Power Shift
By Jessica Ford
Power is define as the capacity or ability to direct or influence the behavior of others or the course of events. Power changes mindset, it controls, it demands, grant authority, creates fear, leads to corruption and correlates to worship. When given power it must be used in the right way or it will be misused. Genesis 1:27 tells us that God gave us his character by making us in his imagine before he gave us power or to be domain over earth. This was done in this order because God knows that man cannot handle power by himself.
The body which is the flesh is control by power. Humans are obsessed with power, it creates a feeling of being invincible, in control, adored and worshiped. This is why humans become frustrated, entitle, egotistical, and selfish. When control by the flesh you fall short to temptation, and this affects your testimony. Failure become more common and you fall deeper into being distracted and fearful. They tend to put more thought and power in their problems than their faith in solutions. The flesh is also emotional, they become mad when having a disagreement or not getting their way, sad when they feel alone, jealous when compared, desperate when they are broken, doubtful when they lack faith, and evil when they lack love.
The Being which is the spirit is control by God. Many people seek power without realizing how critical it is for them to develop qualities of the Fruit to truly use power correctly. When satisfying the spirit, we develop the qualities of the Holy Spirit – such as love, joy, peace, faithfulness, kindness and self-control – because they will moderate our use of the gifts. God urges us to seek him in everything we do so that we can be free of all temptations that lead to sin. The being has Favor, blessings and more importantly peace. Mindset is everything, to change our lives we must change our thinking, our focus and how we spend time. God urges us to give him our worries, doubts and effort and he will turn them into solutions, faith and opportunities that will help mold us for our purpose. We have to continually seek God, learn and become his character, to master the fruits.
What we give power to define who you are, Spirit or flesh. You either have the character of God or the character of the world. If you have to work on yourself, it is flesh. Work provides labour, when you work; you use your gifts for produce, things that you desire. Fruits do not produce like work, fruit provide love and intimacy. Work only feeds you, fruits feed others. When you work you will impact, when you have the fruit you will feed and create legacy. Remember when working on yourself, you can only work on one thing at a time. When you receive the fruit of the spirit you receive all 9 fruits of the spirit one time. You cannot have love without patience. When you have kindness you also have gentleness. Only the Holy Spirit can do this. It is at the up most important that we spend time with God to bear the fruit so we are able to handle power and use our gifts. Only God can change your character and you must let God be God. There are things only God could do and understand. This is his fight; we are to let him fight our battles, our weakness, our brokenness, our addictions, and our enemy. It is easier to receive the gifts of the Spirit than it is to develop the fruit of the Spirit which means that it is easier to obtain the power of God than it is to develop the character of God. Shift your mind, body and soul and leave Power to God. When the Power is in God’s hand the test becomes the testimony, the mess becomes the message, the rejection will be projection, separation will be elevation, blessings in the wait, gain in the pain and lessons in the mistake.
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