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"He was OPPRESSED, [yet when] He was afflicted, He was submissive and opened not His mouth; like a lamb that is led to the slaughter, and as a sheep before her shearers is dumb, so He opened not His mouth. By OPPRESSION and judgment He was taken away; and as for His generation, who among them considered that He was cut off out of the land of the living [stricken to His death] for the transgression of my [Isaiah's] people, to whom the stroke was due? And they assigned Him a grave with the wicked, and with a rich man in His death, although He had done no violence, neither was any deceit in His mouth. Yet it was the will of the Lord to bruise Him; He has put Him to grief and made Him sick. When You and He make His life an offering for sin [and He has risen from the dead, in time to come], He shall see His [spiritual] offspring, He shall prolong His days, and the will and pleasure of the Lord shall prosper in His hand. He shall see [the fruit] of the travail of His soul and be satisfied; by His knowledge of Himself [which He possesses and imparts to others] shall My [uncompromisingly] righteous One, My Servant, justify many and make many righteous (upright and in right standing with God), for He shall bear their iniquities and their guilt [with the consequences, says the Lord]. Therefore will I divide Him a portion with the great [kings and rulers], and He shall divide the spoil with the mighty, because He poured out His life unto death, and [He let Himself] be regarded as a criminal and be numbered with the transgressors; yet He bore [and took away] the sin of many and made intercession for the transgressors (the rebellious)." -The Greatest Love Story Ever Told
When you pour your life out for others, God has promised that you will divide the spoil with great kings and rulers (the mighty.)
Jesus did three things when all hell and earth were rising against Him:
- He was submissive and opened not His mouth
- He accepted a grave with the wicked although He had done no violence
- He poured out His life unto death, and [He let Himself] be regarded as a criminal and be numbered with the transgressors;
Yet it was the will of the Lord to bruise Him.
Scripture records that when He made His own life an offering for the sins of others, God promised:
· "He will rise from the dead in time to come."
· "He shall see His [spiritual] offspring."
· "He shall prolong His days."
· "The will and pleasure of the Lord shall prosper in His hand."
· "I will divide Him a portion with the great [kings and rulers], and He shall divide the spoil with the mighty."
· "He shall see [the fruit] of the travail."
God has promised that you shall see the fruit of all the oppression (or hell) you are going through right now.
Oppression often produces a distraction of the anointing (and potential) in your life.
King David wrote: "[And I am distracted] at the noise of the enemy, because of the oppression and threats of the wicked; for they would cast trouble upon me, and in wrath they persecute me." (Ps. 55:3)
People are threatened by what they fear.
When the enemy makes noise in a certain area of your life, it is to distract you from another area of your life that is a constant threat to him.
How do you know if you are under oppression?
Dictionary.com defines that word "oppress" as:
- To burden with cruel or unjust impositions or restraints; subject to a burdensome or harsh exercise of authority or power.
- To lie heavily upon (the mind, a person, etc.); to weigh down, as sleep or weariness does.
- To press upon or against; to squeeze or suffocate; to crush or cause to sink.
Do you feel crushed or weighed down in certain business or personal relationships?
IS SOMEONE ABUSING THEIR POWER AROUND YOU?
As champions, we are not called to live, lead or rule (over people) in harshness (severity, oppression).
Did you know that the antonym of the word "oppress" is to uphold and encourage? That means, if you are doing the opposite of upholding or encouraging people, you could be oppressing them.
Yet in spite of all these impending things that rise against us, Isaiah wrote: "And all your [spiritual] children shall be disciples [taught by the Lord and obedient to His will], and great shall be the peace and undisturbed composure of your children. You shall establish yourself in righteousness (rightness, in conformity with God's will and order): you shall be far from even the thought of oppression or destruction, for you shall not fear, and from terror, for it shall not come near you. (54:13-14)
Today, I command oppression, fear, destruction, sickness, disease, poverty, pride, lust and anger to be far from you.
As you lead today, pray this prayer:
MASTER, I THANK YOU THAT IT IS MY HERITAGE TO CONDEMN ANYTHING THAT RISES AGAINST ME. Therefore, I condemn sickness, I condemn disease, I condemn [YOU NAME IT...] Lord, You became sickness, so I might be healed; you became poor, that I might be rich, You became sin, so I might be righteous; sorrow, so I might have joy.
I THANK YOU that I am established in love and therefore hate, unforgiveness, bitterness and sickness is far from me. TODAY, I command the ruin of strongholds in my bloodline. I overthrow strongholds of fear, pride, depression, sickness, greed, lust, [YOU NAME IT...] that exist in my life.
EVERY ASSAULT, ASSIGNMENT, ARROW AND ATTACK OF THE ENEMY IS QUENCHED, put out, extinguished, subdued, destroyed, squelched, overcome or quelled. TODAY, I use the creative and spoken word of God against the enemy of oppression that seeks to suffocate my promise; I renounce bad news that has silenced my confession and transform it to military intelligence that I might use to pray accurately and destroy through spiritual warfare what is trying to destroy me.
LORD, INCREASE A HUNGER FOR YOUR PRESENCE AND COMMAND EVERY SPIRITUAL BLESSING IN CHRIST TO BE REVEALED THROUGHOUT OUT MY LIFE IN JESUS NAME I PRAY, AMEN!
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