Galatians 4:1-7 [NLT] says ‘Think of it this way. If a father dies and leaves an inheritance for his young children, those children are not much better off than slaves until they grow up, even though they actually own everything their father had.
DAILY READING; – Matthew 7; Exodus 37:1-38:31; Proverbs 17
Bishop David Oyedepo is the founder and presiding Bishop of Living Faith Church Worldwide, also known as Winners’ Chapel. He once shared a story of an interesting experience he had at the beginning of his ministry.
In 1984, a woman came to him and told him a pathetic story of how she was being harassed and embarrassed by a swarm of insects. They had been following her about and hovering around her head everywhere she went. This had caused her utter grief and embarrassment. She had done what she could to stop them but to no avail and so in desperation she had decided to come to the Church to seek for help.
As she narrated this story to Bishop Oyedepo, he then asked her where the insects were. She told him that as she entered the church premises, she noticed that strangely, the insects did not follow her into the Church but had stayed outside.
He then asked her to get up and show him where the insects were. When Bishop Oyedepo came out of the Church premises, true enough he saw a swarm of praying mantis hovering outside the premises. However, Bishop noticed that as he and some members of his staff approached, the swarm began to move backwards.
They closer they came, the more the swarm of praying mantis moved back until they finally took off and flew away. And that was the end of their harassing and embarrassing the woman.
Psalm 18:44-45 says ‘As soon as they hear of me, they shall obey me: the strangers shall submit themselves unto me. The strangers shall fade away, and be afraid out of their close places
During the time of Jesus Ministry on earth when the demons saw him they fell down on the ground and began to scream. Sometime even without speaking, His presence alone compelled the evil spirits to come out of their victims.
This was because they recognized His status as the Son of the living God. He had authority and power in Heaven and earth and had dominion and rule over the forces of darkness.
And just as Jesus greatly manifested His Sonship, we are to exercise dominion and rule over the forces of wickedness.
Now remember that Jesus is the pattern son. He is our perfect example. And as the Father has sent Him, so He sent us.
However being born again does not give us an automatic access to power. We have to grow into it through knowledge and spiritual exercises.
We have an inheritance of power because as many as receive Jesus, have been given power to become sons of God. But if we refuse to grow spiritually, and continue to operate as spiritual babes, we will not taste this vast inheritance of power given to us and will suffer like slaves on the earth.
Galatians 4:1-7 [NLT] says ‘Think of it this way. If a father dies and leaves an inheritance for his young children, those children are not much better off than slaves until they grow up, even though they actually own everything their father had.
Even though Jesus was born on earth as a child, He had to grow from boyhood to manhood. He waxed strong in spirit, He increased in wisdom and stature, until He assumed His full status as the Son of God.
In the same way, though we are born again as spiritual babes, we ought to grow spiritually until we come into full manifestations as sons of God on the earth.
When we receive Christ in our heart as our personal savior, we receive the potential to manifest His power. However it is when we take the responsibility to grow that we can come into actual manifestation of power.
Power manifestation is not for spiritual babes but for sons. The cardinal mark of sonship is the power to reign and exercise authority on earth.
When we come into our full status as sons of God, it will cause us to rule and dominate over the forces of darkness and cause every force in heaven and hell to obey our voice.
Especially in this season as we begin to take our place, through the manifestations of God’s power, we shall be experiencing amazing miracles, signs and wonders in our personal lives.
Today marks the first day of November. It is a month of new things. It doesn’t matter what past months may have looked like, today is bringing us into a season of seeing God’s power in a new dimension. In this eleventh month, through the Blood of Jesus, we shall be witnessing 11th hour miracles. The kind of favour, blessings and breakthroughs we have not seen since the year began shall suddenly begin to manifest in our lives. Let us therefore take the responsibility to prepare spiritually, so as not to miss the portion God has ordained for us in this new month in Jesus Name.
PRAYER: Lord, I thank You that by the Blood of Jesus I have come into my new season of inexplicable miracles in this eleventh month. Please give a fresh appetite for Your Word, prayers and praise so that I can access the victory You have ordained for me in Jesus Name.
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Illuminate your world, for you are a star destined to shine- – WORDBITE 222.