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Dr. Kevin L. Zadai
It's In Your Court
"Remember this, being in your head = ineffective"
~ Dr. Kevin L. Zadai
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Jesus said to him, "If you can believe, all things are possible to him who believes."
—Mark 9:23
DISCUSSION:
God chose three disciples to go up on the Mount of Transfiguration. These three, Peter, James, and John, were shown Jesus' pre-existent state. Jesus was transfigured right before their eyes, revealing who He was from the beginning of time. It was His eternal self that existed before He ever lay in a manger, as the Son of God. When He came as a baby wrapped in flesh, He became the Son of Man and walked among us. That's the setting for Mark Chapter 9, where Jesus reveals His nature as both God and man on the earth.
When they came down from the mountain, they heard an argument among the other nine that didn't go up with Him. The argument was with a man who was mad that the nine disciples could not cast a demon out of his son. Jesus immediately came and took care of it.
Jesus had just revealed His pre-existent state. Peter, James, and John have just seen Moses, Elijah, and Jesus in their full-blown glory. Jesus had to return to this, where He left the disciples for only a day. They couldn’t at all produce what He said to do. The idea is that sometimes we think we understand something, but we don't fully get it until we're tested. In the case of the disciples, it wasn't just a test for them, but why didn't Peter James and John step in and do something? They just had a profound revelation on the mountain and were chosen to see this, yet they didn't step in and say, Jesus, we’ll take care of this for you. They didn't say anything.
Jesus talked about doubt and unbelief a lot. He said to the disciples, "How long am I going to be with you.... you perverse generation?" (Matthew 17:17). I want to convey to you that it's in your court, and it’s time for you to rise up and do something and believe. The man who was upset in Mark 9:14 said to Jesus, if you're willing, Lord, you can make him well? His boy was convulsing because of the demons, and Jesus said, "I am willing, will you believe." He put it right back in the man's court.
CONTINUE THE MISSION NO MATTER WHAT
When I met Jesus, that's how He was with me; He put it right back in my court. He doesn't have any problems except for us. In this day and age, people need to hear the good news of the Gospel. No matter if it's before war, after war, before famine, after famine, before disease spreads throughout the whole world, or in a time of peace. The good news should be effective at any point in time because it's in your court.
• No matter what people do, continue to press through adversity.
• Continue to preach the Gospel.
• Continue to heal the sick, raise the dead, and deliver the captives. Jesus did this.
• He never questioned His Father's authority.
• He never asked why He was sent, and He never doubted.
• He went around doing good and healing everyone oppressed by the devil.
In Mark 9:23, Jesus says, "I'm willing to heal. I'm willing to deliver, do you believe?" He had to get the man to attach himself to Jesus, and the message, then he could receive the deliverance Jesus had.
Looking at yourself, is there anything you have put above the belief that God can heal you, deliver you, or meet you in your situation? Can you tell the difference in the outcome when you have believed versus not believing?
BELIEVING FOR THE IMPOSSIBLE
I remember hearing the Lord say to me audibly, "If you believe, nothing shall be impossible to you." I had just finished my bachelor's degree. I had no money left, and it was my first day of school in Tulsa, Oklahoma, as I was going for two more years of study when I heard Him say these words to me. The house I was staying in shook and creaked from the power of the Father's voice. "If you believe, nothing shall be impossible to you." I went to Heaven, and He said the same thing to me. When He said this to me, I knew He meant it because He spoke this over me before I was born. He was repeating it back to me in Heaven. I'm telling you the truth, "If you believe, nothing shall be impossible to you."
GET OUT OF YOUR HEAD AND INTO THE SPIRIT
Mark 11:22-24: Jesus said to them, "Have faith in God. I tell you the truth if someone says to this mountain, 'Be lifted up and thrown into the sea,' and does not doubt in his heart but believes that what he says will happen, it will be done for him. For this reason, I tell you, whatever you pray and ask for, believe that you have received it, and it will be yours.
• If you believe in your heart what you say with your mouth, it will be done for you.
• It doesn't say if you believe in your head. It says, believe in your heart. • There's another part of you besides your mind, will, and emotions (your soul), and it's your spirit.
• Jesus is saying to have faith in God, which is of the heart.
• Then if you believe and don't doubt in your heart but believe that what you say with your mouth shall come to pass, you shall have whatever you say.
