Step 8 – Empowered
Empowered – We discovered that we were now Empowered to make decisions
Proverbs 16:32 NASBS
[32] He who is slow to anger is better than the mighty, And he who rules his spirit (life), than he who captures a city.
“spirit” – ruach (in the Old Testament and pneuma in the New Testament) is the spirit, the breath, and occasionally the soul, but ultimately it is life force.
Inner dominion empowers outer victories.
One of the greatest lies that has brought the church to its knees is the belief that God is controlling everything. A second lie that has made the church powerless is that you have to be in God’s perfect will to be blessed.
Through surrender, a son of God will become the embodiment of the will of God. God’s will is that you become love just like He is. What job you take, and what state you live in only matters is they effect your level of surrender. Otherwise they don’t matter. You becoming like Jesus is the biggest thing in God’s heart.
Why does God want you like Jesus? Our old mentalities will suggest it has to do with sin, but we contend that God want to have the same intimacy with you that He has with Jesus. This is the real reason that God wants you to be like Jesus.
This is eternal life, that they may know You, the only true God, and Jesus Christ whom You have sent. -John 17:3 NASB
As you experience the love of God, His love will overtake your nature and you will become like Him. Righteousness in the new covenant means that you are a son who always has access to his Daddy‘s love. Your true nature is love, and because you are a reflection of your Father, you have become the will of God on the earth.
God makes decisions based upon His nature which is love. Because you have become the manifestation of God’s love on the earth, your decisions are a reflection of His heart. Your heart to love, to bless, and to honor, means that every decision you make is stemming from the heart of God without you even trying. God is now able to trust you to make decisions that are perfect reflections of who He is.
You will discover that God begins to challenge you to decide who you’re going to be and where you’re going to go. He will also begin to challenge you to begin dreaming for yourself and your family. Then, He will challenge you to make those dreams even bigger. You will notice that ambition to be something is no longer driving you, because your identity is no longer tied to what you do. You are free from all those efforts. You know who you are, and you know Who you belong to.
God is challenging you to act as He does. He has recognized your pure heart and your identity of love, and is now wanting you to stand in a place of dominion over your own life and atmosphere. He’s challenging you to stand up into a position of authority. You will discover that as you do so, blessings will seem to inhabit every decision you make. You will no longer be moving from a desire to be something, now your decisions are a reflection that you have become something, a son of the Most High.
In a world where it’s common to believe that everyone has a Darkside, where under the right circumstances any person might give in to temptation, it becomes difficult to believe that there could be a person who will always act with virtue. Yet this is exactly what we believe we are being changed into. Not only do we suggest that it’s possible that we become such a person, if you’ve been paying close attention to your Quiet Times and your Prophetic Bible Studies, than you know this is exactly what God believes to.
God not only knows who you really are, He believes this is what is rising to the top of your identity. The real you is a person He can trust. The real you is someone of tremendous virtue. He knows that His nature has been implanted into the very core of your being. Now He is saying that He can trust you to take control over your own life and make decisions for your destiny.
Not only can you make decisions for your destiny, but He is eager to He see what you come up with. You will display your incredible uniqueness as you step into the position of a son of God. We have been telling you that He has respect for your decision making. Now believe that He sees your decision-making as a reflection of Himself.
Inner dominion empowers outer victories.
A Word of Caution
You will struggle to move into this step until you have completed the others steps of surrendering your hidden fears and your false identity. This step is not one you enter into lightly. Many in arrogance have tried to claim this step as an act of faith and found their faith wanting.
For some, it might not be that their faith was wanting, but rather that they had not gain the trust of God. God does not answer the self-seeking nor the double minded. This is why the previous steps need to be worked through. This is why we wait until God challenges us to take this step.
If God is speaking to you about making decisions, then He is saying that you are ready. Step boldly forward. God is encouraging you as you grow into Sonship. If you are struggling, take another look at step 3 through step 5.