Stepping Over the Line

“Nay, in all these things we are more than conquerors through Him that loved us.” (Romans 8:37) The Bible calls us kings and priests (Rev. 1:6) and world overcomers (1 John 5:44). For many of us, those phrases are still becoming real in our lives. We’re still learning who we really are! If you’ll look in 1 Chronicles, Chapter 14, you’ll read that David had a similar problem. He’d been anointed king by the prophet Samuel when he was just a teenager. He’d known for years that someday he’d rule over Israel. Yet and still somehow, it hadn’t really sunk in. But look at what happens in verse 2: “And David perceived that the Lord had confirmed him king over Israel, for his kingdom was lifted up on high, because of his people Israel.” Ah-h! Finally, it dawned on him! David perceived that the Lord had confirmed him king. I can just imagine David saying to himself, “I’m king. I’m actually king! I AM KING!” At that moment, being king ceased to be something David had only thought about. It became something he really was. He could actually see himself as king. What does that have to do with you and me? Much like David, you and I have been given a royal office. But it’d not until we believe it that we can exercise the power and authority that goes with that office. If you’re sick, you can yell, “By His stripes I’m healed,” 50 times a day. You can hope for healing. You can try to believe for healing till your hair turns gray or silver. But if you don’t see yourself as “the healed” instead of “the sick,” you won’t get any supernatural help. Yet once the realization hits you that you are, in fact, “the healed,” no one – not even the devil himself – will be able to keep you from getting well. Likewise, if you come into a marriage and cannot perceive yourself as “wife” or “husband,” – supernatural power and authority were given to you because God ordained marriage - you will not be able to stand when the world comes against the marriage. I challenge you to step over the line from trying to believe to actually knowing by dwelling in the Secret place of the most high (Psalm 91), and meditating on the Word until the reality of your royalty in Christ Jesus rises up in you! Scripture reading: Ephesians 1:3-23