wilderness to fast 40 days and nights.
When it was over, Jesus came forth
declaring, The Spirit of the Lord
is upon me, because he hath
anointed me to preach the gospel
to the poor; he hath sent me to
heal the brokenhearted, to preach
deliverance to the captives, and
recovering of sight to the blind, to
set at liberty them that are bruised,
To preach the acceptable year of
the Lord (Luke 4:18,19).
Divine power delivers.
When you walk in the footsteps
of Jesus, you can have that same
anointing; but Jesus declared that
His delivering power would only work
through His disciples by prayer and
fasting. This kind can come forth by
nothing, but by prayer and fasting
(Mark 9:29). That power tears down
the strongholds of Satan and brings
deliverance to the devil possessed. It
heals those who are sick and bound
in their bodies. The Bible tells us, For
the weapons of our warfare are not
carnal not earthly or of the flesh, but
mighty through God to the pulling
down of strong holds (II Corinthians
10:4).
Have the Mind of Christ
When you follow closely in the
footsteps of Jesus, you will act like
Jesus, talk like Jesus, live like Jesus and
work like Jesus; but you must have the
same mind Jesus possessed when He
was on Earth. The Word tells us, We
have the mind of Christ (I Corinthians
2:16). Let this mind be in you, which
was also in Christ Jesus (Philippians
2:5).
Jesus came to Earth as divinity
wrapped in a body of flesh, and He
took on a human mind like we have.
What separated His mind from that
of a normal human mind were the
unique and special, divine ingredients
in His mind. Since Calvary, the grace
of God has given every child of God
the opportunity to possess those same
divine ingredients in their human mind,
so they can follow Jesus in everything.
Then said Jesus unto his disciples,
If any man will come after me,
let him deny himself, and take up
his cross, and follow me (Matthew
16:24).
You Can Overcome
It is not easy to follow in the
footsteps of Jesus, and that is why
so few people have done that down
through the years. Many may have
claimed to be followers of Christ, but
claiming to follow Him and actually
following Him are entirely different.
There may be times when you don’t
feel like following the Lord, working for
Him, sacrificing for Him or suffering
for Him; but God says in His Word that
you are to deny your feelings because
the just those who are justified in
the eyes of God shall live by faith
(Galatians 3:11). That verse does not
say use divine faith or let it work on
occasion. To follow in the footsteps
of Jesus and fall in line with Him
completely, you must LIVE by divine
faith every day.
Jesus warned, In the world ye
shall have tribulation: but be of
good cheer; I have overcome the
world (John 16:33). Rejoice in the
fact that Jesus was an overcomer and
know that you can overcome too if you
are following in His footsteps; however,
you will not walk in His steps for very
long if you choose to live in self and by
your feelings. Eventually, you will draw
back on Him. Paul said, Now the just
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