"Behold, I give unto you power to tread on serpents and scorpions,
and over all the power of the enemy: and nothing shall by any means
hurt you." Luke 10:19
How awesome is our God! He has entrusted his power to us.What else do we need!We can bring that 6 billion to the Lord...
I love this scripture, it is my personal favourite because it is victorious, it is red in the bible which means Jesus spoke it.As disciples, WE have been given the power to overcome the enemy, nothing whatsoever, shall harm us. Nothing!!
People often think of "harm" as physical harm i.e car accident, falling off the cliff, tripping over a brick..but neglect spiritual harm. Then we think of "power" as superhero powers, freezing our enemies to death, striking those who persecute us with lighting bolts from our hands, magically sending those we dont like to oblivion, or send them swirling around in the air with our pointy fingers until they learn their lesson. WRONG!
This wonderous power Jesus entrusted us with is LOVE and true love is humble.It is choosing the low road when everyone is flying around you shooting lighting bolts at each other and at you.It is choosing to give in when you really feel like ripping someones hair out, it is being a peacemaker in the midst of division, it is being the steady calm when you are misunderstood, falsely accused and criticised,it is being Christlike in a 'me-conscious' society.When Christ spoke this, he meant it!
So to me this scripture means "Satan needs to ask ME for permission to do whatever he does best" How cool is that?? He listens to me!!!
Its victorious, I say this scripture and I imagine the enemy shrinking away from me, hiding his face as if blinded by light and holding on to his head between his legs blocking his ears and protecting himself from being stomped on my the truth of Christ.I love it!
So many struggles, so much confusion, so much doubt and fear of failing is in our midst, but by Christ YOU have been given that power to read,believe, speak, act and overcome it!
We know in whom we believe and greater, so much greater is he who lives in us, than the little stupid fool that roams this world!
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