God Has a Process to Prepare You for Battle

God Has a Process to Prepare You for Battle

You can only take the ground you're prepared for in God. Adam broke the power of creative order that God placed in him when he fell in sin. Jesus broke the power of generational sin that began with Adam. Now we can be born again and we have the potential to overcome and defeat the devil. But we have to train for it.

Your daily persistence to yield yourself to God allows him to prepare you for battles ahead. Your ability to take ground depends on your spiritual preparation in alignment with the principles of Scripture.

God knows you can’t handle everything at first, as a young Christian. In Exodus 23:30, God had to deliver the land to the people of Israel gradually because they needed to grow up in God first. God equips us for the battles ahead by preparing our hearts and minds.

The Pharisees and the disciples in Mark 4 wanted Jesus to allow divorce because Moses did, but He took them back to creation. “In the beginning, it was not so.”

The Bible allows divorce in cases of adultery. A woman does not have to stay if she is being abused, but that does not include disliking him or not getting enough money. She can also abuse her husband with her mouth. Both are accountable to God.

Just as Israel couldn't possess the land overnight, we have to cultivate faith, character, and spiritual strength and sensitivity before we can handle responsibilities. Wait for God. He works according to His own timing. Allow Him to transform you from within. Make the right decisions when you face temptations. Little by little He will allow you to take ground as He sees that you have prepared your heart and entrusted the process to Him.

Recorded by Carrington Adkins at a Leadership Meeting at Advance Church, Washington, DC, pastored by FOIC Bishop Bruce Clark.

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