When I was a child I had a
problem with hard candy, I was always choking on it. I will never forget the time my grandma had
me by the ankles shaking me upside down to release a Brach’s mint from my
throat. It’s funny now, but at the time
it was frightening, fighting for air, violently trying to get that thing out of
me! Hold on to that picture.
In part 1 of this post, we looked
at how we view events that enter our lives.
Do we see them happening TO us or do we see ourselves above them,
impervious? I hope today I flip all your
thinking on its head!
The question IS, do you
understand your purpose as a believer? It
all boils down to the fact that we as believers are called. God called the light
day and the darkness night, God called Abraham father of many nations, Jesus
was called the Son of God, Jesus called His 12 disciples, Paul was called an
Apostle, and we are ALL called saints. Paul
was set apart for the Gospel of God, each of us were set apart, strategically placed, and equipped to carry out God’s plan and purpose. (Rom 1:1-6) Since part of the work of the spirit of
sanctification is to mold us into Christ’s image, circumstances WILL perfect
us, BUT CIRCUMSTANCES WEREN’T PURPOSED FOR US, WE WERE PURPOSED FOR THEM!
The second Christ installs His life
in a believer He expects him to be ready to pick up the army manual and move
out. When we are born again it’s not in
a quiet hospital room in a free country; we are born as freed citizens outside
our homeland, into a corrupt kingdom ruled by a tyrant king, smack in the
middle of a war. The training happens on
the move, and the war wasn’t made for you, you were made for the war! We were never meant to live life defending ourselves;
we were created to operate offensively!!!!
We are like paratroopers that were dropped in the middle of an ongoing
battle, fully equipped. Christ has
freed us to engage in this battle, we are to free those in captivity and
advance His kingdom, by boldly declaring
Christ’s victory and authority wherever we find lawlessness and
corruption.
The idea that situations enter
our lives is backward, WE ENTER SITUATIONS!
With our cover of righteousness we march boldly into the middle of spiritual
lawlessness and declare victory for OUR KING. The enemy will take the bait and foolishly
attack, but will soon discover that he has bitten off more than he can
chew. We are simply standing in Christ’s
victory, holding fast to His promises and His truth till the enemy is forced to
admit he is operating outside his jurisdiction and lay down his weapons and
leave. We are not the focus, the world
is the focus. We are in covenant with
the living God, to fulfill His purpose, we benefit because we are His!
God has always operated this way; we have just failed to see it. In order to free us from the power and penalty of sin Christ had to infiltrate death covertly, He did this when He laid His life down at His cross. Satan swallowed Christ whole at the cross, but soon discovered he had bitten the poisoned capsule and it was too late, he was already dead. He writhed frantically trying to expel the Blameless, Righteous Christ, but the Holy Propitiation had already done its work; sin had lost its power, and Satan had lost his death grip on mankind.
Christ
in us is the devil’s worst nightmare. My
complete hope rests in Christ who is in me ROARING LIKE A LION! All my boasting is in HIM! He has made us Impermeable, Implacable,
Unshakeable, we are cloaked, hidden in Christ; Satan can’t touch us, and has no
authority to harm us. We are a trap
waiting to be sprung! So the next time
Satan comes at you, I expect you to look him square in the eye and say, “Bite
me, and I hope you choke on it”.
