Staying Awake Spiritually By Nanyamka Boyer
Good day my beloved brother and sister in our Sweet Savior and Awesome Lord, Jesus Christ, our Wonderful Counsellor! Blessed be His holy name! It is my prayer that this new day finds you in good health, courage, power, boldness and might in the Lord and not discouraged. For even when the devil throws at us all manner of evil, we have overcome him, by the blood of the Lamb and by the word of our testimony, as it is written in Revelation 12:11 "And they overcame him by the blood of the Lamb, and by the word of their testimony; and they loved not their lives unto the death."
Let us on this day remember to keep our eyes on Jesus, the author and finisher of our faith and on heaven our eternal home and not on the things that are happening all around us, including in our lives, whether good or evil! And to stay awake spiritually and to not slumber or sleep (spiritually), as the devil walks about throughout this whole earth, including through his own children, the unbeliever, to oppress, discourage, persecute and torment the saints of God, as a roaring lion, through his vicious and merciless attacks against us, as our beloved brother and the Apostle Peter tells us in 1 Peter 5:8.
So let us remain strong and be alert for the keeping of our souls. For remember what the Lord commands us to do in Luke 21:17-19 "And ye shall be hated of all men for my name's sake. But there shall not an hair of your head perish. In your patience possess ye your souls!"
And I hear the Lord say to relay to you what He says in Matthew 10:16 "Behold, I send you forth as sheep in the midst of wolves: be ye therefore wise as serpents, and harmless as doves." So as we live in this world, are surrounded by Satan, his demons and by those who serve him willfully and un-willfully, let us be wise as serpents and harmless as doves, as the Lord says for us to be, as we just read.
Let us also daily remember, as the Lord wants me to remind you that even though it seems as though we the children and saints of God are outnumbered by the devil and his hosts, that those that are with us are more than those that are with Satan, his demons and wicked children. As we see this that happened to the servant of Elisha, as he saw a great host of the King of Syria compassed the city by night, we read this in 2 Kings 6:14-17 "Therefore sent he thither horses, and chariots and a great host: and they came by night, and compassed the city about. And when the servant of the man of God was risen early, and gone forth, behold, an host compassed the city both with horses and chariots. And his servant said unto him, Alas, my master! how shall we do? And he answered, Fear not: for they that be with us are more than they that be with them. And Elisha prayed, and said, LORD, I pray thee, open his eyes, that he may see. And the LORD opened the eyes of the young man; and he saw and, behold, the mountain was full of horses and chariots of fire round about Elisha." So don't be fearful of the enemy and of his hosts of demons and children.
For remember that the Lord is with us and lives in us, by and through His Faithful and Powerful Holy Spirit, and by His holy angels! For as it says in His Word, by the Lord through the Apostle John in 1 John 4:4-5 "Ye are of God, little children, and have overcome them: because greater is he that is in you, than he that is in the world. They are of the world: therefore speak they of the world, and the world heareth them."
And also remember that the battle belongs to the Lord, as it is written in 2 Chronicles 20:15-17 "And he said Hearken ye, all Judah, and ye inhabitants of Jerusalem, and thou King Jehoshaphat, Thus saith the LORD unto you, Be not afraid nor dismayed by reason of this great multitude; for the battle is not yours, but God's"
Go with God and remember to keep your spiritual eyes open daily against the enemy of your soul and to keep wearing your spiritual armor. And to use your spiritual weapons against him, which is the binding and of loosing things on earth, so they can be bound and loose in heaven, as the Lord commands us to do in the gospel of Matthew 18:18 "Verily I say unto you, Whatsoever ye shall bind on earth shall be bound in heaven: and whatsoever ye shall loose on earth shall be loosed in heaven." (Including Satan and his demons). By also the pleading of the blood of Jesus, and through praise and worship.
For our Leader, Master and our example is victorious and with Him on and by our side, we can never lose or go wrong! Blessed be His holy name!
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