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• You can say to a mountain, "Be removed and be cast in the sea."
• We need to get out of our heads like the disciples.
• They were in their heads, and they were ineffective.
To be in your head is ineffective. God never says, "I think this, or I'm going to try that." He doesn't talk like that. He says, "Here are my desires, and this is how it's established." He determines what He wants, then He speaks it. When He looks at you, wherever you are right now, whatever country you're in, He's looking at you and remembering what He has desired passionately for you. That was determined before you were ever in your mother's womb.
GOD PREWROTE HIS DESIRES FOR YOU
God wrote a book about you in the predetermined phase of eternity that we know nothing about. He sat in Heaven and laughed at His enemies that didn't even exist yet. He prewrote His desires for every person. After He completed their books, He breathed people into the womb. Are you going to believe? It's in your court, and it's your decision. Jesus is willing.
I never pray like this, "If it be thy will," because I don't pray unless I know it is God's will. How I find God's will is in the Word of God. He wrote His will out in the Bible. I investigate His will that's written. I pray in the Spirit all the time; then, I verbally ask for things knowing that I will get them. I never ask for something I'm not going to get. I'm constantly checking in with the Lord. I'll say, "Lord, we're going in this direction. Are we still good?" It's a walk of faith. The Lord says, "Oh, yeah, we're more than good." That's how you can communicate with God.
What is one thing you know God has prewritten about you? If you don't know yet, spend personal time with Him and ask Him to reveal it to you. Pay attention over the next couple of weeks as He may show a glimpse of it. Revisit this often.
What will you do with what God has written about you?
THE IMPOSSIBLE IS POSSIBLE
Anytime God is instituting something in our lives, it has been impossible. It's not been something we could do in our strength. It's always been impossible. The reason is that the fabric of what we hope for, the evidence of what we don't see, is our faith. It's a substance that frames the world in the spirit realm. Everything God has ever established and wants for you has already been made. It's in the eternal realm, and words frame it. Words are how God framed this whole world through Jesus Christ.
Everything we have in Christ has already been predetermined. We have everything that we would ever need. Even though people go to hell, they don't have to because God predetermined and provided for us every good thing. We don't have to see people go to hell, but they do. That's their choice. It's in their court.
If you don't know this phrase, "It's in your court," I'll explain. What happens is when you play games, like tennis, badminton, or ping pong, essentially when you volley between players, once you return the ball to the other player, it's in their court now. It's on their side.
If they don't respond, it just goes undone and unfinished, and you win a point if a person can't return the item to you. It's in your court. That's how I saw it in Heaven. I saw that Jesus has essentially done everything He's going to do for us. We know that, but down here, we must preach to people and help them in their souls to believe because they don't see that faith is already in your heart. They just don't know how to cultivate. You're trying to encourage them in their soul, and it just doesn't work. You have to say, "Listen, it's in your court. It's up to you now." What happens is people wake up and realize that they are accountable for this. The reality is if you don't judge yourself by the Word of God, then you're going to be judged with the world. (1 Corinthians 11:31). We don't want that. We want to be responsible and take care of the necessary things in our court, living by the Spirit of God and fulfilling His purpose through us on the earth.
DISCUSS:
1. Is it possible to believe in your heart and doubt in your head?
2. Mark 9:23 and Mark 11:22- 24?
3. Discuss: Whatever you ask for in prayer, believe that you have received it and it shall be yours
4. According to the parables of Jesus, how much of it is our responsibility? Jesus used parables that represented us giving a return to God for what we have been given.
5. If you had an experience with Jesus where you got to see Him on the mountain, and you were one of the three disciples chosen, would that have changed your life based on what you know now? What would you do once you came down the mountain?
6. How will things be different for you now since you've heard this message?
7. Pray for each other. God has already created these good things for us in Christ, and we have all that we need for life and Godliness within Him.
PRAYER:
Father, in the name of Jesus, thank You for all my warriors all over the world. Lord, we thank You as these Warrior Fellowships operate; they are lights in their countries and their neighborhoods, and their cities. Father, I just pray for healing right now. Father, I thank You, Lord, that we believe and receive our deliverance. We receive our healing. We receive our financial help, and we receive the Lord's freedom in so many ways through the Spirit of God right now. In the name of Jesus, Amen.
