Post by Les Brewer on Apr 26, 2012 19:44:06 GMT
LIVE FOR DELIVERANCE
Many are the afflictions of the righteous: but the LORD delivereth him out of them all. Psalms 34:19 KJV
Expectation is vital to deliverance, when one loses all hope they have surrendered their victory to the cruel afflictions and afflicters of life. When all hope of rescue is diminished one is left to process of their demise. In other words, their view is impaired by their doubt, fear, and disbelief. They became acceptable to defeat.
Many are the afflictions of those whom are striving for righteousness, because they stand for the God of righteousness, they become targets of dark conspiracies which are conspired in the pits of hell. If you are not a threat to the kingdom of darkness there will be no campaigns of warfare waged against you, but when you stand up for Jesus and declare the righteous tenants of this faith, you become a threat and a target that must be defeated or shut down. Why? Because there is power in the Word of God, because there is power in the Blood of Jesus, and that power turns those whom are in darkness to the light of God’s word and life.
Many take spiritual warfare for granted, just like they take many things in this life for granted until they do not have them anymore. Many take grace for granted, the luxuries of this life for granted, their health and their relationships, all these things are taken for granted until one day they are sitting down with their head in their hands wondering why did this happen to me.
(11) Wealth gotten by vanity shall be taken away, but he who gathers by hand shall increase.
(12) Hope put off makes the heart sick, but desire fulfilled is a tree of life.
(13) Whoever despises the Word shall be destroyed, but he who fears the commandment shall be rewarded.
(14) The law of the wise is a fountain of life, to depart from the snares of death.
(15) Good understanding gives favor, but the way of traitors is ever flowing. Proverbs 13:11-15 MKJV
We cannot afford to take spiritual warfare for granted, we cannot allow ourselves to lose hope, faith, and trust in a righteous God and his righteous word. When you stand up for Jesus having done all to stand, do not stand in the strength of your own knowledge or in your own mental or physical strength. Stand in the Lord and in the power of his might. Don’t stop believing, put on the belt of God’s truth, cover your heart with God’s righteousness, shoe your feet with the good news of God’s peace, firmly fit your head with the helmet of God’s salvation, hold in one hand the sword of God’s word while you hold the shield of faith firmly in the other hand, you are a soldier in the army of the Lord engaged constantly in spiritual warfare.
Expectation is seed for the miraculous, don’t lose sight or you’ll lose the fight, Walk in faith by the unction of the Holy One no matter what you see, experience, or feel emotionally to the contrary, if God has spoken by his Spirit it shall surely come to pass if you do not faint in the way.
Brethren, many of us are faced with afflictions each and every day, I would ask you to keep the faith today, by looking to Jesus the author and finisher of our faith, look to him in prayer, look to him in worship, look for him in his word, and the faith will build you up in him and keep you on the way to your deliverance. Faith comes by hearing and by hearing the word of God. For Jesus is Word; he is the way, the truth, and the life and no one goes to the Father except through Him.
Blessings, Peace, and Love,
Apostle Ray Ritchie ( Emissary of the Faith )
