Good morning, Lord Jesus. I speak out Your name -- the name every name -- and every lesser thing in the spiritual atmosphere around me must bow its knee and yield to the authority of Your name as Lord of all. ...
“You should have the same attitude toward one another that Christ Jesus had, who though he existed in the form of God did not regard equality with God as something to be grasped, but emptied himself by taking on the form of a slave, by looking like other men, and by sharing in human nature. He humbled himself, by becoming obedient to the point of death - even death on a cross! As a result God exalted him and gave him the name that is above every name, so that at the name of Jesus every knee will bow - in heaven and on earth and under the earth - and every tongue confess that Jesus Christ is Lord to the glory of God the Father.to the glory of God the Father.to the glory of God the Father.” Philippians 2:5-11
Though "every knee should bow," they don't usually bow without first lashing out or a fight. And though "every tongue should confess that Jesus Christ is Lord," before tongues confesses you as Lord, they usually say a lot of other mean and hurtful things first.
So in the midst of all social media posts lashing out at people. In spite of all the “tongues” using keyboards, cell phones, and videos to post mean and hurtful videos attacking people online, many of them from Christians; Jesus, You call us to keep our eyes on You. You remind us to keep looking up above this mud slinging and name calling, and as we keep our eyes lifted and fixed on You, You keep lifting up our spirits in You. "So if (we) have been raised with Christ, (we) seek the things that are above, where Christ is, seated at the right hand of God. (We) set (our) minds on things above, not on things that are on earth, for (we) have died, and (our) life is hidden with Christ in God" (Colossians 3:1-3).
From the place of Your Presence, You empower us to fight the battles we face. From the intimacy of Your embrace and the security of Your love, You reveal to us the dimensions of Your Being we only see on the battlefield and we can only learn as we follow You as the Commander of the Army of the Lord through the battles we must fight (Joshua 5:14).
And my battles are fought with prayer. My battles are won on my knees. I cannot point out the fact that those and the things I am battling are not bowing and calling you Lord, if I am imitating them and not bowing and calling you Lord. I can not, like many in the church, point out the ways others are resisting kneeling before you, if I myself resist beginning every day, humbling myself and kneeling in prayer before you. So as I begin my day, let my first action be, let me be first to bow my knees and confess with my tongue that You are Lord, to glory of God my Father. Fill me with Your Spirit and empower me for the battles. Give me "wisdom from above" (James 3:17) and courage from within (Joshua 1:6). And give me the confidence to know that every battle I'll face and every battle I'll fight already belongs to the Lord (1 Samuel 17:47). In Jesus' name I pray. Amen.
My family, I pray you may be drawn by the Spirit in humble obedience down to your knees in prayer, so that you may be lifted up into the intimate embrace of the Presence of God, with your eyes on Jesus, to fight your battles from above and know every battle belongs to the Lord, in Jesus' name. Please pray the same for me. God bless you, my friends!
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