A WORD IN SEASON TO THE WEARY
December 14🌷🌷
Behold, I give unto you power.. over all the power of the enemy ” (Luke 10:19)
Strong faith is a great spiritual weapon to fight with the enemy. We need strong faith in prayer. Evidently, the devil comes in to weaken our faith as he desired to do with Peter. “And the Lord said, Simon, Simon, behold, Satan hath desired to have you, that he may sift you as wheat: But I have prayed for thee, that thy faith fail not: and when thou art converted, strengthen thy brethren” (Luke 22:31,32). The Lord Jesus Christ, knowing beforehand the devil’s attack, used a mighty weapon to strengthen the faith of the man of God. If we do not have strong faith, no matter how many words we use in prayer, they are of no use. By weakening our faith the enemy makes our lives barren. That is why we have to pray by faith, “Lord, make my faith strong and active”. We must have faith in God, as we read in Mark 11:12. In the margin it says, “Have the faith of God”. That means Lord Jesus Christ living in us gives us strong faith. Our weak faith becomes strong by the faith of the Lord Jesus Christ coming into us. With such a faith we can rebuke and bind Satan.
Another spiritual weapon is to learn to bind the powers of darkness. When the enemy attacks us we should know his weapon. Otherwise we cannot say whether the attack is from the devil or not. Some attacks are from human beings and some from the devil. We have to have understanding and sense of the enemy’s attacks. Then only we can confront him and bind the powers of darkness. That requires faith and oneness. “Again I say unto you, That if tow of you shall agree on earth as touching any thing that they shall ask, it shall be dome from them of my Father which is in heaven” (Matt. 18:19). That is a great privilege we as a church have, to bind the powers of darkness. Very few assemblies, God’s servants, and believers use it. Some repeat the words like magic. First of all we have to have the authority of the Lord Jesus Christ. Then only we can bind Satan. If we live defeated lives and the enemy has gained some place in our lives, and yet we pray, “Lord, we bind the powers of darkness”, it will have no effect. We have to see that the enemy has no place in our life. Only then by one mind we can bind the powers of darkness.
Once some of us went for open air preaching. When we began the ministry, we found that our throats had gone sore. After a few minutes all throats became hoarse. Suddenly it dawned on us that it was the enemy’s attack. We came back and spent the whole night in prayer. Next morning all the throats were clear. So we know, there are enemy’s attacks which can be bound by faith, oneness and unity.
