That's probably MOST of you! God is a God of breakthrough and you are going to get some faith-filled keys in John Belt's latest article.
God has destined us for victory. He has created us to be overcomers in this life. He who is born of God overcomes the world, and our victory is intimately connected with our faith (1 John 5:4). We realize that God has already given every man the measure of faith (Romans 12:3). We also know that faith "comes" by hearing, and that our faith needs to be in God's words coming alive in our hearts (Romans 10:17). Do we need more faith? Most likely not.
Luke 17:5-6, "And the apostles said to the Lord, 'Increase our faith.' So the Lord said, 'If you have faith as a mustard seed, you can say to this mulberry tree, "Be pulled up by the roots and be planted in the sea," and it would obey you.'"
The issue is the displacement of faith or faith heading the wrong direction. What we do need is faith activated in our hearts in regard to the things of God, the heart of God and what He wants to do. God enlarges what He has already placed inside of us – the vision, the scope and the reach of the possibilities of Christ in us, the hope of glory.
The Power of the Voice of God
In order for us to even start to realize the power of breakthrough in our lives, we have to look at the birthplace of faith. It all begins with hearing God's voice. Without hearing the voice of the Lord, His leading and instruction, then we will "wander" about reasoning in our hearts with the question, "Why isn't anything happening?" The voice of God is foundational; it's the beginning of the unlimited adventure that He has prepared for us. With this, we need to also understand that it has always been God's heart to speak to us.
Numbers 11:26-29, "But two men had remained in the camp: the name of one was Eldad, and the name of the other Medad. And the Spirit rested upon them. Now they were among those listed, but who had not gone out to the tabernacle; yet they prophesied in the camp. And a young man ran and told Moses, and said, 'Eldad and Medad are prophesying in the camp.'
"So Joshua the son of Nun, Moses' assistant, one of his choice men, answered and said, 'Moses my lord, forbid them!' Then Moses said to him, 'Are you zealous for my sake? Oh, that all the LORD's people were prophets and that the LORD would put His Spirit upon them!'"
As we see in this passage, Eldad and Medad came under the influence of the Holy Spirit and began prophesying in the camp. Up to this point, for the most part, Moses was pretty much the exclusive man who spoke the word of the Lord. Joshua wanted to protect that but Moses told him not to do so. Moses understood his job would be a whole lot easier if his people would come under the influence to the Spirit rather than him carrying the load, even though he was the mediator for them. Moses' life was changed when he heard the voice of the Lord, and he knew others needed that as well. In a nutshell, the prophetic is the "voice of God" coming to us. God has always desired this. He is looking for those who hunger for Him enough to discover this place. (Photo via Unsplash)
Acts 2:17-18, "'And it shall come to pass in the last days,' says God, 'That I will pour out of My Spirit on all flesh; your sons and your daughters shall prophesy, your young men shall see visions, your old men shall dream dreams. And on My menservants and on My maidservants I will pour out My Spirit in those days; and they shall prophesy."
In Jesus we find the fullness of the prophetic unction poured out on those who follow Him, both men and women in the Church. They shall prophesy. Again we see the heart of God in that He desires the prophetic unction of His Spirit, not only to hear the voice of God, but to release His words by the anointing of the Spirit.
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