Always remember, the devil is a liar and the father of lies. (See John 8:44)
For we wrestle (fight) not against flesh and blood, but against principalities, against powers, against the rulers of the darkness of this world, against spiritual wickedness in high places.
Ephesians 6:12
6 And David was greatly distressed; for the people spake of stoning him, because the soul of all the people was grieved, every man for his sons and for his daughters: but David encouraged himself in the Lord his God.
7 And David said to Abiathar the priest, Ahimelech’s son, I pray thee, bring me hither the ephod. And Abiathar brought thither the ephod to David.
8 And David enquired at the Lord, saying, Shall I pursue after this troop? shall I overtake them? And he answered him, Pursue: for thou shalt surely overtake them, and without fail recover all.
1 Samuel 30:6-8
“Don’t take 15 cents worth of nothing off the devil!”
Test the spirit behind every thought. Is it of God – uplifting? Or is it of the devil – defeating?
When I received Beth’s prayer request this morning, I knew what I needed to share with you today.
When I get pushed into a corner of fear, discouragement, doubt or despair, feel confused and like I’m losing hope, the Holy Spirit reminds me to get out my sword. I almost always turn to Psalm 91 first, but I’ll often read other Psalms and Bible passages out loud as well – or I’ll sing a powerful Christian song over and over to encourage myself in the Lord like David did in the Bible story.
God’s given us His Word to use as the sword of the Spirit that it is to swing around to scare off the devil. The spiritual realm, that is more real that what we can see here on earth, understands and reacts to the Word of God, precious people. If you’re getting spiritually attacked, please, get out your Bible and attack the enemy with its truth. Say the Word out loud until you notice a breakthrough in your spirit. It really works and we need to learn to use the precious, all-powerful sword of the Spirit God’s given us to chase off the devil’s lies.
This is Who (Yeshua, Jesus) confronts the devil when we use our sword, the Bible:
Behold, I (Jesus) give unto you power to tread on serpents (discouragement, fear, anger) and scorpions (doubt, confusion, dismay, hopelessness), and over all the power of the enemy: and nothing shall by any means hurt you.
Luke 10:19
We have no idea how many mighty, all-powerful, Heavenly resources are dispensed to our aid when we call on Heaven to stop the devil’s attempts to take us down. You and I are no different than David in the Bible. We must confront the enemy of our souls just like he did by turning to God to encourage himself in the Lord. Encourage yourself in the Lord! Charge!
Onward and upward, fellow Christians!
God bless,
Mark