We need to quit giving so much power to the enemy! We do realize if he wasn’t able to tempt us away from things of the Father, then he wouldn’t have any, yes, any power. We wouldn’t fear him which is in opposition to faith. We cannot please the Father without faith…fear pleases the enemy. Our goal or rather we are commanded to seek the Father, to love Him with everything within us, if we kept that focus, than we wouldn’t even look the enemy’s way. We need to get back to the Father, looking and keeping entirely focused on Him. We have strayed from truly knowing Him, from getting so close to Him that we trust, we develop such a reverence that we know Him, and we know what He will do, what He is truly able to do…well everything, but we will know it. Our faith will be at an optimal level that the puny attempts of the enemy will have no effect, thus absolutely no power. The enemy cannot even penetrate through, because the boundaries, the hedge of protection that was built in focusing on the Father. True spiritual warfare is knowing that the battle is not ours, that we trust the Father enough to fight them. By focusing on the Father, we have eliminated the power the enemy had over us, that our previous temptations are no more because our flesh has been crucified with Christ, that the pleasures are no longer carnal, but instead spiritual. Fasting is the key, along with prayer, consecration, praise and worship to the Father. It is time to seek after the Father so much that we remove power from the enemy. The desire to do anything else will fall, but yet the prophetic words will be fulfilled. Opportunities once sought after will no longer be a thought because we are so caught up on the Father, that those opportunities will manifest. Oh, the impact we will have because we have removed self from the equation. Find the comfort in knowing the Father in such a way and be about it. This is not a trend; it is a way of life…it’s time to choose our battle…either choose to deny self or continue to suffer at the hands of the one we give power to.
“Jesus said unto him, Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy mind” Matthew 22:37.
“And he said, Hearken ye, all Judah, and ye inhabitants of Jerusalem, and thou king Jehoshaphat, Thus saith the LORD unto you, Be not afraid nor dismayed by reason of this great multitude; for the battle [is] not yours, but God’s” II Chronicles 20:15.
“Dearly beloved, avenge not yourselves, but [rather] give place unto wrath: for it is written, Vengeance [is] mine; I will repay, saith the Lord” Romans 12:19.
“But without faith [it is] impossible to please [him]: for he that cometh to God must believe that he is, and [that] he is a rewarder of them that diligently seek him” Hebrews 11:6.