A while back, a friend asked me why the devil attacked him so much.
The short answer... because you let him!!
Too often, we give the devil freedom to run a muck in our lives. We believe the lies he tells us and we act out of sorts when things don't go our way... falling right into his trap.
What most of us don't understand is that the devil has no power over us. He has NO AUTHORITY to do anything in our lives... unless we allow it.
We have been given authority over all the power of the enemy (Luke 10:19). That means that we have the upper hand, NOT the devil!
God is head over the devil. Demons bow to His name. And He has given us dominion over the devil, too.
So, when the devil tries to come against us, we can stand up to him and remind him that he has no power!!
James 4:7 says, "...submit yourselves to the Lord. Resist the devil and he will flee from you."
This means that once we have given everything over to God and humbled ourselves before Him, we can stand in authority over the devil. We can tell him that Jesus is the Lord of our lives and He is fighting our battles for us.
The devil has no choice but to go away!
He can do nothing but to run!!
The devil is fearful of us... when we walk in our authority. When we know who we are in the Lord, and we resist him.
Even then, he will try us. But, we've got to remember that no weapons formed against us will prosper. And that we have all authority over the devil.
God has given us the power to shun and shame our enemy.
And with the authority He has given us, we can KNOW that the devil is DEFEATED!!
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