Dec 25, 2012
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VISION, VALOR, AND VICTORY
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VISION, VALOR, AND
VICTORY
King Hezekiah was a man who did
what was good, right, and truthful. Everything he was involved in
was carried out with all his heart; and he
prospered.
"This Hezekiah did throughout all Judah, and
he did what was good and right and true before the Lord his God.
And in every work that he began in the service of the house of God,
in the law and in the commandment, to seek his God, he did it with
all his heart. So he
prospered." [2
Chronicles
31:20-21]
All people
should live a life that is right before God, but leaders especially
have a greater responsibility to do so. With that responsibility
comes an attendant
blessing.
When you are in the arena, you will be shot
at. If you
want to be used greatly by God, then make your mind up ahead of
time that you are NOT going to quit, and you are NOT going to run
away!
If you quit, you can't win. But if you don't
quit, you'll
win!
This
doesn't mean that you will have the strength or wisdom in your
self; but you are determined
to stand in faith, believing and drawing upon
the resources of
God.
The Assyrians were a cruel and
treacherous military force. They resorted to terrible means of
torture and were also a formidable foe. After Hezekiah's deeds of
faithfulness, Sennacherib king of Assyria came and entered Judah.
He encamped against the fortified cities, thinking to win them over
to himself.
When Hezekiah saw this, and
realized that Sennacherib's purpose was to make war against
Jerusalem, he gathered his leaders and commanders together and
encouraged
them.
"Be strong and courageous; do not be afraid
nor dismayed before the king of Assyria, nor before all the
multitude that is before him: for there are more with us than with
him. With him is an arm of flesh; but with us is the Lord our God,
to help us and to fight our
battles." And the
people were strengthened by the words of Hezekiah king of Judah. [2
Chronicles 32:7-8]
Because of
the impending danger, King Hezekiah and the prophet Isaiah prayed
and cried
out to heaven.
Then the Lord sent an angel who cut down every mighty man of valor,
every leader, and every captain in the army of Assyria. So the King
of Assyria returned shamefaced to his own land, and was killed by
his own family.
"And it came to pass on a certain night that
the angel of the Lord went out, and killed in the camp of the
Assyrians 185,000 men; and when people arose early in the morning,
there were the corpses - all
dead." [2 Kings
19:35; 2 Chronicles
32:9-23]
God still
uses angels today. Psalm 34:7 tells
us "The angel of the Lord encamps all around
those who fear Him, and delivers
them." Surely
there are many times the angels deliver and protect us and we don't
even know about it. But, in addition - like many of the promises of
God - we need to KNOW God's Word so we can ACCESS God's resources.
We need to appropriate them by faith. We need to BELIEVE and PRAY
as Hezekiah did.
Vision begins with a purpose ... and that
purpose is to SEE the dream become a
reality! There are
five (5) basic steps in this
process:
1.
Dream;
2.
Plan;
3.
Preparation;
4.
Logistics; and,
5.
Action.
In action - and sometimes in the first four
steps above - we engage the adversary as Hezekiah
did. We
implement our plans and put in place those things and people we
have prepared, and that the Lord has assigned to us. Then we
utilize the resources within our command to take action. Gideon had
some clay vessels and candles. Moses had a
rod. What is it that God has placed in your
hand? What are
those things you will BELIEVE God to bring into your
access?
It is your duty to use your faith. Faith is
your servant.
Read Luke
17:5-10.
Many times
it is the thing that is in our hand or our heart that is our
greatest resource.
Are we turning the gifts of God away through
unbelief? Are we afraid to leave our comfort
zone? Use your
faith - it is your DUTY to use it! I am reminded of a man and his
wife who won $1,000,000 USD. When the authorized bearers of the
prize tried to contact the couple, they were repeatedly turned
away. The man and his wife would not answer their phone calls, or
respond to their letters. They thought it was a joke. Finally, the
man and his wife decided that they would at least see what the
communication was about. The bearers of the prize were authorized
one more time to attempt delivery to the man and his wife. They
responded at the last
minute.
How many
times do we NOT receive God's MIRACLES because of unbelief, or
because of taking things for granted? We have the ability to DREAM
and IMAGINE. We can establish a VISION and believe God for its
fulfillment. When was the last time you dreamed for God? Imagine
what your life and ministry would be like if the present hindrances
were removed. One of the great promises in the Holy Bible is found
in Jeremiah 33:3.
"Call to
me, and I will answer you, and show you great and mighty things
which you do not know."
In his
book The Weight of Glory, C. S. Lewis
said "Our Lord finds our desires not too strong,
but too weak." What can
you IMAGINE or THINK? For what can you ASK
God? "Now to Him who is able to do exceedingly
abundantly above all that we ask or think, according to the power
that works in us."
[Ephesians
3:20]
Once your
dream is starting to take form - that is, when it becomes a reality
- your VALOR will be tested: by God ... and by the enemy of your
soul: the devil. You will have to make up your mind ahead of time
to be a champion, to be valiant. God is looking for champions like
the people of faith who went before us,
who "Quenched the violence of fire, escaped the
edge of the sword, out of weakness were made strong, waxed valiant
in fight, turned to flight the armies of the
aliens." [Hebrews
11:34]
As you
move out with the VISION, know that God has designed your VICTORY,
but you have to have VALOR and stand in faith, calling upon Him for
strength, wisdom, and
MIRACLES. One
thing that will help you is when you realize
that God will
use your enemy to help promote you: just like He did
Pharaoh. God
hardened Pharaoh's heart so that the Lord would be SET APART in the
eyes of the Egyptians. And so God will use the reality of your
vision so that He might be set apart in the eyes of people in every
nation, tribe, family, and language of the earth. [Exodus 9:13-16;
Romans 9:17] Just as God used angelic ministry to help King
Hezekiah and his people,
so God will
use the angels to help
you,
if you
will PRAY and CRY OUT to
Heaven like
Hezekiah and Isaiah.
The
magicians could not stand before Moses [Exodus 9:11], and neither
will the enemy's people stand before
you. There will be a severance - a setting apart -
for God's
servants. There is
a difference for those anointed for ministry: not "haphazard"
ministry, but ministry anointed through prayer, fasting, listening,
and obedience! The Lord makes a difference between His people and
the people of the enemy. Read prayerfully the following verses;
they are God's Word for you at this
time:
Exodus
8:23;
Exodus
9:26;
Exodus
11:7
The two most important things you can do to
enlarge your VISION and engage the enemy with VALOR
are:
1. Sit at
the feet of Mashiach Jesus; and,
2. Live
holy.
Then your VICTORY will be
assured!
Baruch haba b'Shem Adonai.
Your friend,
Prince
Handley
President / Regent
University of
Excellence
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