Ultimately, it’s faith that possesses the promises of God. Faith is a lens that looks at life through a confident trust in God and what He says is true whether or not the circumstances we face agree or not. 

Jesus is the solution for whatever has “bit” us in life and is bringing death and destruction.  Jesus was lifted up that whoever would look to Him in faith, repenting and confessing their sin, would also receive God’s grace. 

Abram was asked to leave some things behind but what he was going to leave would pale in comparison to what God was promising to give him.  Sometimes to go forward in life requires that we leave things behind. It may seem that we are losing something, but in reality, we are in the overall context actually gaining something.

In Jesus’ temptations, He not only reveals to us the core of the enemy’s temptations, but He also equips us with the means to overcome. In His victory, we have victory.

The disciples were not meant to figure out how to do what God wanted to do. They were simply to yield what they had, and in so doing, cooperating with Him, they saw the will of God manifest as the supernatural power of God was released.

Thus Jabez cried out to God. The overall theme of his prayer was that God would bless him; not just bless him, but bless him abundantly. He prayed that God would bless him with increase, with power, and with the fulfillment of his God-ordained destiny. And God granted him his request. 

As God’s partners, we beg you not to accept this marvelous gift of God’s kindness and then ignore it. For God says, “At just the right time, I heard you. On the day of salvation, I helped you.” Indeed, the “right time” is now. Today is the day of salvation. 2 Corinthians 6:1-2 (NLT)

Cooperating with God, following His lead, doing things His way is the means to deal with the spirit that we are fighting. As we humble ourselves before the Lord, we are positioned to receive His grace – the empowerment of God - and with His grace we are thoroughly equipped to repulse the enemy from our land. 

I believe God is working in all of us to bring us to a place where His will for us and through us can flow forth unhindered whereby God can use us to be a powerful instrument to further His purposes in the earth to save, preserve, and provide for those around us.  

Today, we studied the weapon that enables us to assault and cast down Satan’s strongholds. It is a fact of history that no army ever won a war on the defensive. Thus, we have an absolute obligation to move from a defensive position to an attack position.