The Lord hath taken away thy judgements, He hath cast out thine enemy, the king of Israel, even the Lord, is in the midst of thee: though shall not see evil any more”. Zephaniah 3:15
What a great promise we have. All our reproaches are taken away. We are justified in the sight of God. Now enemy has no power over us. We are set free. That is why Jesus said “If you know the truth, the truth shall set you free”. The Lord will remove all guilt and sins from our lives. We are sanctified. The Lord has removed the enemy. The enemy want to accuse us or tempt us. God is in control of our lives. He has given us the authority to cast out demons. Luke 10:17,Mathew 10:8. Lord refines us with fire and water experiences in our lives. Isaiah 43:2.
Spiritually I was a lukewarm person in my early years. God had already chosen me before my birth.so God sent me through fire and water experiences to bring me close to Him through my mother’s death at the age of 43years and my husband’s heart problem and paralysis from the age of 45 to 64 years. God focuses on our character, not to do wrong, not to speak lies, or say anything deceitful. We are to be humble ,yet confident and brave, gentle as sheep and bold as Lion. God lives in us and among us.so He is our source of strength and confidence. As long as we use the shield of faith and speak the word of God in faith we can defeat the enemy. Even if we face difficulties, challenges, problems He assured us that we will have victory at the end either in our life time or in eternity.
The problem with us is that we have no patience. Lord sanctifies us and make us perfect in thought, word, and deed. He set us free from all the chains of the past gives us wings of prayer to fly high and free. We are expected to be diligent. Then God will move us to greater heights of faith, wisdom and excellence. We become fearless for what can men do to us if God is with us. Romans8:31 We are more than conquerors.Romans8:37. That is why Jesus said “the kingdom of God is in you and amongst you”. Luke17:20-21. God has plans to prosper us, and to bless us with hope and our future in eternity.
The sting with which the enemy hurt us was death. 1 Corinthians 15:56. The sting of death has lost its power to harm us with the resurrection of Jesus and gives us hope and resurrection. Jesus is the only one in history to overcome death. After His resurrection He didn’t remind anyone of their acts of betrayal of Him. He asked them to share boldly about salvation, about eternal life, and encourage them to establish the Church.
Prayer
Heavenly Father we thank you for giving us victory over the enemy and giving us spiritual freedom. Give us the grace to exhibit godly character Amen