“… We must through much tribulation enter the kingdom of
God.” Acts 17: 22. In our attempts to enter kingdom
dimensions that have been revealed to us by the Spirit,
we will encounter great resistance and we must endure
and persist until we enter. Fierce opposition will
confront us and attempt to block us, thwart out progress.
“Great and effectual door open before me but there are
many adversaries.” 1Cor. 16: 9.
The devil will not sit quietly and allow any human being break into kingdom dimensions in this world and will do everything in his power to stop such attempts.
Thus it is with great persistence and perseverance that
we overcome these odds and eventually enter in. When we
achieve this, we begin to manifest that kingdom
dimension and inspire others to rise and enter
demonstrating that God’s word is true. In Satan’s
warped thinking He calls this rebellion!
This is what he wants to discredit the most; that God’s word is true. We must persist in our believing in spite of the prolonged and fierce contradictions we experience, consistently proclaiming our faith position and pressing in through faith actions in spite of “no results”. Satan wants to wear us out, but no, we will wear Him out! We must continue until our faith is proven.
Faith untested is faith unproven and severe is the test. God shows up when our faith is proven and we enter into powerful demonstration and experience. However, this happens at the very climax of contradictions, and sadly, only very few persist to that point. The others want an instant fix. That is why our Lord Jesus Christ said “When the Son of Man returns, will He still find faith in the earth?” These contradictions to faith are allowed by God for the strengthening of your faith. Like Smith Wigglesworth said “Great trials produce great faith!”
The contradictions continue until we come to the place
where there’s no more hope and everything in our lives contradict the revelation we have received and our faith position. We come to the place where from the natural standpoint, all is lost, all hope gone and all possibility of fulfillment finally past. We are literally dead, brought by severe contradictions to ‘the end’. Yet we persist in believing! The Son of God must find us believing on the day of His sure appearance!
This is what qualifies us for the resurrection and that is exactly what happens next! “If thou wouldest believe thou shouldest see the glory (manifestation) of God!” … the very words of our Lord Jesus Christ.
God shows up.
You may be coveting as you see others manifest something in God (a ministry, ability, Christ-like trait, etc) and you have a revelation in your heart and a craving to demonstrate the same and have been receiving prayers in vain…
You may get a healing on a healing line as a “great
anointed man of God” prays for you…
You may get a miracle and answered prayer as a “man of
God” prays for you in the situation...
But for you to become the Godman, the son of God, that
you have been predestined to be, living perpetually in righteousness, joy, peace, divine health and life, provision, wisdom, power, victory, and other kingdom dimensions, you must go through the tribulation of believing without seeing and this may be for longer seasons than you would naturally be able to endure. But the trial of your faith produces endurance too, glory to God!
Thus your faith or believing first changes you into
‘another man’ , the - son – of - God- kind – of – man, then that anti-kingdom condition (sinful habit, personal character or temperamental weakness, sickness, inherited trait, failure, powerlessness, demonic experience, etc) losses its power over you once and for all!
You rise once and for all clear and above that situation
forever. You have overcome it by faith and have become a proclaimer of that divine truth, ability, characteristic or nature, inspiring others to likewise rise.
This is the believer you want to be.
Go through the tribulation!
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