Atmosphere

Cool picture, huh? One of our daughters took it from the flight back East last fall.

I was going through some notes I've made, and the word atmosphere was coming up a lot.
The place in the Word of God where we're told not to be entangled in the beggerly elements after having been set free, that is the atmosphere that would destroy our faith.

Over in I Samuel 17 Israel was hiding out and the Philestines had sent their champion (Goliath) - he came out and spoke and created fear in Israels army.

Davids Dad sent him with a BUNCH of groceries to the army and after he delivered them to the supply officer, he went to see his brothers. Well, David took offence that this "uncircumcised Philistine" was defying the army of the LIVING GOD. Those SOLDIERS were all shaking in their boots.

Davids older brother got mad at his snot nosed brother and asked him why he came to begin with. Accused David of having pride and insolence in his heart, just coming down there to gawk. Told David to go back and take care of Daddys herds.

Davids response was: "What have I DONE? Is there not a cause?"
He let the gang know that God had enabled him to kill the lion and bear to protect the family business, and that Goliath was nothing.

David changed the atmosphere of the place with his "faith filled words"

We're not suppose to move under the atmosphere of logic, just like the world.

If we are facing something that we cannot do ourselves, God will bring us up and out of the wilderness, while we are leaning on our Beloved.

This army was beat down. That's the atmosphere the enemy created.
If we're looking at some of the same circumstances, we're to bind up the devil in the atmosphere.

Goliath came out daily, and the enemy "ordered the battle".
We're suppose to order the battle in our lives.

Over in I Kings 20:13-14 we're told...
13 Suddenly a prophet approached Ahab king of Israel, saying, "Thus says the Lord: 'Have you seen all this great multitude? Behold, I will deliver it into your hand today, and you shall know that I am the Lord.'"
14 So Ahab said, "By whom?" And he said, "Thus says the Lord: 'By the young leaders of the provinces.'"
Then he said, "Who will set the battle in order?"
And he answered, "You."

The devil has *champions* he brings against the Body of Christ today.
There's nothing new under the sun.

Do we not hear whispers from hell every day of our lives? Threatening us with defeat, creating fear, slapping our hands in the effort to put us in a corner where we belong.

The Word of God does not say: Is there any sick among you, let them call the elders and plan a funeral. He said: Is any sick among you? let him call for the elders of the church; and let them pray over him, anointing him with oil in the name of the Lord; And the prayer of faith shall save the sick, and the Lord shall raise him up; and if he have committed sins, they shall be forgiven him.

David said that it shouldn't be like this.
They accused David of bring false hope, trying to give an atmosphere of faith. David came to disturb their unbelief.

Probably with the same stuff we might be hearing, like:
-You're always wanting to say what God can do.
-You're always saying that God is able.
-You're always wanting to anoint with oil.
-You're always wanting to create false hope.
-You're always wanting to us to agree with that Book, when we SEE what we're looking at.
-You're always wanting to declare victory, when we've already been given a "report".

I personally remember one time a few years ago, a woman we know was laying up in a hospital given a horrific diagnosis, and was told she would die a miserable death. Her sister and I went to get some red construction paper and used one page for each letter, and we printed on there for the devil and everyone else to read.. VICTORY.
We chose the report of the Word of God FOR HER. Taped it on her wall in her hospital room.
While we were loading her up in a wheelchair, the nurses attending were just going through the motions with the mouths hanging open. I told them them (laughing), "Yeah, you thought she'd be leaving here in a body bag, didn't you?" She looked at me not knowing what to say. Kandy still had a long way to total recovery, but GOD BROUGHT HER OUT. GOD BROUGHT HER THROUGH!!!

David was declaring "VICTORY", and it offended the gang that didn't think they could do anything about it and only saw their own demise.

They tried to put someone elses armor on him...but HE HAD ALREADY PROVED HIS ARMOR. We've gotta prove our armor. Have we?

You know what we should doubt? Our doubts!

We've gotta order the battle, create the atmosphere of faith...by calling those things which are not as though they were. God has and will continue to change things FOR us.

God said He'd make a way of escape.
He said that many are the afflictions of the righteous, but He'd deliver us OUT OF THEM ALL.

We need to remove the puppets of hell, everything that oppresses the Word of God, the Blood of Jesus, and His finished work.

The fear of God needs to return to us all, to the church. That's the beginning of wisdom.

When the spys went over and saw the giants, God says we are WELL ABLE.

David behaved himself rightly, and he couldn't have done that unless he was serving God.

Daniel didn't agree with any of his enemies..and God delivered him.

Joseph, his brothers, Potifers wife.....he just let them all know he wasn't in agreement with them.

Hannah was under reproach and would not give up her God and His Word.

Abraham - believed God, created his own atmosphere of faith.

Proverbs 21:30
30 There is no wisdom or understanding
Or counsel against the Lord.

God CAN take the Goliaths down if we're not doubleminded.
We've gotta CREATE an atmosphere of faith with God's Word in our own mouths.

No where in the Word of God would it please Him to doubt Him.

So I say, let the devil and all his plans and schemes and lies be what is damned - not my life. He's the dammer, not God...not His Word, and I certainly will not allow myself to be one with my words either. In the Name of Jesus. I WILL create an atmosphere of faith with God's Word in my mouth and bring down every assignment from hell against me. Nor will I allow others to discourage me in what I KNOW GOD'S WORD SAYS. David gave us a good example, eh? LOL

Hallelujah!!!!!