Why we need to
Enforce the Victory of Jesus over our Life and How to.
Welcome back.
When Jesus died on the cross of Calvary and said it was finished!
He meant the battle over sin for our lives was over but the damage caused by
sin needed to be rectified.
It was finished meant; you now have the legal right to right
the wrongs in your life and others according to the will of God.
It is finished; God was saying I have done the ultimate; now
you to do the maintenance and taking over. Remember God telling Israel go over
the arnon river and contend with Sihon King of Heshbon and begin to take over
his land (Numbers 21: 34; Deuteronomy 2:24-31). There was a paradox here. God
said, I have given you his land but you need to contend in battle to take over
what I have given you. How can you say you have given me something and still
require me to fight to take it over?
There was a clear reason for this and I explain based on
experience.
In God telling Israel to contend in battle against the
Amorites He was teaching and telling them:
- How easy it was to route
out any enemy as long as they believe Him and followed His instructions
- Teaching them the tactics of warfare( ours is fought in the spirit
realm and the enemies are not
different from the time of Israel, the only difference is the realm at
which these battles are now fought)
- Confidence in themselves and in God as they obeyed Him
- Teaching the younger ones
how to war and win
- Establishing the power and
intelligence of God over the nations Israel defeated and the surrounding
people.
The book of Isaiah 54:17 proves all this. In this scripture, God was talking to us through the prophet that it was His duty that no weapon (plan,
scheme, wars etc) planned against us would prosper as long as we declare with
our lips and faith in our hearts that the enemy is defeated. Faith cannot be overemphasized; it is the foundation of our Christian walk. It says here; with thy mouth
thou shall condemn in judgment all those who rise against you. As long as you
resist, I will in essence says God, resist on your behalf. But you must do the
talking and resisting by wielding my victory over your life, situation(s) or circumstance(s).
Isaiah 8:9-10
Many Christians including the writer in time past had
thought by being good, doing Gods will and helping others was a guarantee
against satanic attacks; I was wrong. Our righteousness guarantees us the right
to use Gods weapons of warfare and does not include the automatic response of
these weapons activating themselves. We need in essence activate them ourselves
through faith and by declaring by scripture based words as intended by God
against a negative situation.
Ephesians Chapter 6 makes it clear that we need to put on the whole
armour of God. Put on is an action word that you and I need to do. When we do this; we are call on angelic help and the Holy Spirit move on our behalf. We do this process with respect
and honour to God and not command Him to do things as if He was a machine to
obey our bidding. Never forget this; God is almighty and has emotions,
otherwise we would not have emotions ourselves and since we were created in His
image, we must in effect have respect for Him and order our steps as we do in
the earthly realm towards our superiors or those we honour. It is very important to note this that
constant victory over evil forces can be achieved if and only if we stand
according to scriptures. God will never do anything outside the written word.
Many have gone after other desires and say God cannot heal nor save any more,
it is a lie of the devil, and we need to be careful ourselves.
Why we need to enforce the victory of Jesus over our lives:
- To enable the believer do
Gods will and fulfill his God given purpose on earth
- That the will of God be
done on earth as it is done in heaven.
- To prove that Jesus is
Lord and thus bring many to saving knowledge of Jesus Christ.
- To release the knowledge
and intelligence of God on the earth.
- To prove that God loves
humanity and is not depriving us of any good thing.
- To prove the excellent
power of God over Sin, Sickness, Habits, Situations and Death.
- To herald the coming of
our Lord Jesus Christ.
- To show that Jesus is the beginning
and end of all things.
How to enforce the victory of Jesus over our lives:
- Consciously walking with
God and asking Him to protect you and your loved ones. Proverbs 18:10
- Declaring Gods promises
over your life and loved ones. Proverbs 18:20-21
- Breaking unfavourable
repeated cycles seen in your life. Galatians 3:13; Colossians 1:13-14; Colossians
2:13-18
- Declaring your new life in
Jesus so that angelic forces and the Holy Spirit know you truly believe in heavens cause and will(Desire). Romans 8:1-4
- Breaking satanic strongholds
in your life and others. Isaiah 49:13-16
& 24 -26
- Walking in the Spirit.
Galatians 5:16-26
This is not exhaustive but if you and I do this little and continue
in the obedience of the Holy Spirit, surely victory will continually remain
ours.
I pray God breath on us and cause His face to continually
shine on us and cause the earth to yield its increase towards us. Amen.
