Joshua 10: 24-26
And when they brought those kings out to Joshua, Joshua summoned all the men of Israel and said to the chiefs of the men of war who had gone with him, Come near; put your feet on the necks of these kings. Then they came near and put their feet on their necks. And Joshua said to them, Do not be afraid or dismayed; be strong and courageous. For thus the Lord will do to all your enemies against whom you fight. And afterward Joshua struck them to death, and hanged them on five trees.
I can't help but to love Joshua. He had such a warrior spirit that I admire and love his tenacity when it comes to the enemy. Question is, why aren't we more like Joshua? Why do we mess around with our strong holds? It really makes me ask the question; Do we really want death to come to our enemy?
Please do not misunderstand me, I am not talking about people, because we are not to kill people, but what I am talking about is strongholds? which are those principalities and spirits... yes demons! Now again to be honest we can't kill demons, but what we can and have authority to do is to command them to leave! Did you know the authority that you had? Oh yes you have authority friend to remove demons from people.
I think our main problem is that we do not have any discernment, nor do we walk in the Spirit enough to know. Please ask the Lord for a much greater discernment, because when you do, He will give it to you!
The Bible declares to you in Psalm 84:11 that no good thing will He withhold from those who walk uprightly! Also the Bible says that we have not because we ask not. Do you realize that there is so much more in store for you than what you can grasp? Man, our God is a good good Father! He gives gifts to His children!
Friends, this is not a time to be playing with the enemy! This is no time to be messing around in and out of church... in and out of prayer... in and out of your word! This is the time to be ON! So many peoples' lives depend upon it! Can I just be real with you? I hate the devil! I hate everything about him. I hate his kingdom, I hate his demons. That being said my goal is to do as much damage to the kingdom of darkness as possible, by any means necessary!
I want to encourage you today to not give up, not only that but do not give in! Do not back up! Do not stop your pursuit of the enemy! Do not retreat when the enemy comes in like a flood but open up your eyes like Elisha's servant to see all the heavenly hosts who are for you! Glory to God we can't do this on our own but we have the word, the Holy Spirit, the angels of heaven, other believers that is here on our side... we cannot lose.
We need to run him out of our family, out of our church, out of our city etc..... Come on, push like never before! I remember reading a book by Kenneth Hagin, and he talked about a dream he had. He was on a football field and it was him and his friend.... well in the distance he saw 2 lions that spotted him and his friend, because they were the only ones there... but anyways the lions took off after them and they started running away right? Well Kenneth Hagin said, there is no way I can outrun a lion so he stopped, turned around and started towards them rebuking them in the name of Jesus... so what happened in the dream? They got close to him like they were going to attack than finally stopped... and were like kittens.
The Bible says that the devil is like a roaring lion, seeking whom he may devour but do you know he has no authority? He can growl and roar but he has zero authority, unless you walk into fear and allow him to defeat you. Be tenacious! Fight for what is yours! Don't back down!
Today I want to really encourage you because this is a time of intense warfare in sometimes during warfare we can get tired. Once we are tired we are off our game! Look at the picture above. Look at the eyes of this wolf. Be honest, would you want to fight this wolf? I wouldn't, because there is something in it's eyes that say, not today! This is no different for us. Stand up and fight!
Joshua didn't put up with the mess from these kings because Joshua was a no nonsense kind of guy. He slayed these kings. Kings represent authority and ruler ship. You bring down the king... and you got the kingdom. Satan tried that tactic and failed miserably. He tried to take Jesus out but Jesus knew. Our leader cannot be defeated therefore neither can we.
Stand up today, and fight for what is yours. Expect nothing less than victory, with the spoils!
Blessings!
