize that God wants us to play our part as he plays his. If we are able to fight and instead of fighting, we sit back and ignore, he will not fight on our behalf. He will watch from a distance until we obey. If we can successfully overcome the devil of tithing, God won’t push us to tithe; he will watch us until we obey. He will only fight for us where we cannot do it by ourselves.
There is an assurance from our master that we shall never be defeated. But do you know that you can stay undefeated and still be oppressed? Yes, you can, if you do not take action. A good example is the state about the children of Israel, before David came forth. Their Devil Goliath ( 1 Samuel 17:8-10) had mocked them and their God for a while, but they were not yet defeated. When David came, he took a step further and overcome the enemy, making the philistines slaves to the Israelites. He understood this very Well:
“ Psalms 124:1 If it had not been the Lord who was on our side, now may Israel say; 2 If it had not been the Lord who was on our side, when men rose up against us: 3 Then they had swallowed us up quick, when their wrath was kindled against us:”
And again “Psalms 41:11 By this I know that thou favourest me, because mine enemy doth not triumph over me.”
Why? Because there was this assurance “Acts 2:25-28 I foresaw the Lord always before my face, for he is on my right hand, that I should not be moved: 26 Therefore did my heart rejoice, and my tongue was glad; moreover also my flesh shall rest in hope 27 Because thou wilt not leave my soul in hell, neither wilt thou suffer thine Holy One to see corruption. 28 Thou hast made known to me the ways of life; thou shalt make me full of joy with thy countenance.”
Consider again the favor of the lord upon your life now and for the days to come, because his steadfast love endures forever. You have a favor that God shall not allow that Goliath, to triumph over you. But that does not mean he won’t mock you! That does not mean that he won’t cast his arrows to you! If you have this assurance, why are you worried? Why are you afraid of going forth and attacking him? Why are you sitting back and singing his tunes? The likes of “why me?”
Arise and shine, for your light has come and the glory of the lord has risen upon you, Stop watching the devil mock your God by planting more debts to your life, messing your relationships, or making you a sinner!!! You have a role to play and God won’t do it for you!! If you are required to work, arise and work. If you are required to pray, stand up and pray.
I have seen a trend the devil is introducing in church today which is a mere lie. Am sure many can perish by this because it seems too good to be harmful. This is it: I used to believe that, I didn’t need to wage war with the devil in prayer. I used to see it as a waste of time; I considered worshiping for a whole kesha a win over the devil and his plans. Little did I know that I was messing myself in a way. In a nut shell this is what I was doing
Today we can really create a difference in the way we look at things, by just looking at the good things God has done for us, an art commonly known as “counting ones blessings”. And one of the greatest blessings we need to look at is the Victories we have over our enemies; yes the devil and his children. I know for a fact and this is true that it’s not every time we escape from the ambushes of the devil without injuries. Sometimes he wounds us, other times he kills our members and at given times he takes full control of some parts of our lives. I know this may sound strange but it’s a reality. I am not talking about physical members only but more of spiritual ones!
We constantly engage in terrible battles, exchanges of fire and deployments of heavy spiritual ammunitions, injuring or even destroying his war men. On the other hand he carries out streaks of hit and run attacks, sometimes killing some of our members, as I said earlier, whom we have to bring back to life. Let me be real so that I can create harmony in this great tune. The devils kills our health by planting sickness in us, they kills our financial freedom by dragging us in to debts. They kills our peace by sowing discord in our relationships and as if that is not enough they plugs us into his sockets which ensure that there is a constant supply of these materials.
Being ignorant or just sitting back and watching him ruin our lives worsens our state, eventually reducing us to slaves and servants of his will. He becomes the controller of our radar, driving us wherever he wishes. We cannot make any choices or even independent decisions, simply because we are under his yoke! And a pertinent question remains unanswered and this is it “For how long”?
Anyway that was those who shrink back and relax, the Lord has no pleasure in them, but as for me and those who have decided to take it upon themselves to wage war against the devil, the lord has not allowed this beast to triumph over us. By this I know and I am confident that he has been on our side. He has not allowed the fore to triumph over us. If you fathom this truth, then you will look at life differently. You will realize that God wants us to play our part as he plays his. If we are able to fight and instead of fighting, we sit back and ignore, he will not fight on our behalf. He will watch from a distance until we obey. If we can successfully overcome the devil of tithing, God won’t push us to tithe; he will watch us until we obey. He will only fight for us where we cannot do it by ourselves.
There is an assurance from our master that we shall never be defeated. But do you know that you can stay undefeated and still be oppressed? Yes, you can, if you do not take action. A good example is the state about the children of Israel, before David came forth. Their Devil Goliath ( 1 Samuel 17:8-10) had mocked them and their God for a while, but they were not yet defeated. When David came, he took a step further and overcome the enemy, making the philistines slaves to the Israelites. He understood this very Well:
“ Psalms 124:1 If it had not been the Lord who was on our side, now may Israel say; 2 If it had not been the Lord who was on our side, when men rose up against us: 3 Then they had swallowed us up quick, when their wrath was kindled against us:”
And again “Psalms 41:11 By this I know that thou favourest me, because mine enemy doth not triumph over me.”
