OVERCOMING CRISIS



OVERCOMING CRISIS

God’s Kingdom is inverted.  If you read the first message Jesus preached to his disciples, Math 5: the beatitudes in the Message translation and you will see that God’s intended goal or life target is; “Peace and Joy in the Holy Spirit.”  Everything in His kingdom is upside down from the goals of the kingdom of this earth.  When your hot you’re not and when you’re not you’re hot.  OK now you may be toughly confused let’s begin to change our thinking.  Let’s Repent or Rethink as Jesus commanded and this new thinking will help us develop to become the creator God intended you to be.    



The rethinking related to crisis should start with God’s promises in mind.  “All things work out for Good to them that love the Lord and are called according to His purpose.”  “I will never let you be tempted by more than you can withstand whereas I will provide a way of escape.”  Everything that has ever been created got its inspiration from a problem or crisis.  “Need is the mother of invention.”  Think about it people of notoriety are usually remembered for what they invented i.e. Thomas Edison (electricity) or the crisis they overcame, Martin Luther King, Gandhi, Jesus, all overcame crisis.

God delegated his creative energy to humanity. Think about all the modern conveniences we enjoy, they came from a human being solving a problem or overcoming a crisis. 

Jesus said; “As a man thinketh so is he.” Whenever you believe something is true that becomes your reality.   If your perception of a situation is negative then you will always focus on the negative.  Everyone said that Lazereth was dead; they said if you had only come yesterday you could have healed him.  But Jesus by faith saw the positive side, this sickness is unto the glory of God, he proclaimed the will of God and said he was just asleep. 



This earth experience called life, this experience in time and space is an exercise in contrast.  We’d never be able to identify and experience God’s grace and mercy if we didn’t experience the opposite, chaos.  Remember Jesus overthrew Satan and re-established His Kingdom on the earth.  All power and authority has been given to him and to us his heirs.  But for those who have not been enlightened or rethought, settled in their mind on that truth, Satan still has the power of bluff over those who don't believe Jesus truth.  He bribes and entices us by offering the lesser gods that fulfill our fleshly desire for money, power or fame etc

If you don’t understand God’s process, out of Cho’s, blessing, you might think a loss of a job, collapse of vision, diagnosis of a terminal disease, divorce, loss of home, or an unmarried pregnant daughter would be called a crisis. God has allowed the current world crisis.  So when we understand and believe this truth we can save ourselves a whole lot of anguish.  He is currently delivering us from Mystical Babylon, the banking system who has indebted all the governments and corporations of the world via their high interest.  If you read the Old Testament Law the Jews were told to lend without any interest let alone high interest. 



The problems you are dealing with, past or current may cause you to have fear, trauma depression, despair, frustration, anxiety, loneliness, irritation, abandonment, worry, hopelessness, even thoughts of suicide, crime or domestic violence, these usually comes as a result of believing the lie, that things are stuck and will never change, we don’t like it when something shakes our comfort zone. That’s why we by faith cling to God’s promises. 



So here are some practical tools to deal with crisis;



First of all; crisis is only for a season, it only comes in doses, there is a time for all seasons harvest and seed time, if you are in a dungeon right now where you can’t see the light at the end of the tunnel…help is on the way.  The tunnel is a shortcut through the mountain. The only thing that is for ever is God.  When you feel like you want to quit, be patient, you are only going through a season of insanity.

The greatest protection against crisis is to expect that it is coming.

Jesus said; “In this world you will have tribulation.” But be of good cheer for I have overcome the world. 

Sometimes we think that because we are believers that we should be immune to crisis.

God said; “I rain on the just and the unjust alike.”

“If you follow me in my kingdom and you believe my words, you will be like a man who builds his house on a rock and when the winds blew, the storms came and the waves crashed against the house and it stood.  If you don’t follow my words it is like a man who built his house upon the sand and when the winds blew, the storms came and the waves crashed and the house fell.”   His promise to us is that our house, (our body the temple His Holy Spirit,) will remain intact. 

Everybody will have tribulation the blessing is if you follow my word I will see you through it.

The Japanese and Chinese don’t have a word in their vocabulary for crisis the closest word by definition they have in their language is opportunity.

