For though we walk in the flesh, we do not war after the flesh. 2 Corinthians 10:3
You have been delivered from satan's power through the victorious, redemptive work of Jesus Christ. Make sure you keep that awesome, mind-blowing truth in mind the next time you have to deal with the devil's attack on your life. Do not try to defeat a spiritual enemy with fleshly weapons and techniques because fleshly weapons are for fighting fleshly adversaries; they were never intended to defeat a spiritual foe. Spiritual adversaries must be fought with spiritual weapons!
I have walked this earth for umpteen years now. I am going to take a liberty and say everything we do we do in the flesh. We eat, we sleep, we think, we study--our lives are primarily lived in this earthly place. This is why we are required to spend time thinking about how wonderful and lovely is our Father and lover of our soul, Jesus. Although we know we are spiritual beings, we still are very much earthly bound in most ways! Yes? So here it goes, an earthly comparison:
When I was a young girl living at home with my other siblings, we had these cousins. Oh, we had some real great girl cousin friends. We loved to sleep over their house and play with all their toys. Then we had these other cousins. Our Memere called them this French word that sounds like "tuck son" (trouble makers!)
Man, when they came around you wanted to hide all your favorite toys and then some! You might even want to hide yourself. I can remember one specific time when we were visiting our girl cousins and the "tuck sons" stopped by. They were little tornados running into furniture, biting, and breaking everything in sight. We all ran into the girls bedroom and began hiding all we could find, closed the door, and hoped we were not called out to play with them. They had no respect for others nor did they respect other's possessions. To this day, I often think of them and ask, "Lord, have you transformed the hellions into holy terrors ?"
I do know that we live here in this world and we are so familiar with our surrounding we can almost perform our day blindfolded. We are locked into our fleshly bodies and cannot get out of it — nor can we trade it for another!
If I could have, I would have traded positions with another when my cousins showed up. Having broken toys and emotional wounds seemed like a horrific prospect to us growing up. Needless to say, had that happened, I would not be writing this today!
You and I might feel like we are small and unimposing in the flesh. Yet, we are spiritual giants filled with the powerful love of Christ that defeats every whim of the devil.
As I think of those boy cousins of mine from childhood, I think about how we are to be in the spirit. We are to be filled to overflowing with the love of our Father God. As we come into the presence of those things of the world, those things filled with evil, we become like God-tornadoes. Those things will flee from us hiding in the corners of the earth, hoping we will never return. The light we carry chases out all darkness. We do not have to say a word, yet be ye filled with the Holy Ghost.
Do not judge yourself according to what you know or the appearance of your body. Paul was but a wee bit of a man; yet he carried an authority and power that came from our heavenly Father. That is the same message we have hidden within us! Remember, our physical shape does not win a spiritual battle; it is our spiritual shape that counts.
Our greatest weapons do not lie in our mind, our talents, or our flesh, but in spiritual weapons that exist in the realm of God's Spirit.
In Acts 19, a group of exorcists, whom the Bible identifies as the seven sons of a man named Sceva, attempted to cast an evil spirit out of a demon-possessed man. When they commanded the evil spirit to come out of him, the spirit answered them: "Jesus I know, and Paul I know; but who are ye?" (Acts 19:14-15).
Think of it! That evil spirit knew who Jesus was and who Paul was! Even though Paul lived in a small body that had been mercilessly beaten and abused, he was so powerful in the spiritual realm that hell knew his name! Perhaps the limitations of Paul's flesh turned out to be to his advantage! For where we are weak, He is strong! Because he could not lean on his flesh, he had to learn to function in the realm of the Spirit — and that is the reason the evil spirits knew who he was!
Yes, we all may live in fleshly bodies that have all kinds of limitations, but we can go forth with spiritual weapons to do warfare in the Spirit! Regardless of what you look like in the natural realm, you can be a holy terror to the devil in the spiritual realm. Yes, we may all have hellions in our lives; we may be or may have been one. Now we are Holy Terrors in the sight of Satan.
Today's Proclamation:
I proclaim that regardless of what I look like in the natural realm, I am a menace to the devil in the spiritual realm. In that sphere, I am anointed and powerful, with the ability to pull down strongholds from peoples' lives and minds. I am so mighty in the Spirit that the devil and his forces flee when I lean unto God and resist them! I proclaim today that although once a hellion, I am now a Holy Terror taking back the territory the Lord has given me and expanding my spiritual tent.
I declare this by faith in Jesus' name!
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