RE: [TruthTalk] Christians' authority over nature

[michael douglas]

Michael D: Sorry I could not get back into the discussion before now, folks.

 

To answer your question Izzy, I live in the English-speaking nation of Trinidad and Tobago which is a twin island state in the Caribbean 7 miles north of Venezuela.

 

To try and address Terry's question: I see storms as from the devil. Additionally, I never take adverse weather conditions for granted. I always seek to exercise Christ's authority over them. I seek never to allow the enemy to have the initiative, because his aim is always to effect the results of 'the thief' as Jesus described in Jn. 10.

 

What about the adversity bypassing me and afflicting someone else? That was once a big dilemma for me. The first storm I was involved in dealing with in my country veered away from us and proceeded to do untold damage in Jamaica and other countries (that was Gilbert). Of course, that disturbed me alot.  The following year, another one, Hugo, was again on course for us, but I was very confident that through faith it was not going to hit us: so much so that I told students of a group I was teaching that I would be showing up for class the next day (the due date ofthe landfall). Faithfully God spared us, but again many others were not benefigiaries. I learned something very important then: although I tried to take authority over the storm proceeding to any country, and to kill it out in the sea by faith (my faith and understanding of those things was not as much then as it is now) I could not spare other lands. I realised that that was left to the believers in those lands to defend their own security. I could impact my backyard, so to speak, but not necessarily someone else's.

So the key is for those folks to be able to wake up to their authority in Christ, and to understand that these so- called 'acts of God' are not fated occurences, but phenomena that they can control.

 Now, in all things, ultimately one must strive to discern the mind of God as to when he does not want to protect in a situation.

I am going to make what will seem like an outrageous statement, here, but it represents a challenge to true believers to ascend to the place of authority that God offers us (it will leave many questions, I know).

I have exercised control over the weather in my country for years (since 1988 when the Lord began to teach me these things). It deals mainly with rain, and the lack thereof, down here. When I want rain I send forth angels to bring it: I did this last week, since we had a string of very hot weeks, and I thought, we need to build up the water levels in our reservoirs. Within a few days, it started, thank God.

Now this is a serious paradigm to operate in, since foul-ups can lead to serious backlash from you-know-whom... I have experienced too many of those, but living in a low-lying area like I do, it is a necessary 'science' for me. There is so much I can share from my experiences over these years,but I am just trying to lay a foundation to allow interested folks to know that they have authority over what takes place in their garden (like Adam did), and can forbid the enemy from executing (like Adam did not), but it involves God granting us His wisdom and understanding as well, like in any other area of life. The key is to start. This could avert winter freezes that destroy crops etc. etc. God wants us to dominate our environment through Him, even in our business situations. It's all encompasing. Just a scripture that reflects this:

Romans 5 said that through the grace of Christ we reign (no pun intended) in Christ in this life. The great thing is that the only time one reigns is when his/her will is being done. This is something we have to strive for through faith. When this becomes more evident in our lives (and that applies to me as well) Christ will draw all men unto Himself: I see this as where He does not necessarily need storms to save folsk, although He might choose to or not have what we are discussing here at His disposal based on where the saints are at re understanding this.

Well, I won't be surprised if you all have alot to say  about al of this, so I'm bracing myself  

 

ShieldsFamily <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

Michael, would you mind telling us where you currently live? How would you answer Terry’s questions about prayer and storms? Izzy

 

 

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