Fight BackSample

Another change that must happen in us if we are to fight back victoriously is in the area of giving. Israel serves as a good example for us. What they went through physically, we go through spiritually. Upon leaving Egypt, the people were given valuable gifts, treasures and riches by the Egyptians. That was awesome. But when they entered the promised land, the first thing that God asked His people to do was to give Him the entire city of Jericho and absolutely everything in it. God wanted the first conquest to belong entirely to Him. 

The slave mentality is scared of giving; it lives on getting. God wanted to break that poverty way of thinking by teaching His children to exercise the practice of generosity. Poverty runs on fear; provision operates by faith. 

It takes faith to give God the entire “city of Jericho.” You do the fighting but keep nothing for yourself. Our carnal mind screams, “That’s not fair!” Greed in us yells, “It’s mine!” Worldliness demands, “I deserve this; I worked so hard for this.”  A person who is a slave to Mammon (the false god of greed) freaks out at the thought of extravagant generosity. 

You can't be in dominion if you are a slave to your possessions, wealth, and things. 

The primary indication that money owns you is your reluctance to obey God with your money. It’s almost like God was trying to break the Israelites away from the slave mentality. He was chipping away at “the victim” thinking. Their mind was being remodeled into thinking like prosperous people. They became generous before they became rich. They were victorious before they won a battle. That’s faith. 

In the wilderness, the former slaves used the treasures they brought from Egypt to build a golden calf to worship, but in the promised land, they gave an entire city in worship to the Creator. It’s not about money; it’s all about your mindset. Greed is the slave of fear; generosity is the distinguishing mark of spiritual soldiers. One of the ways dominion works is demonstrated in the way we handle finances. We can’t walk in dominion if we are slaves to the greedy spirit Mammon. Period. 

Walking in dominion is more than rebuking the devil. It’s giving your income to the Lord as a way to honor Him. When you give Him your income, you're giving Him of yourself who earned that income.