REGRESSION AND REPRESSION
Memorise: And they shall build houses, and inhabit
them; and they shall plant vineyards, and eat the fruit
of them. Isaiah 65:21
Read: Judges 6:1-6, Bible in one year: 2nd Chronicles
25:14-28:4, John 1:1-28
A man’s state of progress can be classified into seven basic
categories; one of which is regression. The state of
regression is that in which mean forces beyond one’s control
continuously push one backward. An example of this is the
woman with the issue of blood (Mark 5:25-34). She went
through a lot in the process of seeking help from different
doctors. She spent all she had but instead of getting better,
she grew worse, because unseen forces kept on pushing her
backward. Have you found yourself in a similar situation,
where every effort you put in to take you forward moves
you backward, or where every effort you put in to improve
your lot only complicates matters? The Lord will step into
your situation today and deliver you. Every regressive force
working against your life, health, progress or destiny is
terminated today in Jesus’ Name.
Another state of progress is repression. This refers to a state
in which negative forces push a person down and try to hold
him or her down, frustrating every attempt to move up. This
can manifest in the hearing of voices that lead one to the
other side of progress. In Judges 6:3-6, the children of Israel
encountered repression from a particular group of people
who decided to afflict them. Whenever the Israelites were
sowing in the fields, this group of people pretended not to
notice. They never stopped them from exerting their energy
or from expending their time and money on their farms. But
as soon as their crops were harvested, they swarmed in like
locusts and destroyed everything. Thereafter, the Israelites
will have to start all over again, after which these enemies
would again waste or destroy their harvest in a vicious cycle.
When I was very young, there was a very notorious thief
who gained so much notoriety that musicians waxed a song
about him. His name was Anikura. The lyrics of the song
said: “Anikura won’t ask you not to trade. He won’t ask you
not to gain, but he will ensure that you do not take the gain.”
This epitomises repression! If you are in a state of
repression, you will continue to work for devourers and
never benefit from your labours. Are you a victim of
repression? Do you labour and yet you are unable to enter
into your harvest? That repressive force is paralysed today
in Jesus’ Name. Jesus sets you free from repression! You will
eat from your labours from now on in Jesus’ Name.
PRAYER POINT :
Father, today, let your fire consume every force
working against me and trying to stop me from taking
the good harvest of my labours, in Jesus’ Name!
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