TeaTime Devotional August 11th, 2025

Written By: Trav King

I GOT THE KEYS

Scripture: Mathew 16:18-19

“I have given unto you the keys to the kingdom of Heaven, whatsoever you bound on earth should be bound in heaven and whatsoever you loose on earth shall be loose in heaven”.

Testify:

You ever been going through so much, and it seems like all hell is breaking loose, and you can’t catch a break? You ever been so tired of just catching losses back-to-back? Well, it’s time to “Pull Up.” Pull up on the enemy that tried to take your joy—tried to sabotage relationships and tried to make you feel as if God can’t perform the miracles, you’ve been waiting for. Now, let’s switch it up. We have to discern when to pull up and when to pull back. Sometimes, in pulling back, it means to hold your peace and not be reactive. Sometimes, we lose the battle because we can’t regulate our emotions, and we are not allowing God to be God.

Edify:

In Matthew 16, it states that we have the power to bind and loose, and whenever we use our authority on earth, heaven backs us up. The Bible says, “The Kingdom of Heaven suffers violence, and the violent take it by force.” This is a spiritual fight that cannot be fought with our physical hands. Let me ask you: do your hands work? It’s a common phrase to indicate that you can fight, but I need to know—do your spiritual hands work? It’s time to war in the spirit and cast down every plan of the enemy, for no weapon that is formed against us shall prosper. God is looking for soldiers in His army and has given us power over the enemy and over every situation.

Apply:

There is a time for everything, but the time for right now is to PULL UP. WE WANT ALL THE SMOKE!