The level of faith you have is usually in direct correlation to the things that you have overcome.

When you make a proclamation get ready for the testing.  Peter said; I will never leave you, I will die for you.  To which Jesus said; Satan desires to test you to see if you are authentic.  Peter denied Jesus three times but when he was restored, when he overcame the crisis, he became the head of the church.  John 16:1 these things will happen to you…I’m telling you now so you won’t be offended. And when they do and you fail don't be afraid because I will still love you and be there to help you.



Your job is not the fulfillment of your life’s journey.  Your gift will make a way for you. Your job is the platform that provides remuneration where you can do your work, your work is to be a Son of God, a Royal Priest. Solving problems.

SIDEBAR; I think the most important thing we can do when discerning God’s will is to remember that God’s Kingdom is an inverted Kingdom.  So it is important to see yourself through God’s eyes rather than how you measure up in the system of the earth. Most of us are stuck on what is esteemed by the rulers of the kingdom of this world, Lifestyle, Position, Prosperity, Fame, Beauty, High Performance.  Now let’s compare that with being a Royal Priest in the Kingdom of Heaven.   Having the ability to let Jesus live through you providing power and resources from the Heavenly realm to intersect with the needs or problems humanity experiences on earth.  So let’s get on with this rethinking process so that we can become what God intended us to be, the creator/problem solver.  The head and not the tail, the winner not the loser.



Seven ways to manage crisis;

The reason God created man is for management.

Gen 2: “When the Lord God made the earth, no shrub of the earth sprouted until He created the man to manage it.”  He will not move you on to greater things until you manage the things he has already put in your care. Clean your room, finish unfinished tasks. ASK  FORGIVENESS FOR YOUR PAST SO YOU CAN MOVE FORWARD WITH HIS VISION.



If you neglect or miss manage something you could loose it. 

Crisis can be as a result of mismanagement

1. Determine what you need …there is a difference between what you want and what you need.  We normally say it was the devil that did it but God caused a crisis in Egypt to promote Joseph to be prime minister of Egypt.  And even though it had been prophesied that Joseph would be the head over his brothers, he had to go through his training in humility before God could exalt Him.  Moses and David had similar training so what makes us think we have a right to a pampered life.

The greatest moment of promotion will usually come in the midst the crisis.  Be prophetic; don’t focus on the crisis, speak of those things that are not as thought they are. Speak the promises of God regarding your needs and walk in faith praising Him as you go. Get ready for a promotion.

Withdraw from what you don’t need, extra expenses

Sometimes he delays the outcome because we become so passionate that we forget; "the battle is mine sayeth the Lord."  He is doing it for us for His name sake.  "I will give you the ability to obtain wealth so by that I can establish my covenant."  This is designed to keep us humble, and keep us from becoming a lover of money. 

Crisis comes to readjust us. 

It’s not what you do it’s what you had to go through to get there that causes you to grow and that makes you better.



Most of us don’t even think of ourselves the way God does.  It’s not about a Job it’s about discovering what God created you to do. 

Job                              work

Employed                   Deployed

Trained to do              Born to do

Career                         Life’s assignment

Skill                             Gift

Can be fired                Never be fired

Retire                          Never retire

Temporary                   Permanent



God does not panic; this crisis/opportunity is there only for the purpose of bringing Glory to the Father as He provides His intervention and provision.  If I could of my own power handle every problem that comes my way I’d be patting myself on the back.  Think about it: God’s Glory will cover the earth we’ve heard of the Glory Cloud it appeared at God's volition you and I can bring His glory when we proclaim…I couldn’t do it but “Look what the Lord has done for me.”



Because things are only seasonal suicide should never be an option.  That would be giving a permanent solution to a temporary problem. 

Alcoholism is chronic behavior of avoiding responsibility or wanting instant gratification, when things don’t happen the way we want them to…in our impatiens we justify that it’s OK to escape the process that God intended for us to ultimately show us His love and provision. 

When you come out of the crisis you get a promotion…new strengths…

So be patient, outlast your pseudo crisis, speak of those things that are not as though they are and keep looking for God’s intervention. Thank Him in advance even when you can’t see the outcome. This is instruction from your creator telling you the creative capabilities of the human body. The spoken word held in faith is how we function in his likeness. 



