WE ARE WELL ABLE!

Ephesians 6:11-12 Put on all of God’s armour so that you will be able to stand firm against all strategies of the devil. For we are not fighting against flesh and blood enemies, but against evil rulers, and authorities of the unseen world, against mighty powers in this dark world, and against evil spirits in the heavenly places.

We are able! That’s the voice of faith talking. In Numbers 13:30-31(Nkjv) there were 12 men who spied out the new land but when 10 of them saw the giants they said “We are not able”. That’s the voice of doubt talking! But Joshua and Caleb said, “We are well able to overcome! Let us go up at once.” Now, let’s join Joshua and Caleb, the only two of the 12 who enjoyed the promised land, put our God given armour on, and say with them “We are well able! I am well able!” 

Even though there are unseen forces at work bringing discouragement, disease and depression with them we’re told we can resist them when we stand in faith and know God has said we’re able through Christ to deal with them all. His grace is sufficient for each day, for every battle that we face. We can go into our day declaring “For I can do everything through Christ who gives me strength.” (Philippians 4:13)

God tells us we’re dealing with principalities and powers and that we’re to stand strong against them, put all of His armour on and fight the good fight of faith against them. We need to stand and say “Devil, take your diseases, take your discouragement and depression and get out of my life. I resist you in Jesus’ name.”

God has given us His Word, His Blood, and His Name and we can use all three against the devil. Satan trembles at the name of Jesus because it reminds him Jesus stripped him of his power at the cross and stripped him of the keys of death and hell when He rose again.  

We can stand on God’s Word, washed in the blood, and tell the devil we wont let him give us a life of misery, that we resist him in the mighty name of Jesus because God has made us well able to overcome and have the victory. Glory to God.😊

SHOUT GRACE TO IT!

Zechariah 4:6-7…”This is the word of the Lord to Zerubbabel: ‘Not by might, nor by power, but by My Spirit’ Says the Lord of hosts. ‘Who are you, O great mountain? Before Zerubbabel you shall become a plain! And he shall bring forth the capstone with shouts of “Grace, grace to it!”

Yesterday we looked at making a sacrifice of praise, believing God for deliverance from our situation. Today we’re looking at God’s grace and how powerful it is, by the power of the Holy Spirit, in defeating our mountains that try to overwhelm us.

Zerubbabel and his men were rebuilding the temple of God, they had the foundations laid and were already offering sacrifices on the alter as instructed. Then the people of the land tried to discourage them, and troubled them as they went about their work. They even wrote letters to the authorities to try to stop them and it’s then we see God speak into their situation.

We’ve all had times when people have discouraged us, when they’ve given us trouble but here God tells us what to do about it.

He tells him to shout at his mountain and what is it he is to shout? It’s “Grace! Grace!” God says the same thing to us today. Whatever our situation, whatever our mountain we too can shout ‘Grace, Grace!’ to it because we have the grace of God through the Lord Jesus over our whole lives. We’ve been saved by grace through faith now we can put it to work in our practical everyday situations.

God’s grace is His undeserved favour on our lives and even if we don’t deserve for the mountain to be removed that’s what grace is all about. We all qualify for it as we’re all undeserving, and it’s all the goodness of God.😊

So whatever you’re dealing with, call on the grace, the favour of God today, shout “Grace, Grace!” to it and believe the Holy Spirit will move on your behalf to change things in Jesus’ name. Amen.