The supernatural is your birthright, if you are born again. It is what authenticates Christianity. We have also seen your root in the supernatural. The question then is: what does it take to operate in that realm that I have been born into? You are born into a supernatural world, true. But what does it take to function in that capacity?

One of the gifts of the Holy Spirit listed in 1 Corinthians 12:10 is the gift of the working of miracles.

“Now concerning spiritual gifts, brethren, I would not have you ignorant. For to one is given by the Spirit the word of wisdom; to another the word of knowledge by the same Spirit; To another faith by the same Spirit; to another the gifts of healing by the same Spirit; To another the working of miracles; to another prophecy; to another discerning of spirits; to another divers kinds of tongues; to another the interpretation of tongues” 1 Corinthians 12:1,8-10

So, miracles or the supernatural is not a thing you wait for; it’s a thing you work at. It’s not the gift of “waiting for miracles”, but the gift of the working of miracles. The supernatural is worked at.

Again, the question is: what does it take to work the supernatural?

You Must Believe

To work the supernatural, you must believe that you are created for it. Faith is a sure foundation for supernatural man-ifestations. You must believe that you are created for signs and for wonders, because Jesus said these signs will only follow them that believe.

“And these signs shall follow them that believe; In my name shall they cast out devils; they shall speak with new tongues; They shall take up serpents; and if they drink any deadly thing, it shall not hurt them; they shall lay hands on the sick, and they shall recover.” Mark 16:17-18

You have to first believe that you are created to work signs and wonders before they can follow you. You can’t be in command of signs and wonders except you first believe. It’s one thing to know it, but another thing to believe it.

“For unto us was the gospel preached, as well as unto them: but the word preached did not profit them, not being mixed with faith in them that heard it” (Heb. 4:2).

You have to believe in the supernatural before it can produce for you. You must believe that you are created for signs and for wonders, and that redemption makes you a sign and a wonder. “For these signs shall follow them that believe, in my name they shall cast out devils…” And they went forth believing, and God was working with them, confirming the word with signs following (Mk. 16:17-20).

Possess A Far-Above Mentality

If you are going to be a distributor of signs and wonders, you must know what it means to become a living wonder yourself. You fall too cheaply to the devil’s lies, that’s why many Christians look so miserable. Everything the devil tells them is more important to them than what God says.

But you need a far-above mentality to operate effectively in the supernatural. The Bible says:

“And hath raised us up together, and made us sit together in heavenly places in Christ Jesus.” Ephesians 2:6

“Far above all principality, and power, and might, and dominion, and every name that is named, not only in this world, but also in that which is to come: And hath put all things under his feet, and gave him to be the head over all things to the church.” Ephesians 1:21-22

He said you are seated together with Him in heavenly places, far above principalities and powers, rulers of this wicked world and wicked spirits in heavenly places. You are far above wicked spirits in high places, HIV and AIDS carrying spirits, cancer carrying spirits, mental blockage spirits, spirits of confusion, suicide spirits, etc. Oh, He’s made us to sit together with Him in heavenly places, far above where the devil can reach you!

Every sickness, by biblical definition, is an oppression of the devil. That was why Jesus went about healing all them that were oppressed of the devil (Acts 10:38). You have listened too much to the scientific “fact” that mosquito bit is what has given you malaria. If everybody bitten by mosquito has malaria, who then will be left in town?

You have been redeemed by the blood of the Lamb. The same mosquito that bit you, bit a sinner who lives in the kingdom of dark-ness, and he doesn’t have malaria. Why is it then you that is born again, redeemed by the blood…

This text is an extract from the book “OPERATING IN THE SUPERNATURAL” written by David O. Oyedepo.

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