God's Got You Covered

This week I am posting a Mini-Word from my cousin Vernon II -- pray that it blesses you!

I WILL GIVE IT INTO YOUR HAND.  JOSHUA 8:18 NKJV

God's got you covered

Before going into battle God said to Joshua: "Stretch out the spear that is in your hand toward Ai, for I will give it into your hand." It's amazing how courageous you become when you know God's got you covered. When you know He's behind you, you can say, "No weapon formed against me will prevail" (See Isaiah 54:17). Remember as a child how secure you felt in a fight, knowing your big brother or sister was behind you? Well, God is backing you up! 

The problem is, we say all sorts of things without first checking to find out if God's behind us. When Satan says, "Jesus I know, and Paul I know; but who are you?" (Acts 19:15 NKJV), you must know two things: (a) That you are in right standing with God. (b) That it's His fight as well as yours. Jesus said, "Whatever you bind on earth will be bound in heaven, and whatever you loose on earth will be loosed in heaven" (Matthew 18:18 NIV). There must be agreement in both realms. Jesus taught us to pray, "Your will be done on earth as it is in heaven" (Matthew 6:10 NIV), because if it's not approved where He is, it's not approved where you are either. Your confidence comes from knowing you're operating according to God's will. 
 
The Bible calls us "laborers together with God" (1 Corinthians 3:9), so don't go off and do your own thing. Don't try moving anything the Lord doesn't want moved, or raising anybody from the dead except the Lazarus He calls forth. We do on earth, only what we know He's declared to be His will in heaven. That way we know we're covered.

In Service for the Master,
Evangelist Lisa Y. Mitchell