BVOV Magazine 2013 - present

Why do you think the Spirit of Truth would show me something to come? It’s so I could walk by faith in that situation. So I could plow in hope instead of quitting in the heat and saying, “Oh well, the ground’s too hard for anything to come of this anyhow.” Listen, if God is calling you out into the field, there’s only one way you’re going to make it. You have to pray and meditate in the promises of God until He reveals what He’s called you to do and how to do it. There are specific things in your life that need to be settled and made solid by revelation because the devil is going to fight you over them. He’s going to do everything he can to steal them from you—and it’s going to take a revelation from God for you to hang on to what you’ve got. When you start walking in revelation knowledge, it’s no longer a matter of whether you’re going to win or lose. It’s only a matter of how long you have to hang in there until you win! It’s when you walk in revelation knowledge that the power of God flows in your life. That’s why Satan goes to great lengths to get The WORD out of your life before it can take root. In fact, Jesus said that’s the reason behind persecution and affliction. It comes for The WORD’s sake (Mark 4:17)—for the sake of the revelation. Satan puts the pressure on because he’s after that revelation. He has to get it out of you before it has time to grow. If he lets it grow up, he knows you’ll beat his brains out with it. Satan will literally fight us one at a time to keep us from all coming together and getting the same revelation—because when that happens, he’s in big trouble. Once you begin to see Jesus and His authority, you’ll put the devil under your heel and he knows it. But if he can keep you away from revelation knowledge, if he can keep you operating in the realm of the physical senses instead of the realm of the spirit, he can keep that from happening. Stay Focused on The WORD I’ll tell you this: If there’s any way the devil can get your eyes away from the promises of God, he’ll do it. When Peter jumped out of the boat that day in response to Jesus’ call, what happened? He walked right along across that water without a problem. His whole being was fastened on that word Jesus spoke to him, “COME!” But when he took his eyes off that word, he started looking at the storm. He started looking at the impossible thing he was doing. Fear was the result. As soon as fear gripped him, he began to sink. Can you see it was Peter’s revelation of who Jesus was that kept him on top of that water? It kept his faith operating—and faith is the supernatural force in revelation that causes it to come to pass. But then Peter turned his eyes away from the revelation and began looking at the natural. After all, he was a fisherman. All his training and experience told him when the waves were that high, you were going under. He started to focus on what he knew in the natural instead of what Jesus said; and when he did that, his faith slipped out of gear and he started to sink. That’s exactly how it works. Once you get a revelation from The WORD of God, you must hang on to it. The devil will do everything he can to take it away from you. He’ll stir up things around you. He’ll try to get you into fear. He’ll push every button he can from the past to get you back into your old way of thinking. But don’t let go. Keep your eye on the promise of God until it’s more real inside you than anything else. When you do that, you’ll know that you know that you know. It won’t be a bit like the ABCs or the multiplication tables. It won’t be a theory or doctrine or theology. You’ll know what you know because you received it from the Spirit of God. Then, one of these days when what was revealed to you on the inside comes to pass on the outside, you won’t even be surprised. You’ll just nod and grin and say, “Bless God, I knew it all along!” V ********* “gems” ****************** "As we love and pray for those in authority as part of our daily agenda, not only do they reap the benefits but so do we." —Kenneth **************************************** 21 : BVOV

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