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Think of consecration as “aligning” and “enforcing” — aligning yourself, or the subject in question, with Jesus and all the laws of his kingdom, then enforcing his rule and those laws over the matter in question. The first steps, which we have covered already, are mostly the “aligning” part. But often the “enforcing” requires a bit more “oomph,” especially if you are having difficulties there. Which brings me to the power of “proclaiming.”
In Acts 9, when Ananias came to pray over Saul, he proclaimed the Lord’s intentions there: “Then Ananias went to the house and entered it. Placing his hands on Saul, he said, ‘Brother Saul, the Lord — Jesus, who appeared to you on the road as you were coming here — has sent me so that you may see again and be filled with the Holy Spirit’” (v. 17).
Interesting — we don’t see Ananias pray to God for Saul; instead, we see him “proclaim” God’s intentions over Saul, and that is sufficient to see them fulfilled. The Scripture is mighty and powerful, and proclaiming it as we consecrate has mighty and powerful effects.
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Daily Readings by Wild at Heart — Aligning and Enforcing. Machine-transcribed; use the interactive transcript above to jump the player to any line.
0:00Think of consecration as aligning and enforcing, aligning yourself or the subject in question with Jesus and all the laws of His kingdom, and then enforcing His rule in those laws over the matter in question. The first steps, which we have covered already, are mostly the aligning part, but often the enforcing requires a bit more oomph, especially if you're having difficulties there, which brings me to the power of proclaiming. In Acts 9, when Ananias came to pray over Saul, he proclaimed the Lord's intentions there. Then Ananias went to the house and entered it. Placing his hands on Saul, he said, Brother Saul, the Lord, Jesus, who appeared to you on the road as you were coming here, has sent me so that you may see again and be filled with the Holy Spirit. Interesting. We don't see Ananias pray to God for Saul.
1:01Instead, we see him proclaim God's intentions over Saul. And that is sufficient to see them fulfilled. The Scripture is mighty and powerful, and proclaiming it as we consecrate, has mighty and powerful effects.
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