Destruction Destroyed

Scientists in the field of human potential have estimated that we use as little as ten percent of our abilities. Ninety percent of our capacities lie dormant and wasted. It is sad that we use only a small part of our abilities and talents. Most of us have no idea how much talent and potential we possess.

The work of the devil is to kill and steal and destroy—he delights up capping off our potential.

But 1 John 3:8b says, The reason the Son of God appeared was to destroy the devil’s work.

What does it mean to destroy the works of the devil? How does Jesus do His job? Jesus reverses what satan has done. Whatever Jesus undoes, satan did. Whatever works Jesus does, satan undid it first.

For example, when Jesus took sickness from a person’s body, He undid the works of the devil. Thus the work of the devil was to put the sickness into that body. When Jesus took away our sins, He destroyed the devil’s work of convincing us to sin. If Jesus fed hungry people, then it must mean that satan brings poverty and hunger. If Jesus opened the eyes of the blind, then satan must close them. Jesus came to destroy the works of the devil. Whatever He did destroyed satan’s previous works. Thus when Jesus says, “Everything is possible if you’ll just believe” (see Mark 9:23), He is reversing the lies satan has fed us. Jesus came to destroy satan’s destruction.

Note : Jesus came to destroy satan’s destruction

 

Uncapping the Well

Satan is the destroyer who comes to kill and steal and destroy. No one in the world stifles and clogs up and caps your potential like the devil does. He comes with a scheme to make you believe you can be nothing more than you have already seen. Jesus came to destroy this scheme. He came to unclog you and show you your true self. He’s the best destroyer I know. I love this destroyer.

He who does what is sinful is of the devil, because the devil
has been sinning from the beginning. The reason the Son of
God appeared was to destroy the devil’s work (1 John 3:8).

First John 3:8 says that Jesus came into the world to destroy the works of the devil. The work of the devil is to kill and steal and destroy—he delights in capping off our potential. The work of Jesus is to tear off the cap—opening up what satan closed. Jesus came to do exactly the opposite of what satan has done. Jesus came, not to convince God of anything, but to convince us about who we really are. His job is to put us back in touch with what God put within us at birth.

Note : Jesus came, not to convince God of anything, but to convince us about who we really are.

 

Fountains of Life

Jesus came to start an explosion of water—a potential welling up and never stopping.

He said, “Whoever believes in Me, as the Scripture has said, streams of living water will flow from within him” (John 7:38).

“…whoever drinks the water I give him will never thirst. Indeed, the water I give him will become in him a spring of
water welling up to eternal life” (John 4:14).

Jesus came so we can have fountains of life. Man, that’s impressive to me! That means until we get saved, we don’t have any life. If you just became born again, you are finally getting back to your real self. All you have done for the last ten years that made you think you were somebody is but a trickle. You haven’t changed the world, man. You haven’t changed a man’s life for eternity yet. You haven’t touched a young boy for eternal life yet. You’ve put clothes on the boy’s back, but you haven’t put anything on his spirit. You haven’t done anything yet! But there is a fountain, an abundance of life, welling up in you so you can do and be something. It begins when you return to your Source through Jesus Christ.

Note : There is an abundance of life, welling up in you so you can do and be something.