Be In Charge

“And Moses and Aaron came in unto pharaoh, and said unto him, Thus saith the LORD God of the Hebrews, How long wilt thou refuse to humble thyself before me? Let my people go, that they may serve me. Else, if thou refuse to let my people go, behold, tomorrow will I bring the locusts into thy coast:” (Exodus 10:3-4).

Pharaoh was not pleased when Moses came to him and gave him God’s command to “let His people (Israel) go!” That was a strong instruction and it took great courage from Moses to stand before the most powerful king in the world at the time to say that.
Pharaoh fumed and said “how dare you talk to me like that?” Moses answered him, “the Lord sent me and if you don’t hearken, you will regret it.” Get to the point where you stand before your oppressor and command him to let go! Whatever it is that may have challenged you or someone you know for so long can be reversed when you take charge of the situation. Don’t give the devil a chance. Take hold of God’s Word and command that situation to bow to the Word in the Name of Jesus. 

Let’s imagine that a goat entered your living room and started messing up the place; I’m certain your next reaction wouldn’t be to tell it nicely to leave. No; you’ll shout at it, get a big stick and beat it, till it leaves and never returns. You have to do this, because a goat is stubborn. The devil should be treated likewise. However, you may say get out, and he goes out but he’s looking for a way to come back, and will try severally till you hit him with a rod over the head; and then he stays away. That rod is the Word of God that puts you in command. Use the Word of God to run the devil out and take charge in every area of your life!

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