Topic: War A Good Warfare
1 Tim. 1:18 -This charge I commit unto thee, son Timothy, according to the prophecies which went before on thee, that thou by them mightest war a good warfare;
Every word of prophecy is actually God’s plan unfolded to you. Many things might have been declared in your favour but not every prophecy gets fulfilled on its own. The application of force is required to bring them into reality. You don’t watch prophecies; you war them out.
1 Cor. 16:9 – For a great door and effectual is opened unto me, and there are many adversaries.
God’s word may look like falsehood or mockery if you don’t know what makes it happen. If you don’t do something about prophecy, a time will come you may even doubt the word of God. God’s word cannot fail but the problem is that you are watching the word instead of doing something about it. Whatever God said to you, you must war it out. God told me to go to G.R.A Port Harcourt but I still met great opposition.
That God told you something does not mean you will sit down, fold your hands, cross your leg and wait for it to happen; you must war it out! Stop waiting for the prophecies to fulfil themselves; you have to do something for them to come to pass.
Deut. 2:24 – Rise ye up, take your journey, and pass over the river Arnon: behold, I have given into thine hand Sihon the Amorite, king of Heshbon, and his land: begin to possess it, and contend with him in battle.
Therefore, no contention, no possession. This is where many Christians miss it. The prophecy spoken into your life is true but you did not war it out. For every open door, there will be opposition because satan will always want to resist God’s word. From the days of John the Baptist till now, the kingdom of God suffereth violence and it is only those who are ready to be violent that will take what belongs to them by force. There must be an application of force to take what belongs to you.
Any time you see opposition, know that there is something God has in stock for you that satan is trying to resist. There is always resistance to the blessings of God. Any area you see resistance in your life, that is the area that God has prepared for you to succeed in. All you have to do is to war it out so you can enjoy your rest. I decree to you that from today, not one prophecy will fail in your life!
To war with prophecy, locate the right scriptures for that given situation and then identify the enemy which is the devil. The devil is the major enemy that wants to resist you.
1Cor. 16:9 – For a great door and effectual is opened unto me, and there are many adversaries.
1 Peter 5:8 -Be sober, be vigilant; because your adversary the devil, as a roaring lion, walketh about, seeking whom he may devour:
James 4:7 – Submit yourselves therefore to God. Resist the devil, and he will flee from you.
2 Cor. 10:3-4 – For though we walk in the flesh, we do not war after the flesh: (For the weapons of our warfare are not carnal, but mighty through God to the pulling down of strong holds;)
Eph. 2:2 -Wherein in time past ye walked according to the course of this world, according to the prince of the power of the air, the spirit that now worketh in the children of disobedience:
When satan wants to oppose you, he enters a person as an agent to make you turn your attention from him (satan) and put all your energy fighting the man. That is why the Bible described him as a trickster. The moment you are not vigilant, satan distracts you; giving you the impression that the person after you is the man you are seeing physically.
So, your first enemy is the devil. Before you attack any human agent, you must first deal with their master, the devil. There is no point fighting a recruit when there is a general commanding him. Jesus identified and rebuked the devil when he spoke through Peter rebuking Christ for speaking about his death in Matt. 16:22-24.
Warfare is a reality; the devil is the enemy. After you have identified the enemy, the next thing to do is to fight in faith. Faith is the force that is required for the fulfilment of God’s word.
Mark 11:23-24 -For verily I say unto you, That whosoever shall say unto this mountain, Be thou removed, and be thou cast into the sea; and shall not doubt in his heart, but shall believe that those things which he saith shall come to pass; he shall have whatsoever he saith. 24 Therefore I say unto you, What things soever ye desire, when ye pray, believe that ye receive them, and ye shall have them.
It is not enough to identify your enemy; you must build your faith not to doubt God’s word. Faith is a fight because satan will always come to tell you something to counter God’s word. Don’t allow circumstances move you; fight with your faith and contend with prayers and your victory is sure!!
God bless you
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