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The Spirit Of God will lift a standard In You


 In life a times things happen that lower our standards as we live and serve God. The standard of a Person can be lowered spiritually or physically in the following ways:-

a.       Injustices and unrighteousness

b.      Walking in darkness

c.       Stumbling in life

d.      Backsliding

e.       Sinful life

f.        Transgression

g.      Unfruitfulness

When the standards are lowered the enemy takes advantage to oppress the Christians and make their lives miserable and barren.

But when God sees the way the people are oppressed He releases His Spirit among His people to raise the standard in them to fight against every power of darkness that brings oppression.

After lifting a standard to fight for His People He makes a new covenant with His people to establish them in His righteousness.

All these are shown in a number of ways in the bible, let us look in the book of Isaiah 59;

 

Isa 59:9  Therefore is judgment far from us, neither doth justice overtake us: we wait for light, but behold obscurity; for brightness, but we walk in darkness. 

Isa 59:10  We grope for the wall like the blind, and we grope as if we had no eyes: we stumble at noonday as in the night; we are in desolate places as dead men. 

Isa 59:11  We roar all like bears, and mourn sore like doves: we look for judgment, but there is none; for salvation, but it is far off from us. 

Isa 59:12  For our transgressions are multiplied before thee, and our sins testify against us: for our transgressions are with us; and as for our iniquities, we know them; 

Isa 59:13  In transgressing and lying against the LORD, and departing away from our God, speaking oppression and revolt, conceiving and uttering from the heart words of falsehood. 

Judgment and Redemption

Isa 59:14  And judgment is turned away backward, and justice standeth afar off: for truth is fallen in the street, and equity cannot enter. 

Isa 59:15  Yea, truth faileth; and he that departeth from evil maketh himself a prey: and the LORD saw it, and it displeased him that there was no judgment. 

Isa 59:16  And he saw that there was no man, and wondered that there was no intercessor: therefore his arm brought salvation unto him; and his righteousness, it sustained him. 

Isa 59:17  For he put on righteousness as a breastplate, and an helmet of salvation upon his head; and he put on the garments of vengeance for clothing, and was clad with zeal as a cloke. 

Isa 59:18  According to their deeds, accordingly he will repay, fury to his adversaries, recompence to his enemies; to the islands he will repay recompence. 

Isa 59:19  So shall they fear the name of the LORD from the west, and his glory from the rising of the sun. When the enemy shall come in like a flood, the Spirit of the LORD shall lift up a standard against him. 

Isa 59:20  And the Redeemer shall come to Zion, and unto them that turn from transgression in Jacob, saith the LORD. 

Isa 59:21  As for me, this is my covenant with them, saith the LORD; My spirit that is upon thee, and my words which I have put in thy mouth, shall not depart out of thy mouth, nor out of the mouth of thy seed, nor out of the mouth of thy seed's seed, saith the LORD, from henceforth and for ever. 

 The Spirit of God will always raise your standard to the next level of breakthrough in your life. The Apostles in the book of Acts when they were faced with fear from the authority they prayed for the Lord to raise their standard of boldness to preach the gospel without any fear. And today I and you should as well pray for our standards to be raised by the Spirit of God.

 Act 4:29  And now, Lord, behold their threatenings: and grant unto thy servants, that with all boldness they may speak thy word, 

Act 4:30  By stretching forth thine hand to heal; and that signs and wonders may be done by the name of thy holy child Jesus. 

Act 4:31  And when they had prayed, the place was shaken where they were assembled together; and they were all filled with the Holy Ghost, and they spake the word of God with boldness. 

 

Prayer: Oh Lord raise my standard by thy Spirit against all my enemies and the battles that I face in the Mighty name of Jesus. Amen

 

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