Exercise Your Faith

Sometimes, we pray about things God has already given us authority over. We implore God to restrain the devil, even though God has already instructed us to do it. We beg God to move for us when He has already commissioned us to step out in faith. We plead with Him to unlock doors He has already given us the keys to open. 

We label this disobedience as humility, when it’s really refusing to submit to what God has told us to do. It’s like Peter refusing Jesus' offer to wash his feet. His refusal appears as humility, but it’s really renouncing the gift Jesus wishes to give him.

Jesus says in Matthew 18:18: “Truly, I say to you, whatever you bind on earth shall be bound in heaven, and whatever you loose on earth shall be loosed in heaven.” 

Jesus instructs “you” to bind and loose. Not God to bind and loose. Jesus has redeemed and empowered “you.” His verdict of “not guilty” has already been rendered through the cross. It is finished. God has already seated you with Christ in heavenly places (Ephesians 2:6) and given you authority over all the power of the enemy (Luke 10:19). 

There’s no question that God is willing to move on your behalf. Are you prepared to exercise your authority and enforce the verdict He has made?

My friend in Christ, you are no longer a pauper. Jesus has made you a royal priesthood. He has declared you worthy. He has washed you clean. Don’t renounce His instruction. Come boldly as a son, a daughter, and a joint heir with Jesus. Don’t plead for what is rightfully yours. Declare the excellency of the One who has saved you. Exercise your faith, and walk in your inheritance.