God-given authority

God-given Authority
10-4-06

Satan wants man’s God-given authority. We have become the protectors of that authority, not wanting to yield it to satan’s emissaries (Rev 3:11). When we foolishly set aside who we are in Christ, we do not walk in our God-given authority. There is a casual nature which comes into our lives, as if someone else can finish what God gave us to do, and thereby damage that faith given us for His works’ sake. We bear His authority for a purpose we don’t see through our natural eyes; the purpose is seen through eyes of faith. An inheritance for the whole earth waits for those who walk in faith bearing the message of the Kingdom of God. Those who give their appointed crowns to others who seem more qualified to manage their calling will damage the overall work of the kingdom of God, and if they do not return to their walk of authority in Christ, they will be judged along with the unbelieving.

“Though you are hindered by not seeing those things which are unseen, and though you are distracted by those things which you do see, there is victory awaiting you. Remind each other about the One who brought victory through His blood, or you will seek victory in your own efforts at loving and working in this world. Your own love is not sufficient for the trials ahead. But it is in remembering that you will realize the victory won and the authority granted through the cross, and that every Word from My mouth is ever true. You are daily given living words to sustain your lives, to see by, to walk in faith by.

Man keeps treating faith as if it is magic. It is not an unseen force which draws the power of God to it. The basis of true faith is found in remembering My Words and believing them. The enemy is all about changing times, seasons, and changing the truth into lies. But I am turning the hearts of men back to the foundations of truth given to him when the victory was first won. This incomparably great power which raised Jesus from the dead works in us (Eph 1:19-23). This kind of power is not just magic or energy; it is authority.”