Spiritual Authority: [Your home is connected to a local power station via the National Grid and through a supplier, one of the energy companies.] The energy company supplies your home with everything you need to run everything you have that requires electricity. Let’s say you turned off all the lights in your home and were sitting in the dark. It would be foolish of you to call the electric company and ask them to give you more power. All the power you need has already been made available to you. Instead, what you need to do is access that power. You need to flip on the switch, which opens up the flow of the power. Now, what would happen if you called the electric company and told them that all of your lights were off and you needed them to come over to your house and turn them on for you? Do you think they would come? Most likely they would not come because their job is to supply the power, not to turn your lights on and off. It’s your responsibility to access the power. In the spiritual realm, it’s the act of faith that accesses all that’s supplied to us by grace. It’s faith that flips the switch.

Tony Evans

Tony Evans, Victory In Spiritual Warfare, 2011, Oregon: Harvest House Publishing, p.115