November 22, 2013 - "Trample Is A Good Word!"

I don't know if any of you had an opportunity to recite the verse from yesterday (Luke 10:19) during the day, but I did! As I breathed that into my spirit, it encouraged me. The more I was encouraged the more I began to settle on one word. Now, I love authority, power, no harm...but I continued to come back to the word TRAMPLE. Let's end our week here. trample |ˈtrampəl| verb [ with obj. ] tread on and crush: the fence had been trampled down | [ no obj.] : her dog trampled on his tulips. • [ no obj. ] (trample on/over) treat with contempt: a drug-testing device that doesn't trample on employees' civil liberties. First of all, the part of speech indicates this is an action word. That means I am physically moving and doing something. Early in the week we spoke of resting in the foxhole, but how many of you know one cannot remain in the foxhole and win the battle? We are required to rest for regeneration, but we are required to MOVE for energy's sake. So trample being a verb is a good thing! Let's move forward THROUGH our lives with the confidence that God's Word proclaims we WILL trample on deadly things with no harm. Shout somebody! Maybe stop and look at Luke 10:19 again RIGHT NOW. Then, let's look at the definition - tread on and crush - treat with contempt. Have you ever had a scorpion in your home or shoe? OCCASIONALLY I can strike that guy with enough force to kill him in one blow, but often it's several strong blows before they really slow down. Don't you wish the enemy of our soul was like that? Sometimes we can strike with one blow, but often he is determined to win and is banking on the fact that we will get discouraged and quit before our real breakthrough. HE IS COUNTING ON IT! And left to myself, I might do just that. But I have found that declaring God's Word out loud, memorizing passages, and believing - without waivering - the scripture gives me the courage to fight. Do you need courage to tackle your flesh? I do! Try memorizing one or two verses each month and use them as YOUR sword. It's powerful! And finally, trample, tread, crush doesn't seem to indicate the principle of one. Have you seen how grapes are trampled? I have that picture in mind. I really believe that God is trying to remind us in Luke 10 that tough life-circumstances will come but we will crush them and keep on crushing them, with contempt, until we STAND in victory. Now I am not certain that this is in it's completed work until we see Jesus in our eternal state, but God does say that he has given us authority and power to tread, crush, and trample on our issues and no harm will overtake us. I choose to believe that. How about you? As we close this week - remember, that in God all things are possible and apart from Him we can do nothing. (John 15:5) Have a great weekend! PK