"And the Lord shall cause his glorious voice to be heard, and shall shew the lighting down of his arm, with the indignation of his anger, and with the flame of a devouring fire, with scattering, and tempest, and hailstones."~ Isaiah 30:30
The word of God says that He will reduce the voice of the strangers. Who are the strangers in the life of the children of God? These are all those things that are contrary to the goodness and graciousness of God in the life of the children of God
The enemy challenges every prophesy of God in the lives of the children of God. After Jesus Christ got baptized and the voice of God confirmed who Christ is "this is my beloved son in whom I am well pleased", the enemy came up to challenge the son-ship. He tempted him by saying "if thou be the son of God".
The voice of the enemy is always there in the background to challenge every prophesy and promise that God has pronounced upon your life. However, as the child of God that we are, we must stand on our faith and trust in him alone who has pronounced the prophesy and promise. We must not allow ourselves to be distracted of moved. We must stand firmly and reply the enemy with the word of God in which there is power.
Like the example which Christ gave to us when the devil challenged his son-ship, Christ replied him with the word of God, because the power to silence the voice of the strangers in our life is in the word of God. If it is a situation it must have a name, and if it has a name it must answer to the name of Jesus Christ. John 1:1 says that in the beginning was the word and the word was God.
Christ is the word of God personified. Therefore the power of God in the life of man rest solely in Christ Jesus. What is power? Power is the ability to do. God has given us the power to do as seen in Genesis 1:28.
All strange voices that sounds in our lives or speaks against us, serves as a force in the lives of God's children. But the power of God will live up a standard against every strange voices in your life. Travel distance from a defined location to another is the same but travel time is not the same. The travel time is dependent on the power that works in us. Christ should always be the power that works in us, for at the name of Jesus every knee shall bow and every tongue confess that Jesus is Lord.
What is the purpose of power?
- The power to carry out the God's work or assignment for our life. Power is the fuel that enables us to get to complete our journey in life and do it effectively
- It takes power to overcome inertia.
- Power is to undo the works of the enemy. It is the enemy we can discern that we can disarm so we need the power to know the enemy so we can render it powerless
- The power to prosper Prov 10:22; 3 John 1:2
There are 4 ways God prospers His children
- God gives his people unusual favour
- By giving them wisdom Eccl 2:3 (ability to discern and understand seasons and trends)
- God gives knowledge to possess requisite problem solving skills that opens the door to prosperity
- By giving them joy. The power of God gives us the joy to smile and peace when we are faced with adversary.
4 ways to receive/generate power that silences the voices of the strangers
- To be a believer (born again)
- To be spirit filled, empowered with the indwelling of the Holy Ghost. The Holy Ghost expand the scope of your operation
- The word of God. Luke 5:17; Acts 10:44
- Through prayer James 5:16
"When a man's ways please the Lord, he maketh even his enemies to be at peace with him." Prov 16:7. This is the end of the matter; that a man's way must please God so that his enemies would be at peace with him. Pleasing God in every area of our life through a complete reliance and trust in Christ is the ultimate and greatest power that is available to man.
