As we settle in the year, please
remember that the devil is always busy going around looking for even just one
more person to destroy despite that he knows that God has good things in store
for us and is working out the manifestation of every one of them in our lives.
The bible already says, anyway, that God lays out a table before us in the
presence of our enemies. Thank God for already equipping us with all we need,
including providing help in the Holy Spirit, for victory that we may manifest
all that is ours. Whilst not magnifying the devil/thief or his stupid ways of
trying to destroy us, we must, in a manner of speaking, “respect” what we are
up against as we press to go forward. If you make light the battles that the
enemy stirs up in our lives, it is most likely you will suffer deep losses and
untold hardship though that was never and still isn’t the plan of God. It is
foolish to make light of the enemy’s attacks. He is certain about his goal
which he pursues assiduously and the goal is to steal, kill and destroy. We
must know the matters that are serious and give them the serious attention they
require.
John 10: 10 “The
thief’s purpose is to steal and kill and destroy.”
2 Corinthians 10: 3
& 4a “We are human, but we don’t wage war as humans do. We use God’s mighty
weapons, not worldly weapons.”
Please bear in mind that the
enemy also wages war with words. He knows the power that words carry and not
only uses it to wear us out but also attempts to make us say the wrong things
so he can destroy us using our confessions. Do not ever forget that there is
power in your tongue. Believers must be on “high alert” in their spirit man in
this season of life. Every age presents its own challenges; I must tell you
that this is one of the toughest times we are in and satan is much more
sophisticated in his mode of attack. He misleads many believers and they don’t
even know that they are being misled. Don’t let experience teach you to
“respect” what you are up against because you may have suffered irreparable
damage. Be very careful to respond to situations or people. We must all learn
to think on things before we speak so that we would respond appropriately as
well as only say things that will take us forward instead of things that will
ruin us. We must make every effort to be deliberate so that our responses
and/or decisions would be appropriate. We have to learn to be slow to speak and
not be very controlled. We can’t afford to get carried away. Seriousness is
required of us and this is a posture we take in the Spirit that leaves our
enemy worse off.
Proverbs 25: 28 “A person without self-control is like a city with
broken-down walls.”
Proverbs 2: 12 “Wisdom will save you from evil people, from whose words
are twisted.”
Wisdom, which is knowledge
rightly applied, is absolutely important; the bible says it is the best way to
wage war. I dare to suggest that to be wise, one has to first admit that they
are not because just when one thinks they already have all the knowledge, they
find there is yet more to know and there is nothing wrong with admitting that
we don’t know everything. If we knew everything anyway, we would be God. Wisdom
is a very potent tool in fighting this enemy who is fierce and purposeful.
Thank God we have the support of our God who has all the knowledge and is a
Mighty Warrior. Only with spiritual weapons can we enforce the victory that
Jesus already won for us in our lives. In these times, we must increase our
study of the word of God that we may acquire knowledge to fight and having done
all, to stand.
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