The temptation is to only look at what is right in front of you! Many times right in front of you is all the problems, obstacles, and things gone wrong and bad! Then as you look at all that including what you don’t have that you need, depression and gloom descend like a dark cloud, and you find yourself saying what you HAVE thereby establishing the present evil circumstance!
We really need to see that there is power in our words either for good or bad! God said in Mark 11 that when we believe God in our heart and speak words of faith then we will have whatever we say if we believe we will have what we say! So faith reaches out beyond the natural, beyond the present evil circumstance, beyond the lack and SPEAKS the blessing, speaks the power and promises of God, SPEAKS THE ANSWER as we LOOK BEYOND what is going on and to the power of the Spirit of God and the revelation of the Holy Spirit showing us what God is doing, and will do! This is the key to victorious living over the world, the flesh, and the devil!
So STOP saying “what you have,” since that is the negative over and over again, and start HAVING WHAT YOU SAY IN FAITH BELIEVING! You are looking beyond all the problems of life into the realm of the Spirit where the answers are and calling it into being what you say in faith believing! “The faith of God calls those things that be not as though they were!” Romans 4:17. Speaking of Abraham, God says in Romans 4:17-22 “As it is written, I HAVE made you a father of many nations, before him whom he believed, even God, who quickens (makes alive) the dead, and CALLS THOSE THINGS WHICH BE NOT AS THOUGH THEY WERE. Who against hope BELIEVED IN HOPE, that he might become the father of many nations, according to that which was spoken, So shall your seed be. And being not weak in faith, he CONSIDERED NOT his own body now dead, when he was about an hundred years old, neither yet the deadness of Sarah’s womb: He staggered not at the promise of God through unbelief; but was STRONG IN FAITH, GIVING GLORY TO GOD; And being FULLY PERSUADED that, what He had promised, He was able also to perform. And therefore it was imputed to him for righteousness.”
Abraham would not consider his own inability to reproduce at 100 years old, or the deadness of Sarah’s womb! He DID NOT LOOK AT THE IMPOSSIBLE CIRCUMSTANCE, but only at the promise of God! He looked beyond the symptoms, beyond the natural and looked in the Spirit of faith into the realm of the miracle working power of the Holy Spirit, and there received the miracle needed as the faith of God called those things which be not as though they were, and the righteous seed continued and they had a son!
God is calling us to live far above it all as we are seated with Christ in heavenly places FAR ABOVE IT ALL! ABOVE IT… ALL! Ephesians 2 says that “God has QUICKENED (MADE ALIVE) you who were dead in trespasses and sins; wherein in time past you walked according to the course of this world, according to the prince of “the power of the air”, the spirit that now works in the children of disobedience: Among whom we also all had our lives in times past in the lusts of our flesh, fulfilling the desires of the flesh and mind; and were by nature the children of wrath, even as others. But God, who is rich in mercy, for His great love wherewith He loved us, Even when we were dead in sins, has He QUICKENED (MADE ALIVE) us together with Christ, and has raised us UP TOGETHER, AND MADE US SIT TOGETHER IN HEAVENLY PLACES IN CHRIST JESUS!”
We are made alive and when Jesus rose from the dead so did we, and as He is seated in heavenly places FAR ABOVE IT ALL, so are we IN HIM! He says this so that in ages to come He might show the exceeding riches of His grace in His kindness toward us through Jesus Christ! Now we are to rule and reign in life by Christ Jesus, and NOT give into the beggarly elements of this world! We have authority, and power in the name of Jesus to turn the tide; to call those things that be not as though they were by FAITH… and it shall be so!
Now to Ephesians One. God is talking to believers, saved and sealed with the Spirit. There is a prayer that we should all pray in the first person starting with verse 17: “That the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of glory, may give to you (me) the SPIRIT OF WISDOM AND REVELATION in the knowledge of Him: The EYES of MY understanding being ENLIGHTENED; that I may KNOW the hope of His calling, and what the riches of the GLORY of HIS INHERITANCE in the saints, and what is the EXCEEDING GREATNESS OF HIS POWER TO US-WARD WHO BELIEVE, according to the working of His MIGHTY POWER, which He wrought in Christ, when He raised Him from the dead, and set Him at His own right hand in the heavenly places, FAR ABOVE all principality, and power, and might, and dominion, and EVERY name that is named, not only in this world, but also in that which is to come: and has put ALL THINGS UNDER HIS FEET, and gave Him to be the head over ALL things to the church, Which is His body, the FULNESS of Him that fills all in all! As I wrote this I prayed this prayer over all who would read this!
The key in this is to pray that the eyes of your understanding would be enlightened…! Praise God we need to see with eyes of faith in the power of God as we look BEYOND the mess, beyond the pain and sickness, beyond the natural, beyond the virus, beyond the circumstance and see the promise and glory of God who has prepared blessing after blessing after blessing for us who believe! You will be very glad you did!
Elisha by revelation knowledge warned the King of Israel where and when the enemy King of Syria was planning to attack him and the army of Israel, and so they were delivered and protected by avoiding that area! The king of Syria got red hot mad and inquired who is tipping off the King of Israel, and they told him it was Elisha! So, the King of Syria brought his army to get “one” person who had the power of God! The devil cannot stand it when believers tap into the power and wisdom of God for it defeats him and his evil plans, and sets people free!
