“For though we live in the world, we do not wage war as the world does. The weapons we fight with are not the weapons of the world. On the contrary, they have divine power to demolish strongholds.”
2 Corinthians 10:3-4 NIV
There is evil in this fallen world and it most often associated with the devil. Devil in the Greek means “to split “. The devil is divider who seeks to divide mankind from God and make believers lives hell here on earth. Evil comes from sin. The devil was guilty of the sin of pride setting himself as an equal to God. We are ourselves were born into a sin nature and can only be saved by the sacrifice and victory of Jesus Christ. And as we can see in scripture, we believers do not and should not fight as the world does but as God would have us fight- in his Spirit with his heavenly power to pull down such evil forces.
Remember this, we fight against a defeated foe. Jesus has already secured the victory 2,000 years ago. So what are our weapons? Such things as prayer where we bring God’s very presence into our struggle. Worship, which places God on the very throne of our lives, something the devil failed to do. And we have the sword of word of God that has the power to bring victory into our lives. Jesus used the truth of the word to defeat the devil. That word tells us that we overcome the devil by the word of our testimony in God’s goodness and by the blood of the lamb- Jesus Christ!
The devil will not linger where God is praised and where prayers are offered to our Lord. The victory has already been secured but we must walk in that victory using the weapons of our warfare that are mighty in God for pulling down evil in our lives!
Someday soon, we believers we will see an end to evil in our lives. Our Lord is coming back for us! Until that day, know that the devil is defeated foe and his time is short. So give him no place in your life for God has already given us the victory- Amen!
In Christ
RJ