Walking In His Victory

“Read whatever chapter of scripture you will,
and be ever so delighted with it –
yet it will leave you as poor,
as empty and unchanged as it found you
unless it has turned you wholly and solely to the Spirit of God,
and brought you into full union with and dependence upon him.”
William Law

Walking In His Victory

“For we are not wrestling with flesh and blood
[contending only with physical opponents],
but against the despotisms, against the powers,
against [the master spirits who are]
the world rulers of this present darkness,
against the spirit forces of wickedness
in the heavenly (supernatural) sphere.
Therefore put on God's complete armor,
that you may be able to resist and stand your ground
on the evil day [of danger],
and, having done all [the crisis demands],
to stand [firmly in your place].”
Ephesians 6:12-13Amplified Bible(my emphasis bold)

Have you been pleading lately before the throne of God

that He might deliver you from the oppressions of satan and this evil world?

Might I suggest that such prayers are in error?

Blasphemy you say?!

No, although God is certainly able to put down

any attempt that the enemy might throw at us,

it really isn’t God’s job to do so?…

Indeed, we are the ones who are called to enter

into the victory of Christ over the works of the enemy…

you see the devil has already been defeated! Teleos! (It is finished!)

The Word of God tells us clearly that our victory i

s in the Blood of Christ, the power of His testimony,

and our walking humbly in obedience –

preferring His will above our own –

laying down our lives for the sake of Christ and His Kingdom.

“And they have overcome (conquered) him
by means of the blood of the Lamb
and by the utterance of their testimony,
for they did not love and cling to life
even when faced with death
[holding their lives cheap till
they had to die for their witnessing].”

God never tempts his children. That would be contrary to His nature.

But He will allow the enemy to tempt us,

so that our victory in Christ over the enemy might be demonstrated.

This takes place every time we are tempted by the enemy

and we resist, by walking in obedience to what God has said.

When satan speaks lies and attempts to lure us into sin,

we should respond as Christ did in the fourth chapter of Luke.

Each time Christ was tempted…

(oh by the way, did you notice that it was the Holy Spirit

who lead Him into the wilderness to be tempted of the devil?)

“Then Jesus, full of and controlled by the Holy Spirit,
returned from the Jordan
and was led in [by] the [Holy] Spirit
For (during) forty days in the wilderness (desert),
where He was tempted (tried, tested exceedingly) by the devil.
Luke 4:1-2 Amplified Bible

So each time Jesus was tempted, He didn’t argue with satan,

He didn’t scream and yell at the tempter,

He simply countered the lies of the devil by quoting the Scripture.

Here is the key, don’t miss this point.

Jesus was so intimately in tuned to His Father’s voice,

so smothered in the love and compassion of the Father,

that he walked in total submission to Poppa’s will.

(The ‘Poppa’ part shows the influence of The Shack.

If you haven’t read it your missing something special… End of commercial)

James 4:7 is probably one of the most frequently misquoted Scriptures,

because people don’t quote the whole verse.

They say, “Resist the devil and he will flee.”

You can resist the devil all day long,

and if you are not submitted to the Lord,

he will laugh in your face!

“But [one] evil spirit retorted,
Jesus I know, and Paul I know about,
but who are you?”
Acts 19:15 Amplified Bible

Humility, submission and intimacy with the Lord

are a key parts of walking out the victory over sin

that Christ secured for us at Calvary.

“So be subject to God.
Resist the devil [stand firm against him],
and he will flee from you.
James 4:7 Amplified Bible

Yes, the weapons of our warfare are not carnal,

but they are mighty to the pulling down of strongholds,

and casting down everything

that exalts itself against the Truth of God’s Word.

“For the weapons of our warfare are not physical
[weapons of flesh and blood],
but they are mighty before God
for the overthrow and destruction of strongholds,
[Inasmuch as we] refute
arguments and theories and reasonings
and every proud and lofty thing that sets itself up
against the [true] knowledge of God;
and we lead every thought and purpose away captive
into the obedience of Christ (the Messiah, the Anointed One),”
2 Corinthians 10:4-5Amplified Bible

We take this victory everywhere we go,

as we walk in faith in the face of fear or the lies of the enemy.

The kingdom of light advances over the kingdom of darkness

each time we stand in Christ’s victory!

Let’s push back the darkness in school, in the workplace, at Wal-mart,

the supermarket or when gets “in-our-face,” lies about us,

or ignores that we are even in the room.

Everywhere you go, Christ goes with you,

the Holy Spirit overshadows and leads you,

and angels guard your steps!

It’s time we started entering into our inheritance in Christ

and acting like the children of the Most High God!

Let’s start today by submitting ourselves anew to the Lord

and asking the Spirit of the Living God

to guide us through every trial and temptation we face,

that we may walk obediently in His victory

and bring our Father the glory and honor He is due!

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