When something works we as people like to copy the pattern of success in order to be successful continually. The challenge is, this may work in business, church growth, marriage counseling or raising children, but it does not work in the kingdom of God.

God is a Creator, which means He is creative and very rarely does the same thing twice. People have noted throughout the centuries how Jesus used a variety of ways to heal people. To one he spit on the ground and made mud; to another He spoke a word; to another He allowed them to touch the hem of His garment. Creativity is the way of God.

The same is true in warfare. If we are successful in one way of warfare, we want to employ that same way every time. The challenge is our doing the same thing over and over again is not working and we know it but do not want to admit it.

When God was dealing with Pharaoh, He used 10 plagues; when God was dealing with the Amalekites, He used the raised arms of Moses; when God was dealing with the giants in the land of Canaan, He used hornets. Three different wars, three different methods. God is creative.

Exodus 23:27-28 says, “I will send My terror ahead of you, and throw into confusion all the people among whom you come, and I will make all your enemies turn their backs to you. I will send hornets ahead of you so that they will drive out the Hivites, the Canaanites, and the Hittites before you.”

If you are looking for plagues or raised arms to win the battle of the promised land, you will not be successful, because God is not used those methods in this land, He is using hornets to drive out the enemy. Knowing what God is using, when and where is critical for success in the kingdom.

May we be ones who listen, learn and follow the ways of God, for obedience to His voice is the only way to be successful in the kingdom of God on earth as it is in heaven. Www.apostolicresourcecenter.org