Pursue and conquer. Why? Because the kingdom suffers violence and the violent take it by force.
Now therefore, give me this mountain of which the Lord spoke in that day; for you heard in that day how the Anakim were there, and that the cities were great and fortified. It may be that the Lord will be with me, and I shall be able to drive them out as the Lord said. – Joshua 14: 6-15
Today we need to know that in order to pursue and conquer anything in life we must have a dream or vision in our heart from God.
Why? Because being without a dream or vision leaves an open door for the enemy to distract our focus toward something that has nothing to do with our destiny.
The word of God says without vision the people parish. See when we allow people to influence our life to go the wrong way, it’s because we don’t have vision and we don’t know our purpose. Many people have been derailed or denied and it cost them 15 years to come out of bondage.
But thanks be unto God that he has given us the tenacity and power to pursue and conquer our struggles, heartaches and disappointment in life. We can do all things through Christ who strengthens us.
Then the Lord answered me and said: Write the vision and make it plain on tablets, that he may run who reads it. For the vision is yet for an appointed time but at the end it will speak and it will not lie.
Though it tarries, wait for it; because it will surely come, it will not tarry. – Habakkuk 2: 2, 3
We see in this passage that we need to have a conversation with the Lord and wait on him to give us instruction and direction on how to pursue and conquer our dreams.
Pursuing our dreams involves praying and communing with the Father, then listening for instructions or directions on how to pose what is written on table of our heart. If we were building our dreamboards today, we should have words or pictures that describe our desires. Though the plan may not manifest when we want it to, the God we serve specializes in time.
God is preparing us, He is purifying us and then gives us provision to go forth. God predestined for us to go forth in due season. Yet in our waiting, he made a promise to those of us who are willing to wait.
But those who wait on the Lord shall renew their strength, they shall mount up with wings like eagles, they shall run and not be weary; they shall walk and not faint.
– Isaiah 40:31
So no matter who we are or how much willpower we think we have, the dilemmas are beyond what we can manage by ourselves. So Isaiah informs us of the promise that God has given us during this season, and as we look to God for strength we will pursue and conquer our dreams.
Prophetess Tonya Stewart was cofounder of World Overcomers Christian Center with the late Shirley Deavens.
