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"The Master Abortionist"
Revelation 12:1-6
1And there appeared a great wonder in heaven; a woman clothed with the sun, and the moon under her feet, and upon her head a crown of twelve stars:
2And she being with child cried, travailing in birth, and pained to be delivered.
3And there appeared another wonder in heaven; and behold a great red dragon, having seven heads and ten horns, and seven crowns upon his heads.
4And his tail drew the third part of the stars of heaven, and did cast them to the earth: and the dragon stood before the woman which was ready to be delivered, for to devour her child as soon as it was born.
5And she brought forth a man child, who was to rule all nations with a rod of iron: and her child was caught up unto God, and to his throne.
6And the woman fled into the wilderness, where she hath a place prepared of God, that they should feed her there a thousand two hundred and threescore days.
Yes, interesting title isn't it? Yet there is a principle within this portion of scripture, which will explain the title.
This may not be lengthy, but I pray it will be informative and help in our everyday battles. We all know that this portion of the word is referring to Christ and his Church/Body....there is a very important principle we can all benefit from.
The picture painted is one of a woman giving birth; she is in much pain and travail in birthing this child. Then suddenly as the birth is very near, the enemy is right there, waiting and looking for the opportunity to abort that child, before it has a chance to grow.
Church, that dragon the devil is waiting for an opportunity to abort our "child also", whatever "spiritual child" you are birthing.
Has God put the seed of a Ministry in your spiritual womb? Missions? Establishing a Body of Believers, To Teach? Being a Godly man or woman of God? A dream or vision for you in the Kingdom; a personal change in your walk, in obedience to God; of course he has.
There are so many things we as the church could be in the process of birthing, we each individually know what that is..
Just know, whatever it is we are "pregnant" with, there will be 2 facts:
1) Much pain and travail
2) The enemy is standing by to cause us to abort, to devour that child before birth.
If we just stop and ponder this...there are many areas in which this very thing is going on right now! It is any wonder that when we are on the verge of breakthrough, that the devil hits us from all sides?
The harder the hit, the closer the breakthrough..just as in natural birth, the closer together the contractions...the closer we are to birthing the child.
The enemy is waiting to devour, as soon as we are blessed by God in some way, he also comes immediately to abort that seed..doesn't he?
He wants to stop the building of the Kingdom of God!
Yes indeed, Satan is the Master of Abortionist, not only in the physical, but also in the spiritual. He will do his best to get us to abort.
Due to too much pain, too much struggle etc.
Be on guard...protect that child you are carrying..
Almighty God has planted that seed within. He will help you birth it as well, stay close to the Father during this time, he will help you through the delivery.
Note what the woman did when the child was born..she ran into a wilderness:
5And she brought forth a man child, who was to rule all nations with a rod of iron: and her child was caught up unto God, and to his throne.
6And the woman fled into the wilderness, where she hath a place prepared of God, that they should feed her there a thousand two hundred and threescore days.
Get into Gods Presence, he has a place for our help and your protection, he will spiritually feed us and build up our strength, as well as for the child.
God has a safe place for all.
In his presence there is fullness of joy!
One thing about pangs of child birth, the pain is intense, in some cases almost unbearable; but when that birth comes to fruition, the pain is no longer a factor...as we see the beautiful result of that seed we have carried all that time.
What will you do with your "pregnancy"?
Elizabeth James
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