Our key verse is again, ‘Blessed are the meek for they shall inherit the earth.’

The word, ‘inherit’ in both the New and Old Testaments means to be an heir. Simply put, heirs inherit. Because we have been engrafted into the royal line of God’s family we have become heirs, but to claim our inheritance we have to grow ‘up.’ Which, in the context of our discussion, means that we have to learn how to live in His presence. In addressing this need, the Apostle Paul writes to the Galatian church, stating,

‘Now I say, That the heir, as long as he is a child, differs not from a servant, though he be lord of all.’ Galatians 4:1 (KJV Modernized)

As long as we remain ‘a child’, we are not yet ready to move into our inheritance. What then, constitutes being a child? Paul, in the same passage goes on to explain,

‘Even so we, when we were children, were in bondage under the elements of the world.’ Galatians 4:3

So a child is a person living according to the dictates of this world, evidenced by living a double life by professing one thing and doing another. Our understanding is further refined by the Apostle John, who outlines the elements of the world as, ‘the lust of the flesh, the lust of the eyes and the pride of life.’

How then does a believer move to maturity and overcome the world?

The answer is rooted in meekness because, ‘Hope,’ displayed by expectantly waiting in God’s presence, overcomes the lust of the eyes, and exercising ‘Faith’ in God’s rhema word defeats issues of the flesh and the limitations of this physical realm. However, those who step through the veil into eternity, like Moses and Elijah, move beyond faith to step into knowing Christ experientially.

This is when they overcome self-glory, otherwise known as pride, by displaying a ‘Love’ that lays down its life in deference to others. These are marks of a real father. Like them, when we step through the world’s wilderness of temptation, ‘in Christ’, we are also given access to the Father’s table of provision in heaven.

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As the New Testament points out, our battle is not, ‘against flesh and blood’, but against, ‘spiritual hosts of wickedness in heavenly places.’

That said, to defeat a spiritual foe we need spiritual weapons.
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The foundation of all spiritual weaponry is the word of God in our hearts, or as Paul puts it in outlining the Armor of God, ‘Stand therefore, having girded your waist with truth…’. In this passage Paul is referring to having our hearts living in the landscape of the kingdom fed by the written word of God.

However, in that place he anticipates more: quickened scriptures, revelation, prophetic words, dreams and visions to enable us to go on the offensive with ‘…the sword of the Spirit, which is the word (rhema) of God.’

In this vein, he commands Timothy to wage war according to the prophecies that have been given him.

‘This charge I commit to you, son Timothy, according to the prophecies previously made concerning you, that by them you may wage the good warfare.’ 1 Timothy 1:18

Now a ‘charge’ is a command not an option. It is a ‘must do.’ Every believer has times when he needs to pull out the list of prophecies, dreams, visions and quickened scriptures and ‘strengthen’ himself by supplanting all opposition with the promises of God.

The Key to Spiritual Warfare

In that place, it is critically important what comes out of our mouths. Like Joshua’s men circling Jericho we are charged that, ‘no word shall proceed out of your mouth.’ That is, no word that is contrary to what God has said should be released into the spirit realm to disempower the promises of God. This is, effectively, drawing up the garments of our loose thoughts around our hearts because we are in warfare.

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