Not a Hoof Will Be Left Behind
In Part-I of this exhortation, we got to the part where Pharaoh told Moses the children of Israel could go to worship their God, but must leave their flocks and herds behind. He was negotiating a partial release of the people of God.
God has delivered you and me from the kingdom and dominion of Satan and has translated us into the Kingdom of His dear Son. But even though that is true, the former taskmaster may still want to withhold from us that which is ours, if we let him.
Pharaoh told Moses they could go, but they were to leave their flocks behind. Pharaoh had no right to do that. In the same manner, the devil has no right to hold your inheritance or any of your properties from you. You have been redeemed by the Blood of the Lamb. Your redemption and deliverance from his kingdom are total and complete.
Insist on enjoying all that God has given to you in Christ Jesus. Do not let the evil one deprive you of your blessings. He may, like Pharaoh, say,
“Well, you are saved, all right! That’s okay. But as for healing and deliverance from your incessant excruciating headaches, leave that for now. Healing is not yours; enjoy your salvation, that’s good enough for you.”
Listen to how Moses answered Pharaoh below, and fire back at the devil in the same manner.
Moses answered Pharaoh, the king of Egypt, saying: “You must allow us to take our animals for the sacrifices and burnt offerings we have to make to the LORD our God” (Exo 10:25). Don’t forget Moses was talking to the king of Egypt. He used the phrase you must allow us. He was in the court of Pharaoh, probably with Pharaoh’s chiefs and army commanders in attendance. In their presence, Moses said,
“O king, you must allow us to take our flocks with us.”
What audacity of faith and courage! What boldness! What confidence Moses must have possessed in the Most High God!
And it gets better. Moses categorically declares: “Our cattle also shall go with us; there shall not an hoof be left behind; for thereof must we take to serve the LORD our God” (Exo 10:26). Blessed God for such a man, who knew His God!
For “the people that know their God shall be strong, and do exploits” (Dan 11:32 Webster). Moses was fearless and persistent, and possessed an unflinching tenacity in bringing the will of God to pass in the face of humanly insurmountable opposition.
God Wants You to Live in Victory Every Day
My dear friend, arise today and make this declaration over your own life; that “All that the Father God has given you is yours, and that you are appropriating them all, and not a hoof will be left behind” in the name of the Lord Jesus.
“Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who hath blessed us with all spiritual blessings in heavenly places in Christ.” “According as his divine power hath given unto us all things that pertain unto life and godliness, through the knowledge of him that hath called us to glory and virtue” (Eph 1:3, 2 Pet 1:3).
God desires that all His children will live victoriously in this world. He has made provision for victory and success in all things that pertain to life and godliness. We are more than conquerors. We are world overcomers because we have been born of God, and “there is no feeble person among our tribe” (Psa 105:37).
We are children of Light, we are of the day and not of the night, “for they that sleep, sleep in the night.” Therefore we, children of God, are to put on the whole armor of Light and begin to quench all fiery darts of the kingdom of darkness.
This is to remind us of our position of authority in Christ who defeated the enemies’ kingdom, dispossessed them of all authority and power, and gave the Church the keys of the kingdom of heaven.
Therefore, God is commanding us to put on the Lord Jesus Christ who is our strength, disarm and overpower the strong man, and subjugate his kingdom under the feet of Christ our reigning King.
We are to take possession of our inheritance and never allow the enemy to deprive us of even the tiniest fraction of it. We are to insist, as Moses did in the courts of Pharaoh, on taking possession of all that God has given us in Christ, and “not a hoof will be left behind.”
CALL TO ACTION:
- Take stock of all the things God has told you are yours in Christ which the enemy might have held back from you or trying to hold back.
- Mark them all; write them down;
- Arise in faith and pray and make this same declaration with Moses, “All that the Father God has given you belongs to you, that you’re claiming and appropriating them today.
- Study and Meditate on your authority as a child of God until you know that you’re no longer at the mercy of the enemy. You have authority over demons and they cannot take or withhold from you what is yours. You are to take back from them all that they stole from you.
- Give Thanks to your heavenly Father who has qualified you for this inheritance, for it’s He “who richly provides us with everything to enjoy” (1 Tim 6:17).
- Insist on claiming and walking in your benefits. They are yours. Just place your trust and confidence in God, “insist in the name of the Lord Jesus that not a hoof will be left behind”