The benefits of Change / Rethinking

If there is one thing you can guarantee in life its change

Change is beautiful and adds dimension. 

There can be no improvement without change

God is permanent

Change means you will never be bored with God

Changes threaten our security

Don’t get to comfortable

Danger, comfort traps you growth

Where you are feels secure, fear of the unknown cause insecurity

We do Self destruction because we think change is an enemy

Our only security is in God who doesn’t change He will always be there for us

Showers in seasons good and bad, crisis is to wake us and to cause us to function in our God likeness Creator

We never grow in good times we grow with pressure

Understand, adjust, manage it and don’t resist it

Recognize seasons of change


Traditions are enemy of change look forward to the change


God desires is to prove His love for you so be patient, wait with anticipation, have faith, look for the good in everything, God’s blessing is on its way.  



GOD’S MANDATE

“Be Fruitful, Multiply, Reproduce, Replenish, Subdue and have dominion over everything I have created.”  He didn’t ask you to go look for seed He said be fruitful not seed-full therefore the seed must already be inside you.  God will never require anything of you that He didn’t already supply.  Your seed is your innate potential, your ideas.  You pray for daily bread, money or resources and He gives you ideas.

What do you have?  Assess yourself Look inside, and ask God to help you see with His eyes.  God created you; you are carrying a seed for a solution to a problem that is for your generation and time. 



GOD OWNS EVERYTHING, WE ARE HIS MANAGERS



God has given us dominion, we are stewards or managers of what He has created; thinking that we actually own anything is what causes our “I” our ego, to become bigger and we forget our place in the Kingdom.  Ownership is actually the root of poverty.  We are so rooted in the Kingdom of this world that we think we own things.  In a Kingdom the King owns everything and he lets you use it or manage it.  You and I were purchased with Jesus blood we are actually bond servants who owe Him our very lives.  We take his grace for granted because we don’t continually remind ourselves that Jesus paid our debt and now owns us.  We are actually bond servants. There is an Old Testament law of the redeemer kinsman. 



What is going on in our world today?  It seems totally out of whack with God’s intention.  Well He has always wanted His Children to rule the earth.  Satan the usurper, who has no authority, is ruling by deception and farce.  Non-believers might say; how can you believe in a loving God when there is so much evil in the world.  Well this evil isn’t happening on God’s watch, it is happening on our watch…the humas/man has dominion in the earth.  God has lifted His hand of protection; He is allowing the crisis so that you and I will rise up discover and utilize our authority. It has been delegated to us and requires us to give God license to intervene in the circumstances of life.



We are praying God Bless America and we are asking God to bless us individually also.  God has one intention; to establish His Kingdom on earth.  Therefore His blessings are always in concert with that singular intention.  Jesus told us what to do first; “Seek first the Kingdom and be in right standing with it and all these things will be added unto you.”  When we ask God to bless us, we are coming to Him with our desired outcome with our entitlement attitude saying; I’m being good so fix the problem and keep my prosperity coming.  I like to say it this way; put a Band-Aid on my Ouchy and let me get back to my comfort zone.  I hate to tell you but we aren’t going back there.  We’ve just begun this repenting or rethinking process.  It’s about His establishing His Government on the earth and our work won’t be done until His work is done.



When we ask God to bless America we are asking Him to bring us back to righteousness to right standing with His Kingdom.  The problem is not external and for the most part God is dealing with His own; his children, the believers.  "If my people who are called by my name humble themselves and pray, then I will hear from heaven and then I will heal their land."  We must be the first to repent or change.  See the problem is in us because His kingdom is in us and we are still living like Adam following an ideology created by a human under the influence of the Usurper who came to kill steal and destroy.  He has allowed us to go after the idols of our heart.  We have become so enamored with the creation that we have lost intimacy with our Heavenly father who said; “I am a jealous God, I will have no other God’s before me.”  What we are experiencing is a love call from the Father.  Liquidating some of our possessions might be where we find the treasure to help us move through our crisis and fund the new seed that God has planted in our heart.  God said; “I am God there is none like me, I let you see the end from the beginning.”  If you understand where God is going you can let go and let God.  Not only that you can be part of the solution rather than part of the problem.  Think about how the guys in the stock market learned to make money even when the market is going down.  After you get it, after you have repented; even though in the natural it may look like there is nothing you can do.  You still have control over your attitude.  Don’t focus on the problem, focus on the solution, God has already given dominion to His children to be a blessing to those who are down and out, that’s the way His Glory will cover the earth. 



