You have been given authority now exercise it!!!!! Authority is not something you wear as a badge of honor; authority is to be used for the sake of everyone’s benefit. Authority is not to be used as a weapon to subjecate people under you, but to lift up others that are around you. We have been given authority as believers in Jesus Christ, but we have not been taught how to use it. Here with sit with the King of kings living inside of us, yet we do not know how to make a decree, we do not know how to wield a sword in the spirit and we do not know how to operate by design. We are so much like our phones, watches and computers, we have more we can do but we have no idea how to do it. Would the teachers, trainers, and kingdom equippers please stand up and lead, so we the body of Christ can become who Christ died for?

I was praying Psalm 108 this morning and it says, “Oh give us help against the adversary, For deliverance by man is in vain. Through God we will do valiantly, And it is He who shall tread down our adversaries.” The Psalmist is saying, God treads down our enemies and the Holy Spirit immediately said, “You now have authority to tread down your enemies.” I jump to Luke 10:19 and it says, “Behold, I have given you authority to tread on serpents and scorpions, and over all the power of the enemy, and nothing will injure you.” Authority that used to be God’s alone, has now been given to us. The Creator of heaven and earth has entrusted us with His authority; He has placed His Holy Spirit inside of us; He has made us His temple. We are fully equipped to execute the command to have righteousness exalt our nation, but we must exercise our authority over the seed of the enemy.

The cross was a place of transfer of power. The power the enemy had over the earth was transferred to Jesus Christ, and then Jesus transferred the authority of the earth to us, His people, both Jews and Gentiles. Friends, we have been given authority to disciple nations and to tread on serpents and scorpions. You are in charge, first of you, then of your kids, then of your city, state and nation. We are on the offense not the defense, we, collectively have been given authority, it is long past time we excercise it. The kingdom of God is at hand!!!!