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Grace and Peace, Beloved of God! I’ve been traveling most of the day today, and while enroute to Philadelphia, PA from Tampa, FL I began to think about the “Global Impact!” session which was convened just a few days ago. The scripture text was Isaiah 61:1-4: (New Living Translation). I began to meditate on verses 1-2.
“1.The spirit of the Sovereign Lord is upon me, for the Lord has anointed me to bring good news to the poor. He has sent me to comfort the broken-hearted, and to proclaim that captives will be released and prisoners will be freed.
2. He has sent me to tell those who mourn that the time of the Lord’s favor has come, and with it, the day of God’s anger against their enemies.”
As many times as I have heard these particular passages used in sermons, bible study, etc., the emphasis is seemingly consistently placed on “The spirit of the Lord is upon me”, without closely examining and properly embracing the PURPOSE for which His spirit is in fact upon us. The spirit of the Lord is upon us in order to empower us to EXECUTE the strategies of the Lord, in the earth.
Beloved, in order to war a strategic and effective warfare, as we move through life, we must develop the ability to glean every single thing from all that we experience : challenges, obstacles, disappointments, joy – in order to be properly equipped for the challenges that lay ahead.
Because the spirit of the Lord is upon us, we are empowered NOW to speak, to proclaim – use our voices,to make an impact in the realm of the spirit. Some of us are just too quiet. The other thing that we often fail to understand is the order – the protocol that the Lord has established in the earth.
Verse 2 clearly states that we are to tell those that mourn, that the time of the Lord’s favor has come. Despite this, we often conduct ourselves as though we are waiting for the favor of the Lord to show up! The favor of the Lord is already manifesting – and with it, ” the day of God’s anger against their enemies”. Why is this important? I’m glad you asked! When the favor of the Lord is present in our lives, his anger against our enemies is ALSO present.
Many of us must learn that when in the heat of the battle, we cannot switch sides throughout the conflict. To do so is absurd. Well, what does “switching sides look like?” It looks like trying to intervene and influence precisely how the Lord’s anger against your enemy is manifested: whether that is to intensify it or lessen it. Many would not be dealing with that SAME demon – (or human for that matter) if they would simply step aside and truly allow God to be God. Some, due to ignorance of the Word of God, and not understanding the authority that they ALREADY possess in the realm of the spirit, are guilty of coddling, nurturing and sustaining their own captor. Who am I talking to?!
Let’s make a renewed commitment, Beloved,to get out of our own way so that we can live a life that honors our God every single day. This day we fight!
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