The Power of Unyielding Faith
The disciples were ready to obey God, keep faith than to obey men. They refused to negotiate with the devil and his agents. Paul was ready to go into bondage, die in it rather than negotiate. Nothing on earth moved him and his life was less important to him than his relationship with Christ. His decision was to keep faith, finish his course and fulfil his ministry with joy which he received from Christ. The three Hebrews children who were probably younger than you did not prefer their life above their faith in God. They looked at Nebuchadnezzar to his face and dared him and his gods. As small as they were at that time, they were not afraid of the burning fiery furnace, suffering in fire unto death. They told the king who was surrounded by his security men, the mightiest that were ready to die the worst death than to compromise their faith in God to worship idol.
The king commanded his army to bind them. He was full of fury and his visage changed but all this did not move those little boys who knew the value of their relationship with God. He commanded the furnace to be heated seven times more than the normal heat. That was abnormal but abnormal fire met with abnormal children with abnormal faith. Sometimes you need to be abnormal to survive Jezebel. God did not deliver them outside the burning fire. They were delivered inside the fire. You don’t need to force God through your prayer how He should deliver the life you handed over to Him at salvation, they no longer belong to you. The problem with many deliverance candidates is too much love and idolatry in their body, physical life. They are afraid to face the enemy that has only power to kill the body. As a result, they hand over their soul but tried to save their body. At the end of their ends, they lose both the body and the soul in hell.
‘And fear not them which kill the body, but are not able to kill the soul: but rather fear him which is able to destroy both soul and body in hell’ (Matthew 10:28).
Divine Preservation and Deliverance
Deliverance candidates must do everything possible to preserve their soul. If God can preserve the cups, vessels of gold that Solomon handed over to Him for seventy years, He will preserve your life which is more important than ordinary cups. He judged Belshazzar for drinking with golden vessels dedicated to Him
‘Belshazzar, whiles he tasted the wine, commanded to bring the golden and silver vessels which his father Nebuchadnezzar had taken out of the temple which was in Jerusalem; that the king, and his princes, his wives, and his concubines, might drink therein. Then they brought the golden vessels that were taken out of the temple of the house of God, which was at Jerusalem; and the king, and his princes, his wives, and his concubines, drank in them. They drank wine, and praised the gods of gold, and of silver, of brass, of iron, of wood, and of stone. In the same hour came forth fingers of a man’s hand, and wrote over against the candlestick upon the plaister of the wall of the king’s palace: and the king saw the part of the hand that wrote’ (Daniel 5:2-4).
‘Then Daniel answered and said before the king, Let thy gifts be to thyself, and give thy rewards to another; yet I will read the writing unto the king, and make known to him the interpretation. O thou king, the most high God gave Nebuchadnezzar thy father a kingdom, and majesty, and glory, and honor: And for the majesty that he gave him, all people, nations, and languages, trembled and feared before him: whom he would he slew; and whom he would he kept alive; and whom he would he set up; and whom he would he put down. But when his heart was lifted up, and his mind hardened in pride, he was deposed from his kingly throne, and they took his glory from him: And he was driven from the sons of men; and his heart was made like the beasts, and his dwelling was with the wild asses: they fed him with grass like oxen, and his body was wet with the dew of heaven; till he knew that the most high God ruled in the kingdom of men, and that he appointeth over it whomsoever he will. And thou his son, O Belshazzar, hast not humbled thine heart, though thou knewest all this; But hast lifted up thyself against the Lord of heaven; and they have brought the vessels of his house before thee, and thou, and thy lords, thy wives, and thy concubines, have drunk wine in them; and thou hast praised the gods of silver, and gold, of brass, iron, wood, and stone, which see not, nor hear, nor know: and the God in whose hand thy breath is, and whose are all thy ways, hast thou not glorified: Then was the part of the hand sent from him; and this writing was written. And this is the writing that was written, MENE, MENE, TEKEL, UPHARSIN. This is the interpretation of the thing: MENE; God hath numbered thy kingdom, and finished it. TEKEL; Thou art weighed in the balances, and art found wanting. PERES; Thy kingdom is divided, and given to the Medes and Persians. Then commanded Belshazzar, and they clothed Daniel with scarlet, and put a chain of gold about his neck, and made a proclamation concerning him, that he should be the third ruler in the kingdom. In that night was Belshazzar the king of the Chaldeans slain’ (Daniel 5:17-30).
