Today’s Focus: Victory Over the Enemy
2 Corinthians 10:3-5 (NIV)
3 For though we live in the world, we do not wage war as the world does. 4 The weapons we fight with are not the weapons of the world. On the contrary, they have divine power to demolish strongholds. 5 We demolish arguments and every pretension that sets itself up against the knowledge of God, and we take captive every thought to make it obedient to Christ.
We’re in this environment, but we’re on a different level or plan.
We demolish and we take captive.
God has equipped us with weapons, like the nuclear codes of Heaven to achieve victory here on earth.
When we gather together, He’s here! He is with us. The maker of the entire universe is right here with us! HIs presence is powerful.
We demolish the “elevated things.” The arguments or ideas that try to build themselves above God. We demolish them. They have no place in our life as we give the Word of God primary place.
We take captive the thoughts that come into our lives that have unholy purposes to take us away from what God has for us. To take captive means to subjugate, to take it captive and control it. We are to throw those thoughts down and bring them under control.
We have authority over the enemy.
Luke 10:19 (NIV)
19 I have given you authority to trample on snakes and scorpions and to overcome all the power of the enemy; nothing will harm you.
There is nothing that can harm us. We have authority over everything the enemy can throw at us! Because we have this authority we have different postures. Postures of prayer, of alertness, of being ready, etc.
We have powerful weapons
2 Corinthians 10:4 (NIV)
4 The weapons we fight with are not the weapons of the world. On the contrary, they have divine power to demolish strongholds.
To do any type of work, you need the right tools. God has given us the right tools.
God has given us powerful weapons (gifts). He has given us the Holy Spirit and gifted us to carry out the work that we have and to do it in a winning way.
We have work to do.
Because we have been given the victory, we are going to wage war right now and we are going to claim that victory.
The act of coming to the Lord and offering Him our worship is one of the most powerful weapons we have.
