I had the privilege to speak to a group of young adults last weekend on understanding the ways of Jesus. The one point that I really wanted to get across was that Jesus knew He was the son of God and He carried himself with authority because of knowing that.
When you are convinced of something, you behave differently. Have you ever thought about that? All of Jesus' behaviors pointed towards having authority. He spoke with authority and He prayed with authority. He healed the sick and cast out demons with authority, and astonishingly, He has given that authority to us as well.
Matt 10:1 Jesus called his twelve disciples to him and gave them authority to drive out impure spirits and to heal every disease and sickness.
When I was parenting young kids, I knew that I had the authority
to tell them to make their beds and eat their vegetables. I fully understood that I was their parent.
Carrying the authority that Jesus has given us, gives us the right to tell the enemy what to do and where to go. Our prayers are effective and they avail much and our declarations usher in the power of God.
That’s why Satan so badly wants to distort our identity, so that we don’t pray and speak and move with authority. He has been working overtime in this department the last few years! If we’re too busy being self-focused, confused and feeling defeated, then Satan has us right where he wants us.
If you don’t exercise your authority as a child of the King, you are no threat to the enemy. That is why the enemy‘s biggest weapon against you is to confuse you about who you are. He wants to deceive you into thinking that your prayers don’t make a difference.
Your identity actually drives your actions. If you don’t see yourself as God sees you, you will never carry out the assignment he has for you to do.
When you are rock solid in your identity, then Satan has something to fear. When you become more and more convinced that you are a person with great purpose, then you won’t listen to the lies of the enemy telling you that you are unworthy and that you are not enough.
You can remind Him that you are a child of God and an Heir of God. You are the righteousness of God in Christ. You are royalty!
Jesus knew who he was. He was about his Father’s business. He prayed with authority, because he knew he was the son of God. He came to defeat the works of the enemy. And the astounding thing is, in the word it says that we will do greater things.
John 14:12 Very truly I tell you, whoever believes in me will do the works I have been doing, and they will do even greater things than these, because I am going to the Father.
So Jesus knew who he was, and if we follow the ways of Jesus, and understand the ways of Jesus, we will know who we are as well.
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