Ever had a bully at school picking on you, and your mom taught you if they hit you first you have the right to defend yourself and fight back. Let's say everyday you come running back to mommy with a black eye or bruise that this bully put on you. Your mom would be upset because you're not following her instructions to fight that bully back.
This happened to my sister. My older sister had a bully and while they were playing outside the girl strikes first. My sister runs to my mother and tells what happened. My mother locked the screen door and told her, "go fight her. You aren't coming back inside until you stand up to her." I can imagine the disappointment my sister must have felt. She had a "dag!" moment. She went out to the middle of the street and beat the girl. Of course they were just kids so it wasn't brutal. My mom wasn't going to go out in the street and fight a 10 year old, she gave my sister the right to defend herself.
In that same way Satan is our bully. He doesn't just go away. You have to fight back and use the authority God has given you to do so. Start speaking back to him or doing the opposite of what he (Satan) is urging you to do. If he wants you to fear, have faith, if he wants you to worry, ignore, if he wants you to dwell in self-pity, be confident.
Have you ever prayed a prayer or had a request you just kept making over and over and still...no answer? This can be frustrating, as if God is just not granting your "wish." Or maybe you've done something to where he is ignoring you? What if I am praying the wrong words? How long will He take before answering? HELLO!! Anyone on duty in heaven today?!
I can guarantee you God is not waiting for you to be more perfect so he can swipe your "Answer My Prayer" credit card. He hears you. God is not ignoring your prayers, but there is obviously more we must learn before we start seeing His word take affect into our life as the bible said it would.
How to fight the bully called Satan
Understand who you are. As a believer you have authority over Satan, sickness, death, and the earth.
In the beginning God gave mankind the instruction to "subdue" and to "have dominion" over the earth. (Gen 1:28) This applies whether you are a believer or not.
For verily I say unto you, That whosoever shall say unto this mountain, Be thou removed, and be thou cast into the sea; and shall not doubt in his heart, but shall believe that those things which he saith shall come to pass; he shall have whatsoever he saith. (Mark 11:23)
19Behold, I [Jesus] give unto you power to tread on serpents and scorpions, and over all the power of the enemy: and nothing shall by any means hurt you. (Luke 10:19)
There are a host of scriptures and biblical events that show we have authority. God isn't out of the picture because He is our source. Once you understand that dominion and power has been delegated to you, your prayers to God will have more thanks and praise and less begging. You are now commanding the mountain (situation), sickness, or finances instead of commanding God to do a job he gave to you. Start rebuking and commanding the things to be removed out of your life. Even if it is something as simple as a headache/toothache, negative thought, temptation. Speak to it because you have power over IT! Not the other way around.
God is answering your prayer, but just not in the manner you had hoped. He is urging you to be transformed by renewing your mind. So maybe it's the TV, friend(s), music, family, or attitude he is trying to get you to eliminate hence your change hinges on your action. Change begins with you...not God.God isn't taking a long time to change you, you are taking a long time to be obedient. Often times the answer is already written in the bible, but we insist to disregard God's word deeming it as a boring book when in reality, his instructions are given plainly. The longer we set aside God's word, is the longer we have to wait for the request to be answered because His answer to your question is in His word. Make time for His word.
So in essence if you are praying and nothing is happening it is probably because you are praying to God about a situation you have the authority, dominion, and power to overcome. If Satan is attacking you with temptations,finances, body, mind, family etc. You have power over the enemy (Luke 10:19), put the enemy in his place and fight him [Satan] back. Otherwise, Satan will continue to have the victory in your life, while you are waiting for God to do it for you.
Our problem is we want to be relieved of being responsible. We want to make mistakes and have God fix them, get ourselves into trouble and have nothing to do with getting right. God has given US the power and ability to subdue the things of this world. Therefore, whatever WE sow, WE reap. If we want change, we can pray for it, but it doesn't just fall out of the sky. We have to make the change. Cut back on certain things to help us make that change.This is what gives people the wrong impression about God. He's just a magical genie to take everything away as we request it. We live how we want and just expect God to make us right without any effort or cooperation from us.Consider this the introduction, but I urge you to study/read scriptures in a new light. Is it wrong to make prayer requests to God? Not at all. But which requests do you have dominion over?
God is not blocking your prayers, he's locked the screen door and has given us the okay to fight Satan back. This blog may have given you a "dag!" moment but you can defeat him if you fight!
If this message isn't for you, maybe there is a friend/family member that could use this understanding. Please forward if you want to help someone stop being bullied by the devil.
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