THE POWER OF THE BELIEVER

By Neil Anderson

April 14

 
John 8:32 
You shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free
 
When I was a boy on the farm, my dad, my brother and I would visit our neighbor’s farm to share produce and labor. The neighbor had a yappy little dog that scared the socks off me. When it came barking around the corner, my dad and brother stood their ground, but I ran. Guess who the dog chased! I escaped to the top of our pickup truck while the little dog yapped at me from the ground.
 
Everyone except me could see that the little dog had no power over me except what I gave it. Furthermore, it had no inherent power to throw me up on the pickup; it was my belief that put me up there. That dog controlled me by using my mind, my emotions, my will, and my muscles, all of which were motivated by fear. Finally I gathered up my courage, jumped off the pickup, and kicked a small rock at the mutt. Lo and behold, it ran!
 
Satan is like that yappy little dog: deceiving people into fearing him more than God. His power is in the lie. He is the father of lies (John 8:44) who deceives the whole world (Revelation 12:9), and consequently the whole world is under the influence of the evil one (1 John 5:19). He can do nothing about your position in Christ, but if he can deceive you into believing his lies about you and God, you will spend a lot of time on top of the pickup truck! You don’t have to outshout him or outmuscle him to be free of his influence. You just have to outtruth him. Believe, declare, and act upon the truth of God’s Word, and you will thwart Satan’s strategy.
 
I have learned from the Scriptures and my experience that truth is the liberating agent. The power of Satan is in the lie, and the power of the believer is in knowing the truth. We are to pursue truth, not power.
 
Prayer: Father God, when Satan is badgering and confusing me, remind me that Your Holy Spirit within me is greater than all the evil around me.
Print Friendly, PDF & Email


Categories: INSPIRATIONAL DEVOTIONS

Tags: , , , , , , , , , ,

5 replies

  1. Thanks so much for sharing this. I run into lies everyday and the way you showed this, and what we need to do, was so helpful! God bless you!

  2. You are welcome Debbie! Neil Anderson is awesome. Always glad to see you here, visited you recently, I cannot get over to you as much as I wold like! 🙂

    God bless
    Greg

  3. When we submit to God and resist the devil, the devil will flee. We sometimes forget that we have to act first, but the devil MUST flee when we do.

Trackbacks

  1. OUR DEFENSE AGAINST SATAN « vineoflife.net

Leave a Reply to meetinginthecloudsCancel reply

Discover more from Inspirational Christian Blogs

Subscribe now to keep reading and get access to the full archive.

Continue reading

78 views
Share via
Copy link