OPEN HEAVENS Devotional – Wednesday
October 12th 2016
TOPIC: THE BELIEVER’S AUTHORITY II
Memorize: 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. Luke 10:19
Read: Luke 10:17-20,
17 And the
seventy returned again with joy, saying, Lord, even the devils are subject unto
us through thy name.
18 And he said
unto them, I beheld Satan as lightning fall from heaven.
19 Behold, I
give unto you power to tread on serpents and scorpions, and over all the powers
of the enemy: and nothing shall by any means hurt you.
20 Notwithstanding
in this rejoice not, that the spirits are subject unto you; but rather rejoice,
because your names are written in heaven.
Bible in one year: Daniel
3:1-4:33, Psalms 78:9-16
MESSAGE
As it was pointed out
yesterday, the power and authority which Jesus Christ has made available to
believers cannot be imagined by natural minds. Some people subject themselves
to life-long bondage because they are looking for power and protection outside
Jesus.
Hebrews 2:14-15 says:
“Forasmuch then as the
children are partakers of flesh and blood, he also himself likewise took part
of the same; that through death he might destroy him that had the power of
death, that is, the devil; And deliver them who through fear of death were all
their lifetime subject to bondage.”
One of my spiritual children
testified that it was the grace of Jesus Christ that prevented him from
entangling himself in occultism. Before he met the Lord, he had determined to
join as many secret societies as could be found on the earth, to ensure his
security. Fortunately for him, he met the Lord and he is now exercising the
authority of a believer.
Beloved, the believer’s
authority is yours if you genuinely accept Jesus Christ. This authority was
given to us without measure. Our Lord said He has given to us authority over
all the powers of the enemy and that nothing will by any means hurt us. When we
rely on this, we will live our lives in peace even in the midst of a storm. Our
Lord Jesus Christ is in the boat, it will not capsize.
However, we must use the
authority to our advantage. The story was told of a man who inherited magical
powers to ward off evil and dispel whoever might want to harm him on a journey
which he set for himself. As he started on the journey, he sighted robbers, instead of putting the magic power to use; he started shivering, and cringing. His wife then burst into a song "encouraging" her husband to keep on shivering because that is how he usually shiversto kill hundreds and thousands. The robbers, aking the song to be true of the man, ran away for their lives. And that was
how the woman saved the day for her husband. The lesson we should learn from
this story is that, though the authority to conquer the devil and his cohorts
are available, unless we exercise it in holy boldness, we remain as powerless
ad though it isn’t available. To exercise authority over sickness, demonic
oppression, poverty and all unpleasant situations, we need to be believers
indeed by being born again through faith in Jesus Christ our Saviour. Also, we
need to live according to the Word of God. We must be doers of the Word because
it is the authority of the Word that we honour that can help us in times of
trouble.
Action Point
Begin to exercise faith in the
Son of the Living God, and you will experience the supernatural.
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