Scriptural Foundation:
Philippians 3:13-14 New Living Translation (NLT)
No, dear brothers and sisters, I have not achieved it, but I focus on this one thing: Forgetting the past and looking forward to what lies ahead, I press on to reach the end of the race and receive the heavenly prize for which God, through Christ Jesus, is calling us.
1 Corinthians 10:13 Amplified Bible, Classic Edition (AMPC)
For no temptation (no trial regarded as enticing to sin), [no matter how it comes or where it leads] has overtaken you and laid hold on you that is not common to man [that is, no temptation or trial has come to you that is beyond human resistance and that is not adjusted and adapted and belonging to human experience, and such as man can bear]. But God is faithful [to His Word and to His compassionate nature], and He [can be trusted] not to let you be tempted and tried and assayed beyond your ability and strength of resistance and power to endure, but with the temptation He will [always] also provide the way out (the means of escape to a landing place), that you may be capable and strong and powerful to bear up under it patiently.
Reflection:
Last week we talked about holding-the-line. At some point, we have to gain our footing in the spirit and advance. That is why we are on this journey together. As Believers, we have to stop playing defense in our spiritual warfare and play offense. One huge stumbling block to advancement is pride. The world cultivates a thought process of self-sufficiency, so much so that husbands and wives sometimes think as individuals rather than as one, which is counter to the Word of God – ‘This explains why a man leaves his father and mother and is joined to his wife, and the two are united into one. ’Since they are no longer two but one, 9 let no one split apart what God has joined together.” Mark 10:67-9 A prideful spirit says you can do all things yourself. That is not the order on which the world was formed. God created the heavens and the earth. He created man and women to be joined together as one. The Lord tasked Adam and Eve with two things take dominion over the things He created and multiply the earth. We all know how that story ended and humanity has been toiling ever since.
One of the best books I have ever read is Authority of a Believer by Kenneth E. Hagin. It is imperative as a Believer that you settle in your heart how much of a game changer accepting Jesus as your Lord and Savior has done. You went from the toil and shame to kinship and inheritance to the Maker of the universes. Do you know how much power coming through you via the Holy Spirit? There is no reason for living a defeated life. God has given you all things to make you a victor in this life. You have to keep pushing in pray, leaning in the Spirit, reaching out to touch the hem of His garment like the woman with the issue of blood.
We keep pushing forward in the Spirit not because of ourselves, but for the ones that are to come behind us on this journey of sanctification. – Simon Peter replied, “Lord, to whom would we go? You have the words that give eternal life. John 6:68
Seeking Revelation:
Grab your notebook:
- List out your biggest struggles to date
- Describe how God manifested in that situation.
- Now look at the thing or things that are challenging you today.
- Thank God ahead of time that through the help of the Holy Ghost finding your footing and pressing forward to your victory.