When the angel of the Lord appeared to Gideon, he said, “The Lord is with you, mighty warrior.”
“Pardon me, my lord,” Gideon replied, “but if the Lord is with us, why has all this happened to us? Where are all his wonders that our ancestors told us about when they said, ‘Did not the Lord bring us up out of Egypt?’ But now the Lord has abandoned us and given us into the hand of Midian.”
The Lord turned to him and said, “Go in the strength you have and save Israel out of Midian’s hand. Am I not sending you?”
Judges 6:12-14 NIV
Gideon was a sleeping giant before the Lord appeared to him. The Midian's enslaved Israel, attacked them frequently,took their crops harvest and did to them every kind of oppressive acts. This made the whole Israel to fear the Midian's and Gideon was one of them. The Lord appeared to him, he said, "The Lord is with you, mighty warrior."
This shocked Gideon because He knew he was defeated and no strength to fight back remained in him. The Lord replied and said he should use the strength he had, and save Israel out of Midian's hand. But Gideon came up with excuses: He said his clan was the poorest clan in Manasseh and he was least in his family, and how would he going to save Israel? The Lord replied, "“Surely I will be with you, and you shall defeat the Midianites as one man.”
I'm talking to sleeping giant in you. God has given you gifts and potential which no one else has in the Body of Christ that you may use them to build his Kingdom and dominion in this world. You have come forth with different excuses of age,education level, lack of experience, economic status, marital status and so on. All of this just to run away from the calling which God has placed in you and destined you to walk and live in it.
This morning, God is ready to do beyond our human capabilities and limitations. The time of the giant in you to rise has come. You have been sleeping too much, the devil has made you to be a punching bag, he has been pushing you from this side end to the other end every time he feels like! You don't use the weapons of the blood of Christ, the Word of God, the Name of Jesus and the fire of Holy Spirit in your battles anymore!
The devil has deceived you that those weapons are no longer effective and hence you have neglected them and as the result you are a defeated foe in every battle you face. Tell the giant in you,'' Rise your hour has come!!!". Satan is the one who is defeated foe and not you saint! The victory is yours, it is in Christ Jesus. Go and grab it in the Name of Jesus, use your gifts and potential which God has given you, and surely he will be with you as he was with Gideon.
****Morning Prayer****
Pray this prayer with me by faith and God is going to answer your prayer....
Jehovah God, I thank You for your Word. Lord I'm commanding the sleeping giant in me to rise up in the Name of Jesus! I refuse to continue being the defeated foe, I refuse to be a nonfunctional giant! I speak life in me, and that I'm rising now and serve you in mighty way. In Jesus' Name, Amen.
No comments:
Post a Comment