Why? Because there was this assurance “Acts 2:25-28 I foresaw the Lord always before my face, for he is on my right hand, that I should not be moved: 26 Therefore did my heart rejoice, and my tongue was glad; moreover also my flesh shall rest in hope 27 Because thou wilt not leave my soul in hell, neither wilt thou suffer thine Holy One to see corruption. 28 Thou hast made known to me the ways of life; thou shalt make me full of joy with thy countenance.”
Consider again the favor of the lord upon your life now and for the days to come, because his steadfast love endures forever. You have a favor that God shall not allow that Goliath, to triumph over you. But that does not mean he won’t mock you! That does not mean that he won’t cast his arrows to you! If you have this assurance, why are you worried? Why are you afraid of going forth and attacking him? Why are you sitting back and singing his tunes? The likes of “why me?”
Arise and shine, for your light has come and the glory of the lord has risen upon you, Stop watching the devil mock your God by planting more debts to your life, messing your relationships, or making you a sinner!!! You have a role to play and God won’t do it for you!! If you are required to work, arise and work. If you are required to pray, stand up and pray.
I have seen a trend the devil is introducing in church today which is a mere lie. Am sure many can perish by this because it seems too good to be harmful. This is it: I used to believe that, I didn’t need to wage war with the devil in prayer. I used to see it as a waste of time; I considered worshiping for a whole kesha a win over the devil and his plans. Little did I know that I was messing myself in a way. In a nut shell this is what I was doing
“I WAS GATHERING WEAPONS AND NOT USING THEM”
That is exactly what you do when you think that there is no need to deal with demons. They should not take all your time, but you should at least fight until you silence them. One thing am sure of is that those who ignore the “ Violent take it by force “ keep on saying “Why is it that am the more faithful than some people but my life… I pay my tithe, I do the works of God… What wrong have I done O my God… My friend.. You also need to “giginyana” with the devil” Yeah you need to make use of the weapons you have gathered. Ok take time and think about it in length. If you can consult!
Am posing this challenge to you! You are favored of the Lord and the glory of the lord is upon you. Arise and shine. You are a son of the most high God and on top of hat he has given you all his warfare weapons! Why are you worried? What makes you fear? Why are you giving up? Hebrews 12:12 Therefore, strengthen your feeble arms and weak knees. 13“Make level paths for your feet,” so that the lame may not be disabled, but rather healed.. and your strength restored.
Arise for “1 kings 19:7 … the journey is too great for thee.." Please note that the devil is not through with you! Giving up is not an option. If you do it, he will kill you. Fighting him to the end gives you victory and eternal life. Do not give up. The Lord will not allow him to triumph over you. Fight your battle. Let the Lord fight his battle. Guard yourself with protective and offensive gears and wage the right warfare.
Am posing this challenge to you! You are favored of the Lord and the glory of the lord is upon you. Arise and shine. You are a son of the most high God and on top of hat he has given you all his warfare weapons! Why are you worried? What makes you fear? Why are you giving up? Hebrews 12:12 Therefore, strengthen your feeble arms and weak knees. 13“Make level paths for your feet,” so that the lame may not be disabled, but rather healed.. and your strength restored.
Arise for “1 kings 19:7 … the journey is too great for thee.." Please note that the devil is not through with you! Giving up is not an option. If you do it, he will kill you. Fighting him to the end gives you victory and eternal life. Do not give up. The Lord will not allow him to triumph over you. Fight your battle. Let the Lord fight his battle. Guard yourself with protective and offensive gears and wage the right warfare.
Once you overcome, you will rule over him. If he overcomes you he will overthrow your government and am telling you; He will appoint satanic cabinet secretaries to be in charge of your ministry of finance, Ministry of health, Ministry of Home Affairs, Ministry of Foreign affairs, Ministry of transport, ministry of education, Ministry of Natural resources among others. My friend you will be your family will be visiting hospitals in shifts. Your debts will be as many possible, your home affairs will be no longer home affairs but public affairs. You will never enjoy any peace in any internal or foreign matters.
That is not enough, if it’s walking, then you will walk for a while and to seal it up, educating anyone in your family will be a battle. Summing all those will translate to frustration. You can imagine having your worst enemies being appointed by the devil to be in charge of all the above ministries! With his government in place, you will learn your lessons right. Utafinyiliwa!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Now which one easier; giving up or going forth for Battle? I believe the latter has a hope.
Don’t give up, don’t sit down and watch the devil steal from you. You are favored! You are honorable. Uphold your value, take charge and be responsible. Overcome in all your battles.
YOU ARE MORE THAN A CONQUERER
Bro Nicholas
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