Elisha’s servant looks out and is struck by fear as he sees the Syrian army come to get them! He ran to Elisha in alarm and fear telling him of the army that is there to kill him! Elisha had LOOKED BEYOND the army, beyond the danger, beyond the fear, and saw in the realm of the Spirit! He says: “Fear not, for they that are with us are MORE than they that are against us!” Then Elisha prays: “Lord open his eyes!” God opened his eyes and suddenly the servant could look beyond the circumstance as he saw the hills full of horses and chariots of FIRE all around Elisha! Praise God, if only all God’s people would learn to LOOK BEYOND the evil circumstance and assault of the devil then they would see the glory of God for the angel of the Lord camps round about us and will deliver us!
Elisha walked out and asked God to blind the whole army and they went blind and he led them into captivity! They fed them and sent them on their way, and in those days Syria never invaded Israel again! One man who looked beyond took on a whole army and WON!
What are you facing? What are you dealing with? What has been standing in your way? Your enemies are bread for you! Their defense is departed from them, and you have the victory in Jesus name! Call those things which be not as though they were by faith! Take up and put the whole armor of God that having done all to stand you will stand and slice the enemies works to ribbons by the “sword of the Spirit, even the Word of God!” You will stomp all over the devil’s head having your feet shod with the preparation of the gospel of peace!
Take your position in Jesus in the heavenly places FAR ABOVE every principality, power, wicked spirits in high places, and OVER all evil! Bind evil spirits by saying so and they will be bound and unable to hinder, vex, or oppress! Possess the land as you drive out the spirits that have hindered! Take hold of your inheritance in Jesus and don’t let go until you see the glory of God!
I pray over each person here that the power of the Holy Spirit comes on you now in Jesus name and reveals the “look beyond” that you need to do right now! I loose you from all oppression and vexation in Jesus name! Be made whole from every sickness, and all pain! All demons of depression, giving up, darkness, and fear are bound and leave you right now in Jesus name! The heartbreak is healed and spirits behind it leave now in Jesus name!
NEVER EVER GIVE UP, for as you LOOK BEYOND God will cause you to triumph in Jesus Christ!
What you see right now in front of you is not the “end all!” Many times what you see there is nothing more than the devil’s bluff telling you that failure is your lot in life and nothing you do will work out! God says the devil is “the father of lies!” So why would you listen to the father of lies? The devil lies about you and your future to you! He says that it is all a hopeless mess and no way out! LIES… LIES… LIES!!! TELL THE DEVIL TO SHUT UP AND LEAVE!
All God’s true people have faced many obstacles and challenges to their faith! How they came out of it depended on whether they decided to “LOOK BEYOND” or not!
God has a lot to say about where we look! He said to ponder the path of your feet and let your eyes look right on! In other words do NOT look to the right or the left, but LOOK RIGHT ON STRAIGHT AHEAD! “THE PATH OF THE JUST IS AS THE SHINING LIGHT THAT SHINES MORE AND MORE TO THE PERFECT DAY!” Note that as you look right on and travel the path of faith (the just shall live by faith) that your life will be brighter and brighter every step of the way!
So what do we do when everything was going fine and then all of a sudden there is a Goliath in our way and it would seem he is so big that he is all we can see! Everyone was in fear of Goliath except one shepherd boy who says: ” Who is this uncircumcised philistine that he should defy the armies of the living God!” David had learned to look beyond the circumstance, beyond the lies, beyond the obstacle and look to the promises of God that says that one will chase a thousand and 2 ten thousand! They will come against you one way and flee from you seven ways! “There are MORE WITH US than against us!” Oh, praise God I have to just shout.. HALLELUJAH, GLORY TO JESUS! OUR GOD REIGNS! HAHAHAHAHAHA THE devil IS DEFEATED BY THE BLOOD OF JESUS! WE ARE MORE THAN MORE THAN CONQUERORS FOR OUR GOD IS THE GOD WHO IS MORE THAN ENOUGH!
So David went out against a giant, who had armor on, with faith in God and a sling and five stones! As he stood there and Goliath mocked him.. David looked beyond and saw the power of the name of the Lord, and said: “You come against me with a sword and spear, but I come against you in THE NAME OF THE LORD, and today He will deliver you to me!” Praise God! He took the position of authority in the name of the Lord! “The name of the Lord is a strong tower; the righteous run into it and are SAFE!” DAVID RAN AGAINST THE GIANT AND BROUGHT HIM DOWN WITH ONE STONE IN THE ONLY VULNERABLE PART OF HIS ARMOUR AND HELMET, AND TOOK HIS HEAD OFF! The philistines (symbolic of demons) ran off as the armies of God were emboldened and pursued them driving them out! David looked beyond… to the promises and power of Almighty God and could not be depressed or stopped for: “GREATER IS HE THAT IS IN US THAN he THAT IS IN THE WORLD!” PRAISE YOU JESUS FOR WHAT YOU ARE DOING RIGHT NOW IN THE HEARTS OF OF YOUR PEOPLE! FAITH IS COMING ALIVE IN YOU AND THAT SPARK OF FAITH WILL BECOME A FIRE BURNING INSIDE THAT WILL CONSUME THE WORKS OF THE devil, AND PUT HIM TO FLIGHT, AND BRING YOU TO “THE OTHER SIDE” VICTORIOUS, BLESSED, FULL OF JOY, AND ALL THE ANSWERS AND WISDOM YOU NEED, EVEN MORE THAN ENOUGH!