Written by REVELATIONS FOR TODAY by Pastor Michael Obata
Ephesians 6:12 – New King James Version (NKJV)
12 For we do not wrestle against flesh and blood, but against principalities, against powers, against the rulers of the darkness of this age, against spiritual hosts of wickedness in the heavenly places.
We are all one in Christ Jesus. We are all one body: the body of Christ Jesus joined together by the power and love of our Heavenly Father in Christ Jesus. Satan cannot defeat GOD; that is why his objective is to hurt the ones GOD loves so much: Christians. We are now born again and, as such, translated into the Kingdom of GOD where we are far above principalities and powers, might and dominion (Ephesians 1 & 2). The true enemy is satan: the devil. The scripture in 1 Peter 5:8 says, “Be sober, be vigilant; because your adversary the devil walks about like a roaring lion, seeking whom he may devour.”
One of the primary strategies of satan is to divide & conquer. He devises schemes and strategies to cause conflict amongst the children of GOD. Satan pitches Christians against one another so that they cannot love one another. satan knows the power and the anointing of GOD’s SPIRIT only flow in love and in the atmosphere of love (1 Corinthians 13:1-2 & 14). Let us not be Christians who allow negative thoughts, negative assumptions & imaginations, gossip, and false accusations to cause conflict amongst brethren. Satan wants you to think your fellow Christian brothers and sisters are the enemy. Conflicts among the brethren short-circuit God’s power in them and make their prayers, confessions, and prophecies ineffective. Another strategy of Satan is to cause distraction amongst the children of GOD. He paints pictures by using the systems of this world to cause distractions. Matthew 6:33 says, “But seek first the kingdom of God and His righteousness, and all these things shall be added to you.” These distractions make some Christians lose focus on what is most important: the worship of GOD in spirit & truth. They make them struggle for things that should have been added to them, their birthright. Satan did it in the Garden of Eden; he is still doing it today. Satan knows that when the children of GOD are distracted and have no time for GOD or the kingdom of GOD, they will struggle to get their heart’s desire and needs. He wants Christians not to love, to be disobedient to the precepts and commands of GOD. Satan’s main strategy is to make Christians too busy to have the knowledge of God’s word so that they will perish (Hosea 4:6).
We are more than conquerors in Christ Jesus. The bible tells us in 1 Peter 5:9 to resist the devil, standing firm in our faith. Verse 10 also admonishes us that our Heavenly Father, through HIS Grace, will strengthen, restore, secure, and establish us. Refuse to be distracted by satan and his cohorts of darkness, and his schemes in this world and its systems. Let us be spiritually discerning to see the schemes of the true enemy. Let us mature spiritually through knowledge of the Scriptures that will cause us to have good success and make our way prosperous. Glory to GOD!
Scripture meditation
James 4:7; 1 Corinthians 13; Revelations 12:9-11; Acts 26:18; & John 15:1-17.
Prayer
Heavenly FATHER, thank you for translating me into the kingdom of Your dear Son Jesus Christ, far above principalities and powers, might and dominion and putting all things under my feet. I receive Your Grace and the anointing of Your SPIRIT to submit to You and resist the devil. I stand firm in Your Word always, in Jesus’ Name.
Confession
I refuse to be distracted by the schemes of the enemy, for the Greater One is in me!