October 2007

We are God’s Special Forces team. We have been given an assignment from headquarters. It is to go into the enemy’s camp and take back what he has stolen from God.

What has the devil stolen from God? Mankind! Man was stolen from God by Satan’s work in the Garden of Eden. Jesus came to start the biggest prison break that man has ever known. Right now men, women, boys, and girls are walking out of Satan’s prison all over the world. We are God’s storm troopers, and we are ready for action!

So many Christians today don’t comprehend the mission, or their part in it. Satan wants to keep these people blinded so that his killing, stealing, and destroying will go unchecked. But it’s a new day! We will not lay down on the job. Our God has brought deliverance to us, and we will bring the freedom message to those who are in Satan’s prison.

First of all, we must be motivated to do what we are commissioned to do. How does this happen? Words! Words! Words! Until we hear words that describe to us what our job is in the kingdom of God, we will never experience doing it. We can't do anything we don’t understand, and we will never understand without training. It’s all about training, which leads to the second thing that has to happen if we're going to really accomplish God’s plan for our life - Discipleship! Motivation comes by discipleship. Jesus told the men that He called, “Come and follow me, and be my disciples.” The word “disciple” means to discipline oneself to another’s teachings or way of life. For three and a half years Jesus had 12 men following Him around, and He was giving them a bird’s eye view of how to live like God. Jesus lived like God, and He taught His disciples to do the same thing. Satan knows if man lives like God, then he will no longer be able to operate in that person’s life.

Jesus had all power over the devils and demons. He was training men to operate in the same power that He had. The devil does not want people to get saved, because he wants to take as many people to hell with him as he can. Those who go to the Holy Ghost University learn how to live the life of Christ on the earth where Satan is. He knows these people must be stopped, because these people will stop devils! Satan can do whatever he wants around believers that are not disciples, because they don’t have the power to really walk like Jesus. To really have the power of God, one must commit to God wholeheartily. Jesus asked some people to follow Him in Luke 9:57-62 and they had excuses. In verse 62 Jesus said,

“No man, having put his hand to the plow, and looking back, is fit for the kingdom of God.”

When we read this in context, we see Jesus talking about discipleship. It is time to really commit ourselves to discipleship. Let God train you to be storm troopers in these last days. There are people that need to be delivered. Let’s be the trained Army of the Lord.

In II Timothy 3:16-17 we read;

“All scripture is given by inspiration of God, and is profitable for doctrine, for reproof, for correction, for instruction in righteousness: That the man of God may be perfect, thoroughly furnished unto all good works.”

The Bible is not a story book, a history book, or a religious text book. It is a book of life, the God-kind of life. It is a road map for successful living. Many people are lost and confused. They don’t know where they are going in life. They need the road map of God’s Word to show them where to go. We see in the preceding scripture that all scripture, not some, but all scripture is profitable. In other words, every word in the Bible is given to us to benefit us and perfect us, to make us whole and complete, with nothing lacking in our lives here on the earth.

Now, listen to what Jesus had to say: In Matthew 4:4 we read;

“It is written, man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word that proceedeth out of the mouth of God.”

How are we supposed to live? By every word that proceeds out of God. The Bible is God-breathed. It is God’s spoken Word to the Christian today. In John 6:63 we read;

“It is the spirit that quickeneth; the flesh profiteth nothing; the words that I speak unto you, they are spirit, and they are life.”

Most Christians say that they believe the Word of God without exception; but if you listen to the way they talk, you begin to realize that they really don’t believe what God’s Word says. They have given mental agreement, but down in their heart they haven’t developed an image of the truthfulness of God’s Word. In order for the Christian to experience God’s Word as a reality in everyday life, they must begin to receive it as absolute truth. In Numbers 23:19 we read;

“God is not a man that He should lie; neither the son of man, that He should repent; hath He said, and shall He not do it? Or hath He spoken, and shall He not make it good.”

I like to look at the Bible like this. In order for the Bible to become absolute truth in my life, I must get this principle established in my heart.

1) Is all scripture from God? Yes.

2) When God spoke, did He know what He said? Yes.

3) When God spoke, did He mean what He said? Yes.

4) Then that settles it; I must believe what He said in order for it to become a reality in my life.

As I close, be encouraged and allow God’s Word to become a reality in your life. When God’s Word says you are healed, or says that He will meet your needs, or says that He will never leave you or forsake you, just begin to meditate on the fact that God knew what He said, he meant what He said, and you just need to believe what He said. When you become established in this principle, God’s Word will be a reality in your life.