The Secrets of Invincibility

UV 1008/10,000 Secrets of Invincibility What shall we then say to these things? If God be for us, who can be against us? Romans 8 v 31 If God inhabits us, who can inhibit us? Who can limit us? Who can overcome us? Who can stand against us? Who or what can cause us to deteriorate? The Lord has promised that no one and nothing can cause us to deteriorate. Our enemies cannot prevail against us for we have joined the winning side. He has made us more than conquerors for by Jesus, the only death-conquering hero of history, we have overcome death by our faith in His resurrection and resurrecting power. He now intercedes on our behalf at the right hand of God. He is our prayer warrior on high. Christ wept outside Lazarus’s tomb but when He went into the cave where Lazarus’s body was interred, He praised God and raised Lazarus from the death. We can overcome our trials, troubles, challenges, enemies, persecutors and death itself not with force or power but with the love of Christ. We overcome all these threats and forces by praising God. To Abraham, God promised “ I am your shield at your right hand and your exceeding great reward.” He is our most proximate defence or shield. The words, “ at our right hand” means He is always present in close proximity to us. He is within our reach- if we stretch our hands, we can touch Him and He too does so. His right hand defends us so much we do not even need to lift our own right hand. It implies that we need not even use our own strength to fight or to defend ourselves against any onslaught or assault on our spirits, minds or bodies. Not only is He our defence, our fortress, our stronghold, He also gives us amazingly great rewards, in the spiritual and temporal dimensions, exceeding our expectations or our requests or our need. Joshua and his motley army of Israelites were able to overcome powerful adversaries on account of God vindicating their faith. God had promised Joshua that “ no one can stand against him all the days of his life.” We need to affirm our faith by saying to ourselves, “ As God was with Moses, Joshua and David, He is with me.” Those who contend against us will surely fall and regret. We need not fear those who are mighty like the giant Goliath who fell to a single stone from David’s sling. The Lord revealed that David was able to overcome Goliath on account of the anointing he received from the Lord. We are more than conquerors as we are anointed. When we pray, we are anointed to overcome. We loose the anointing when we do not close the door of our mouth, the door of our eyes and the door of the ears to the world. We need to close these three doors to the world and open it to the Word. When we do so, the boundaries and contours of our intellects, our spirits, our abilities, our vision, our faith, our hope and love will expand. When we keep affirming our faith in this manner, He will manifest His grace and glory in similar ways. He will do with our lives an awesome thing in the eyes of the world. This is what we should say or declare to these things that threaten us or try to affect our relationship with God or afflict our peace and joy- troubles, hardship, persecution, famine, lack, danger, weapons, death, enemies, critics, fears, losses, failures, demons, the past, present or the future. Prateep V Philip