FATHER spoke in Jeremiah chapter 1:
12 Then the Lord said to me, “You have seen well, for I am [actively] watching over My word to fulfill it.”
My beloved friend Steve Staggs wrote:
There’s no greater force in all of existence than the Voice of God.
Through His Voice He formulated His Plan, built His devices and articulated His Vision. Through His Voice He creates, rules, judges, empowers, raises up armies, vanquishes foes, appoints kings, destroys kings, separated the waters of the sea and river, sent manna and quail for food, provided water out of a rock, cared for the
widow, delivers the helpless, announced the Favorable Year of the Lord, healed the sick, raised the dead, calmed the storms, cared for the children, multiplied the fish and loaves, called for the fish to collect the coin to pay the tax He didn’t owe, and to the more than 300 who came with knives and clubs to take Him away, He knocked them on their keisters with two little words, “I am.”
Through His Voice man lives every moment of every day, and through His Voice He prays, “Father forgive them for they know not what they do.” So, the way we “overcome immediate resistance with force” is by listening to and then becoming WITH Him His Voice.
What Jesus speaks, we speak; what Jesus commands, we command; what Jesus sees, we see; and what Jesus does, we do. No more, no less.
God’s Vision is that His Man would rule His Creation WITH Him in the fullness of His Nature and Character. God’s Plan is therefore designed to achieve His Vision. Everything in the Kingdom of God revolves around the idea of partnership, the fullness of which is captured by the single word WITH. In its simplest form, this is a manner of living that begins and ends with God speaking, His Man listening and then doing WITH Him what He has spoken.
This is what Jesus modeled while on the earth and this is how He executes His role now as the One to whom the Father has given all authority to execute His Plan and to accomplish His Vision. Although we have full access to our Father as Sons, Jesus is the One through whom the Father now speaks regarding the rule, administration, work and mission of His Kingdom. (Matthew 17; Hebrews 1)
As we listen to and work WITH Jesus, His Nature and Character (Truth) is formed in us, which is then transferred to everything we do WITH Him. The result: Our Father’s Vision is accomplished. Truth is embedded in every transaction, and therefore in everything, whether in ruling or in reigning WITH Him.
“ ‘Not by the force or resources of strength, efficiency, wealth and armies; and not when the vigor of ability is firm. Lo! Behold, it is by My Breath, Wind and Spirit,’ says YHVH of the armies organized for war and warfare.” (Zechariah 4:6)