satan comes to kill, steal and destroy (John 10:10). God calls us to do greater things than Jesus did; (John 14:12), greater than raise the dead, restore the broken hearted, building each other in faith. We also are vessels being used against the devil’s wiles. Holiness, sanctification, integrity, determination, strength, support, resistance, devotion, loyalty, faith and love are key ingredients in our stand. We are intrusted with this great task as we attract souls to Christ.
I heard God’s voice talking and placed this in my spirit saying, “as an athlete works hard, exercises, pushes himself in training to win the medal or trophy, so also must God’s people travail because you are God’s trophy (before the enemy)! When was the last time you travailed/struggled for God?” Automatically, that reminded me of Job and I thought, GOD’S BID IS ON YOU! It took me back to when all the angels came before God and satan dared to appear also and upon conversing God said to satan, “did you happen to see my servant Job” (while roaming the earth)? Because God knew of Job’s integrity and he shone so bright way up to God above, He couldn’t help but be proud! God who has the right to command everything to bow to His will, respect men so much that He will not overstep His own grounds. Rather, He patiently awaits that men chooses to come to Him willingly and when they do He tests that choice as gold being shaped through fire to prove to that person himself the genuinity of his own strength and will at that choice! Are you going through the fire? That fire has two phases, it can either burn/consume you even from within or physically if the choice was not genuine or deeply rooted. Or it can mold you into whom you ought to become for God’s glory providing you remain faithful in your fire and take shape as it’s being beaten into you! Either way the choice is yours! May God guide you to choose wisely! In your fire, God is there! He’s watching your every move to see if the end result will glorify His great name! Remember, God Has Already Bid On Your Win, Your Success, Your Achievement, Your Sanctification! Don’t let YOUR Master Jesus be put to shame after having bought you with Royal blood at such a great price! Surely you can suffer a little while for an eternity with Him, right? If suffering is what He has called you to do and your faith walk is unlike others’ walk, do you really want to let Him down when you’re the one who will suffer the consequences for all of eternity? It’s true that you’ve gone through a lot of hardships but has they kicked you out of the village and stoned you to death? Has they cut your head as a martyr? Has they crucified you upside down for a whole village to witness your shameful death because of the Gospel? Have they fed you to a lion’s den or a furnace of fire? Have they dumped you in a well or sold you for thirty pieces of silver because of Jesus’ truth? Take heart, oh Dear One! He who called you by a prophetic name has NOT brought you this far to leave you now! He’s not a man that He should lie nor the son of man that He should repent! He will make good on His promises to you providing that you sway not in your Faith on Him and comply to His every WORD, WILL, and WAY! Remember your ways are not God’s ways and sin puts a constant barrier between God and you so to break this barrier remain in constant repentance before Him seeking His face always! God did not bid on you because He planned your failure, rather it is to fuel you into succeeding at all good deeds on your path to Him! You, my Dear, are quite precious in His sight! You are the apple of God’s eye whom He yearns to clothe in His righteousness, so go through the fire and come out triumphant on the other side of that trial having done Almighty God proud because of Jesus salvation sacrifice and the power of His blood that is forever powerful! You got this! You were created for such a time as this! God has not given you a burden beyond your capacity, so if it seems to be weighing too much seek His battle armor in prayer and go through that fire for the glory of God and come out Triumphant every time for an Eternal Crown awaits you, oh Victor by Faith!
Martine Brice 