9 Breakthrough In His Name (1/2)

1 Corinthians 16:8-9

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8 But I will tarry at Ephesus until Pentecost.

9 For a great door and effectual is opened unto me, and there are many adversaries.

Those statement came from the lips of Paul, the apostle. There, you will see his response to opposition. How could Paul have said that he would stay in the midst of many adversaries not because of them but inspite of them. If that is in our days, that scriptures in first Corinthians will be written like this

”But I will run away from Ephesus until the rapture. For thou a great door and effectual is opened unto me, but who dare stay in the midst of many adversaries.”

Today, there are too many inconsistencies in the church because many have been made to believe that if it is good it is G.o.d. What the scripture say is

Romans 8:28

28 And we know that all things work together for good to them that love G.o.d, to them who are the called according to his purpose.

If you will not mind the truth, I will like you to know that anointing and appointing go together. There is no anointing without appointment and the appointment is dictated by G.o.d. He is the employer, he is the Lord of the harvest, he is the commander of the vision, he is the one that equips you for service. If you will settle this with G.o.d, doing what G.o.d Commands even if it is not comfortable to the flesh, you will walk in fresh anointing all the days of your life. It is what you suffer with him as you maintain what Christ Jesus obtained for you that gives you access to your inheritance in Him

Romans 8:17

17 And if children, then heirs; heirs of G.o.d, and joint-heirs with Christ; if so be that we suffer with him, that we may be also glorified together.

Later in life Paul told the Philippians his heart desires

Philippians 3:10

10 That I may know him, and the power of his resurrection, and the fellows.h.i.+p of his sufferings, being made conformable unto his death;

It implies that in the midst of the greatest opportunities in life, there are storms and ragging waves. But they are not meant to drown you but are meant to establish your triumph in Christ.

Ephesus was a place of pilgrimage for tourist- wors.h.i.+ppers all curious to carry away talisman from the city. You will see that in the nineteenth chapter of Acts- I will call those intellectual- demons

Acts 19:19

19 Many of them also which used curious arts brought their books together, and burned them before all men: and they counted the price of them, and found it fifty thousand pieces of silver.

That was the result of Paul staying put where G.o.d had placed him. Apart from the magical arts in that town, the city was built near the shrine of an old Anatolian fertility G.o.ddess. The deity was taken over by the Greeks under the name of Artemis, the Diana of the Romans. See how fanatical the city was. They held their G.o.ddess in a very high esteem.

Acts 19:34

34 But when they knew that he was a Jew, all with one voice about the s.p.a.ce of two hours cried out, Great is Diana of the Ephesians.

Paul understood the fact that in the battle front, soldiers do not waste their time fighting already captured soldiers. He knew that the reason why there were adversaries at the opening of a great door was because the hold of the enemy was threatened. No one waste time fighting the dead on the battle ground, but rather you face the living ones. That is why the devil is angry. When you left the camp of the devil. It means you are no more his captive. But the devil being a tyrant would not just give up like that on you. He will stir up challenges on your way to get you back to his domain. This is because he has been ruling over you and he enjoys wors.h.i.+p by men who are created in the likeness of G.o.d. You see why the adversaries are all over to challenge you. But this should be your confidence that in the midst of the adversaries, G.o.d has great plan for you.

Many times when you meet face to face with the adversaries you may think the end has come. You are even tempted to feel that G.o.d is no longer working on your behalf. Adversaries are always bound to come as long as you are living on the surface of the earth, but what really count is how you respond to them.

Today, as a result of mismanaging adversaries, many prophecies, dreams and G.o.d-given ideas died unborn. The grave yards today are full of great men and women who have died with their G.o.d-given ideas because of the fear of adversaries.

Let us see what David said; the psalmist of Israel, the man who went through many trials

Psalm 23:1-4

1 he LORD is my shepherd; I shall not want.

2 He maketh me to lie down in green pastures: he leadeth me beside the still waters.

3 He restoreth my soul: he leadeth me in the paths of righteousness for his name's sake.

4 Yea, though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil: for thou art with me; thy rod and thy staff they comfort me.

In the scriptures above, we can see the confidence of the Psalmist in the Lord. He said ”I shall fear no evil for thou are with me”. He was more conscious of the presence of G.o.d than the evils in the valley of the shadow of death.