Why we need to Enforce the Victory of Jesus over our Life and How to.

Why we need to Enforce the Victory of Jesus over our Life and How to.

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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.