Why am I here? Part 1

Many of us know why we have taken up a job or why we have relocated to certain parts of the country or nation or why he have married our spouses, but many still don’t know why we are here in this world.

God has put us here so that his purpose will be fulfilled in our lives. Many who are not aware that God exists will find it difficult to believe that he placed man on the earth for his own pleasure and glory. The only way that we give God pleasure and glory, is when we are fruitful and take dominion over all the works of his hands.

Genesis 1:26 “Then God said, “Let Us make man in Our image, according to Our likeness; let them have dominion over the fish of the sea, over the birds of the air, and over the cattle, over all the earth and over every creeping thing that creeps on the earth.”

Genesis 1:31a “Then God saw everything that He had made, and indeed it was very good."

God takes pleasure in the works of his hands and also when man is in dominion. When he sees you living in dominion, God says it is very good. The world however is now in a fallen state because of sin. Dominion and fruitfulness only comes through Jesus Christ the saviour of the world.

John 16:33 “These things I have spoken to you, that in Me you may have peace. In the world you will have tribulation; but be of good cheer, I have overcome the world.”

To be in Christ, is to identify with him in his death and resurrection and continue living and walking in him. This is known as salvation from sin, bondage, sicknesses and poverty. Jesus Christ is an overcomer and when we remain in him, we also overcome. He described himself as the vine of a tree, whilst those who believe and trust in him - he described as the branches. The same life that flows through the vine also flows through every branch that remains in him. As he is, so are we in this world. (1John 4:17)

John 10:10 “The thief does not come except to steal, and to kill, and to destroy. I have come that they may have life, and that they may have it more abundantly.”

You will not move into the purpose of God for your life on earth, until you become born again by believing in your heart that Jesus is the son of God, that he died for your sins and rose again to make you have a right standing with God. The book of John 10:10 clearly state the devil’s job description. He is a thief, a murderer and a destroyer.
Abundant life through dominion only comes through Christ Jesus. When you are in Christ, you receive the power to become a child of God and you receive the authority to have dominion over all the works of the enemy.

Luke 10:19 “Behold, I give you the authority to trample on serpents and scorpions, and over all the power of the enemy, and nothing shall by any means hurt you.”

God does not derive any pleasure from sin, sickness, slavery and poverty. He only takes pleasure in people who stand in Christ by faith and overcome in all circumstances.

1 John 5:4 “For whatever is born of God overcomes the world. And this is the victory that has overcome the world—our faith.”

We are born again when we remain in the risen Christ who is the first born from the dead. Anyone who is born again is born of God, and he is an overcomer. Our God given purpose is fulfilled here on earth only by faith. I pray that we begin to use the measure of faith that the Lord has given us, so that more faith will be multiplied unto us to live in this world as an overcomer.

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Total Victory in God’s presence. Part 2

In the presence of God is the anointing and this is his power. I heard Benny Hinn talk about the sheep in Israel being rubbed with olive oil to keep the bugs off. Bugs can be likened to demonic activity or enemies of man. Fire goes before the Lord and consumes all his enemies. Anointing keeps the bugs off your life. If you are a child of God, then all your enemies become his enemies and they are consumed by God’s fire as you learn to be in his presence.

Galatians 5:1- "Stand fast therefore in the liberty by which Christ has made us free,and do not be entangled again with a yoke of bondage".

Many people want solution to their problems but not necessarily God. They want God only on their own terms. Many go from one deliverance service to another but instead of their problem getting better, it gets worse. It is only the presence of God that gives total victory.

Luke 11:24-26 - “When an unclean spirit goes out of a man, he goes through dry places, seeking rest; and finding none, he says, ‘I will return to my house from which I came.’ And when he comes, he finds it swept and put in order. Then he goes and takes with him seven other spirits more wicked than himself, and they enter and dwell there; and the last state of that man is worse than the first.”

We need to be completely full of the Holy Spirit so that the enemy will have no place in our lives. We need to be more intimate with his word, meditating on his word until his word becomes part of us. We must stop using the word of God as “chewing gum” because chewing gum is not swallowed and so does not become part of the body.

James 1:21b - "Receive with meekness the implanted word, which is able to save your souls".

Until the word of God is planted in our hearts, we will not benefit from it. It is the word of God that has already become part of us that can deliver us in hard times. If you are still struggling in any area of your life, then you need more of the presence of God.

1 John 4:17-18- "Love has been perfected among us in this: that we may have boldness in the Day of Judgment; because as He is, so are we in this world. There is no fear in love; but perfect love casts out fear, because fear involves torment. But he who fears has not been made perfect in love".

If you are still living in fear and condemnation then you need more of God. Wounded hearts are healed, word curses are destroyed, and evil ties are broken in the presence of God. The bible says that as Christ is, so are we in this world. If we are not as Christ yet even though in our spirit man we are like him, then we need more of him. Time spent with God is not wasted time but it is sowing time and we will reap in due time if we do not give up.

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