JOY II

THE DEVIL CANNOT STOP ME!

Hey Everyone!

Hope y’all had a mind blowing week? Having understood joy, I know that as you practiced it, last week must have been different from the rest. Today’s post is a sequel to our previous topic and really I can’t wait to share it with you.

A lot of us in today’s world have this “thing” for the devil called “fear”. Fear of his power to ruin your destiny, afflict a person with diseases or cause a fertile mortality. Unfortunately, a lot have grown up with fear of his superiority and think it’s inevitable to be above his sting. Well, I see you allowing this light shine so bright in and through you that you become too hot and soo untouchable. I welcome you on board!

Now, the devil cannot stop us as believers for several reasons. One of which is that we have victory over the devil because of what CHRIST did for us at Calvary, which is to restore us to the presence of GOD which was signified in Matt 27:51 “At that moment the curtain of the temple was torn in two from top to bottom...” (Allowing us access to GOD’s very presence.) One of the ways to know it, as in an evidence is that we are 100% full of joy and he isn’t! That’s simply because Psalm 16:11 Says “…in your presence there is fullness of joy; at your right hand are pleasures forevermore.” That’s the presence of GOD that we have been given the privilege to enter by grace. Moving on, automatically, it means that since we are full of joy as a function of our new location, then we are totally full of strength and he (the devil) simply isn’t!( Neh 8:10b “ …For the joy of the LORD is your strength").

Let’ explore the statements of GOD in HIS BOOK again so as to have a clearer view shall we?

First ,Ps 16:11) says  “…in your presence there is fullness of joy; at your right hand are pleasures forevermore. The devil doesn’t reside in GOD’s presence and neither does he have a place at the right side of GOD. That is an exclusive right for sons of GOD(us) alone as we see in Eph 2:6 saying “And God raised us up with Christ and seated us with him in the heavenly realms in Christ Jesus,” So that robs the devil joy which automatically robs him of strength. We recall, that the glory of a youth is in his strength (Prov 20:29) and that strength is gotten from the LORD (Neh 8:10b “(For the joy of the LORD is your strength").The two verses imply that the strength / youthfulness of a man is determines by his level of joy.

Secondly, It will do us well to establish in our hearts that how useful a man is, is a product of how youthful he is too, as seen in the verses above. It is common that old age comes with a character of weakness which is the absence of strength. One of the names The BIBLE calls the devil is an old serpent (Rev 20: 2 “He seized the dragon--that old serpent, who is the devil, Satan--and bound him in chains for a thousand years.” (Also in Rev 12:9.)). This verse shows GOD’s victory over him in heaven and reveals our superiority in strength. Yes we see youthfulness in old age but it’s only common with  friends of GOD and a typical example is Moses, for it is written of him in Deut 24:7 saying ” Moses was 120 years old when he died, yet his eyesight was clear, and he was as strong as ever.”  (Emphasis mine). If GOD has given us the authority over all snakes and scorpions as HE has said in Luke 10:19,” I have given you authority to trample on snakes and scorpions and to overcome all the power of the enemy; nothing will harm you.”… then, how much more old ones? The BIBLE called him (the devil) an old serpent millenniums ago, we can’t even fathom the level of his weakness now coupled with our victory over him at Calvary too.

Let’s say our good byes for now this way, knowing surely that as long as I remain in the confines of this joy – the presence of GOD, I remain forever victorious over all forms of attacks and activities of the enemy. The BIBLE says and nothing will by any means hurt you! Dance in it, celebrate it! You are made for the top!

I know this will help your conviction and authority level in this love journey, have the most victorious week ahead!

Remain @ the top

GOD LOVES YOU xoxo

Yours Lovingly,

Monic