Have you ever watched the move “The Labyrinth”? It’s an 80’s movie about a teenage girl that, out of frustration, wishes her baby brother to be taken away by goblins. When her wish comes true, she immediately regrets her wish and has to go through a labyrinth to find her baby brother and save him from the goblin king. When she succeeds and has to face the goblin king, she recites the lines from a book but can’t remember the last line. Finally just in time, she remembers the iconic last line. “You have no power over me.” When she speaks the words, the goblin king is forced to return her and her baby brother back home safe and sound.
The past few weeks have been a little stressful. A close family member has been dealing with some things and it has really had me on my knees a lot! Not only that, but instead of leaving my worries at the altar, I’ve been picking them up and taking them with me! Obsessing over the whole situation, (which I tend to do sometimes). But, this week as I was praying and praising God for some answered prayers, those words came to my mind. “You have no power over me.” I imagined myself as that teenage girl standing face to face with the enemy and speaking those words to him.
See, we tend to forget sometimes, that the devil really has no power over us. He can try to tempt us with worry, fear and anger. He can cause us physical and emotional pain as we see in the book of Job. But, doubting God, questioning God’s love is what he really wants us to do. He can tempt us to forget to pray and leave our burdens at the altar. He can try, and believe me he does try and succeeds a lot of times! But only when we give him that power, does he succeed. Be sober, be vigilant; because your adversary the devil, as a roaring lion, walketh about, seeking whom he may devour: I Peter 5:8
Satan is always lurking and waiting for the exact right moment to attack. He sees when our faith is starting to weaken. He knows what areas of our life to attack. He wants to come after the things that mean the most to us, our children, our family, our church, our finances, _______________ (you can fill in the blank). Those things that we sometimes tend to put ahead of God. Those are the things Satan knows to attack.
So, how do we fight him? Our #1 enemy in life is Satan and we need to be ready at all times. But, we ourselves cannot win against such a powerful enemy. We are not that powerful. But, we have a God that is more powerful than anything or anyone. 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. I John 4:4
Satan’s power is limited. No matter how hard he tries, he can’t have what isn’t his. When we surrendered our hearts to God, we became His child. As a child of God, the enemy can only do so much. But, when we let our guard down we give him a little more power. When we fail to pray and read God’s word, he inches his way in.
The only way to fight our enemy is on our knees, praying to God and asking Him to guide us. That is how our battles are fought and won! I can just imagine when we fall on our knees or bow our heads in prayer, Satan probably winces. He knows that we have just gone into the armory and retrieved the most powerful weapon. He immediately loses some of his power.
There are times when our prayers are not answered in the way we expect. That is when we have to trust God. So many times, I’ve prayed expecting something to work out a certain way just because I prayed for it. But sometimes God’s answer is “No, that’s not what you need right now”. But, I have been able to look back and see where God knew what was best and He worked it all out. We have to trust God even when we don’t understand His answer. And we know that all things work together for good to them that love God, to them who are the called according to his purpose. Romans 8:28
We don’t always get exactly what we pray for when we pray for it. Just praying and giving our problems to God, trusting Him to work it out, gives us so much peace. We can trust that He loves us so much, more than we can even imagine, and that He has control. He has a plan for our lives. Don’t give the enemy the upper hand, by forsaking your time with God. If you don’t get anything else done today, take some time to read your Bible and pray about whatever is on your heart today. He’s ready and waiting for you!
Let your conversation be without covetousness; and be content with such things as ye have: for he hath said, I will never leave thee, nor forsake thee. Hebrews 13:5
And the peace of God, which passeth all understanding, shall keep your hearts and minds through Christ Jesus. Philippians 4:7
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