When I want to share
something that will bless you, I ask myself, “What is the most important thing
that God has been teaching me the past couple of weeks?” I know He teaches me
so I can share with others to lift them up and to help them grow. (Romans 14:19)
My pastor has been doing a sermon series on spiritual
warfare. I don’t know about you, but my family has been under serious attack.
You know the verse, “The heart is deceitful above all things and beyond
cure. Who can understand it?” (Jeremiah 17:9)
I learned it in a
new way. If anyone asked me, I would’ve said that I have no power in and of
myself and that Jesus has all the power; that in fact, I am a wretch saved by
grace. I would never have said that I act in my own power. Never. Ever.
But my heart was
deceitful.
When Satan
started attacking my mind, feeding me lies, I rebuke him, telling him he has no
power over me- to get lost. True, no?
Nope.
I always wondered
why my heart still felt heavy and I had to continue to pray and beg for God to
help me, to give me strength to keep going moment by moment, breath by breath.
And my heart would slowly seem to come up for air.
Not that that’s
wrong, in general- and there is most definitely times when we do need to pray
that for strength for the moment and for each breath. But when Satan is
attacking? Hmmmmm....
How does the
Bible say we are to rebuke him? Zechariah 3:2- “The LORD said to Satan, ‘The
LORD rebuke you!”
Duh! If God uses
His Name as the authority, shouldn’t I? Use His Name, I mean, not mine. Who am I to rebuke him?
So, I changed my previous wimpy plan. To a battle cry.
The next time
Satan attacked my thoughts, I said, “The LORD rebuke you! You have no power
here.”
My heart shot to
the surface for air.
Whoa. The Power
of Jesus’ Name. Incredible.
I pray this blesses you.
because Beauty is
more than skin deep,
Emily
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Such an awesome post! I love that you shared this.
Emily!
This is a powerful post! No matter how much we read the Bible and try to remember the Scripture, we will always learn something new. I will use this Scripture, over and over, again. Thank you and bless you. Cynthia
Emily!
Thank you so much for the reminder. Why do we forget to say that?
Thank you!
♥♥♥
Sue
Good and necessary lesson - thank you for posting it.