Rebellion

Thank you for your prayers.

Stick it to the Man.

This was the energy
behind a lot of what happened in the 1960's.
I was born in 1971.
I have had to live under the shadow of the 1960's
for fifty-five years.
And one day I was in a meeting with my
former denomination
and a group of former draft dodgers
were talking about sticking it to "the man."
Only,
they were "the man."
Several of them were bishops
and high ranking clergy.

If you da boss,
you da man.

They had come into an agreement
with demonic forces
that get strength from rebellion.
Soon they began calling sin and evil
justice issues,
and began promoting evil in the church.
One of them said that
God told him to take a mistress
and leave his wife and children
during Holy Communion on Easter Sunday.
That dude was the chair of my ordination committee.

Samuel warned Saul
that rebellion
was the same as the sin of witchcraft.

If you let your
issues with authority
go unchecked,
you will eventually open the door to
the demonic in your life.
Your judgement will be clouded
and you will start to be a problem for the real church.

This is why we see so many "prophetic" women
come under the influence of witchcraft.
If you have issues with men,
and then you discover you can get attention
through "revelation"
or your "ministry gifts"
You will begin to use that to entice
and control weak men.
The gift is used to get power.

I see it all the time.
I have had many women come to me
and tell me God called them to be my "intercessor"
and that I needed to get my revelation from them.

No.
I have one intercessor,
the Lord Jesus Christ.
I also have a very trusted prayer team
who walks humbly with me,
and I with them.
We bear one another's burdens,
and God moves in our lives and through Belonging House.
I don't need a person to give me revelation.
I have a Bible.
I have learned to listen to God for myself.
When these folks come along
and they discover they can't get me
they get really mad.
Tough cookies.

God puts people in authority.
A big test is how we respond.
If you resist and reject those God puts in leadership,
you are probably already in the danger zone
for demonic influence.
If you go into a blind heat
whenever you hear the name of a leader,
maybe you have a problem.

The only cure
for this
is to humble yourself
go low
and surrender
to God's authority in your life.

Here is a simple prayer that will help.

Lord,
help me see that every time
I resist authority
and seek my way over those you put into my life,
I am resisting you.
Forgive me
for the sin of rebellion that opens the door
to demonic torment
and causes me to run from one thing to another
when you want me to be at peace
and have a full life with you.
Thank you for the gift of authority,
help me receive it.
Jesus I commit my life and my will
to your loving care.
Amen.

He Never Fails,

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