Take The Authority God Has Given You And Use It!

     “Behold! I have given you authority and power to trample upon serpents and scorpions, and [physical and mental strength and ability] over all the power that the enemy [possesses]; and nothing shall in any way harm you.” Luke 10:19 Amplified Bible


     I was thinking earlier today about an incident that happened with my Malshi, Molly. I have told you about her before. She is my writing buddy. When I am up late at night, and God has inspired something for me to post about, she is right beside me on the couch watching as I type out the words.
     Molly is very good natured! She is loving, calm, patient (she has to be with these Chihuahuas!) and never meets anyone she doesn’t love immediately! In my dining room I have a glass door that faces east. All the puppies like to sit in front of that door and sun first thing in the morning.
     All will be peaceful, then suddenly you would think we were housing pit bulls! Barking and growling begins as you have never heard. You would think Attila the Hun was trying to break in! I go running to see what all the commotion is about and there, prancing back and forth with menacing eyes peering at my precious puppies is a raven black cat. Oh, she LOVES the reaction she is getting from them! She knows she can pester them to no end and there isn’t one thing they can do about it. The glass door prevents it. This happens daily. I don’t even get up anymore when the harried barking starts! I just sit and think about what a lesson that cat needs to be taught in ways to behave appropriately when at someone else’s home!
     One day we let the puppies out for some romp and play time. Guess who was sitting on the sidewalk of my home waiting to torment them? You got it…that cat! Usually the dogs would go out and just stare. They didn’t want any part of that creature! But this day, Molly must have gotten enough of her! She walked out, saw that cat and she “lit a shuck” for her (as we say in Texas)! It simply means she ran at her with all of her might! At first, the cat just sat there. She was used to them coming so far then backing up in caution and fear. Today was different! Molly was full speed! When that cat realized she wasn’t stopping, but was in mortal danger she moved and moved fast!! Molly chased her the perimeter of our yard and she was right on her tail! We began to scream and cheer Molly on, “Go, Molly! Get her! Teach her this is YOUR house!” We laughed in delight as Molly chased that cat not only into the bushes but to a tall wooden fence and watched that cat scramble over the wooden fence as fast as she could go to another neighbor’s yard!
     It is like that with the devil and us sometimes. He loves to just walk back and forth looking like, not actually having the power of a lion, but trying to make you think he can devour you and everything you care about and hold dear! We forget the partition has been removed! The veil has been rent and we can boldly enter the throne room and ask of God anything according to His word! We also forget before Jesus ascended into Heaven He gave US ALL AUTHORITY IN HIS NAME! He rendered the devil toothless for us! We can open the door and walk on with that authority and run the devil out of our thought life with that authority! Glory to God we are not helpless! We have to be like Molly and get enough of it!
     It has always amazed me the courage, strength and fortitude I get when I finally “get enough”. My son told a friend that was picking at him about something one time, “Man, you DO NOT want to get my mama stirred up and incur her wrath!!” I laugh about this now, but it is true. As Christians, we shouldn’t let the devil just keep on and on until we get enough of it! The Bible says to “resist him at his onset and he will flee!” In other words, stop whatever he is tormenting you with from the very start of the thing! Remember, NOTHING shall by any means hurt you IF you take your authority in the name of Jesus and USE it!
     Have a blessed and overcoming day, my dear reader! Take control of your world and thoughts today through the name of Jesus and have a victorious day! Thank you for stopping by! I will see you soon!