Sooooo, imagine you are driving past a beautiful, big house. It is everything you have ever dreamed of breathtaking, perfect, exactly how you envisioned your future home. You stop and realise it is vacant. At the gate there is an agent’s sign, “To rent or buy, call this number.” But instead of calling, you decide to break in and move in because you saw it in a vision and you believe it is yours ( me at Aspen Hills) 😂
Do you know what would happen?
You would be arrested. You might even rot in jail. Did God give you a vision for a house? Yes. Is the house vacant? Yes. Did you occupy it the right way? No. They would say ,”But we left a number at the gate to help you with the process of occupying legally. If you had reached out, we would have helped you.” So then having a vision does not cancel process. Having a burning desire to occupy does not cancel the righteousness needed to occupy.
When you read Scripture, you will never find God encouraging cheating in order to occupy. There is no verse that teaches fraud, witchcraft, manipulation, or demonic assistance in order to arrive at a God-given destination. Not this generation that wants to occupy through divination. Not this generation that forces marriage through oils, spells, or dark spiritual practices. Not this generation that testifies “God did it” after using occult power. Not this generation that wants to occupy through violence, corruption, and bloodshed.
You want to occupy? Then occupy God’s way. The prophet didn’t say to the woman , “Go steal the jars. Steal a lot.” He said ,”Go and borrow.” Meaning you may not have the jars but if you ask those who have, you will get them. Ask them don’t threaten them or cheat or steal from them.
There are tenants who live in someone else’s house and refuse to pay rent. They are occupying but illegally. Zeal to occupy is not permission to steal. Desire is not a license to disobey. Believers do not just occupy. We occupy where God wants. How God wants. With whom God wants. We do not break laws or partner with the devil. We do not partner with demons to accomplish purpose. We do not build God’s promises with Satan’s tools.
“Dishonest business practices are something Yahweh truly hates, but He delights when we use accurate and honest standards.” Proverbs 11:1 (TPT)
You can shout, “It’s my year to occupy!” but also ask yourself, Am I doing this God’s way? Does this please the Lord? Occupying is not by all means, it is by God’s means. You cannot poison your boss, take his position, then come testify. You cannot spread lies to get a promotion. You cannot manipulate a person into marriage. You cannot compromise holiness to gain territory. Using sin to occupy is wrong. You can’t sleep around to travel the world then say you have taken over ten cities. No you haven’t! Eh The cities have taken over you 😂
Using deception to occupy is wrong.Using any spirit other than the Holy Spirit is wrong. Why do we occupy? For the purposes of the Kingdom. God is not glorified by structures built outside His design. Marriages built on lies cannot glorify Him. Businesses built on fraud cannot glorify Him. Success built on compromise cannot glorify Him. So as we occupy this year, let us do it the right way: With integrity. With the right paperwork. With honesty in business. With faithfulness at work. With the Holy Spirit as our only source. With diligent seeking in prayer, fasting and the word. Don’t rush the process and end up doing things the wrong way okay? Ok sharp. See you tomorrow .
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