One of the definitions of grace I love the most is the acronym – G-R-A-C-E God’s riches ability committed eternally (to me and to you, if you stretch). Together with God, we are unbeatable. No power can mess up with us. This is the highest level of spiritual warfare. Vengeance is the Lord’s. Before you start shooting the enemy, make sure that you are properly connected.
The Bible says, “Submit yourselves to God. Resist the devil, and he will flee from you” (James 4:17). You must submit. Until your divine connection is complete, don’t resist the devil. If your connection is proper, you will have miracles. If there is iniquity, if there is pride, if there is dishonesty, if there is unbelief, if there is any trace of idolatry, there cannot be deposits. Idolatry is an affront to the sovereignty of God. Every idolater has an evil seal of limitation and carrying the seal of Lucifer. What drives idolatry? Perversion!
We need to spend quality time to clean up. Whenever you are approaching the presence of God, always remember that you are coming before a thrice holy God. Improper consecration is so common in the place of prayer. A lot of people do not know the importance of repentance; they prefer to start prayer by commanding God. This is born out of wrong teaching of faith. If you are not a true worshipper, you cannot be faithful. True worship is a heart condition. If your heart is not right, you cannot be faithful to God. That is the danger of the very shallow theology that is producing the kind of Christians we have today.
There is no difference between those who profess Christ and those who do not. The world has become so religious; the Church has become so worldly that there is no difference between the two. We have to break away from anything that can hinder. No excuses. We shall not fall like the first Adam and start looking for whom to blame. The starting point is to look inwards.
If God were to mark you, what will your score be? That is where the honesty begins. It takes humility and honesty to be repentant. We need that grace.
Pray –
- Father, in the name of Jesus Christ of Nazareth, we stretch to you; everlasting and most high God, we lift up our hands to you and put our hands in your hands and ask you to x-ray our hearts. We acknowledge that you have been faithful, dependable, good, awesome, kind and generous to us.
- We have not measured up. We have been loosely connected. Many times, we walk in rebellion to your revealed will. Many times we walked in absolute disobedience to simple instructions that will unlock your blessings.
- Many times, we have turned away from your divine strategy. Many times, we’ve turned away from your light and embraced darkness. Father, have mercy on us in the name of Jesus.
- Wipe away every trace of transgression and iniquity. Purge us and make us holy and acceptable in your sight. Be not far from us. Be thou our strong habitation whereunto we may continually resort.
- Ancient of days, help us, lead us, uphold us. You know our individual weaknesses. Please, be merciful unto us in the name of Jesus.
- Help us, O God, to clean up and to know that that is the best we can do so that when the prince of this world comes, he will find nothing of his in us.
- Help us to close every demonic gateway, anything that gives the adversary access to our lives, Father, help us to close that door. Help us to clean up and close every demonic doorway in Jesus name.
- Grant us grace to break away from the things that tie us to our past especially to the root of idolatry. Help us, O God, to break away from it. Help us to burn the bridge of anything that predisposes us to sin and disobedience to instructions of your wisdom that will establish us in holiness, in righteousness and in your wisdom.
TO BE CONTINUED.