If you diligently obey the voice of the LORD your God, to observe carefully all His commandments which I command you today, that the LORD your God will set you high above all nations of the earth. And all these blessings shall come upon you and overtake you, because you obey the voice of the LORD your God.
– Deuteronomy 28:1-2
But your iniquities have separated you from your God
– Isaiah 59:2
If I told you that the thing that separates you from what you want in Christ is sin, would you believe me?
The harsh reality is that the Bible is a book of laws. When a law is broken, there is a penalty. And the most common penalty in the life of a Christian is the withholding of physical blessings due to unrepentant sin.
But all is not lost because God has given us the prescription for this diagnosis: repentance. Removing the penalty of sin is easy, but Satan, makes sure he creates landmines of sin for us to fall into so that we never get to address all of it, and thus do not experience God’s fruitful abundance on earth.
The enemy has wrapped us up in sin from birth. And often times, we have injunctions in our life due to sin that we have forgotten about (so that we don’t repent) or unconsciously committed in our dreams.
There are sins we’ve committed in our dreams? Yup. When the enemy can’t make you fall while you’re awake, he’ll make sure to get you at night when your defenses are low.
Satan is the accuser of the brethren, presenting before God injunctions – reasons why you should not have what He desires you to have. So what can we do?
Step 1: CONFESSION. Confess any known sin and repent of it. Jesus said He would leave us a Helper – the Holy Spirit, so let’s ask our Helper for assistance. Ask the Holy Spirit to bring to remembrance anything that you can’t remember.
Step 2: REPENTANCE. Over the next few days, as sin comes to mind, stop, confess, repent and pray for forgiveness.
Step 3: FORGIVENESS 2.0. If there are any acts of violence that were committed against you, pray that God would forgive the presence of that sin. Even though you were an unwilling participant, the presence of that sin needs to be repented of. Dear God, I’m sorry for the sin of _________________ that was committed against you. Please forgive me of this sin that is present in my life. Your word declares in John 1:9, that if we confess our sins, you are faithful and just to forgive. Thank you for this promise of forgiveness, I stand on this promise today in the name of Jesus I pray, Amen. Additionally, ask God to help you to forgive the perpetrator as unforgiveness is also an injunction that the enemy can hold against you. Remember, the enemy is looking for evidence that he can hold against you so that God can limit physical blessings. Don’t give him this evidence.
Step 4: Pay attention to your dreams. In the morning ask God to forgive you of any sin you committed while you were asleep and verbally break any covenants that you may have forged with demonic entities. As you clear the deck the enemy will continually try to cause you to fall, so be vigilant not just through prayer but through fasting. We’ve got a great resource here to help you get started. It’s called The Fasting Toolkit. Click here to download:
So shall My word be that goes forth from My mouth; it shall not return to Me void, but it shall accomplish what I please, and it shall prosper in the thing for which I sent it
-Isaiah 55:11
Believe God’s word.
