II Timothy 1:13 – 14 hold on to the
words God has spoken in faith and in love; faith is the law and love is the
motive which is in Christ. Translate and then meditate meaning to hold fast to
the salvation of sound words that good thing that is committed unto thee which
dwells in us.
I
want to talk about things that effects how we are to fight Satan and his
attempts to trip us up so that we fail in our daily walk in the Lord. The first thing to consider is sitting on
your problems; the obstacles that he makes are to be kept under our feet and
should be used as a pulpit to proclaim the Name of Lord and that the good news
is…
We
win!
If
you have a problem you have a pulpit which is to be used to bring every thought
into captivity through the obedience of Jesus Christ. Do not elevate your
problems but sit on them by using Satan’s own strategy against him instead; to
help you understand what I mean think about how the Lord tells us to take that
first step toward release, peace, redemption, and love, we are able to do this
when we come to the altar for prayer. If you stay in your seat and do not move
then the Lord cannot help you. When you do not sit on your problems you are
telling Him that you are trusting in Him to keep them under your feet where
they belong.
Have
you ever thought to inject a Holy thought into Satan’s mind when he tries to
inject an evil thought into your mind? You see if you take the thought he is
trying to put in your mind and make it a holy thought you will confuse him. He
does not have any sense because he has no faith, he can only believe in what he
can see and hear. One of the biggest things you can use against him is to doubt
your doubts – if you doubt your doubts you won’t be a doubter anymore because
your doubts have been doubted because you’ve learned to doubt your doubts. When
he comes a knocking telling you to doubt what the good Lord has promised in
your life then just turn right around and tell him you doubt that and he will
be completely confused because we are told not to doubt and he will not know
how to argue with you on your doubting his doubt thought.
Let’s
go a step further – Micah 7:7 tells us
that we need to wait for the God of my soundness because even though we are
going through some rough battles in our life and the devil may be trying to
trip you but if we can just realize who is in front of us, who is behind us,
and all around us. We the people need to forget the things that are behind us,
reach out to things that are before us, and continue to press toward the high
calling of God in Jesus Christ meaning in his anointing the messiah.
The
past never sees the future, so rejoice in the very thought of restoration. The
future is your reservoir of gladness because God had us on his mind way before
we were born. Psalms 107:2 says let the redeemed of the Lord say so, this verse
was written many years before Jesus died on the cross which is how we are
redeemed and now when we get in a battle we don’t have to participate, we can
go to the end because we have already won. We are more than a conqueror, if God
be for us who can be against us.
I
remember a time when I was a child my little brother and I was running from
some bullies in our neighborhood because they said they were going to beat us
up. As we were running my brother was in front of me and we were cutting across
an empty lot hoping to get home faster. As we ran across this lot my brother
decided to look behind him to see where they were and as he turned back around
he ran slap into a tree. He fell to ground and I had to pull him up so we could
still keep going. This means don’t look where you’ve been but look to the new
realm you are reaching for because even though we may fall but we will arise
and we can continue in the way the Lord wants us to walk in, don’t give up
because it ain’t over till it’s over.
We
are in the last quarter of the ball game with only three minutes of the game
left. Soon God will line the devil up on the yard line and kick him over the
goal into the fire. We will hear the angels shout “Touchdown.” We may have
fallen but we will arise and go forth because we have something that the devil
cannot see to change it to something he can see.
II Corinthians 4:18 speaks about
looking at the things that are not seen as it also says in Hebrews
11:1 now faith is… not is faith
now. The devil is a flesh worker not a faith worker because he cannot see
faith. Faith without works is dead therefore he cannot tempt you in the spirit
because he is dead; he can only tempt you in the flesh because that’s all he’s
got. If we will crucify our flesh daily and not just on Sunday morning you will
have him defeated all the days of your life on this earth. I heard a preacher
say that the devil is seriously on the limits of retardation because he cannot
see or find our faith. Walking in faith and living through faith will allow you
to walk right past the devil and he won’t even know you’re there. Faith is
what’s all around us and the devil can’t see through unseen stuff.
Keeping
the whole armour of God on will foul the devil into thinking you are God. Our
faith is eternal and we can foul the devil by using the things he cannot see;
keep our shield of faith up and he will not be able to find us. The verse in Micah was written in the old covenant and if
we fell it is generally because we took off our helmet or laid down our shield
and tried to fight on our own merits. This is also how we fight for our loved
ones that are not in church yet, we use things that you cannot see to fight the
things that you can see; every time we get back up we will be stronger than
before.
Know
and possess the promises God has made; stop making his promises into questions.
God can do all things and he will hear you. God feels that one soul is worth
more than any amount of money but he will make the devil give it to God’s
people. Quit fighting for something that has already been won. In verse 15 it says that our light affliction is
for only a moment and not a lifetime; don’t stretch a moment into a lifetime.
When you tell the devil no you will shake his foundation; tell him to get
behind you because he can defile your view of direction. God’s people is
obligated to show others that are blinded by the devil and show them that God
loves them and they don’t have to live that way.
Faith
makes speaking possible; faith is a creator because everything you see, do,
touch, and feel has been created by faith.
If you don’t speak faith you’re not creating anything; faith gives you
something to say. In I John 5 it says that faith is the victory that over comes the
world because faith is a creator; faith creates an answer when there seems to
be none, you can’t see it and it changes things you can see. God is the object
of faith and his word is the ground upon which faith rests; confidence, peace
and assurance are its fruits of living by faith because it is a lifestyle not
just a movement.
Don’t
try to impress the world just be who you are in Jesus and remember to never ask
will God hear me. Our struggles are little so do not dwell on them and rejoice
in the reservoir of gladness. Remember that things that are not seen will
change things that are seen and the Bible is full of what we use which the
devil cannot see. Everything in the Bible is for our welfare for it is written
for you, by you, around you, and through you. When you stand on the word of God
and keep him as a personal thing, he signifies knowledge, he signifies
acquaintance. My God means election, my God means selection, when you have went
out of the court of holies and went into the holy of holies, now it’s personal.
Written by: Karen ReNee
