JOSHUA TIME 462

Welcome, Joshua, to the Prophet’s Chamber of Pastor Rod Parsley!
Joshua, the Holy Spirit of God has shown me that many of my dearest friends, my Platinum Covenant Partners, are becoming weary in the good fight of faith. If you feel like you’re down for the count and can’t get up again — THIS REVELATION IS FOR YOU! When you feel like you’re a failure ... when the world and even your family turn against you ... when the doctor has bad news, when the lawyer can’t help you: God’s Word declares in 1 John 4:4, “Greater is He that is in you, than he that is in the world.” As you read the following words, let God fill your heart and mind with hope, because....
Prophetic Word: YOU’RE GOING TO MAKE IT
No matter what you are going through today ... no matter what troubles you are facing ... I know that you’re going to make it! How can I know this? Because God has promised it in His Holy Word. Today, I want to impart His message of hope to you, my Platinum Covenant Partner.
It is not your self-esteem that will see you through — that is pitiful in God’s sight. I turned through four religious TV channels the other night — and on each one, a preacher was trying to improve my self-esteem. Isaiah declared, “But we are all as an unclean thing, and all our righteousnesses are as filthy rags” (Isaiah 64:6). You will never be good enough of your own accord to make it through the troubles and trials of life.
But you are going to make it, because of Christ inside of you, in whom you live and move and have your being. The kingdom of heaven is not for quitters. Where did God ever tell you to quit? Instead, God says, “he that endureth to the end shall be saved” (Matthew 10:22). Endurance is the banner of true saints.
You may start the race, but I can’t call you a winner just because you look good at the starting line. Rather, up ahead there is a finish line, and I will have to take up my position there to find out whether or not you’ve got the stuff. Because sure as the world, that muscle-bound guy who looked like a spiritual giant about halfway through the course is going to get terrible cramps at the three-quarter mark, crumble and fall by the wayside.
But you are going to cross the finish line of this life in victory! Why? Because you are not relying on your own strength — you are relying on the force of Christ in you. Christ in you, the hope of glory! What a powerful truth! And if you’ll open your spirit to receive this revelation today, it will surely resurrect your spirit, your marriage — even your finances.
True saints wear the badge of endurance. They make it to the end, and you are going to make it. That is the revelation God gave me for you, Joshua. YOU’RE GOING TO MAKE IT.
How is the power of Christ at work in you? Because you have been crucified with Christ, nevertheless you live; yet not you but Christ lives in you (Galatians 2:20).
Emperor Nero told the Apostle Paul, “I am going to sever your head from your body and kill you.” Paul said, “You try it, Nero. You cannot kill a dead man.” Today, we name our dogs Nero, and our sons Paul.
The slings and arrows of outrageous fortune that come against you are no coincidence. This spiritual warfare is a sure sign that God is with you! Jesus said: “Blessed are ye, when men shall revile you, and persecute you, and shall say all manner of evil against you falsely, for my sake. Rejoice, and be exceeding glad: for great is your reward in heaven: for so persecuted they the prophets which were before you” (Matthew 5:11-12).
Somebody once gave me a T-shirt with a graphic of a big buck deer with a target painted on his side. His buddy deer is saying to him, “Bad luck, that birthmark of yours.” That’s you! You have that target painted on you! When you determined that you were going to raise the standard of Jesus Christ in your heart and your home, the adversary drew a great big target on you and began sharpening his arrows. He will try to attack you any way he can, because he knows that if he can’t keep you down, you are going to exalt Jesus Christ on this earth!
Today, determine in your heart to defeat the adversary in your life. Don’t let him win! Instead, run the good race. Endure to the end. You must endure, and you will endure, because of Christ in you. And when you keep your eyes on Jesus, He has promised to take you all the way to the other side of glory in overwhelming, overtaking, overthrowing victory!