Journey of the Sons
of God to the Promised Land
Today’s Focus: The
Spirit of Midian – Overcoming Midian
Scripture: Proverbs
10:12; 17:19; 22:10; 29:22,23; James 3:16-18; Matthew 5:9; 44,45; 2
Thessalonians 3:11-14; Philippians 4:6-9
Greetings Sons of
God:
We know the spirit
of Midian is the spirit of strife and contention. So how do we as the sons of God overcome this
spirit. Let’s look a couple of
Scriptures for the answer.
James 3:16-18: For
where envying and strife is there is confusion and every evil work. But the wisdom that is from above is first
pure, then peaceable, gentle, and easy to be intreated, full of mercy and good
fruits, without partiality, and without hypocrisy. And the fruit of
righteousness is sown in peace of them that make peace.
Proverbs 10:12:
Hatred stirreth up strifes; but love covereth all sins
Proverbs 17:19: He
loveth transgression that loveth strife: and he that exalteth his gate seeketh
destruction.
Proverbs 22:10:
Cast out the scorner, and contention shall go out; yea, strife and reproach
shall cease
Proverbs 29:22,23:
An angry man stirreth up strife, and a furious man aboundeth in
transgression. A man’s pride shall bring
him low, but honour shall uphold the humble in spirit.
When we examine
these scriptures and know that there are plenty more we a couple of ways we can
overcome the spirit of the Midianite which is strife and contention. We
overcome strife by abiding by the wisdom of God that produces
peace.
Matthew 5:9:
Blessed are the peacemakers for they shall be called the children of God.
We also overcome
strife and contention with love:
Matthew 5:44,45: But
I say unto you, Love your enemies, bless them that curse you, do good to them
that hate you, and pray for them which despitefully use you, and persecute you;
That ye may be the children of your Father which is in heaven: for he maketh
his sun to rise on the evil and on the good and sendeth rain on the just and
unjust.
We can overcome
strife and contention by cutting fellowship with those who keep up strife and
contention:
2 Thessalonians
3:11-14: For we hear that there are some which walk among you disorderly,
working not at all, but are busybodies. Now them that are such we command and
exhort by our Lord Jesus Christ, that with quietness they work, and eat their
own bread. But ye, brethren, be not weary in well doing. And if any man obey
not our word by this epistle, note that man, and have no company with him, that
he may be ashamed.
So the Lord has
shown the sons of God that we overcome the spirit of the Midianite with wisdom,
peace, love and in some cases by cutting fellowship. The end result of overcoming is peace
(Philippians 4:6-9).
In the next
message, we will the spirit of the Edomites.
Peace, Love and
Grace,
Calvin Calhoun, Jr.
