Be Strong In The Lord
“Be strong in the lord, and in the power of His might“ (Ephesians 6:10). This literally means, “strengthen yourselves in the Lord.” The first thing we must realize if that in our own strength, we are no match for the devil. He is a very spiritual being that we must not try to engage on our own.
The last few weeks have been through hell, it seems. I’ve been in the emergency twice, admitted twice, with one almost killing me. A specialist prescribed some medication for a heart condition and I had a deadly reaction to it. After the time spent in the hospital, I was so tired I couldn’t even walk ten feet without getting out of breath. And then my vehicle started having major issues. I felt like I was being attacked on every side. I kept saying. “God Please Help!”
Satan realizes that God is our power base. Therefore, Satan’s goal is to get between our soul and God. He tries to separate our hearts from God and inspires our confidence to be in ourselves instead.
When we are being tested, we should always remember the Words of Jesus, “My Father… is greater than all; and no one is able to snatch them out of My Father’s hand” (John 10:29).
Absolutely nothing – nothing can ever separate us from the love of God (Romans 8:38-39).
Remember Christ’s Victory Over Satan At The Cross
Devil does not want you to remember that he would soundly defeated at the cross. “For this purpose the Son of God was manifested, that He might destroy the works of the devil” (1 John 3:8). Jesus broke Satan’s stronghold on humanity when He died on the cross (Colossians 2:14; John 12:31-32).
We are not fighting for our victory, we are fighting from His victory!
This is the Lord’s battle, not our own. We are simply individual soldiers in a vast army who are to obey the directions given to us by the captain of our salvation.
Jehoshaphat, King of Judah, recognized this when greatly outnumbered by his enemy. He prayed, “O our God, will you not judge them? Or we have no power against the great multitude that is coming against us; or do we know what to do, but our eyes are upon You” ( 2 Chronicles 20:12). God answered King Jehoshaphat’s prayer through a prophet saying, “ The battle is not yours, but God’s” (2 Chronicles 20:15),
Resist the devil
We should keep as much distance between us and the devil as possible. “Resist the devil and he will flee from you” (James 4:7). We do this by avoiding things that will drag us down, spiritually. Disobedience and persistent waywardness provides the enemy grounds from which he can attack and influence the believer. This is why scripture reminds us not to give the devil a foothold (Ephesians 4:27).
You will never win a spiritual battle in your own strength. You will only be successful when you draw your strength from the power base, which is God Himself. They are, you’ll find the strength and stamina to “stand against the wiles of the devil” (Ephesians 6:11).
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