THE DEVIL IS TRULY AFTER YOUR WORSHIP

Luke 4: 5-8

5. Then the devil took Him up to a high mountain and showed Him all the kingdoms of the habitable world in a moment of time [in the twinkling of an eye].

6. And he said to Him, To You I will give all this power {and} authority and their glory (all their magnificence, excellence, preeminence, dignity, and grace), for it has been turned over to me, and I give it to whomever I will.

7. Therefore if You will do homage to {and} worship me [just once], it shall all be yours.

8. And Jesus replied to him, {Get behind Me, Satan!} It is written, you shall do homage to {and} worship the Lord your God, and Him only shall you serve. AMP

We see how the devil came and tempted Jesus Christ, in the wilderness as he fasted for forty days and nights after being led by the Holy Spirit. The devil presented before Jesus Christ, the systems of the world, clothed in their glory and splendor. So the world systems can cloth you, they can woe us in by what they look like. He offered it to Jesus Christ, at the cost of a moment of worship.

The devil offered to Jesus, what he had stolen from Adam in the garden. At the price of disobedience Adam lost his God given dominion, to the devil, in the garden. We were lost, out of the garden and in the wilderness, robbed of our heritage because of that act of disobedience. Jesus was the portrait in that moment of this and the only thing the devil wanted to release this restoration, was something we Christians today take lightly, WORSHIP.

Jesus accepting this would have not only been the fall and subjection of man to the devil, but also the fall of heaven, the entire kingdom of God with its ranking would have been under the devils authority, by what seemed a simple act of worship. Jesus bowing down in worship to the devil would have been like forfeiting his power. God is the greatest because he bows in worship to no one, that would have been lost had Jesus hearkened to the devil.

So what we bow down to, we give the power to rule our life. It can be a moment of worship, but it results in a life time of slavery. So be careful what you are bowing down to in thought or in action.

With this understanding beloved know that it is a battle for your worship. Some wildernesses are their so the devil can isolate you to a point of giving up your worship.

 He might not appear to you as he did to the Christ, but the bottom line is your worship. Your value is in your worship. Why is that you may wonder. This is because you were created to worship God. So if the devil can disconnect you from worship, he has disconnected you from your purpose, from the very essence you are alive. He has robbed you of the core of your existence. It’s not the things his after, it’s not your finances, it’s not your marriage or academics, they are simply tools to derail you from worship.

But we have seen in the scripture the response to this situation. The bible shows how Jesus replied with the words “it is written”, he responded with the word. Jesus is the very picture of the word, the body of the word. He is the word that came to life. He is the answer when the devil confronts your worship. Jesus is the answer when your worship is under attack. Never allow anything take away your worship. For as long as you are still alive, press on into worshiping God. Never give the devil your worship.

 Remember, you are only as valuable as your worship, your purpose. All ministry starts from worship.

PROMOTION COMES AFTER PASSING THE TEST

LUKE 22:42  Saying, “Father, if you are willing, remove this cup from me. Nevertheless, not my will, but yours, be done.”

                    

The bible shows how that Jesus the son of God was in the garden praying about the death he had to face. By revelation Jesus knew that his one mission in the earth was to die, but when the time to die had come, Jesus who was 100% human and 100% divinity needed to pray and God sent angels to strengthen him. His strengthen was failing and heaven had to intervene, but only by his prayer. The disciples slept from sorrow [Luke 22: 45], but Jesus prayed instead, and he received strengthen [Luke 22: 43]. Heaven will only intervene as an answer to our prayer.

The focus of this article is not on prayer, but for us to awaken to the reality that the tests we go through in life are a divine set up for divine promotion. They are different classes and realms in the spiritual realm. But before you pass the test and graduate with a testimony, promotion will not come. We can never expect, in academics, to cross over to another year without clearing the previous year.  This applies also in the realm of the Spirit.

Some of us are at the same level we have been from the day we were born again because we refuse to take the test. Listen we have the Holy Spirit to teach us and train us and make us ready for whatever test. We can’t fail with his help. So instead of being stuck in the same spiritual level, we need to grow up, mature spiritually and pass the test so that promotion can come. To pass the test, you must take it.

Paula white says, “it may not all be God sent, but it will be God used.”!

I mean look at Job he was pressed and tested. It was not God sent, but God allowed it, and the result after was by far greater than the result before. If God has allowed it think of it as a setup for promotion. If you can just exhibit godly principles, if you can respond from the word and not your vulnerability to the test, God will take you to the next level of your walk with him.

James 1: 2-4

Count it all joy! that test isn’t here to break you but its purpose is to thrust you into purpose. Its purpose is to cause you to walk into another realm of glory. Its purpose is to push you into another dimension, another class. So stop looking at the storm and allow the Holy Spirit to teach you to walk on water. Because you are the determinant of how long you will stay in a certain realm.