Look Who Moved In

//Kenneth E. Hagin

“For God hath not given us the spirit of fear; but of power, and of love, and of a sound mind.” — 2 Timothy 1:7

God never gives anyone fear, and He never comes with fear. We see throughout the Bible that whenever God sent a messenger from Heaven to speak to someone on the earth, the angel always began by saying, “Fear not.”

When the angel of the Lord greeted the shepherds in the field to proclaim the birth of our Messiah, he said, “Fear not: for, behold, I bring you good tidings of great joy” (Luke 2:10). In another example, an angel of the Lord appeared to Paul when he was in prison and said, “Fear not, Paul; thou must be brought before Caesar” (Acts 27:24).

Because of the many examples throughout the Scriptures of God telling us not to fear, my righteous indignation gets stirred up when I hear ministers that I call “preachers of fear.”

Masters Over Evil Powers Christians are God’s representatives on this earth. The Holy Spirit came to dwell in us so we would be masters over the powers of darkness. And the Holy Spirit in us is just as powerful as He was in Christ when He was here on the earth. Jesus Himself declared this to be so when He said, “greater works than these shall [you] do; because I go unto my Father” (John 14:12). Let’s remember that God has not given us a spirit of fear—a spirit of power dwells inside us. So let’s allow the Holy Spirit to live big in us and begin dominating the devil and manifesting the works of Christ through us.

In a sense, however, we’re all preachers. Every time we open our mouths, we’re proclaiming something. But when you stop to think about it, if we always talk about fear, it makes sense that we’ll be filled with fear. In fact, some folks talk more about fear than they do about God.

The Greater One Moved In!

I want you to know, friend, that Jesus didn’t leave us helpless. After He ascended into Heaven, He sent the Holy Spirit to dwell in our spirits (John 14:16–17; 16:7). And we need to remember that “greater is he that is in [us], than he that is in the world” (1 John 4:4).

Because the Greater One is dwelling inside us, He has given us power (and authority) over all demonic powers on the earth. Common sense then teaches us that the Holy Spirit has made us masters.

Oh, how I wish that this truth would get down into the heart and spirit of every born again man and woman. Too many times we thoughtlessly quote these scriptures but they don’t mean a thing in the world to us.

There’s no comfort in knowing that the Greater One dwells in us if we don’t know what He’s in there for. The Holy Spirit of God is greater than Satan who is in the world. And He is greater than any devil or demon. So we need not have a spirit of fear, because the Greater One lives in us!

I like to say it this way: “The Bigger One lives in me!” He’s bigger than sickness and disease. He’s bigger than storms, tests, and trials. He’s greater than any force that can come against us.

We need to learn to rely on the Greater One in us. The Father sent the Holy Spirit to give us dominion
so we might reign as kings in life by Christ Jesus (Rom. 5:17 Amplified).

Too many times we don’t really recognize what we have—that a divine Personality came to dwell inside of us when we accepted Jesus as our Savior.

We—the Church of the Lord Jesus Christ—should be triumphing over all the power of the enemy. But all too often, the enemy is dominating us instead of us dominating him.

When we start believing and acting like the Greater One is dwelling inside us, we will step out in a boldness and in a majesty of dominion and reigning in this life by Christ Jesus that we have never enjoyed before.

Born again, blood-washed Christians walking in the light of the Word needn’t be afraid of the devil. In fact, fear of the devil for a Christian is nonsense. It’s just foolishness! The Divine Master, the eternal power of God—the combined life and presence of God the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit—dwells inside us.

Let’s wake up and start living in the light and privileges of what belongs to us. We’re not weaklings. So let’s rise up and walk in the power, dominion, and might of the Greater One Who dwells in us!