When God is ready to carry out His will in the earth, He sends His Word to execute it. God created man to co-labor with Him and to fulfill His purpose in the earth. We know this because of the words that God spoke over mankind in Genesis 1:26 – 28. Man chose to rebel against God in order to please "self." Consequently, God had to replace His perfect will for man with His intended will by sending the Word in the form of flesh to destroy the bondage of sin over those He would call out to serve Him and fulfill His purpose in the earth.
Since the fall of man, God has had to work against the
will of man in order to restore the authority of His Kingdom on earth. Instead
of Adam being obedient to the heavenly calling on his life, he gave way to the
will of man or flesh, which produced sin and rebellion in the hearts of all
mankind. Originally, God wanted man to walk in agreement with Him and in
dominion over the earth. If man had obeyed, they would have fulfilled all that
God had spoken over them in Genesis 1. God is at work now, not only to fulfill
His original will, but to save those who are called to carry out His "
divine will" from the will of man or the will of flesh.
Occasionally, when God calls someone to begin the work of
fulfilling His purpose in their life, they begin to speak the will of man (or
the will of flesh) and not God’s will. When we respond to the calling of God on
our lives by spewing out words of doubt and unbelief, it forces the Lord to
begin shutting up the mouth of unbelief so that He can open the womb of faith.
John the Baptist was the forerunner of Christ. He was
called by the Lord to bear witness of the Christ and to preach the gospel and
call sinners to repentance. John was a mighty miracle of God. John’s mother,
Elizabeth was beyond the years of child bearing, yet God had caused her to
become pregnant. In other words, God had opened her dead womb by faith to bring
forth the voice of John in the earth.
Whenever his father, Zacharias, heard about God’s plan,
unbelief began to speak through his mouth, and God had to shut that voice down.
Zacharias wasn’t allowed to speak until his son was born. There were three
miracles that took place before God’s plan could be fulfilled through John the
Baptist. God had to open Elizabeth’s womb, shut Zacharias’ mouth, and bring
forth the new life of John. Elizabeth was six months pregnant before she knew
for certain that her baby was alive. The birth of this prophet of God was by faith,
and unbelief could have no part in his arrival.
Why do you suppose Elizabeth had to wait six months
before God would confirm that her baby was alive, even though it was God’s will
that John be born? Look back at the mouth and doubt of Zacharias. His words had
influence over this pregnancy, or God wouldn’t have shut him up from speaking.
Elizabeth had to live in anxiousness for six months because of the words of her
husband… until the day that Mary greeted her with good news.
When Mary cried out to Elizabeth, the faith of Mary, who
had conceived the Christ without a man, caused John to leap in Elizabeth’s womb
and be filled with the Holy Spirit. The will of flesh and of man had been
abolished through the faith of a woman who had heard the voice of God.
Be careful what you allow to come out your mouth or who
you give heed to when you share what God has planned for your life. The will of
man and of flesh has to be abolished through our unwavering faith in what God
has shown us or has spoken to us in our prayer time. The promise of God in your
life isn’t dead. However, it may be dormant and waiting for faith to speak the
Word of life over it. The promise lives, and it lives in those who place their
faith in Christ and obey God’s will.
Blessed with God’s Will and Purpose,
Pastor Asa Dockery
Pastor Asa Dockery
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