Ba'al worship was always about fertility of people and cattle, the rainfall that provided agriculture. If you worshipped Ba'al well he would prosper you. Ba'al would provide. That altar still exists in many churches. Two altars, one to God and one to Ba'al. Dutch Sheets has spoken to this issue.
What is sad is God always has at his heart to provide everything you need. He is the true God of Provision. Ba'al is the counterfeit.
Because many people are fearful of trusting God for provision, they will trust him for healing, for wisdom, for good marriages, for relationship, for forgiveness of sin, for sanctification. All that is true and you can live a full life. Full that is except in provisional fullness. Everything goes well but every day fear and pressure from concern over provisional issues taints an otherwise unstained christian life.
This spirit seems to be most prevalent among those who seek after God most intensely. Somehow there is a fear to approach God in the area of provision. It may be a fear of serving mammon.
The spirit of poverty is a demon that says you won't have enough. God can forgive your sins but he doesn't seem to provide for you very well. He robs you by neutralizing your ability to trust in GOD. So, like the ancients..we erect Ba'als.
We can talk about divorcing Ba'al, Ba'al is the world system. What we must do is live in the revelation of what God's heart is towards us in this regard. Once we get this...we can live above the Demonic influences in our lives. I'm serious about this oppression. Those who even operate in deliverance ministry most effectively are many times the most oppressed by this demon. They MUST have this thing put out of their lives to walk in the fullness God desires to provide.
The revelation must come to people who think they most understand this. When I have shared this with people, even people who have read every Leroy Thompson book ever written, they at the beginning believe they understand this principle...it sounds like it...for a while. As long as they hang on to those old principles they will stay in bondage. When it becomes Rhema for them, the light bulb lights up...the revelation comes and the AHA moment comes. It all makes sense and freedom comes.
That's why this cannot be taught, but must be caught. It's revelation. As people have hands laid on them, as the demonic force is exposed, the evil spirit departs and fresh revelation takes it's place. They find themselves walking in confidence and provision. The same revelation Abraham had (he was the richest man in his world) can be yours...but you must act as Abraham did.
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