First step is the power of thought.  Commune with the Father, he will speak to you in the silence.

Second step is the power of words.  Write down your ideas, your vision so that becomes clear enough to communicate it to others because it will probably be a team effort. 

Third step is action with attitude.  Prov. 18:21 in the Message Translation says; “Words kill, words give life; they’re either poison or fruit—you choose.”  Death or life is not in the circumstances or in the environment.  They are not in the events or in the crisis.  Death and life are in what you believe;  For out of the abundance of the heart the mouth speaketh.  



You must first believe and then you must give it life; Words represent only 7% of communication 38% is intonation, enthusiasm and the rest is body language; you must take action, put attention to toward you’re intention. Live in gratitude as if it has already happened. 

“Let the weak say I am strong.”  Joel 3:10

Don’t let outside sources discourage you…the King who rules your heart has already validated it.  God gave you dominion, you are the Ambassador you have the full power of God’s kingdom at your disposal.  God is your source and prayer is how you obtain His provision even His hidden treasure.  “I will give you treasures of darkness, riches stored in secret places, so that you may know that I am the Lord, the God of Israel, who summons you by name.”  Isa. 45:3   He will correlate all the details and you will get to the goal post but watch you attitude; remember God is no respecter of persons and the highest position in His kingdom is servant of the least. 



LET’S TALK ABOUT THE FAITH PROCESS



Life and death are not in the environment or the circumstances. They are not in the events of the crisis, life and death are in what you think and say about them.  “The tongue has the power of life and death and those who love it will eat its fruit Prov. 18-21

“Let the weak say I am strong.” Joel 3:10 Even if it looks bleak in the moment our confession should be the promises of God and not what we see.  What we see is subject to change but God’s promises will never change.  “All things work together for good to them that love the Lord and are called according to His purpose.” Rom. 8:28

Paul described this Kingdom power that we have access to like this; “We have this treasure in jars of clay to show that this all surpassing power is from God and not from us.” 2Cor. 4:7

Remember that the goodness of God and the power of God could not be made manifest if we were able to overcome all our crisis by ourselves, we’d pat ourselves on the back therefore Paul describes the process so that we don’t get discouraged when he said: “We are hard pressed on every side, but not crushed;; perplexed, but not in despair; persecuted, but not abandoned; struck down but not destroyed.  We always carry around in our body the death of Jesus, so that the life of Jesus may also be revealed in our body.  For we who are alive are always being given over to death for Jesus’ sake, so that His life may be revealed in our mortal body.  So the, death is at work in us, but life is at work in you.” 2Cor. 4|:8-12



THE WORLD IS IN TOTAL CHAOS THEY NEED HELP FROM ANOTHER REALM



That is why we need to rise up to our calling as Royal Priests, ambassadors of the Kingdom of Heaven to our sphere of influence.  Think about it; who do you know that spends more time in communication with the Father.  Most people are consumed with survival living under the influence of a fallen kingdom and never look beyond them self to be an instrument in the hands of the Lord observing the needs of humanity then bring them before the Father in prayer giving Him license to intervene in every crisis that you perceive.  You are the head and not the tail.  





Gleanings from Overcoming Crisis by Miles Monroe with notations from Dave Dixon
















































It may be because we have poorly managed what the Lord has put into our care that God can’t move us on to greater things.  Are we just surviving?  Are we are busy just taking care of our daily bread and we typically keep what we have to ourselves rather than building the Kingdom and preferring our brother.  Think about it why would God be obligated to make greater provision when we will only consume it upon ourselves?  God says that He is a God of more than enough.  Why is it that we always seem to need a little more, bigger n better?  What do we do with; “If your brother has need and you have the ability to help him and don’t, for you that is a sin.”

 

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