Recently the Lord spoke the words to me, “Pursue and Overtake!” After a minute, I realized this was from the story of David where he inquired of the Lord to know what to do. God told him to pursue and he would surely overtake the enemy, reclaiming all that was lost. Too many times the body of Christ is in “retreat mode” in reaction to the enemy, but we need to be in a “pursue and overtake” mode, plundering his camp. Instead of living with a mindset of “self-preservation,” we should be “invading territory.” It is a completely different way of thinking.
“How God anointed Jesus of Nazareth with the Holy Spirit and with power, who went about doing good and healing all who were oppressed by the devil, for God was with Him” (Acts 10:38).
Jesus was always taking territory. God calls us to invade and have an impact. We don’t need to wait around for something to happen, then “react” to it. Rather, our actions should be making the enemy react to us. We are in a battle to see people restored to the Father, restored in their lives and made whole in the presence of Jesus.
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Be intentional about all that you do. Know that Jesus has given you purpose, power, authority and influence in the Holy Spirit to see lives changed. Expand the horizons of the possibilities in what God can do through you. He has no limitations and intends to overflow our lives with His life-changing presence.
