SCRIPTURE: And from the days of John the Baptist until now the kingdom of heaven suffereth violence, and the violent take it by force. Matthew 11:12.
THOUGHT FOR THE DAY: It takes a fighting spirit to change your situation and enlarge your capacity.
Jacob was a patriarch in Scripture who walked with God. He lived such an exemplary life that made him a good example to follow. He knew the God of his grandfather, Abraham and of his father, Isaac. He also inherited the Blessing of Abraham.
Now, one secret of Jacob was a fighting spirit. Jacob was a fighter per excellence. He was the second child of Isaac after Esau. At a point in his life, he realized that his future was bleak because the Abrahamic covenant blessing on his father, Isaac, was going to be passed on to Esau. This realization made him fight his way into possessing the Blessing.
He sat down and thought, “I cannot watch and be rendered useless in this family.” Along the line, he observed how careless and profane his brother, Esau, was. So, he went ahead and negotiated with Esau and “fightfully” took the birth-right. After that, he went for the Blessing, and took it.
Thus, Jacob got the Covenant Blessing through the engagement of a fighting Spirit.
It did not stop there; 21 years later, he wrestled with an angel for a change of identity.
The angel told him, “Let me go, for the day breaketh”
But he said, “I can’t let you go, unless you bless me. I don’t know when I will see you again. Let us fight it out now.” (Paraphrased).
So, he fought with the angel and his name was changed from Jacob to Israel. Jacob is a person, but Israel is a nation. God seemed to have told him, “You are no more a person; you are now a nation.”
Beloved, if you are willing to fight in the realm of the spirit, God will change your story and identity. It takes a fighting spirit to change your situation and enlarge your capacity.
Remember this: It takes a fighting spirit to change your situation and enlarge your capacity.
ASSIGNMENTS:
- Like Jacob, make up your mind to engage the fighting spirit to possess your God-given inheritance.
- Persist with God until your change comes.
PRAYER: Lord, I receive the grace to persist with You until I prevail in life. I receive a fresh baptism of the fighter’s spirit, Lord, in Jesus’ Name.
FOR FURTHER UNDERSTANDING, GET THIS MESSAGE: FORCES OF DIVINE DESTINY
QUOTE: If you do not like the level where you are now, you do not fly from there, you fight from there. Culled from the book, “30 SECRETS TO THE TOP” by Dr Paul Enenche.
DAILY READING: Ecclesiastes 9-11.
AMAZING FACT: The longest nerve of the body runs from the spinal cord to the toes of the body. This is known as the sciatic nerve.
PROPHETIC WORD (DECLARATION): Receive the Impartation of a fighting spirit now, in Jesus’ Name.
