There is warfare around our purpose
Scripture: 2 Timothy 1:6-9
In 2 Timothy 1:6-9 we are again told that the Lord saved us and called us with a holy calling not according to our works but according to His own purpose and grace which was given to us in Christ Jesus before time began. This reveals God’s purpose present at our creation! Starting a relationship with God has some very serious moments where we come to grips with our eternal purpose, and God’s path to achieve it. The Holy Spirit has been tasked with aiding us in this process. He knows the path and has the power to overcome all the obstacles. Everyone who chooses God’s path faces adversity! Every calling comes intricately linked to the power and anointing needed to bring it to pass. No calling comes free of the resistance and adversity that causes us the growth and character-building necessary to prepare us. There is warfare around our purpose. There is great clarity in Scripture about God’s calling. It always comes with a purpose, and it also comes with resistance. There is a war over it. As a result we have an inheritance from the Creator who manifested Himself in the earth in the life of Jesus Christ Who is the Ultimate Overcomer in order to fulfill purpose. Nobody in history ever had to overcome what Jesus did with no help from anyone. Not leaning on His divine power, He endured unspeakable horror in order to accomplish His eternal purpose and He did it by choice. He followed the Spirit in the Ultimate Sacrifice for others. The question is, are we willing to follow a God who leads us as sheep to the slaughter? Hebrews 12 and Romans 8 are very clear about this concept. We are killed all day long, and none of us have shed our blood resisting sin. Christ did and He did it for us. We have an inheritance and part of that inheritance is the anointing and the ability to overcome the resistance that our gifting and calling face. We need to be aware of this and prepare for it. If we do not arm ourselves with the mind of an overcomer, then it is possible to give in and give the enemy place and eventually fall away before we have fulfilled what God called us to do.
Special Prayer-In all the special prayers this month. Please pray the word of God.
The Curse: Abdominal Pains.
The Blessing: Be not wise in thine own eyes: fear the LORD, and depart from evil. It shall be health to thy navel, and marrow to thy bones. Provide 3:7-8
Surely he hath borne our griefs, and carried our sorrows: yet we did esteem him stricken, smitten of God, and afflicted. But he [was] wounded for our transgressions, [he was] bruised for our iniquities: the chastisement of our peace [was] upon him; and with his stripes we are healed. Isa.. 53:4-5.