VICTORY OVER ENEMIES II - 12/03/2014
Yesterday’s message
was titled “VICTORY OVER ENEMIES I”. Today’s message is titled “VICTORY
OVER ENEMIES II” as given by Pastor
E. A. Adeboye in Open Heavens Devotional (Adeboye, 2014). In today’s message,
we have been asked to memorise Daniel 11:32 "And such as do wickedly against the covenant shall he
corrupt by flatteries: but the people that do know their God shall be strong,
and do exploits." and read Daniel 6: 19-22. Our Bible in one year for today has
been taken from Jeremiah 47:1 to Jeremiah 49:22 and Psalm 59 (Adeboye, 2014).
The message is
quoted below. God bless you for your contribution
"Paul in Philippians 3:10 prayed earnestly:
”That I may know him, and the power of his resurrection, and the
fellowship of is sufferings, being made conformable unto his death; ” One
wonders what prompted the apostle to pray this type of prayer! It may be, as we
shall shortly see, that he discovered the secret of victory in the knowledge of
the Most High God. It is beneficial to know Christ. In Daniel 11:32, the Bible
reveals that the people who know their God shall be strong, and do exploits.
The knowledge of God is therefore the key to doing exploits for Him. The degree
of your knowledge of the Almighty God determines the level of victory you will
experience over your enemies. For victorious Christian living therefore,
knowledge is not a matter of choice but rather that of life and death; for lack
of knowledge could lead to death (Hosea 4:6). Knowledge is generally accepted
as power. Power to conquer your enemies is in knowledge. This knowledge should
be the knowledge of the Most High. Let's take a look at examples of some heroes
of faith and see how their knowledge of God gave them victory. Joseph is a hero
of faith who knew God, and this knowledge helped him to abstain from sexual
immorality. When his master's wife asked him to sleep with her, he in Genesis
39:9‘ said:
”... .how then can I do this great wickedness, and sin against'God.?”
Joseph knew that the act of sleeping with his master's wife was directly
a sin against God because He knew the God of his fathers to be a Holy God.
Another example is Daniel. Daniel knew his God to the level of obeying Him
rather than observing the malicious decree King Darius signed up to in
ignorance. Daniel knew that with his God, a l things are possible. He went
ahead and prayed to the God that can kill and can make alive. Jesus said we
should not fear those who can only kill the body; rather we should fear the One
who can kill both the body and send the soul to hell (Matthew 10:28). The three
Hebrew young men were boastful of their God as being able to deliver them
(Daniel 3:1 6-18). They also knew that it could please Him to recall them to
Himself in heaven through the fiery furnace. When you know God to be a
consuming fire, you will not want to do anything that will offend Him. In
return, your life of consecration and holiness will shield you against the
onslaught of the enemy. Seek to know the Trinity today."
The prayer point
for today is "Father, reveal yourself to me. Let
me know you as I ought to, and let the knowledge of you
give me victory all the days of my life."
I pray that the
knowledge of God will pave way for us in every difficult situation in Jesus
Name, amen.
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