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11/07/24 Easier to Do

As men, it’s easier to try to do something about all the brush fires we ignite with our spiritual ignorance than it is to become everything we’re called to be in Christ. Making something happen is far easier than waiting on God to direct our steps and completely oversee our lives, which allows us to avoid the many pitfalls the enemy has planned against our families.

Doing stuff to make things better in our own strength means we’ve unknowingly decided to make ourselves vulnerable to the traps set by the enemy against our families. It means we’ve reduced the outcome of our lives to the limitations of our own carnal thinking and insufficient power. It means we’ve offered the enemy an opportunity to attempt to override the plans God has for us and our families. It means we’re in the world and of the world; and, therefore, incapable of winning any spiritual war waged against us. It means we’ve taken the well-traveled, easier road and chosen to walk in spiritual weakness.

On the other hand, becoming a true man of God and a mighty warrior means we’ve overcome and discarded the ways of the world. We’ve ceased to function in the realm of the enemy and have planted our flag in the kingdom of God by submitting to its guidelines in our lives. It means we’ve crucified the flesh, having gladly died to its demands and becoming fully submitted to the Lordship of Jesus over every area of our lives and the lives of our families. It means we’ve accepted God’s invitation into His throne room, which He can make our war room where nothing harmful prevails over us or those we love. Would you like to live there?

Let’s talk more!

Jim Corbett

11/06/24 What God Has Promised

“Do not allow your heart to be swayed by the things that are large and looming, those things that deny My plans and My purposes for your world. Do not allow your mind to be captured by the lies that seem larger and more powerful than My Word. You know what is true. You know that you live in a world full of fools who deny Who I am. There are those who have agendas that are designed to distract you from My task for you. They will cause you to look at circumstances and forget what I have promised. They will attempt to lure you to walk in arenas that have little or no eternal value. Give them no notice. Those places are not for you.

“I have called you to rise above the lies of the world and live in the power of My Word. I have provided others who hear the same call that you do. Walk with them. Be advocates for one another. Together you will walk through the fires of darkness, fulfilling the light of My Word in those who need to see clearly. Together you will be My true church. Now is not the time to pull back because things are changing around you. Now is the time to draw near to Me. Now is the time to implement what you have been learning on My lap, in My presence. Listen only to what I say and have always said. Listen to My Word. Listen and act upon only what you know to be true. That is where I am.”

Exodus 17:12 AMP

But Moses’ hands were heavy and grew weary. So [the other men] took a stone and put it under him and he sat on it. Then Aaron and Hur held up his hands, one on one side and one on the other side; so his hands were steady until the going down of the sun.

Joshua 24:15 NIV

“But if serving the Lord seems undesirable to you, then choose for yourselves this day whom you will serve, whether the gods your forefathers served beyond the River, or the gods of the Amorites, in whose land you are living. But as for me and my household, we will serve the Lord.”

Acts 4:29-35 NIV

29) “Now, Lord, consider their threats and enable your servants to speak your word with great boldness.

30) Stretch out your hand to heal and perform miraculous signs and wonders through the name of your holy servant Jesus.”

31) After they prayed, the place where they were meeting was shaken. And they were all filled with the Holy Spirit and spoke the word of God boldly.

32) All the believers were one in heart and mind. No one claimed that any of his possessions was his own, but they shared everything they had.

33) With great power the apostles continued to testify to the resurrection of the Lord Jesus, and much grace was upon them all.

34) There were no needy persons among them. For from time to time those who owned lands or houses sold them, brought the money from the sales

35) and put it at the apostles’ feet, and it was distributed to anyone as he had need.

Reacting to circumstances is never what God intends for His people. Those who accomplish mighty things for Him have learned that difficulties will always be present. They see challenges as opportunities to drive them into an intimacy with their loving Father. From His lap, the view of things becomes very clear. They take on an eternal perspective where God is completely in charge. As we respond to circumstances from God’s perspective, there is an eternal impact, not one that is reactionary and possibly motivated by fear or anger or whatever else the enemy chooses to stir in us.

The world needs to see true followers of Christ. They need to see how He responds. They need to desire the more wonderful ways of His life. That can only be accomplished as each of us comes to know Him by spending time with Him. If He is our study and priority, His nature in us will then prevail over anything and everything that comes our way. His light will then shine brightly through us and be noticed by those who choose to see.

Never allow my heart to change just because the world is changing, Lord,

Jim Corbett

11/06/24 Action or Reaction?

Are you a man of action, or do you find yourself reacting to challenges that could have been avoided if you had engaged sooner? Preemptive prayer is an action that helps to create a smooth path for families to travel.

As I look around, I see so many marriages that appear to be on the verge of failing, or at best, things have dimmed over the years. I see children who’ve been overcome by the world, unaware of the bondage they’re in. I also see husbands and fathers who’ve either given up long ago or are hopelessly looking for ways to get their families out of the mess they’re in. All they can do is react to the next emergency their family faces. They live the life of a blind guide, putting out fire after fire, while attempting to maintain some semblance of a Christian family.

