Doors

I am not sure if I was awake or asleep or somewhere in between, but early in the morning the Lord showed me something.   I saw people  safe and secure in a house with a guard at the door... and all of a sudden, the enemy had come into the house... I understood that our safety is in the Lord... our covenant promise. But, our covenant promises are like legal agreements... with terms. No one knows the terms of agreement better than our adversary. He knows it all by heart, and watches for a violation so he can use it to get in to our house. The enemy can't come into where the Lord abides... unless he has legal ground to be there, unless we violate the agreement.  

His promises are conditional, we must do our part... or His part is not required. If we violate the terms are then the agreement is made null and void, until we come into compliance. Now having said that... let me say this... He loved us so much, He gave us Jesus...His love is unconditional, His Mercy endures forever, His Grace is sufficient for me...His blood covers our sins... but we were bought with a price, we are not our own... and if we want His BEST for us... which is what He wants for us... then we need to do our part...

Romans 12:1 NKJV

I beseech you therefore, brethren, by the mercies of God, that you present your bodies a livingsacrifice, holy, acceptable to God, which is your reasonable service.

God will never violate the covenant.. He cannot, He is bound by His Word. But we can violate it.  Unrepented sin gives the devil legal ground to bother us. So do the words of our mouth.  The Word says life and death are in the power of the tongue.  If we speak in agreement with God, with the Word, with Faith, with Love, we are speaking life... if we speak in agreement with the enemy, with words of doubt, words of gossip, words that are discouraging or hateful... we have given a password to the enemy... he can walk right up to the guard at the door and give him the words that will allow him to pass... his search warrant, so to speak... then he can walk right in and begin to sift through our lives...  and there we stand wondering why God let us down. Why His Word isn't working in our lives... guess what... who violated the terms?  I can say without reservation... it wasn't God. He stands waiting to fulfill His part of the promise, He desires to bless us... and when we allow Him to... He lavishes us with His blessings and fulfills all His promises.  The Word says He came to give us life and that more abundantly! 

He honors our efforts and stands waiting and watching for us to fulfill our part... so He can bless us with His best... Let us remember to guard the words of our lips, keep our doors closed to the enemy.