Resistant Mentality / Attitude

Resistant Mentality / Attitude

1. Introduction
i) In January 2009, I talked about the solider mentality
• Word translated soldier also denotes; spreading out, taking position, an army, from the camp or base
• So, as ministers of the gospel, we are to live like an army of Christ encamped and ready for war!
• Our attitude should be like that of a soldier, always ready to strike.
• It is also implicated that we are always on duty, always in camp, no off duty!
• Soldier does not entangle himself with civilian issues.
• Our target or aim is to please our Chef!
• We do not seek to be admired by the civilians but please our Boss
• Soldiers seek to please their leader and fulfill the leaders’ vision; they do not have their own!
• We need to follow the vision of God and our leaders!
• One of the problems we have in church today is that everybody wants to issue instructions, very few like to take orders and instructions!
ii) On 020110 I talked about friendships
• So, we have a difficult task of evaluating our relationships
• Some friends we need to drop
• Some friends we need to scale down, reduce or minimize our relationships
• Some friends we need to develop and increase our relationship with
• Some friends need to be divided into particular sectors depending on their resourcefulness, skill or giftings.
• Know when to need them and when not to, know their strengths!
• Even Jesus had different classes of friends, He had Mary, Martha Lazarus, He had the other Marys that were providing for Him, He had the disciples, even among the disciples He had the inner circle Peter, James & John!
• Some friendships are temporal, some are permanent
• Some friends need to be searched for and new friendships developed!
• I pray God that you be able to link up with Him, move higher and receive His best this year 2010 and always!
iii) On 160110 I talked about Kingship & Victory
• We realized that our Rock is not like their rock, even the enemy admits that he is defeated
• We are kings in our domain and our word is final
• The devil does not have any power / authority in our lives unless we allow him to.
• We are certain and guaranteed of victory in Christ

2. Resistant Mentality / Attitude

Jer 12:5 [But the Lord rebukes Jeremiah's impatience, saying] If you have raced with men on foot and they have tired you out, then how can you compete with horses? And if [you take to flight] in a land of peace where you feel secure, then what will you do [when you tread the tangled maze of jungle haunted by lions] in the swelling {and} flooding of the Jordan?
Jer 12:6 For even your brethren and the house of your father--even they have dealt treacherously with you; yes, even they are [like a pack of hounds] in full cry after you. Believe them not, though they speak fair words {and} promise good things to you.

• In the above scripture, God implies that we need to develop some muscle
• He is saying we need to be resistant and be able to endure challenges
• There is nothing good or great in life that will come easily
• Those that are believing for an easy life are mislead
• In other words, we need to grow in our resistant or fighting spirit
• We need to race with man, last year(s) we were racing with man, we had small challenges and victories
• The years ahead, we need to expect more, the higher you want to go, the more challenges you must expect
• We believe we are moving higher this year, the stake of challenges will be higher, we will now race with horses and not footman!
• We are moving from the secure land to the jungle of the Jordan.
• If you will move higher, there is more sacrifice, more battles, more resistance, more challenges!
• More reading, more studying, more discipline, more praying, more investing, more giving, more risks
• Invest more in line with your dream, when you want to be a doctor, pursue medicine studies, have doctor friends / mentors, buy medicine books/ material, read more along those lines, prepare yourself even before you get the opportunity to actual go to college.
• Let opportunity find you ready and already in motion.
• Develop excellence and skill in your area.
• The higher the return, the higher the risks.
• This race is not for the weak or feeble, it is for the strong, so, train yourselves.
MLB 1 Corinthians 16:13 Be alert; stand firm in the faith; play the man; be strong.
ASV 1 Corinthians 16:13 Watch ye, stand fast in the faith, quit you like men, be strong.
KJV-R (Webster) 1 Corinthians 16:13 Watch ye, stand fast in the faith, quit you like men, be strong.
Young's Literal 1 Corinthians 16:13 Watch ye, stand in the faith; be men, be strong;
Amplified 1 Cor 16:13 Be alert {and} on your guard; stand firm in your faith (your conviction respecting man's relationship to God and divine things, keeping the trust and holy fervor born of faith and a part of it). Act like men {and} be courageous; grow in strength!
The Message 1Cor 16:13 Keep your eyes open, hold tight to your convictions, give it all you've got, be resolute,

• In our quest for success, growth, development, progress, etc, we need to: be alert, be on guard, watch, stand firm, play the man, act like man, be courageous, be strong, grow in strength.
• In cannot be business as usual, if you expect an extraordinary life, do the extra ordinary
• Your dreams will not come or be fulfilled easy, you will not move higher easily, take action, put more effort.
• For instance, I am in the process of evaluating my friendships, I designed a form showing > Name, Type Of Relationship, Strengths/ skills, etc, Weaknesses, Relationship level, Evaluation.
• We have registered a company with my wife; next week will be opening its bank account and checking on Zimra registration, there are projects we want to start by March 2010.
• We are working on moving out of town to live in a plot for some time until we are financially stable.
• We have realized to move higher, we need to take action and line up with that thinking, act like people who are moving higher, we cannot continue like everything in normal and expect a change!

Prov 24:16 For a righteous man falls seven times and rises again, but the wicked are overthrown by calamity.
• Do not just be weak, do not like quitting, be resistant
• Life situations, sin, the devil, failure, etc may knock you down seven times, but wake up, do not lie down!
• I did not say you will not face failure at times, but, do not stop there, rise up and continue.

1 Cor 9:26 Therefore I do not run uncertainly (without definite aim). I do not box like one beating the air {and} striking without an adversary.
• Paul says I run, I box!
• There are times when your muscles will be sore, you will be bleeding, your face swollen, will be down and the enemy standing over you so to speak, but that is not the end, fight on!

2 Chr 15:7 Be strong, therefore, and let not your hands be weak {and} slack, for your work shall be rewarded.

Ezra 4:4 Then [the Samaritans] the people of the land [continually] weakened the hands of the people of Judah and troubled {and} terrified them in building

Neh 6:9 For they all wanted to frighten us, thinking, Their hands will be so weak that the work will not be done. But now strengthen my hands!

Job 4:3 Behold, you have instructed many, and you have strengthened the weak hands.

Is 35:3 Strengthen the weak hands and make firm the feeble {and} tottering knees.

Heb 12:12 So then, brace up {and} reinvigorate {and} set right your slackened {and} weakened {and} drooping hands and strengthen your feeble {and} palsied {and} tottering knees,


3. Conclusion
• We need continue with a soldier mentality
• We need to continue evaluating our relationships
• We need to understand we are kings and are victorious in Christ
• We need to develop a resistant attitude, refuse to be discouraged, refuse to quit, refuse to be diverted from our vision
• We need to strengthen ourselves
• We need to take “prophetic” actions according to what we believe and move in the right direction
• We need to lift up our standard to match our faith & vision, do more than the normal, do more than what we were doing
• Move higher!