Be Sword Ready!
January 12, 2010
| Put on the whole armor of God, that ye may be able to stand against the wiles of the devil”(Ephesians 6:11) “And take the helmet of salvation, and the sword of the Spirit, which is the word of God”(Ephesians 6:17) We’ve put on the whole armor, but now it’s time to use the sword against the enemy! God has given us everything we need to stand, that means we must learn to use our weapon with expertise! When we pick up that sword are we picking it up with the authority that Jesus have given us, or are we hoping that the enemy will just go away? “For verily I say unto you, That whosoever shall say unto this mountain, Be thou removed, and be thou cast into the sea; and shall not doubt in his heart, but shall believe that those things which he saith shall come to pass’ he shall have whatsoever he saith”(Mark 11:23) Satan loves it when we don’t recognize or use the authority given to us by Christ. He likes for us to be timid with the word and ask him to go instead of telling him to go. Asking gives him a choice, but when the authority of God kicks in he has none! We have to trust God and stand on His word, without wavering. The sword is a weapon of offense, not retreat. We can’t just start fighting when our flesh is under attack, that means we fight from a defensive position. If we attack our flesh first with the sword of the Spirit, we gained ground against the enemy. To effectively use this weapon we must first trust the truth in God’s word and know that the authority He has given us is real! |
