When the enemy comes like a flood

Isaiah 59:19

When the enemy comes in like a flood, The Spirit of the Lord will lift up a standard against him. 

This picture is take in the 1900's in France, how horrible that must have been. You know, I can witness being part of floods nearly all my life, actually I think many of us can. As living in Missouri and Illinois most of my life, unfortunately you just deal with these types of horrible things.

I want to lift your attention to the scripture again and read it again. It says when the enemy comes in like a flood.... in other words it doesn't say he comes in as a flood but like a flood.... same thing in 1 Peter 5:8 where it says, "your adversary the devil prowls around like a roaring lion." It's one thing to be a flood or to be a lion but let's get real here, the devil is an impersonator. He mocks everything God does. God has angels, the devil has demons. God has a kingdom, so does satan. Jesus is called the lion of the tribe of Judah, satan comes LIKE a roaring lion. When God turned Moses staff into a serpent Pharaoh's magicians turn their staffs into snakes and etc... you see the devil is not the originator of anything but sin, he was the 1st at that. All he knows is how to impersonate.

So this verse says when the enemy comes in LIKE a flood, the Spirit of the Lord will lift up a standard against it. You know when the enemy attacks you all he wants is momentum to stop you. If he can just get you to quit or back off he's got you. This is why you simply, can't quit or back down. This is usually when he enemy attacks, it does seem like a flood because it's usually a cluster of things. Don't get me wrong, not every time is it a cluster of things, but when the attack comes, it's there to knock the wind out of you or to stop you from gaining traction.

What's great is that during these attacks we usually are looking around for God. Can I get a witness? There have been times during attack and I went, umm Lord where are you? Have you been here? Sometimes God won't respond, He has His reasons. It's not that He doesn't care about you but many times He wants to see your reaction. Look at the book of Job did God intervene? Did God stop satan's attack? Nope he let satan do nearly all he wanted to do. I bet satan was jumping up and down because the mighty God wouldn't defend poor old Job... but what did God do at the end of the test? He got double for his trouble.

God has a way of kind of doing things His way and not ours. This is why we can't put God in a box. God doesn't do the same things the same way all the time. Look at Jesus and His methods for healing. He did things differently. Why does He do this? So you won't get stuck in a routine trying to figure out God. The Lord speaks in a variety of ways, why? again because He s God and can't be put in a box.

When the Lord raises up a standard this can mean a variety of things and also He can do things a variety of ways. But just know that God hasn't forgotten about you. God is for you, He isn't against you. He loves you so much more than you know.

I hope this helped you out. It is my prayer here this morning that you simply keep going. Don't let the enemy knock you out of your destiny and purpose. He will lead and guide you... just keep going.

Be blessed!