He Needs Your Permission!!
Some people wonder why we need to pray for God
to intervene in certain matters. “Can’t God just save
everybody in the world, since He wants them saved? Why do
we have to pray for Him to do what He desires? Can’t He see
the pains and sufferings that people are going through?” They
ask in bewilderment. But you see, what such folks don’t
understand is, God needs our permission. Yes, He does.
Now, here’s how it works: God gave the first Adam, a
lease on this earth; God gave him authority over this earth;
but the earth always belonged to God. The Bible says “The
earth is the Lord’s and the fullness thereof...” (Psalm 24:1).
However, He put it in the charge of Adam. And as long as that
lease is on, God has no “right” to intervene in the earth. If you
study the third chapter of the Book of Genesis, you’d know
how Satan came into the picture; and how he took over from
Adam.
Adam willingly sold out his right to the earth to Satan
by committing treason against God. Thus, Satan’s authority
over the earth isn’t an angelic authority; it’s human authority,
which he got from Adam. So, it’s Adamic authority that Satan
runs with, and as a result, God can’t intervene.
It’s like this: if you gave someone your landed property
on lease for a hundred years, for example, within the period
that the property is under his authority, you can’t encroach
on it, even though it’s yours. You can only reclaim it when
the lease runs out, which is after the hundred years tenure.
Now, even though God sent a second Adam—Jesus Christ—to
He Needs Your Permission
THURSDAY
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defeat Satan and set up a spiritual kingdom, the lease on
man’s world is still running.
This is why we pray and act by faith to appropriate the
blessings that God has already given to us. He can’t just step
in and put them in your hands. He needs your permission,
your invitation, to intervene on your behalf, because this
is man’s world. So, every time you pray, understand how
important it is, because you’re making it “legally” possible for
God to intervene in some ways that He wouldn’t have, had
you not prayed.
PRAYER
Dear Lord, thank you for the
privilege of prayer, which avails
me the opportunity to effect
changes in the realm of the spirit.
I depend completely on you,
trusting your power and
miraculous intervention in
different situations and
circumstances for which I pray, in
Jesus’ Name. Amen.
Pastor Chris
to intervene in certain matters. “Can’t God just save
everybody in the world, since He wants them saved? Why do
we have to pray for Him to do what He desires? Can’t He see
the pains and sufferings that people are going through?” They
ask in bewilderment. But you see, what such folks don’t
understand is, God needs our permission. Yes, He does.
Now, here’s how it works: God gave the first Adam, a
lease on this earth; God gave him authority over this earth;
but the earth always belonged to God. The Bible says “The
earth is the Lord’s and the fullness thereof...” (Psalm 24:1).
However, He put it in the charge of Adam. And as long as that
lease is on, God has no “right” to intervene in the earth. If you
study the third chapter of the Book of Genesis, you’d know
how Satan came into the picture; and how he took over from
Adam.
Adam willingly sold out his right to the earth to Satan
by committing treason against God. Thus, Satan’s authority
over the earth isn’t an angelic authority; it’s human authority,
which he got from Adam. So, it’s Adamic authority that Satan
runs with, and as a result, God can’t intervene.
It’s like this: if you gave someone your landed property
on lease for a hundred years, for example, within the period
that the property is under his authority, you can’t encroach
on it, even though it’s yours. You can only reclaim it when
the lease runs out, which is after the hundred years tenure.
Now, even though God sent a second Adam—Jesus Christ—to
He Needs Your Permission
THURSDAY
4
defeat Satan and set up a spiritual kingdom, the lease on
man’s world is still running.
This is why we pray and act by faith to appropriate the
blessings that God has already given to us. He can’t just step
in and put them in your hands. He needs your permission,
your invitation, to intervene on your behalf, because this
is man’s world. So, every time you pray, understand how
important it is, because you’re making it “legally” possible for
God to intervene in some ways that He wouldn’t have, had
you not prayed.
PRAYER
Dear Lord, thank you for the
privilege of prayer, which avails
me the opportunity to effect
changes in the realm of the spirit.
I depend completely on you,
trusting your power and
miraculous intervention in
different situations and
circumstances for which I pray, in
Jesus’ Name. Amen.
Pastor Chris
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