WEDNESDAY - 13TH OCTOBER, 2021
MORNING WINGS DAILY DEVOTIONAL GUIDE - Olusola ADEJUMO
POWER OVER WHAT SCARES
Read Luke 10:17-20
Luke 10:19, KJV
"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."
One of the reasons why saints couldn't represent Christ effectively is because of the fear of being hurt. If you've seen the evils of the devil and have lived amidst those who exalted his works, having absorbed him as powerful and swallowed him as very absolute, you may be very much hindered believing in God's power that overwhelms Satan's.
Jesus here was speaking to the seventy after their return. He said He has given them power to tread upon serpents and scorpions and then all powers of the enemy. They already used that same power and delegated authority. Jesus was referring to the devil, demons and everything they could manifest or invent. Jesus said He has given us power over them all. Now, think of the power of the enemy that's in existence, that you've seen, that you don't know exists or that the devil could manifest. Jesus said the believer has been given power over such irrespective of its magnitude. Jesus said, we are empowered by the Holy Ghost to trample on them. "Trampling" or "treading" shows our dominion over them. We treat them as nothing to be scared of. We glory and reign over them in great subduing. What you can match on isn't something you obviously will see as a threat. You'll just treat it as nothing and powerless. That's what the devil, demons and all powers of the enemy should seem to us though we know the devil has power to hurt.
Look, there's nothing the devil foams by that delegated authority in Christ and God's empowerment by the Holy Ghost that you can't counter. The seventy did in that place and came feeding Jesus back what they accomplished by His name.
Now, we get to the part where fear is triggered. Jesus said "and nothing shall by any means hurt you". It means in the process of going about businesses of the kingdom for Christ, there may be potential scary things that may raise their heads to challenge you. In other words, attempt would be made by all these powers of the enemy to hurt you but Jesus assured that contrary to fear or what is popular in the minds of many people, nothing shall by any means hurt you.
One of the reasons why people don't evangelize or act on the Bible in the area of healing or power side is because they believe something will hurt them. Look, God wants you to be solidified that as you go as His representative preaching the gospel, in His Spirit, by His own guidance, doing His own work, nothing shall by any means hurt you. It doesn't mean things won't try to hurt you but what does the Bible say.
Isaiah 59:19, KJV
" So shall they fear the name of the LORD from the west, and his glory from the rising of the sun. When the enemy shall come in like a flood, the Spirit of the LORD shall lift up a standard against him."
Today, let fear be dispelled. The Spirit is with you. You have heard from the head of the church Himself that nothing shall by any means hurt you. Lay hands on the sick, cleanse lepers, do all the works of an evangelist and never think their sickness or problem will transfer to you. It is not you doing it but the Spirit doing it through you. You have Him as your defender and protector.
PRAYER: I receive empowerment of God's Spirit. I dare to believe Jesus and do His works. Fear is dispelled in me.
BIBLE IN ONE YEAR: Jeremiah 19:1-21:14, 1 Thessalonians 5:4-28, Psalm 82:1-8, Proverbs 25:9-10
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