The good news is that you can sharpen your sword anytime you want. The word is always available. As you start to personalize it and apply it to your situation, revelation will come and then you won't put up with anything less then victory.
As you use your sword and realize that God won't put you in a battle you can't win, you will get the chance to win battles for others that don't know the Lord or don't know the word of God. (2Cor. 2:14)
I'm going to share the revelation the Lord gave me years ago. Sometimes the Lord gives you a word or a chapter that He wants you to dig into. Well this time it was Psalm 29.
"Ascribe to the Lord, O mighty ones, ascribe to the Lord glory and strength. Ascribe to the Lord the glory due his name; Worship the Lord in the splendor of his holiness." (Psalm 29:1-2) That's our job. As we choose to speak out loud all the thanks and praise God deserves he inhabits our praise. This is the prerequisite for the rest of the psalm. Are you interested?
Verse 3 was highlighted to me. It goes, "The voice of the Lord is over the waters; the God of Glory thunders over the mighty waters."....
As I started to ruminate over this verse and ask Holy Spirit questions I realized that He wanted me to start declaring this. We are the ones speaking for the Lord as we offer ourselves living sacrifices and obey Holy Spirit's prompting. (Ps. 103:20, Rom 12:1-2, 2Cor. 4:13)
This is how the Lord told me to personalize this Psalm.
The voice of the Lord though me is over the waters; the God of glory thunders through me, the Lord thunders over the mighty waters through me.
The voice of the Lord through me, is powerful; the voice of the Lord through me is majestic... etc.
You get the point. God wants us to get stronger in Him. Reading Colossians, chapters 1 and 2 are really helpful. Holy Spirit, the anointed one and His anointing is in us. (Col 1:26) Also, the anointing we have received abides in us. (1John 2: 21,27) We have been given all authority and power, (Luke 18:19) and the victory that Jesus won He wants us to enforce. He is waiting till we make all His enemies His footstool. (Heb. 10:13) He bet the devil so bad, he (Jesus) led them in a triumphant procession and He's given His victory to us. (Col 2:13-15, Acts 2:8, 1John 4:17) He is the first born of many brothers/sisters. (Rom 8:29)
Therefore I exhort you to sharpen your sword. There is so much more that I want to share about this Psalm... all for other day.
Let me bless you: Lord give us a hunger for You and Your word. Show us how to apply the promises to our lives and get so good at using our sword that we can set other people free too. We won't despise the day of small beginnings. We give you all the glory in advance. Amen!
Big hugs,
Brenda Gale
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