Utilize the God given...

I was driving down the roads this week, and as often happens out here, I saw snakes crossing the road. As is also a custom out here, if you see it and you can, you run over it. Sometimes it has been known that if you run over one, that it may not come out the other end. There is the rare time they will spring up and get caught under the car. Never have I seen or known this to inhibit anyone from running over one. It is my perception that this is not just an australian thing. If they are crazy enough to be on the road, we are confident enough to run over them. We will hit them with shovels, sticks, chains, hoes and so on. We have no problem placing on them anything we can lay our hands on.

I despise snakes and the less I have to do with them the better. The reason I guess is guilt by association, as first association is with satan. They make my skin crawl and my stomach church. There still is an association between the two. The snake to crawl on their bellies forever and to be bruised under the womans heel. Satan to be under our feet.

We have no problem using man made things to run over the physical serpent. Yet when God said he gave us the power in the physical to ride roughshod over the spiritual serpents in our lives we run and duck for cover. When God said surely he sall be under your feet we walk so carefully to ensure he isnt there. We get a million others to check for us and do the hard yards and overcome their fears to do what we have been granted the power and authority to do.

Its easy to sound and act and do when in the midst of others at church, at prayer meeting, at bible study. Its easy when together with friends out and about. In the man made buildings where we go to praise God. In the man made protection and seeming power in numbers. In the presence of the man or woman of God that is our mentor or pastor or teacher and so on.

Too many want to pick up and run when its time to just put the foot down and declare the word, promises, proclamations, presence, praise, worhsip and prayer that truly they can do. Everyone says dont fear, and leaves the multitudes wondering how they can do that. Jesus gave the answer.... 'ONLY BELIEVE'.

Time to loose the man made and embrace the God given, you in relationship with HIM without fear and bold in standing, not running and not hiding..