Sometimes the circumstances of our lives seem
defeating. But God plans for our
success. God works all things to our
good, even bad situations (Rm 8:28). This knowledge can actually arm us with
spiritual weapons to face the very enemy that seeks to defeat us with
condemning thoughts and words. If we
believe God is working to our good, then we will trust Him. When we trust the Lord for our outcome, we
place our confidence in His capability instead of in our own nature, which is
prone to failure.
Satan, our enemy, is the accuser of the brethren. He often causes us to stumble into doubt by
accusing us. He blocks our growth by
accusing us. He prevents us from being
effective by accusing us. If we examine
the thoughts we have during any spiritual battle, they are full of accusations,
innuendos, and other wrong thoughts to make us back away from defeating
him. Truth be told, satan knows that we
have a more powerful ally than he does and that if we overcame doubt and fear,
our faith would cause us to overcome him.
To defeat satan in our spiritual battles, we need to get our eyes off of
our weaknesses, and onto what God is doing in us.
“For those He foreknew He predestined to be conformed to the
likeness of His Son.” (M 8:29)
We are being molded into Jesus’ image by those very trials
and spiritual battles we go through.
When we realize that God’s eyes are on what we will become, we can have
confidence that we will have a good outcome. God has invested His love and
great care in making us into the image of His Son. Knowing the purpose of God, and His
dedication to bringing that purpose into being is another weapon for our
spiritual battles. We may get weary along the way, but God has not gotten weary
of our skirmishes yet. He Who began the work in us, will finish it (Phil 1:6).
What God is doing in us? Making us into the great image of His Son.
We need to have faith in God’s plan, for it has strategy
that will defeat our enemy. One thing our faith should encompass is the belief
that God has justified us. Even the
scriptures ask who condemns us (Rom 8:33).
God is not in the business of delegating our condemnation to satan, or
to other people. Technically, since
Jesus covered us with His blood and justified us through His sacrifice on the
cross, no spirit or person has the business of condemning us. In fact, one way
we overcome our enemy is by Jesus’ blood, covering our sins. We also overcome
satan by the testimony of God’s work . . .
working “all things to good” in our lives (Rev 12:11). When the enemy
uses condemnation to defeat us, we must meet it with faith that we are not
condemned, but in fact, are justified.
We also should have faith in God’s love for us. His love endures through our battles and into
all the unknown problems, trials, and weaknesses we have yet to face in the
future. What brought us to the point we
are at today and fills our present life with spiritual strife cannot separate
us from God’s love. The failures that we fear are going to fill our future
cannot separate us from God’s love (Rm 8:33-34). He is dedicated to loving us, and that is a
very power weapon to use against the accuser when he condemns us. It takes
great faith to believe God’s purely good intentions for you over satan’s rotten
accusations. Therefore, abiding in God’s
love for us is one of our greatest acts of faith and will deflect satan’s fiery
darts of accusation (Eph 6:16).
If the circumstances of your life have made you feel defeated,
do not give up. Take up the spiritual
weapons available to you in the Lord.
Have trust and confidence in the Lord and what He is doing in you. Let His love cover you. And remember the
provision He has made for you through Jesus’ blood, to justify you against
satan’s condemnation. When you have done
all this, stand. Your faith will defeat
your spiritual enemies. Amen.
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