Battles ANOINT Rulers

"Joseph's PERSONAL VICTORIES became a corporate covering ...

but there is no victory without a battle. BATTLES are DESIGNED TO free us from the prisons of life and TAKE US TO the place of our DESTINY. Between the prison and the palace there is always A PROCESS that this warfare facilitates. The process is often better described as a trial. The trials of our life are designed to DEVELOP our CHARACTER so that we can stay in the palace.

Joseph was in a powerful position when he decided the fate of his family in Egypt. Joseph had gone through the test of character and his victories were many: he believed God would fulfill the dreams of his life, even though circumstances were against him; he submitted to authority, was faithful and trusted God through everything; he stayed clear from sexual sin, and he was willing to forgive his brothers.

His successes allowed him to become a CORPORATE COVERING and a TRUSTED GENERAL in the kingdom to protect all those who came under him."

- Kris Vallotton

**Here are some questions for us. How do we see and handle the trials that God allows in our lives? Do we think God is punishing us? Do we think we are a victim of people or circumstances? Do we yell at God because "God you say you love me but look at this... And look at my life!" Or maybe we are convinced we were made for greatness, but since the enemy knows this, he never stops attacking us? Do we end up continuously feeling defeated, or in an actual cycle of defeat?

 

What if we change the lenses we are looking through? What if we see with spiritual eyes that are fixed on Jesus, not on the dumb DEFEATED enemy? What if we begin to see from a HEAVENLY PERSPECTIVE? What if we were to whole-heartedly see every trial as a blessing? As a gift from our Dad, causing variables and circumstances to come about in order to CHALLENGE, EQUIP, TRAIN and RAISE US UP; trials that otherwise wouldn't be, since we would never willingly put ourselves through them? What if we were to see them as tests that we KNOW we can pass with His strength, in order to move forward to the next level? As opportunities to grow more into the STRONG men and women we want to be, and the LEADERS and ROLE MODELS we are called to be? What if we were convinced that God's promise is true- that He works EVERY SINGLE THING out for our good- meaning He has PURPOSE for everything?

 

This is how we become a victorious people. If we were to see ourselves as God sees us, we would face these trials head on, thankful for the opportunity to become more like Him, and eager for the change it is going to bring about in our character. Our Dad sees us as strong, courageous, capable, victorious, and powerful ROYALTY. He says we are MORE than conquerors. If we really want to think like God thinks, and see what He sees, then we need to do so first with ourselves! Each one of us matters tremendously! Each one of us has our own assignment and destiny! And "He is faithful to complete the work He has begun," and to "perfect what concerns us," in order to bring us into the things He planned for us before the creation of the world!

 

If we are to walk in HIGH places, shouldn't we be tested first to prove we are trustworthy and capable? Don't we want to be prepared before we get there, and know we can handle it? Wouldn't we want to maintain the position, and continue to increase, because we have been successfully trained and equipped? Don't we want to be in positions of POWER and AUTHORITY and GENERALS of our Father's ARMY! !? This is His will for us! To establish the GOVERNMENT of the KINGDOM OF GOD on Earth as it is in Heaven!!

 

So let's be thankful we have a GOD who loves us SO much that He SETS US UP for success! Who orchestrates our training process for us! Who gives us the strength and wisdom to pass through EVERY trial, and Who brings us from glory to glory, HIGHER and HIGHER!**

 

*** HALLELUJAH OUR GOD REIGNS!!!! ***

 

 

"Consider it pure joy, my brothers and sisters, whenever you face trials of many kinds, because you know that the testing of your faith produces PERSEVERANCE. Let perseverance finish its work so that you may be MATURE and complete, NOT LACKING anything."

-James 1:2

 

"We must go through many hardships to enter the Kingdom of God... "

-Acts 14:22

 

"In all this you greatly rejoice, though now for a little while you may have had to suffer grief in all kinds of trials. These have come so that the proven genuineness of your faith—of greater worth than gold, which perishes even though refined by fire—may result in praise, glory and honor when Jesus Christ is revealed. Though you have not seen him, you love him; and even though you do not see him now, you believe in him and are filled with an inexpressible and glorious joy... "

1 Peter 1:7-8

 

" And after you have suffered a little while, the God of all grace, who has called you to his eternal glory in Christ, will himself restore, confirm, strengthen, and ESTABLISH you."

1 Peter 5:1

 

"And we know that ALL things work together for good to those who love God, to those who are called according to His purpose."

-Romans 8:28

 

"being confident of this very thing, that He who who has begun a good work in you will complete it... "

-Philippians 1:6

 

"The Lord will perfect that which concerns me."

-Psalm 138:8

 

"But YOU ARE a CHOSEN generation, a ROYAL priesthood, a holy nation, His own SPECIAL PEOPLE , that you may proclaim the praises of Him who called you out of darkness into His marvelous light..."

-1 Peter 2:9