The Call to Hold Fast
Many deliverance ministries and their ministers are negotiators. They are in covenant with Beelzebub, the queen of heaven and Jezebel. They are not allowed to deliver, cast out devil but to suspend, sanction for a season or transfer. As you go through this program and meet up with Christ’s demand for deliverance, you will be delivered. You do not need to run up and down, looking for prayer and deliverance contractors or negotiators. Deliverance can take place now and here. If your life is with God, your soul is with God, and all things are possible with God.
‘And Samuel spake unto all the house of Israel, saying, If ye do return unto the LORD with all your hearts, then put away the strange gods and Ashtaroth from among you, and prepare your hearts unto the LORD, and serve him only: and he will deliver you out of the hand of the Philistines. Then the children of Israel did put away Baalim and Ashtaroth, and served the LORD only’ (1Samuel 7:3-4).
Stop deceiving yourself and do not let deliverance contractors to keep deceiving you. You can get deliverance from the devil or his agents but they will not profit you at the end of the ends. You need to go back to God now with all your heart. You need to renounce all the gods in your life, put them away, and prepare to serve only God and pray for deliverance. I have personally been oppressed, I saw affliction by the rod of devil’s wrath. The devil took me to darkness where there was no light and turned against me all nights and days. My flesh was attacked, my bones broken with evil spirit around me with gall and travail. The devil and his agents had once hedged me about and shut out my payers. But one day, I cried to God, surrendered everything to Him and my deliverance appeared right in front of me. If I can be delivered, your case is not impossible. I used to pray, cry to God, saying, when will I start a day and end it without pains, troubles, shame, disgrace and reproach? But today, the game has changed. God told the fainting people in Thyatira, the few that rejected the doctrine of Jezebel that deliverance is possible.
‘But unto you I say, and unto the rest in Thyatira, as many as have not this doctrine, and which have not known the depths of Satan, as they speak; I will put upon you none other burden. But that which ye have already hold fast till I come’ (Revelation 2:24-25).
He told them to hold fast to the end till He come. If you have compromised, you can now return to God, confess your sins and forsake them and Christ will deliver you, set you free from every problem. If you are in the midst of the conflict with Jezebel, Christ is telling you now, hold fast till I come, don’t give up but continue to fight.
‘And he that overcometh, and keepeth my works unto the end, to him will I give power over the nations: And he shall rule them with a rod of iron; as the vessels of a potter shall they be broken to shivers: even as I received of my Father. And I will give him the morning star. He that hath an ear, let him hear what the Spirit saith unto the churches’ (Revelation 2:26-29).
‘And he said unto him, Well, thou good servant: because thou hast been faithful in a very little, have thou authority over ten cities’ (Luke 19:17).
‘Do ye not know that the saints shall judge the world? And if the world shall be judged by you, are ye unworthy to judge the smallest matters? Know ye not that we shall judge angels? How much more things that pertain to this life?’ (1 Corinthians 6:2-3).
If you are about to give up, compromise, hold your faith fast, your deliverance is not far. If you keep your faith, overcome in this conflict, you will rule and reign over all your enemies. There is a gift with your name on it from Christ, so hold fast. You are going to receive a star that will launch you into your morning, a place of strength, full of power with undefiled blessings. You must hold fast, wait to the end to receive this star. You need to be faithful, remain faithful to the end. Your angel of deliverance is just by your door, hold fast, your deliverance is hungry to appear and embrace you.
The overcomers are those who keep Christ’s works unto the end. They shall reign with Christ at the down of His kingdom.