I am not talking about the power to cope, but the power to conquer. There may be things with which we sometimes must cope, but God has called us not to be just coperswho grit our teeth and bear it, but to be conquerors and, in fact, more than conquerors. God says, "We are more than conquerors through him who loved us" (Romans 8:37). Sometimes we just cope until we finally realize that we are supposed to conquer.
Stop coping and conquer! Don't be a whiner, be a winner! Don't give up, get up!
When a crisis hits us, we are not to just passively accept negative consequences. We aggressively come against it with the power.
When a sickness hits us or a loved one, we are not to just passively accept it. We attack it with the power. I had a mole on my chest for many years. One morning while shaving I noticed that it began to look suspicious. It had become darker and funny looking, a warning sign the magazines tell you about, one that would normally cause one to run to the dermatologist to have it removed and a lab test done, with dreaded results. My natural mind thought, "cancer," and fear tried to come upon me as I pictured myself wasting away in pain and agony. But my supernatural mind suddenly kicked in that morning, and I released the power into it. The very next morning, while shaving again, the mole suddenly dropped off into the basin and washed down the drain. There was not even any scar tissue left to tell where it was. It was like a baby's skin. Later I will tell you how I did it (see Appendix 1). You can do it too. It may happen differently for you, but the outcome can be the same.
When a danger physically threatens us and when we face it with the power, the danger retreats and disappears. With fear, the demonic source slinks back into its dark hole. It cannot stand the light of the power.
For example, a few years ago I was on a commercial jet airliner when a serious mechanical problem developed just after takeoff from the OrlandoInternationalAirport. The pilot announced over the speakers that we should prepare for a crash landing. An older lady seated next to me was almost hysterical with fear. I gently put my hand on her hand and said, "Ma’am, everything is going to be all right. Jesus has assured me." I had released the power into the situation (I will tell you how in Appendix 1). Astonishingly, just a minute later the captain came on the speaker and said that everything was now back to normal! He gave no explanation. The lady was stunned but so relieved at this sudden, miraculous manifestation of the power. I was not surprised at the outcome, but the quickness of it surprised even me. There is no doubt in my mind that God put me on that airplane so that His power could be released through me, without which people could have been killed.
Pastor John Hagee of Texas tells about the time a deranged or demon-possessed man rushed down the aisle of his church toward him with a gun in his hand shouting that he was going to kill Hagee. But Hagee had the power. The man fired several shots at him at point blank range, and all of them missed. Later trajectory analysis by the police revealed the bullets should have gone right through Pastor Hagee. I know of an evangelist who had a similar experience with an abductor in Mexico.
When a strong temptation or problem hits us, we are not to just give in to it, rationalizing it because, "Oh, well, these things happen," and "After all, we are human." With God's power, we can be superhuman. We can overcome.
On the following pages, you will learn how to be a container and instrument of the power.