WEDNESDAY, Nov 6th
SPIRITUAL JUDGES! PT 4!
Psalm 82:1 AMPC
God stands in the assembly [of the representatives] of God; in the midst of the magistrates or judges He gives judgment [as] among the gods.
In the Book of 2 Peter 2:7-8, we see the reason evil prevailed in the land of Sodom until it was destroyed,
2 Peter 2:7-8 NKJV
And delivered righteous Lot, who was oppressed by the filthy conduct of the wicked 8 (for that righteous man, dwelling among them, tormented his righteous soul from day to day by seeing and hearing their lawless deeds)—
The man Lot, although righteous, yet was complacent with the happenings in the land. It is written that in seeing and hearing the lawless deeds of the people, his righteous soul was oppressed, he accepted the situation, and being that evil prevails when good men do nothing, it attracted God’s judgment because the land cried out against its inhabitants, the reason the LORD said to Abraham that he has come to see if the cry of the land against the people is true, but there was a righteous man who did nothing, not even interceding for the people.
Psalm 82:5 AMPC
[The magistrates and judges] know not, neither will they understand; they walk on in the darkness [of complacent satisfaction]; all the foundations of the earth [the fundamental principles upon which rests the administration of justice] are shaking.
Complacency is a sin; this was the reason God judged Eli, who was a descendant of Aaron, and removed the priesthood from his family and gave it to Samuel, from a different tribe who wasn’t meant to serve as the high priest.
God warned Eli of the sins of his sons, and he did nothing about it; even when Samuel told him of the message he received from the LORD, an impending judgment against his family, he simply said, he is the LORD, let him do what pleases him.
Complacency is the state where someone isn’t pleased with a situation but does nothing about it. A lot of God’s children are quick to criticize but take no step towards proffering a solution.
The LORD God calls his children judges and gods but says that they will die like mere men because they are not issuing rulings as spiritual judges against the works of darkness.
Practice waking up in the night to pray in the spirit, envisioning how things should go in your family and your world, and giving rulings, and the angels assigned to you and your city will act accordingly. Glory to God!
Prayer
Thank you, heavenly Father, for giving me the special ministry of enforcing your will on earth
I refuse to be complacent but rather override and frustrate the works of wicked spirits and their agents in my world in Jesus name; amen!
Scriptural References
2 Peter 2:7-8 NKJV
Psalm 82:1-6 AMPC
Psalm 149:7-9 KJV
Further Study
Jeremiah 21-23