BVOV Magazine 2013 - present

2 4 : B V O V No Limits In the Spirit Remember the centurion who came to Jesus and asked Him to heal his servant? "The centurion answered and said, Lord, I am not worthy that thou shouldest come under my roof: but speak the word only, and my servant shall be healed" (Matthew 8:8). That soldier didn't limit himself by the natural. Instead, he was fruitful. By faith, he produced something superior by the spirit. Each of us believers must choose to invite the kingdom of God into our situations and use our God-given potential and authority to do the impossible. That's what the widow did in 2 Kings 4 when she went to the prophet, Elisha, for help. "Thy servant my husband is dead; and thou knowest that thy servant did fear the LORD: and the creditor is come to take unto him my two sons to be bondmen" (verse 1). She'd already lost her husband and was in danger of losing both her sons too. It was a desperate situation, but she chose to turn to the Lord by faith. God's prophet, Elisha, told her to take the pot of oil she had and pour it into several vessels. She obeyed by faith, and the oil multiplied and fi lled every vessel she had borrowed from her neighbors. The oil didn't stop until she'd fi lled every one to the brim. Elisha told her to sell the oil to pay her debts and live on the rest. Notice that God used what the widow had to bless her, and she chose to obey the instruction of the Lord by faith. The result was abundance. She chose well. She could have gotten angry and bitter because of her circumstances. Her husband was dead. Her debts were unpaid. Her sons were in danger of becoming slaves, but bitterness wouldn't have served her. Instead, she chose to invite the kingdom of God into her situation and obey the leading of the Lord by faith. As a result, she not only paid her debts, but she also gained wealth. Abraham was another of God's people who chose a spiritual perspective over a natural one. In Genesis 22:2, we read that God told him, "Take now thy son, thine only son Isaac, whom thou lovest, and get thee into the land of Moriah; and o er him there for a burnt o ering upon one of the mountains which I will tell thee of." Abraham obeyed. Just as he lifted the knife to slay his son, an angel stopped him; but notice what Abraham did. "Abraham lifted up his eyes, and looked, and behold behind him a ram caught in a thicket by his horns: and Abraham went and took the ram, and o ered him up for a burnt o ering in the stead of his son" (verse 13). Abraham wasn't looking for a natural solution. He raised his eyes in expectation for a spiritual one. What Are We Waiting For? We live in this physical world. We can see, feel, touch, taste and smell all around us. But as believers, that's not all that's available to us. We have access to something more. So often in the Church, we say that we're waiting on God. But here's the truth: God is waiting on the Church. Jesus gave us the authority to take dominion over the things of this world. That means we can dismantle Satan. Adam may have lost the earth to Satan and allowed him to take it over, but it didn't remain that way. Jesus came and undid the work of the enemy. He reintroduced the kingdom of God by paying the price for all the sins of humanity. Psalm 103:19 says, "The LORD hath prepared his throne in the heavens; and his kingdom ruleth over all." Jesus came to show people that the kingdom of God now resides within us, God's people. It's not in meat and drink but in righteousness, peace and joy in the Holy Ghost. As blood-bought men and women of God, we're not limited to this natural world. Our emotions and surroundings shouldn't dictate what we do. We have jurisdiction over this place. The blood of Jesus, the indwelling of the Holy Spirit and the Word of God make it so. We're not subject to the natural level of our fi nances, our healing, our ministry, our family or our future. We have jurisdiction. We have authority. We have the kingdom of God. God's given us a dominion mandate. It's time to get busy. Let's put the Word to work!

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