Dharius Daniels - Go Back and Get It

Okay, chapter 6, verse 12 says: «Now, thank you, Dick.» Now, King David was told, «The Lord has blessed the household of Obed-Edom and everything he has because of the Ark of God.» So, David went to bring up the Ark of God from the house of Obed-Edom to the City of David with rejoicing. When those who were carrying the Ark of God had taken six steps, he sacrificed a bull and a fattened calf. Wearing a linen ephod, David was dancing before the Lord with all his might. While he and all Israel were bringing up the Ark of the Lord with shouts and the sound of trumpets, verse 12 contains the clause of concern: it says, «Now, King David was told, 'The Lord has blessed the household of Obed-Edom and everything he has because of the Ark of God.'» So, David went to bring up the Ark from the house of Obed-Edom to the City of David. I want to speak on this subject in our time together tonight: «Go Back and Get It.» Family, the Scriptures are clear in communicating that we are all facing an evil, invisible adversary who is aggressively attempting to inhibit us from experiencing life as God intended. This is an undeniable scriptural reality that is unfortunate in and of itself, but the unfortunate nature of this reality is exacerbated by the fact that most people don’t even know it. They have explained away, rationalized, quasi and pseudo-intellectualized themselves out of a scripturally supported understanding of the reality of the presence of evil in this world that is diametrically opposed to your progress. Therefore, many people are experiencing opposition that we are either inaccurately understanding, ignoring, or mislabeling as coincidence, bad luck, and an inability to get a break. Consequently, each year, many receive revelations about what they desire to do differently, make resolutions about what they will do differently, and fail to see results, continually misdiagnosing the problem. This is one of the reasons we strategically situate our revival in June of the year, the halfway point of the year, so we can pause for the cause of reflection and reassessment about what has happened, what hasn’t happened, and why it has or hasn’t happened. I’m proposing, I’m contending that, in some cases and in some areas, the failure to see desired results cannot always be attributed to the absence of willpower, the flawed nature of our strategic plan, or the inability to execute our intentions. I’m arguing that sometimes we’re failing to see results because we have not taken into consideration the reality of an invisible evil force that is opposing our efforts to progress our lives in a way that brings glory to God. Jesus corroborates this claim in John 10:10 when he says, «The thief comes only to steal, kill, and destroy.» He acknowledges his existence, clearly communicates his intention, and throughout Scripture warns us to be aware of his intentions so that we do not fall victim to them. Those who continue the ministry of Jesus also believed in this reality—people like the Apostle Paul, who clearly communicates that we should be aware of the enemy’s activity so we don’t fall prey to the wiles, methods, and strategies of the devil. We can dismiss his existence, label it as unintellectual, suggest we have an inferior hermeneutic and infected exegesis, but this is not what Jesus was talking about. He is not referring to some literal evil entity that exists in the world. That’s make-believe, re-framing, and spiritual supernatural fairy tales—that’s people’s attempt to explain themselves away from taking responsibility for their own actions. But I want to argue that not believing in the devil is not believing in the Bible itself because you cannot read the Bible and not see him. When the Scriptures open up in the book of Genesis, he shows up in the garden as a snake, and when the book closes in Revelation, he shows up as a dragon. He is there, and just because we cannot see him doesn’t mean something does not impact us. You can’t see the flu, but you can catch it, and I came to tell somebody that you may say you are not fighting him, but he is fighting you. Did you hear me? The aggressiveness of his activity in your life is an indication of how uncomfortable he is with you stepping into the fullness and receiving a revelation of who God has created you to be. The aggressiveness of his activity is confirmation of a futuristic greatness that exists for you, which he does not want you to step into. So, he tries to stop you before you grow into it. Don’t miss this. This is why he tried to kill Jesus through Herod when he was a baby; because he wanted to stop this before it got too mature for him to handle. He needed to stop this because he knew who they were, but he wanted to stop them before they knew who they were. Whenever they know who they are, they see who I am, and they know they have power over me. I’m arguing that the Internet has had the same impact on culture as the printing press, and we are in a different type of cultural experience, somewhat similar to the Enlightenment, where individuals now are making an idol out of reason and rationale, failing to understand that the supernatural does not contradict reason, but the supernatural is superior to reason. God is not just imminent; God is transcendent. He’s not just here; he’s there. He’s not just Immanuel—God with me—but he exists with a sense of otherness. There are things about him that are different.