Zion Church | Pathway To Success Part 15 | Pastor Keith Battle

Oh, there's a difference. I'm a go into this in part 16. There's a difference between defeating an enemy and driving it out. The fact that they defeated the enemy allowed him to occupy. The fact that they didn't drive the enemy out, they couldn't enjoy it Because the enemy is still there, and guess what? They had to employ them. Because whatever you don't drive out, you're gonna have to manage. [00:29:11] (22 seconds)  #DriveOutDontSettle

Because I don't need what you had, I'm a use what you have. Oh, y'all missed that right there. God is not expecting you to be able to do what you did in your forties. He don't need you to have the strip you had in your thirties. He don't need the strip you had in your fin he says, I'm a do this for you that you can't do, but I'm a use you to do what you can do, and whatever you're lacking, I'll make up for it. Because God is a master of using what we got left. [00:12:09] (26 seconds)  #GodUsesWhatYouHave

If you don't defeat it, you can't occupy it. And watch this. And if you don't drive out the enemy, you won't enjoy it. You'll just be in a new territory with an enemy. Oh, let me come back to that. What does that mean? What does that mean? What it means is sometimes that that enemy is fear. You can't occupy what he's holding, what he's got your name on because you're scared. All the devil gotta do is make you scared. They ain't gonna like you. They're gonna turn you down. You scared of rejection. You take no as final. [00:16:38] (40 seconds)  #FearBlocksYourPromise

So if I can't fight spiritually, I'll fight physically. But the weapons of our warfare are not carnal, but they're mighty through God to the pulling down of strongholds. And instead of throwing hands, if you throw your hands up to God and say, God, we need you. We can't work through this. We can't get an understanding. Heal what only you could heal because we wrestled out against flesh and blood, but against powers and principalities and the rulers of the world's darkness. So watch this. Verse 12 says, they couldn't occupy. Why? Because the Canaanites are determined to stay in that region. The devil is determined to not give you what God's promised you. But watch verse 13. [00:28:07] (42 seconds)  #WeaponsNotCarnal

What I noticed, pastor Sean, is this there's a pattern in the bible where there'll be something God's trying to get people access to to take like a promised land. But in between the person and what God's trying to allow them to take possession of is always an enemy. It's always there. That's a you're going into Canaan. Canaanites, the Hittites, the Ammonites, the Jebusites. Here's the here's the promise. Here's the person And the problem is not the promise. The problem is there's an enemy. [00:13:42] (44 seconds)  #EnemyBetweenYouAndPromise

You can't go in like that. There are certain places where you have to be dressed a certain way, or they won't let you in. You can't come in here with flip flops and a torn up t shirt and some baggy pants and some booty shorts on. You gotta look like what you're trying to walk up into. And some of y'all got a flirtation spirit and a lust spirit and you got an addiction. And if you learn how to if you kill it, if you kill it, you can occupy. If you kill it, you can that's your enemy. [00:18:58] (27 seconds)  #DressForYourDestiny

And I promise you for twenty years until we replace the door, that same cross, that oil was still on the door through snowstorms and sleet and hell and wind and sun because the enemy know this place belongs to the Lord. And I don't care how much money you make. I don't care how big your house is. You better have somebody in your house that knows how to fight. Now some of y'all too cute to do that at your house because you're worrying about what the homeowners association gonna say, and you're worried about what your neighbor's gonna say. But what difference does it make when somebody thinks of you when the devil is coming after your family and coming after your marriage and coming after your money? You better learn how to fight. Fight something. You gotta touch somebody right now and say we got to fight. [00:23:49] (48 seconds)  #KnowHowToFight

You can't occupy his promise because you think too low of yourself. Who am I to deserve this? Let me tell you who you are. You're blood washed, born again, purchased by Jesus Christ. You're a royal priesthood. You're a chosen generation. [00:17:19] (17 seconds)  #YouAreChosenAndWorthy