Matthew 8:26 (NKJV) 26 But He said to them, “Why are you fearful, O you of little faith?” Then He arose and rebuked the winds and the sea, and there was a great calm.
What if I told you that we have Someone on our side who will make the devil run? Would you want to hear about it?
Would you want to know how to get onboard? Would you make sacrifices to make sure that you were covered, and no matter what the devil tried to do to hurt you, he would lose and go running away?
Well, if you would really like to know this information, you’ve got it!
You will have to make sacrifices at times, and you will have to listen and pay close attention to steps and instructions.
Is this the same attitude we take when we want a new home, a new car, a new job or a vacation to some place we have been longing to see?
Do we take this same attitude when we see someone we fall in love with and want to marry some day? I’d say, most times we will go out of our way and do anything we can to make it happen.
We need to have the same attitude when it comes to wanting to make the devil run. Run from our situation, run from our friends, run from our family, run from our job, and run from our church!
That’s right, even the devil likes to come to church if we let him. He will come in to our homes, our schools, and our marriages. If we let him, he will come in where ever he can squeeze himself in.
How can we make someone that is so intimidating, mean, hurtful and destructive run?
We line ourselves up with what God says to do and we do it!
The step Jesus took in rebuking the winds is the very step we need to take in making the devil run.
Don’t fear him. Rebuke him, in Jesus’ name, in every situation that he tries to rise up in.
The next part is equally important and we must believe it and hold it dear to our hearts.
1 Corinthians 15:57 (NKJV) 57 But thanks be to God, who gives us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ.
No matter what we are facing today, God will give us victory over it as we follow His steps. That victory may not always look exactly as we pictured it, but it will come.
Rebuke the devil and the calm will come. Amen
Pastor Curt & Pastor Ellie
Seven Seas Ministries
P.O. Box 272
Bradford, RI 02808
401-315-0902
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