Contending for you destiny: The battle begins

Part Four - Destiny part 3

Contending for you destiny: The battle begins
Your destiny has to be contended for. The heathen concept of fatalism is not a Christian concept or truth, this fatalistic approach to life infers that we are not in control and whatever will be will be. Nothing could be further form the truth, Cooperation with God and obedience to His commands along with contending in the spiritual realm for your destiny, are requirements in order for you to fulfill your purpose and calling in the earth.

Satan will appose your destiny
We see a battle between light and darkness, good and evil emerging right from the beginning in Eden. After the fall of Adam and Eve, God said to Satan that the seed of the woman would crush his head.

Genesis 3:15

And I will put enmity between thee and the woman, and between thy seed and her seed; it shall bruise thy head, and thou shalt bruise his heel.

When Satan heard this pronouncement against himself, a battle of enormous proportions began to emerge, this battle continues down to the present day.

Satan now new that a person, (the seed of the woman), would one day destroy his power. From the line of eve, someone would be born who would destroy the power of the devil. Satan would do everything in his power to prevent that seed from being born.

1 John 3:8

He that committeth sin is of the devil; for the devil sinneth from the beginning. For this purpose the Son of God was manifested, that he might destroy the works of the devil.

Soon two sons are born to Adam and Eve, Cain and Abel. It became clear that a Godly line would emerge from the line of Abel. God did not accept Cain's offering
See Gen 4:4-7. Cain was angry and killed Abel, Satan thought the line would be broken or corrupted so the seed could not come forth, but God provided a substitute for Abel, another son was born called Seth, his name means substitute.

Now two streams develop in the earth the Canaanites and the Sethites, a godly line and an ungodly line. Satan now new, that the godly seed of the woman which would be his destruction, would come from the line of the Sethites.

As the line of Seth multiplied it would become difficult for Satan to know which family the seed would come from. Satan would have to wipe out the entire line.

How Could Satan do this?; Satan new the ways of God, and the principles of the justice of God, he new that if he corrupted the whole of the human race to a certain level, that God would have to destroy them.

Gen chap 6 describes how Satan sought to corrupt the whole race of men in the earth. Fallen angels were sent to corrupt the women in the earth by co-mingling with them; as a result giants were born in the earth. These were giants both in size and wickedness. Read Gen 6:1-7

The wickedness of man was so great in the earth that God said He would destroy them from off the face of the earth.

Genesis 6:7

And the LORD said, I will destroy man whom I have created from the face of the earth; both man, and beast, and the creeping thing, and the fowls of the air; for it repenteth me that I have made them.

There we have it, it seemed like Satan had won, except for one single verse of scripture

Genesis 6:8

But Noah found grace in the eyes of the LORD.

God found one man with a righteous family. We know the story; everyone was wiped out except one family through which the righteous line would continue on in the earth.

Satan had failed but the battle would continue.

Whenever a prophetic word concerning your destiny is pronounced over you, a battle will begin over your life to stop that word coming to pass. Satan will do anything to abort that which has been spoken over you. You will have to contend for your destiny. You have to keep your life pure and clean consecrated to God. There will be a battle over you and that which God has purposed for you.

After the flood the population of the earth increased again and the line was lost, buried somewhere in the mass of humanity.

Then God revealed where the line was flowing. God called a man by the name of Abram and stated that through him all the nations of the earth would be blessed.

Genesis 12:1	Now the LORD had said unto Abram, Get thee out of thy country, and from thy kindred, and from thy father's house, unto a land that I will show thee:
12:2	And I will make of thee a great nation, and I will bless thee, and make thy name great; and thou shalt be a blessing:
12:3	And I will bless them that bless thee, and curse him that curseth thee: and in thee shall all families of the earth be blessed.

Satan picked up on this and new the line would flow though Abram. So now what does Satan do

Genesis 16:1

Now Sarai Abram's wife bare him no children: and she had an handmaid, an Egyptian, whose name was Hagar.

Satan afflicted Sarah and she could not have children. That would stop the line proceeding on.

We know the story, God healed Sarah. And Isaac is born.
Now Satan afflicts Isaacs wife she to cannot have children Gen 25:21
God heals Rebecca Isaacs's wife.

Rebecca becomes pregnant with twins. NOW: one of these twins would have the privilege of being chosen by God to carry on the line. God chooses Jacob to be the one through which the line flows. This means that Jacob would have to be the first born having first born rights. Satan now sets up a conflict on the womb of Rebecca.

Genesis 25:22	And the children struggled together within her; and she said, If it be so, why am I thus? And she went to inquire of the LORD.
25:23	And the LORD said unto her, Two nations are in thy womb, and two manner of people shall be separated from thy bowels; and the one people shall be stronger than the other people; and the elder shall serve the younger.

God in His wisdom saw the struggle that Satan would set up over which of the twins would be born first, so simply in this case God changed the rules. (See Rom 9:10-13)

Genesis 25:25	And the first came out red, all over like an hairy garment; and they called his name Esau
25:26	And after that came his brother out, and his hand took hold on Esau's heel; and his name was called Jacob: and Isaac was threescore years old when she bare them.

The battle raged even as Rebecca was giving birth, the twins fought over who would be born first.

Satan will contest your destiny and any word from God spoken over your life. Satan will seek to disqualify you any way he can. You came into this world with a mission, a purpose to fulfill and now you must be vigilant to fulfill that mission. You must fight for it. You must exercise faith and trust in God to bring you into all that God has purposed for you.

2 Timothy 4:7	I have fought a good fight, I have finished my course, I have kept the faith:
4:8	Henceforth there is laid up for me a crown of righteousness, which the Lord, the righteous judge, shall give me at that day:

Meditate on these things
Be aware you will be contested over your destiny
Ask God to help keep you alert to Satan's inroads into your life
Close all doors to sin and disobedience
Believe that God is able to keep you
Believe you are quite able to fulfill your destiny.

God Bless you
Neville Johnson © 2004