Breath of Power - Week 27/05

Week 27: July 4 - 10, 2005

REJECT THE SWAPPER Part 1

Key Passage: Genesis 14: 21-23

Now the king of Sodom said to Abram, "Give me the persons, and take the goods for yourself." But Abram said to the king of Sodom, "I have raised my hand to the LORD, God Most High, the Possessor of heaven and earth, "that I will take nothing, from a thread to a sandal strap, and that I will not take anything that is yours, lest you should say, ‘I have made Abram rich’

One of Satan’s strategies in shortchanging or denying God’s people their promised blessings is by swapping the blessings with counterfeits. He takes away the “genuine” and replaces it with an “imitation”, and substitutes the “ultimate” with the “alternative”.

The experience of many believers is that most of the time that God purposed to do great things in their lives, Satan came along and flashed an alternative that would take them away from the purpose of God. He has used the instruments of enticement, seduction, manipulation and deception in this endeavor because he knows that once a person receives the “alternative” he cannot have the “ultimate”. Today, many people are in the wrong businesses, the wrong careers and the wrong relationships, because as they were expecting the genuine packages from God, Satan double-crossed them and gave them an attractive alternative and they accepted it.

Abraham was faced with the same challenge as he returned from the conquest of the great kings that conquered Sodom and her neighbors. God sent Melchizedek the King of Salem, the priest of the Most High God to receive him and release upon him the blessings of the Most High God, the Possessor of Heaven and Earth. At the same time, Satan sent the king of Sodom, the land of iniquity. And the king of Sodom was quick at giving Abraham a seemingly great offer: “take everything …, just give me the captives.” The offer appeared wonderful and would have turned Abraham into a multi-millionaire overnight. But Abraham would not be deceived. He knew that the offer was the riches of immorality, perversion, corruption and rebellion against God; and that it was a swap. He had gotten the genuine blessing from the Most High God and would not defile it with the riches of Sodom. He did not want to fall into the error of Lot who foolishly jumped into a prosperity that was to soon perish and turn him into penury. He said to the king of Sodom, “Away with your riches…; it cannot bless. My eyes are upon the Most High God; He will gives me the true riches.”

True riches are pure and undefiled. They are from above and they endure. They come from a Heavenly Father that desire the best for His children. Those are what you need and not the swap from Lucifer.

Pray: Lord, take away from me any desire that is contrary to Your will; bring to me the blessings that will make me truly rich and that will endure.

Written by – Evangelist Oguazi Onyemobi



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	Week 27: July 4 - 10, 2005 REJECT THE SWAPPER Part 1 Key Passage: Genesis 14: 21-23 Now the king of Sodom said to Abram, "Give me the persons, and take the goods for yourself." But Abram said to the king of Sodom, "I have raised my hand to the LORD, God Most High, the Possessor of heaven and earth, "that I will take nothing, from a thread to a sandal strap, and that I will not take anything that is yours, lest you should say, ‘I have made Abram rich’ One of Satan’s strategies in shortchanging or denying God’s people their promised blessings is by swapping the blessings with counterfeits. He takes away the “genuine” and replaces it with an “imitation”, and substitutes the “ultimate” with the “alternative”. The experience of many believers is that most of the time that God purposed to do great things in their lives, Satan came along and flashed an alternative that would take them away from the purpose of God. He has used the instruments of enticement, seduction, manipulation and deception in this endeavor because he knows that once a person receives the “alternative” he cannot have the “ultimate”. Today, many people are in the wrong businesses, the wrong careers and the wrong relationships, because as they were expecting the genuine packages from God, Satan double-crossed them and gave them an attractive alternative and they accepted it. Abraham was faced with the same challenge as he returned from the conquest of the great kings that conquered Sodom and her neighbors. God sent Melchizedek the King of Salem, the priest of the Most High God to receive him and release upon him the blessings of the Most High God, the Possessor of Heaven and Earth. At the same time, Satan sent the king of Sodom, the land of iniquity. And the king of Sodom was quick at giving Abraham a seemingly great offer: “take everything …, just give me the captives.” The offer appeared wonderful and would have turned Abraham into a multi-millionaire overnight. But Abraham would not be deceived. He knew that the offer was the riches of immorality, perversion, corruption and rebellion against God; and that it was a swap. He had gotten the genuine blessing from the Most High God and would not defile it with the riches of Sodom. He did not want to fall into the error of Lot who foolishly jumped into a prosperity that was to soon perish and turn him into penury. He said to the king of Sodom, “Away with your riches…; it cannot bless. My eyes are upon the Most High God; He will gives me the true riches.” True riches are pure and undefiled. They are from above and they endure. They come from a Heavenly Father that desire the best for His children. Those are what you need and not the swap from Lucifer. Pray: Lord, take away from me any desire that is contrary to Your will; bring to me the blessings that will make me truly rich and that will endure. Written by – Evangelist Oguazi Onyemobi

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