I also notice the families of a praying husband and father. Sure, they have challenges; but what’s not seen is all of the enemy’s plans that have been destroyed long before they could take effect. What’s not seen is the aggressive posture the man of God has taken on behalf of those he stewards. What’s not seen is the “hands off my family” notice that’s been given to the enemy. What’s not seen is the supernatural hedge built around the family of the mighty man of prayerful action on their behalf. That man is you!

Let’s talk more!

Jim Corbett

11/05/24 Agents of His Will

“When My Son prayed, do you know what the “Thy will be done on earth as it is in heaven” part means? I know that most of this is quite obvious, but it means that all of your creation and the angelic creation before you are continually transferring what is accomplished here in the heavenlies with Me to the earth. My overall plan for your world is being accomplished. It is being brought to My determined conclusion precept by precept. I have set in motion natural laws that each moment are fulfilling My timetable. The angels observe and implement for Me. And then there is you, My children. Your portion is also to implement what is accomplished in the heavens on your earth.

“Let Me explain. Every “war,” a term you can understand, is actually the pushing aside of what is at present and replacing it with what I desire to happen. It is all spiritual. In fact, it is the spiritual transferred into the physical realm by My agents. My Son demonstrated the accomplishing of My will when He said that nothing was done of Himself, but only through Him by Me. He wasn’t saying that He was weak. He was showing you how to freely live and move and have your existence in Me as agents of My will, overcoming your portion of your world.

“I have given you all authority to implement My changes through My presence in you. The problems arise for you when you attempt to engage in the “war” of furthering My purposes in your own strength and wisdom. Most of the time, you don’t have any idea what I am trying to accomplish in a given situation. You don’t spend enough time with Me to find out what I am really doing. You make assumptions, pray fruitless prayers, and wonder why you are in trouble. It is because you have determined to do your will, sometimes even calling it My will; and, in essence, are opposing Me in the process. That is a hard road to travel.

“Your burden becomes light when I give it to you and then carry it for you. Find out what I am doing and then simply use what I have given you to accomplish it in My strength.”

Matt.16:19 AMP

I will give you the keys of the kingdom of heaven; and whatever you bind (declare to be improper and unlawful ) on earth must be whatever is already bound in heaven; and whatever you loose (declare lawful) on earth must be what is already loosed in heaven.

Col. 3:1-2 AMP

1) If then you have been raised with Christ [to a new life, thus sharing His resurrection from the dead], aim at and seek the [rich, eternal treasures] that are above, where Christ is, seated at the right hand of God.

2) And set your minds and keep them set on what is above (the higher things), not on the things that are on the earth.

When I was young, I had a tendency to take the more difficult road. “Paving new paths” I would call it, rather than walking the proven, successful way of doing things. When I did this, and when the egg was very evident on my face, my dad had a kind way of cutting to the chase concerning my folly. He would say, “You roundhead.” It was really a loving term. I knew exactly what he meant and we would laugh, the failure and guilt were gone; and we would examine ways for me not to get in trouble again - at least in theory. My actions became “round” more often than I care to remember.

The ease with which we can avoid all the pitfalls in this life is really astoundingly simple. We must determine what the will of God is in any given situation and then walk in it, “loosing” it on this earth.

The problem is that most of us are spiritual “roundheads.” We won’t spend enough time with our Lord to find out what He wants done. We say, “God said” this, “He told” me that. We bind this, loose that, and pray for our own will and call it His. Then we wonder why nothing happens.

Sadly, even more shameful, is how we appear to the unsaved world. Our foolish words and powerless actions have painted a picture of a weak, powerless God who doesn’t answer prayer or change anything. We present an image of Jesus that few people would desire to follow. Plus, we can’t even explain why things are happening as they are, because we don’t really know.

Maybe it’s time for us to determine to wait in the presence of our Lord until He shows us what to do each day. Maybe we should determine to do only His will instead of ours. Maybe we should…

Tired of wiping spiritual egg off my face,

Jim Corbett

11/05/24 Hold Them

As a father, one of the most wonderful gifts you’ve been given is the privilege of holding your children before God as they are finding their way. The wealth of your prayerful investment in their lives is beyond comprehension. Only eternity will tell of the magnitude of the results.

There’s an unseen war raging to ensure that your children do not fulfill the plan God has for them. It’s a spiritual war that can only be won in a spiritual manner. You’re the one chosen by God to help win that war until your children are whole enough to fight it for themselves. Even then, you are to stand side by side with your children - no matter how old they are - as they overcome challenge after challenge throughout their lives.

Ultimately, God’s desire is that every person to whom He’s given breath would be able to stand before Him having lived the life He intended for them. Even though we all become responsible for the life we’ve been given, you have the privilege of fighting on behalf of your children when they’re too immature or too unknowing to fight the war themselves. Until they have what’s needed to engage in the battle, your job is to win the wars for them. If you haven’t already entered into the battle for them, begin now. It’s never too late!

Let’s talk more!

Jim Corbett

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