Isaiah 53:4-5 says that JESUS BORE OUR SICKNESSES AND CARRIED OUR DISEASES, AND BY HIS STRIPES WE ARE HEALED. But up to that point in our lives, when sickness would come knocking on our door, we just let it in. We more or less just put on our PJs, climbed into bed, and said, “I wonder how long I’m going to be sick this time?” because we didn’t know any better.
Once we discovered what the Word says about the matter though, that changed. When symptoms came on us, we didn’t see ourselves as the sick trying to get healed. We saw ourselves as the healed, and our enemy Satan was trying to make us sick. And we responded by standing in faith that God’s Word is true!
Fight the Good Fight
I can tell you, both from the Word and from experience, as long as you’re on this earth, if you want to live in THE BLESSING you must stand for what Jesus has purchased for you. You won’t have to stand like that in heaven because the devil and his darkness won’t be there. But here, where the devil is roaming around seeking whom he may destroy, you must fight the good fight of faith. You must believe and act on what James 4:7 says: “Submit to God. Resist the devil and he will flee from you” ("NKJV").
How do you resist the devil?
You don’t do it by fighting with him physically. He’s not a physical being, so you can’t hit him with your fist or use natural weapons against him, because he’s not flesh and blood. But you can take authority over him in the Name of the Lord Jesus and tell him what he can and cannot do in your life. You can speak the Word of God and say as Jesus did, “It is written!” (See Matthew 4:4-11.)
When you do that, the devil has no other option but to flee. He doesn’t have any defense against God’s Word. It’s an undefeatable spiritual weapon. It’s “living and powerful, and sharper than any two-edged sword” (Hebrews 4:12, "NKJV").
God’s written Word isn’t just a book! It came out of His own mouth. It contains within it the supernatural power to bring itself to pass. When we speak God’s words by faith, they work for us just like they do for Him. They not only put the devil and his dark forces on the run, they release the divine power necessary to bring forth God’s will on earth as it is in heaven.
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