REGRESSION
AND REPRESSION
Memorise:
And they shall build houses, and inhabit them; and they shall plant vineyards,
and eat the fruit of them. Isaiah 65:21
Read:
Judges 6:1-6, Bible in one year: 2nd Chronicles 25:14-28:4, John
1:1-28
A man’s state of progress can be
classified into seven basic categories; one of which is regression. The state
of regression is that in which mean forces beyond one’s control continuously
push one backward. An example of this is the woman with the issue of blood
(Mark 5:25-34). She went through a lot in the process of seeking help from
different doctors. She spent all she had but instead of getting better, she
grew worse, because unseen forces kept on pushing her backward. Have you found
yourself in a similar situation, where every effort you put in to take you
forward moves you backward, or where every effort you put in to improve your
lot only complicates matters? The Lord will step into your situation today and
deliver you. Every regressive force working against your life, health, progress
or destiny is terminated today in Jesus’ Name.
Another state of progress is repression.
This refers to a state in which negative forces push a person down and try to
hold him or her down, frustrating every attempt to move up. This can manifest
in the hearing of voices that lead one to the other side of progress. In Judges
6:3-6, the children of Israel
encountered repression from a particular group of people who decided to afflict
them. Whenever the Israelites were sowing in the fields, this group of people
pretended not to notice. They never stopped them from exerting their energy or
from expending their time and money on their farms. But as soon as their crops
were harvested, they swarmed in like locusts and destroyed everything.
Thereafter, the Israelites will have to start all over again, after which these
enemies would again waste or destroy their harvest in a vicious cycle. When I
was very young, there was a very notorious thief who gained so much notoriety
that musicians waxed a song about him. His name was Anikura. The lyrics of the
song said: “Anikura won’t ask you not to trade. He won’t ask you not to gain,
but he will ensure that you do not take the gain.” This epitomises repression!
If you are in a state of repression, you will continue to work for devourers
and never benefit from your labours. Are you a victim of repression? Do you
labour and yet you are unable to enter into your harvest? That repressive force
is paralysed today in Jesus’ Name. Jesus sets you free from repression! You
will eat from your labours from now on in Jesus’ Name.
Prayer
Point
Father,
today, let your fire consume every force working against me and trying to stop
me from taking the good harvest of my labours, in Jesus’ Name!
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