The Savior v.s. The Enemy

So not many people have been posting up anything, i'm not sure if many people even check this that much anymore, but i read something today in my devotional and i just wanted to post up my thoughts so maybe i can glance back later. Help yourself if you would like to read along.


This guy, David Nasser, is talking about how Satan is the Prince of Lies, and he will do four different things : tempt, accuse, confuse, and throw obstacles at us. He does this to us to keep us from getting closer to God. The one i was really interested in was accusation. There is an excerpt that I really like and would like to share.

"Picture a court room with you on trial for committing a sin. The Father is the judge. Satan is the prosecutor, and Jesus is your defense lawyer. Satan delivers a blistering attack - with lots of evidence against you. You are guilty. No question about it. Then Jesus gets up to speak. He says, 'Yes, Judge, my client is guilty, but his penalty has already been paid. By me. In blood.' The Father smiles and nods, 'Paid in full. Case dismissed.' That's a picture of what happens every time you sin and are accused by Satan. Listen to your defender who paid your penalty. Love him for it. Thank him for it. Honor him in your lifestyle of worship."

After reading this i started to get a little pumped up. Satan has no hold on me, Jesus already died for me, and he will gladly go to court every time, hear every little thing Satan has to say against me, and once again stand up with the flawless promise of salvation, of the cleansing of my slate, of the blood that he shed not just for all of mankind, but for me personally. He knows my name, he knows all that there is to know about me, and he loves me with all of the good and bad, and that is why he died for me.

Then I was going on with my reading and was reading obstacles. Nasser was talking about Daniel and how he was praying that God would grant him wisdom and nothing happened for a week, then two, then three. Finally after three weeks the angel came and told Daniel that God heard him and sent an angel, but Satan met the angel with a demon and they were fighting for three straight weeks! Then the author goes on to say this :

"Does something so dramatic happen to you and me today? Only if we are as serious about upholding the honor of God as Daniel was. I believe that Satan doesn't give as much merit to many of us because we aren't a threat to his purposes. But if we grow strong, he will oppose us. Does that scare you? Does it make you not want to get too close to Jesus because you don't want to have to fight?"

In my head when i read those last questions i heard myself yelling out "Hell no! I wanna take Satan on with God!" Can you believe it? If we get close enough to God, if we have enough faith in him to persevere for weeks, months, years, our lifetime, then we are a threat to Satan. He knows that we are weak without God, but when we have God on our side he is deadly afraid. He will try to throw us away from God, but if we have faith and fight alongside God we will win the battle. That gets me pumped, to say that I can fight alongside God against the enemy. Maybe that is my male hormones kicking in, but i wanna kick some butt! Spiritual warfare is real people! Until you truly devote your life to the Lord you will not see it because Satan will not meet you with it, he might pose it as a joke in your mind. But when you see it you will realize this world is a battlefront, and you are fighting head to head with Satan and all of his lies for the souls that rightfully belong to God, the Father, to Jesus Christ, the Messiah. This has gotten me so pumped up, I know that there are angels fighting all around me to keep the enemy from getting into my head, God cares that much for us that he would send his angels to fight for us. How can you deny a God like that? How can you ignore a love like that? If you can't believe this stuff then you need to talk to me or talk to somebody who believes in and knows about spiritual warfare. I'm not claiming to know a lot, but I believe in it with all my heart, and I think it is an amazing part of this walk with God.


Lord, my prayer is simple tonight. May i truly know your word and stand firm by it, that the enemy cannot threaten me when you are on my side and when you are with me. God, prevent this tenacity from dying down, prevent this flame from dwindling, prevent this excitement from fading away. God i want to be on the frontlines, but first i want you to equip me with all that I need. The helmet of salvation, the sword that is your word and the only truth, God give me the strength i need to fight off the temptations, accusations, confusion, and obstacles that Satan throws at me. I cast him out in your name, Jesus, the name that heals, that cleans, that saves! He shivers at the very name, the very whisper of your name he cowers in fear. That power is in my hands when i am with you Lord. Never leave my side and i pray that i will never leave yours. God you are my fortress and my stronghold. You are the rock which i stand upon. I shall not stumble as long as i stand firmly planted on the ground you have placed under my feet, no matter what the enemy throws against me. God you are my everything, you love with an unending passion, and that love is something so comforting. But that love also has a vicious side, a side that will fight for my soul, and i want to join that side in the fight. Let me battle against all that the enemy has put in this world, and as i grow may you give me more and more strength to battle the enemy more and more. I pray for your forgiveness of all my sins today, for your love, and for your strength. Thank you Lord for the battles you have fought for me, I pray that i may start fighting from here on out.

In Jesus Christ's holy name i pray, AMEN!