INTRODUCTION
Everyone believes in something! Everyone has an idea that eventually informs their philosophy! Even the atheist has an idea that there is no God; that is his belief! What do you believe in? Do you have faith at all? Are you bold about your faith, or it’s subdued under pressure? These questions can be answered when we look at God’s intention for the Faith and Belief/Spirituality as a sphere of influence.
THEN AND NOW
Faith and Belief is as old as human existence. In search for the supernatural, man has engaged all means available to attach himself to a deity that he would pay his allegiance to. There is a seemingly natural vacuum that can only be filled by a being beyond man himself!
Before the modern religions and faiths that we see and have today, history shows that man had his way of communicating to the supernatural in activities like; change of seasons, during harvests, initiation to adulthood, preparing for war, birth and burial ceremonies etc.
In Africa for instance, all ethnicities have correlated practices of veneration of sorts to the supernatural! And the names given to the deities range from “one who knows all, the Big eye, the Rain maker” to “the Punisher, the Owner of life, the Executor, God of Fertility” etc. And there are objects of worship attached to all these deities.
Does this mean a Sovereign God was non-existent? This is far from the truth! He is the Author of life who is responsible for and attributed to making man after His image and likeness! He did have an idea way before man came into existence!
26 Then God said, “[ai]Let Us make mankind in Our image, according to Our likeness; and [aj]let them rule over the fish of the sea and over the birds of the sky and over the livestock and over all the earth, and over every crawling thing that crawls on the earth.” 27 So God created man in His own image, in the image of God He created him; male and female He created them. Genesis 1:26-27 NASB (emphasis mine)
This biblical account reveals much about the origin of man and the purpose of his creation! His creator is the LORD God of the Bible, and his purpose is to have dominion over the rest of creation on behalf of God! Sadly, the reverse is true to a big extent; creation is dominating man! This brings us to the objective of this article!
WHAT IS THE EXTENT OF YOUR DOMINION?
- Over what and how should man have dominion?
- How successful has he been thus far?
- Did anything go wrong?
- If so what and how?
- Is there hope?
- What part am I supposed to play?
These questions and more have answers in the “manual” of the “Manufacturer”; the Bible and God respectively!
When the children of Israel were about to enter their land of promise; God cautioned what befell them!
Deuteronomy 7:1-6 NASB
“When the Lord your God brings you into the land where you are entering to take possession of it, and He drives away many nations from before you, the Hittites, the Girgashites, the Amorites, the Canaanites, the Perizzites, the Hivites, and the Jebusites, seven nations greater and mightier than you, 2 and when the Lord your God turns them over to you and you [a]defeat them, you shall [b]utterly destroy them. You shall not make a covenant with them nor be gracious to them. 3 Furthermore, you shall not intermarry with them: you shall not give your [c]daughters to [d]their sons, nor shall you take [e]their daughters for your [f]sons. 4 For [g]they will turn your [h]sons away from [i]following Me, and they will serve other gods; then the anger of the Lord will be kindled against you and He will quickly destroy you. 5 But this is what you shall do to them: you shall tear down their altars, smash their memorial stones, cut their [j]Asherim to pieces, and burn their carved images in the fire. 6 For you are a holy people to the Lord your God; the Lord your God has chosen you to be a people for His personal possession out of all the peoples who are on the face of the [k]earth.”
Friend, there is a promised land to partake; it only does not come on a silver platter! There is a giant standing in the way, the instruction is to strike him down and utterly destroy him! All of the Giants listed in the scriptural portion above, have systems in our day that they represent; for instance;
The Faith and Spirituality Mountain has the PERRIZITE as the enemy/giant standing in the way!
MOVE OUT OF THE PERIZZITE MENTALITY!
“Perizzite” means, “belonging to a village”. Villages have a connotation of “smallness”. People who grow up in villages are exposed to very limited opportunities for growth; educational, cultural, and entertainment opportunities are scarce. If not careful, people who grow up in villages can develop a very limited vision of life.
Dreams are easily spawned in an environment that stimulates people with options and opportunities; since these are limited in a village, villagers are very likely not to dream of great things, and the few who do, dream of making it out of the village in order to succeed in the big cities. Perizzites are cripples, lame people who feel unworthy, who feel spiritually unable to walk on their own. Perrizites strip people of provision, protection and practice perpetual idolatry!
What we need are ministers who understand and teach the gospel of the Kingdom of God. The gospel of the Kingdom teaches occupation here on earth until the Lord returns, bringing heaven down onto the earth, equipping saints to rule in the midst of their enemies.
GO TELL IT ON THE FAITH MOUNTAIN!
This is what the Mountain of Faith and Spirituality is all about; to lay foundations that are conforming to God’s own foundation:
- Jesus Christ being the Foundation and Cornerstone
- Transform into God’s Image.
- Conform to God’s ways (thoughts, will and purpose)
- Putting on Christ as a Garment (Colossians 2:12-14, Romans 13:14)
- Our minds to be set on things above
- Mortifying the flesh (Colossians 3:5-9)
- Testing and knowing God’s good, acceptable and perfect will
- Their Father tongue/language is TRUTH (John 8:32 &36. 17:17)
- They exemplify the fruit of the Spirit (Galatians 5:22; 2Peter 1:3-9; Colossians 3:12-14; James 3:17-18)
- Mobilize the Nations against Babylon! (Jeremiah 51:17-29)
We are counting on you to join this movement. What contribution can you make? Would you directly participate? I wish there was a better choice! We ought to find our footing and engage because there is no other way of taking over a mountain! We are under a committed Commander; His name is Jesus Christ! Congratulations for making His shortlist- It is time to work! For more information about this Mountain, click here: https://www.youtube.com/live/VH-abJ0PoF0?feature=share
Authored by;
Anthony Bugembe | A member of the Media Mountain
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Faith is the substance of things not seen, the evidence of things we hope for.
Hebrews 11:1
Baraka
Great article. Thanks Anthony.
This is what the world needs to know, thanks Ps. Anthony for this revelation knowledge.
God bless you.