TODAY’S DEVOTIONAL (Saturday 29th May 2021)
Blessed be the LORD, who has not given us as prey to their teeth. Our soul has escaped as a bird from the snare of the fowlers; The snare is broken, and we have escaped.
Our help is in the name of the LORD, who made heaven and earth. Psalm 124:6-8 NKJV
WELCOME TO THE 149TH DAY OF OUR YEAR OF HIGHER HEIGHTS!
I retained yesterday’s devotional text because I feel in my spirit we should hang on there today. We have been beneficiaries of God’s help. So much is happening both in the kingdom of men and that or darkness; things that if the LORD’s help is not upon us, we would have long been history.
We live in a terrible society that hates people who depart from iniquity.
They do not just hate those who depart from iniquity but those who pray, preach and prophesy that people should depart from iniquity. That is why we need to the help of God to serve this generation according to the will of GOD. The mantra must remain “Our help is in the name of the LORD, who made heaven and earth.”
If our help is in men, we will be doomed. If our help is even in us, we will be finished because by strength shall no man prevail. But our help is in the name of the LORD, who made Heaven and earth.
Apostolic ministries by content are always on a war path with human traditions that runs contrary to God’s ways. That is why if God put you in that formation of His army, you must be ready to face all kinds of threats, dangers, attacks and etc. like what our father Apostle Paul faced.
This man went through so much. He suffered more than all others because his was not a healing and prosperity gospel ministry. His was a ministry raised by God to put in order what is lacking in the Church, and show the dying world the straightaways of the LORD.
When you are placed in the same unit by the LORD, you will go through the same ‘miseries.’ They are associated with the mantle.
We must understand that when you are called to restore back broken down standards and point the ways of the LORD to a lost generation, those who benefit from the status quo will move against you.
It must be established in our minds that when you are put in the part of GOD’s kingdom military formation whose job is to restore order, you will be hated by those who call disorder order. That will prepare us for any eventuality.
PEOPLE WILL HATE YOU EVEN MORE THAN THE DEVIL, SOMETIMES.
That is why we need the help if the LORD.
The Bible made it clear that when you are among a people who are not interested in pleading for the truth, but trust in empty words you will need the help of GOD.
When you are among those whose feet are swift in running to evil, people whose heart conceive iniquity and lives hatch out vipers’ eggs, you will need the help of the LORD to survive especially after departing from iniquity or becoming part of God’s military formation that restores divine order and raises broken down standards.
When it comes to departing from iniquity or being part of any move of God that restores morality and teach men how to live godly lives, becoming a prey of predators who benefit from the status quo is inevitable. You must understand that. The Bible says;
“Justice is turned back, and righteousness stands afar off; For truth is fallen in the street, and equity cannot enter. So truth fails, and he who departs from evil makes himself a prey.” Isaiah 59:14-15 NKJV
If people who depart form evil becomes preys to predators benefiting from the veil the people departed from, what do you think those predators will do to those who teach the people to depart form evil? They will move against them the way the lion and the bear moved against David after saving the lambs from their mouths.
As we continue our discourse this morning on matters of OVERCOMING WITCHCRAFT BY THE GREATNESS OF GOD’S POWER, you must understand that the help of God is what reformers need to carry out their assignments.
Yes, you must understand that every apostolic authority reforms.
That is what God called them to do. He placed them in His church and the world to bring reformation. They reform by aligning men with God’s ways and truth. Most times you will hate what they are doing, because their anointing is usually propelled by the LORD to go against the abominable in God’s sight; especially the one that is been treated as the acceptable by men.
THE ABOMINABLE IN GOD’S SIGHT IS ALWAYS EXALTED AMONG MEN.
It is its exaltation that puts you who stands with the gospel of God’s ways in a bad light. You dare not call it an abomination. You must justify it the way it is being justified. But the Bible says,
…. “You are those who justify yourselves before men, but God knows your hearts. For what is highly esteemed among men is an abomination in the sight of God…” Luke 16:15 NKJV
People celebrate what is abominable before God because they want to be justified before men. To justify yourself before men is the wrong thing to do as a child of God. It is my prayer that you who is fighting the battles of the LORD will remain strong and solid until your days on earth are over. Amen
Now to our discourse ________________________________
THE EXECUTION OF DIVINE JUDGMENT AGAINST WITCHCRAFT.
‘For I will pass through the land of Egypt on that night, and will strike all the firstborn in the land of Egypt, both man and beast; and against all the gods of Egypt I will execute judgment: I am the Lord.” Exodus 12:12
As noted in the previous chapter, the second key to overcoming witchcraft is to come into the revelation of God’s marvelous helps.
One of the many things God’s marvelous helps does, whenever He manifest as the glorious God, is to execute judgment on witchcraft the way it happened in Egypt. Anyone under witchcraft attacks therefore must come to the revelation of God’s written Judgment on witchcraft, then plant his faith in it and allow God to move.
The Bible says;
“But without faith it is impossible to please Him, for he who comes to God must believe that He is, and that He is a rewarder of those who diligently seek Him.” Hebrews 11:6 NKJV
Until God see faith, He does not move. And whatever is not of faith is sin – It will hinder His glorious moves. Faith is the springboard into the other aspects of the supernatural in God. But faith does not come by just praying. The Bible says faith comes be hearing, and hearing the word of God (Romans 10:17). In simply terms,
FAITH COMES BY HEARING FROM GOD!
That means, the faith that will move God to move against witchcraft in your life, can only come when you receive the revelation of His Written Judgment against all forms of witchcraft. And that is what this chapter is all about!
It’s my prayer that as you go through it, you will hear a word behind you saying “this is the way, walk in it.” You will be pushed into the faith position that will move Heaven into your earth the way it happened in Egypt, and you will see yourself coming out of the grips of every form of witchcraft in Jesus precious name. AMEN
Now let’s begin to unveil what the book said about these things!
IN THE KINGDOM OF GOD JUDGMENT IS EXECUTED BASED ON STRONG REASONS.
There are five basic reasons for the execution of divine judgment against witchcraft. They are the very reasons Heaven moves against witchcraft each time we call on God. If you do not know them and try to pray against witchcraft there will be no results.
Prayer alone cannot deliver any from the yoke of witchcraft. What will deliver you from the yoke of witchcraft is prayer with revelation knowledge, especially the revelation knowledge on God’s written Judgment against witchcraft.
In spiritual warfare, strong reasons must be given for significant victories to be unlocked. The strong reasons are usually buried in scriptures and must be understood. The written judgments we want to unveil carry the strong reasons for the execution of judgment on every act of witchcraft.
So if you know them, you will have the faith and the fire to deal with witchcraft and have God cut if off from your life!
TO BE CONTINUED…