GAINING VICTORY OVER A LAZY SPIRIT

GAINING VICTORY OVER A LAZY SPIRIT

Just like your physical body, your spirit man can become lazy and fat with abundance. It can become so obese that it cannot move to change a single circumstance, in your life. This is the result of taking in for weeks, months and years and not giving out all that you take in.. If I do not push you off your spiritual couch, your muscles would not be able to carry your soul to the next level of glory. At the top of every mountain is a plateau, the plateau is where you learn to experience the new glory. It takes on average three to six months to cross a spirit plateau. When you start to get comfortable, I will bring you to the next mountain. "For you, brethren, were indeed called to freedom; only do not let your freedom be an incentive to your flesh and an opportunity or excuse for selfishness, but through love you should serve one another." Galatians 5:13 (AMP)

Comfortable in the spirit realm is not good. Please note that I am not referring to peace, but a laxness that begins to takes Me for granted. It's a place where faith turns to assumption and your hours of meeting with Me every day, dwindles to a short prayer as you rush out the door. Because everything is going so good for so long, you become satisfied to stay where you are, and forget that you are on a journey. Camping on a plateau of glory, it absolutely forbidden. ..."I have this one charge to make against you: that you have left (abandoned) the love that you had at first you have deserted Me, your first love. [5] Remember then from what heights you have fallen. Repent (change the inner man to meet God''s will) and do the works you did previously when first you knew the Lord, or else I will visit you and remove your lampstand from its place, unless you change your mind and repent." Revelation 2:4-5 (AMP)

Mountains are either for moving or climbing, if you do not have enough faith to move them, then you are going to have to continue to climb them. When you have climbed enough mountains, your spiritman will be strong enough to move them. Faith will hopefully grow to where you can speak to the mountain, and it will move. ..."If ye have faith as a grain of mustard seed, ye shall say unto this mountain, Remove hence to yonder place; and it shall remove; and nothing shall be impossible unto you. Matthew 17:20 (KJV)

So just when you think you have arrived and you have it all together, and you start to relax, I will drop another mountain in front of you. Your final mountain will be just shortly before I bring you home. You will always have opportunity to grow in faith. "You, therefore, must be perfect growing into complete maturity of godliness in mind and character, having reached the proper height of virtue and integrity, as your heavenly Father is perfect." Matthew 5:48 (AMP)

Always resting and never relaxing is the kingdom way.
..." be firm (steadfast), immovable, always abounding in the work of the Lord always being superior, excelling, doing more than enough in the service of the Lord, knowing and being continually aware that your labor in the Lord is not futile it is never wasted or to no purpose." 1 Corinthians 15:58 (AMP) The moment you stop advancing is the moment the hordes of hell pounce on your campsite. You will wonder what in the world happened, thinking, "yesterday I had it all together and today hell has surrounded me".

Don't be alarmed, it is just standard spirit warfare, but you can never afford to relax. If you are feeling comfortable where you are, don't settle down because there is a mountain is just in front of you. Always remember, bigger the mountain the higher the next glory when you reach the top. "Beloved, do not be amazed and bewildered at the fiery ordeal which is taking place to test your quality, as though something strange (unusual and alien to you and your position) were befalling you. [13] But insofar as you are sharing Christ''s sufferings, rejoice, so that when His glory full of radiance and splendor is revealed, you may also rejoice with triumph exultantly. [14] If you are censured and suffer abuse because you bear the name of Christ, blessed are you--happy, fortunate, to be envied, with life-joy, and satisfaction in God''s favor and salvation, regardless of your outward condition, because the Spirit of glory, the Spirit of God, is resting upon you. On their part He is blasphemed, but on your part He is glorified." 1 Peter 4:12-14 (AMP)

If every few months, weeks or days, you do not say, "here we go again", then you are backslidden and out of My will and purpose. Advancing always brings heavy opposition, but never attack a strong hold, without making sure you are well able to endure the firefight that will come. Make sure you have heard My words, FIRE, because if you are premature you will suffer great loss, in overestimating your strength and underestimating the enemy. ..."when even the archangel Michael, contending with the devil, judicially argued (disputed) about the body of Moses, he dared not presume to bring an abusive condemnation against him, but simply said, The Lord rebuke you!" Jude 1:9 (AMP)

As long as satan is the prince and power of the air, you are in enemy territory and you never relax in enemy territory. You don't build a permanent home in enemy territory, you are always on the move until the land is conquered and you hear..."a loud voice saying in heaven, Now is come salvation, and strength, and the kingdom of our God, and the power of his Christ: for the accuser of our brethren is cast down, which accused them before our God day and night." Revelation 12:10 (KJV)
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Jim Hammerle

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