Tuesday, March 28, 2017

Command Respect and Authority

Written by Uyoyou Christiana Charles-Iyoha

God made man to rule. As a priest, you serve but as a king you rule. Please see Genesis Chapter 1 verse 28. One of the most instruments a king needs to rule is the ability to make decrees to rule (Proverbs Chapter 8 verse 15). Decrees on the other hand are made with words (Ecclesiastes Chapter 8 verse 4). The word power means the ability to produce and effect results. The moment a king’s word loses the effect; the king loses his throne. If a king’s word cannot move his subjects, he has lost his throne.

God created you to rule. As a child of God, when you speak, something must happen. Where the word of a king is there is power (Ecclesiastes Chapter 8 verse 4). This power is the ability to affect people to get the outcomes you want from them.  For your words to make things happen, you must be flexible in His hands. You should be like the clay in the potter’s hands. Please see Matthew Chapter 4 verses 19 to 25. How flexible are you in His hands? The only person that has the power to make you is the person you follow. True discipleship in Christ Jesus confers ownership and ruler ship of resources as one is divinely aligned with the king of kings, Lord of lords and the true owner and Ruler of all resources. When you progress to true discipleship in Christ, everything becomes yours and everything is added to you. That is why the process of becoming a true disciple is much more important and critical than seeking for bread. Multitudes followed Jesus for the bread but the disciples followed Him for a change because that change was necessary. Following just for bread does not empower you to rule. Therefore, seek first the kingdom of God because if you are genuinely following Him, things will follow you.

The Church should be stronger than what she is presently if only believers follow Him for who He is and not things. The Church should learn to fish and own the pond rather than asking for fish. Believers should be taught both how to fish and how to own the ponds so their fishing enterprises are sustainable. That way, they will have the mind of Christ through discipleship and ultimately always supersede the devil by introducing the mind of Christ and not fighting him.

For instance, the lion roared against Samson to stop him but Samson killed the lion. Beloved, you are also divinely capacitated to roar back at any lion that roars against you by decreeing the judgment of God against such lions.  You will tear the lions with your decrees in Jesus mighty name. You have entered the season in your life when every word you speak must produce an effect so that you can rule effectively in the midst of your enemies.

Every time Jesus Christ spoke, all of creation obeyed. Jesus spoke what had to come to pass in spite of all contradictory evidences. Please see Luke Chapter 5 verses 1 to 10, John Chapter 21 verses 5 to 11, Isaiah Chapter 55 verses 8 to 13. You can command respect and authority if you have great divine communication skills. Speak as God speaks and you command respect and authority. Speak where God wants you to speak and speak what God wants you to speak. There is a way to issue commands and they are immediately carried out. There is a way to ask questions and you get answers. There is a way to make requests and get the requests approved and granted.

The words of a wise and powerful person are few, conveyed in an authoritative tone and are firm. A wise and powerful man’s word carry weight and are considered implemented once spoken. Take authority in your domain and speak as God would have you speak. When you take the word of God and declare it, you take on divinity and your words carry power. That was why the Apostle Paul commended believers to the word of God (Acts Chapter 20 verse 32). The truth of the word of God embarrasses the enemy. The word of God is not editable, debatable. As a child of God, your responsibility is to declare the word of God to situations. Therefore, the words that you speak should be spirit and life backed by God’s divine power. The Bible records in Psalm 147 verse 15 that the word of God that was sent forth ran swiftly.

This divine communication skill is what you need to respect and authority; refine your five talents to emerge and to enter into God’s new dimension for your life. When you understand your divine position in the home, the church, the community and the larger society, you will be more careful with words in terms of the choice of words you use and how you say them. The battle between David and Goliath was actually a battle of words. Goliath attempted to intimidate David with words the same way he had succeeded in intimidating the army of Israel with words. Unfortunately for Goliath, David was not a person that anyone could ever intimidate with words. David responded to Goliath in faith and ultimately destroyed Goliath. Beloved, you can silence the devil speaking through anyone against you and members of your family with the word of God. Elijah spoke by the Spirit of God to deal with sin in the land of Israel in 1st Kings Chapters 17 and 18. You can also stand with God and judge the spirits opposed to God’s plans and purposes for your life. Their responsibility is to obey and conform to the plans and purposes of God for your life.

Beloved, what do you speak? What words are you speaking? Please see Ephesians Chapter 6 verse 17, Acts Chapter 20 verse 32, Isaiah Chapter 55 verses 10 to 11, John Chapters 1 verse 14, 6 verse 63, Luke Chapters 1 verses 26 to 38, 45, 4 verse 32, Ezekiel Chapter 37 and Matthew Chapter 4 verses 1 to 12.  As I close, I plead with you to study how God created the world (and God said let there be light and there was light); also the speech patterns of Jesus Christ; the Holy Spirit; and Moses in his long negotiations with Pharaoh; as well as the speech patterns of Joseph, Nehemiah, Daniel, Esther, Peter, the Apostle Paul, Abigail, the Syro-Phoenician woman and the woman of Shunem. Shalom.


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