"Speak to your enemy"

Speak to Your Enemy

So today I invite you to speak to your enemy, speak to that enemy called anxiety and tell it to leave your life. Speak to that enemy called depression and tell it you have everlasting joy in Jesus. The joy of the Lord is your strength. Speak to the dysfunction in your family and command unity in Jesus’ name.

Speak to the fear in your heart and embrace the spirit of God a spirit of peace love and a sound mind. And so, I want you to name your enemy, and rebuke it in Jesus’ name. An enemy isn’t just someone who opposes you, it can also be a sin you’re struggling with, it can be something within you that you need God to take care of, like jealousy, bitterness, or pride.

Exodus 23:22 But if you carefully obey his voice and do all that I say then I will be an enemy to your enemies and an adversary to your adversaries.

Let’s focus on the latter part of that verse God said I will be an enemy to your enemies and an adversary to your adversaries. Think about that whoever comes against you, If you are careful to be obedient to the Lord’s voice, whoever comes against you will have to face God first. Now it makes sense to me why David said he prepares a table for me in the presence of my enemies he knew David knew that if the good shepherd was leading him, if he was obedient to the steps and direction and call of God then there is no enemy that would be able to stand against him. We absolutely need Jesus; we need him daily we need his mercy daily. We need his grace and favor daily and we definitely need his protection because no matter how skilled you are no matter how wealthy you are, you can never protect yourself enough to block the attacks from the devil on your own. Many are the afflictions of the righteous, but the Lord delivers him out of them all. In other words, many are the challenges that you will face over the course of your life many will be the obstacles that you come up against as you grow older but here’s the key thing that we need to remember is that God will deliver you from them all. This has nothing to do with your talent or ability it’s got nothing to do with your wealthy friends or your ingenuity, but it has everything to do with Jesus Christ he alone delivers, it’s only Jesus who can block the arrows of the enemy it’s only Jesus who can disturb the enemy’s plan over your life. It’s only Jesus who can expose the traps that are set before you by the principalities and powers that we wrestle against.

And so, we are to remain in the Lord, abide in him, wait on him, and stand on his word. Let him be the beginning and the end for all things concerning you.