VICTORY OVER ENEMIES 11
Memorise: 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. Daniel 11:32
Paul in Philippians 3:10 prayed earnestly:
“That I may know him, and the power of his
resurrection, and the fellowship of his 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 exploit 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 example 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 his
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 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, all 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 3:16-18). 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.
Prayer point
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.
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