A House Divided Cannot Stand

As I was reading "Face to Face with God" by Bill Johnson he was discussing how to increase in favor with God and what can get in the way.  I sensed the Lord revealing something new to me, Scripture clearly points out that a house divided cannot stand.  Jesus reveals an important principal in Matthew 6:24, "No one can serve two masters; for either he will hate the one and love the other, or else he will be loyal to the one and despise the other. You cannot serve God and mammon."  Jesus did not say it is difficult to serve two masters, He said it is not possible to serve two masters.  In Luke 11:17 this principal is reinforced by Jesus,  "But He, knowing their thoughts, said to them: "Every kingdom divided against itself is brought to desolation, and a house [divided] against a house falls."  Paul talks about our body being the Temple [House] of the Holy Spirit, so if we are divided then we will fall.  Most believers experience the war inside as described by Galatians 5:16 & 17 but wins the war is not us battling against our fleshly desires.  It is our surrendering to God and agreeing with Him that our flesh is dead (knowing that old self died with Christ -Romans 6:6), then looking to God to bring resurrection life.  Therefore the house (us) is no longer divided because we have one King and He is giving dominion over us.  For some not knowing how good King Jesus is there fear anyone having dominion in their lives but themselves.  I have found it is far more scary to trust in my self (the essence of flesh) and miss the blessing, life, and freedom that come through yielding to Christ in me.  It has been said  that God brings a person to brokenness (stripping away the fleshly life), which I believe has merit, but I also think that God knows a house divided cannot stand.  When Adam and Eve agreed with "The Lie" of Satan they became a house divided, up to this point they had fully agreed with the Word of God and life was sustained through the now Word of God.  It now begins to make sense to me why people who have come into agreement with the Word of God by revelation and intimacy walk in more power and freedom to those who only give mental ascent to the Word.  In order to not be double-minded (really doubled-souled) as James talks about we must completely rely on the Word of God in areas of our life to see the power that is contained in the Word released into our lives.  The Word of God becomes revealed as the contrary thoughts, beliefs, and lies are exposed dismantled and we rely on the Word of God as the truth.  Jesus said, "You shall know the truth and the truth shall set you free."  This was not mental ascent kind of knowing but an intimate trusting and relying on knowing.  I pray that as you seek the Lord in intimate fellowship you would come into agreement with what He has done for you, seeing the implications in your life, and finally manifesting what the Word promises.

In One God,
Bret