"The enemy is stronger than me, so I should just avoid spiritual warfare altogether."
How it sounds in your head: Demons are terrifying. I've seen scary movies, heard horror stories. What if I try to take authority and it backfires? What if the enemy attacks me harder because I challenged him? Better to just stay quiet, fly under the radar, not draw attention from dark forces.
"Having disarmed principalities and powers, He made a public spectacle of them, triumphing over them in it."
-- Colossians 2:15Hollywood and fear-based teachings have magnified the enemy's power while minimizing Christ's finished work.
Every horror movie shows demons overpowering people. She's heard stories of spiritual attacks when people 'messed with' the enemy. The enemy seems huge and scary while she feels small and vulnerable.
Jesus sent out SEVENTY ordinary believers—not the twelve, not the trained—and they came back SHOCKED that demons submitted to them in Jesus' name. Jesus said, 'I saw Satan fall like lightning'—INSTANT defeat when they used His authority.
I REFUSE the lie that the enemy is stronger than the Christ in me. IT IS WRITTEN: 'He disarmed principalities and powers and made a public spectacle of them.' The enemy is a DEFEATED foe with NO authority over my life. I am hidden in Christ, seated FAR ABOVE every demonic power. IT IS WRITTEN: 'Greater is He who is in me than he who is in the world.' I don't fear the enemy—he fears the NAME I carry. Every demon in hell trembles at Jesus' name on MY lips. I walk in COMPLETE authority because I stand in HIS finished work. The enemy has no weapon that can touch me.
The Father isn't hoping you'll be brave enough to face the enemy. He's already seated you ABOVE every demon, every fear, every spiritual force—you're in the royal box watching a game that's already won. He's not worried about your safety; He's celebrating your authority.