The enemy is coming against us like a flood …

Spiritual warfare is more intense now than ever before; the enemy has come against the church like a flood; unfortunately, we never saw the attack coming and are ill equipped. We always thought that as believers we should not have any serious challenges so we have been lulled into deep sleep. We don’t even lean on God enough for the Holy Spirit to lift a standard. Yet the enemy attacks sending the hosts of hell against believers in an overwhelming manner, creating the impression that there’s no escape, no solution and deliverance is impossible. If you take the issues apart, you will find that they are not so bad. He deliberately brings them together complicating matters and confusing us; but our God is not confused and He knows how to undo and deal with all the issues from their very root. 

Isaiah 59: 19b KJV “When the enemy shall come in like a flood, the Spirit of the Lord shall lift up a standard against him.”

Be not deceived, there is not a challenge in life that is insurmountable. The Holy Spirit is ready with the standard that needs to be lifted up. That standard may not necessarily be the solution to the problem but it definitely ensures that the force of the enemy does not hit you like a flood. So that though he was coming like a flood, the effect of the barrage when it gets to you is like water from a sprinkler making it possible for you to see through the problems and decipher the issues. This can only happen by the Spirit. It is always the style of the enemy to make it look worse than it really is. As the Holy Spirit lifts the standard and you are able to see through the flood, you have to look through it to see God and what He is able to do; you then cast your care on Him and are able to renew your hope and strength. 

1 Peter 5: 7 “Give all worries and cares to God, for he cares about you.” 

When we give our worries to God, we must make the effort to leave them with Him. I say “make the effort” because satan is consistently trying to ensure we take them back but we must resist the temptation to do so and anytime we find that we have fallen for his trick, we must be quick to relinquish them to God for they are too heavy for “earthen vessels” to bear. God will not only make the troubles simple, but resolve them; maybe not in the way that we expect, but in the way that is best for us. The problem sometimes is that we don’t really want the Lord’s interference because we don’t want to lose control over the final outcome since we know exactly what outcome we want and we fear that if we leave the resolution completely to God, the solution may not be our desired outcome. Let me assure you, He does the best at all times.

Joshua 6: 1“Now the gates of Jericho were tightly shut because the people were afraid of the Israelites. No one was allowed to go out or in.”

The devil was certain that he had sealed God’s promise from the benefactors of the promise, Israel, so they could not enter the fullness of that which God had ordained for them meaning their joy would not be full. The problem seemed insurmountable for the city was ‘shut up to heaven’; but satan forgot that Israel had/has a God who sits in the heaven of heavens and for whom the earth is a footstool. Once the children of Israel passed on this problem to Him, He gave them a strategy which He facilitated and the strategy had the insurmountable barriers coming down. He wants to do the same for us if we let Him.