THE SEED
Put on the whole armor of God, that you may be able to stand against the viles of the devil. For we do not wrestle against flesh and blood, but against principalities, against powers, against the rulers of the darkness of this age, against spiritual hosts of wickedness in the heavenly places. Ephesians 6:11-12
The Lord has prepared the most appropriate armor to protect us so that we can fight against the “devil’s schemes.” God’s precepts are like the most perfect armor of the most armed soldier. But this armor can only protect us if we wear it. What is the “full armor of God”? It’s “a complete set of defensive and offensive armor (weapons), that is, everything needed to wage successful warfare; (figuratively) that is, the full resources the Lord give to the believer so they can successfully wage spiritual warfare.In this way they do not fight for victory – but from His victory!”Our fight is not only against the opponents we see with our physical eyes, but we have to fight against the spiritual forces that are behind what we fight in the natural. The Bible also shows that there is a certain hierarchy in the kingdom of darkness. There are different demonic ranks that dominate territories and the people they use to manifest their power. In Daniel 10:13 and 20, we read that an angel of the Lord had to overcome the princes of Persia and Greece, who tried to stop him from bringing God’s answer to Daniel’s prayers for his nation. Demons, no matter their rank, cannot defeat God’s angels of the Lord, they can only delay them from accomplishing their assignments. Angels are “servant spirits sent to perform ministry for those who will inherit salvation,” (Hebrews 1:14) so God sends them to help us, as we read in several places in the Bible.
BIBLE READING: 2 CORINTHIANS 10:3-5
PRAYER: Thank You Father God for equipping me with all I need to be able to fight the good fight of faith. Thank You for teaching me in Your Word what I am fighting against and that I am not fighting “for victory” but “from Your victory”! Lord please help me remember that I am not fighting against the people who hurt me, but against the demons that influence them. Glory and honor to Jesus Christ now and for ever. Amen.
OGUN Ẹ̀MI JIJA
IRUGBIN NAA
Ẹ gbe gbogbo ihamọra Ọlọrun wọ, ki ẹ̀nyin ki o le kọ ojú ìjà si awọn arekereke èṣù. Nítorípe ki ṣe ẹ̀jẹ̀ àti ẹran ara ní a mba jìjàkadì, ṣugbọn awọn ijòye awọn ọlọlá, awọn alaṣẹ ìbí okunkun ayé yìí, àti àwọn ẹ̀mi búburú ojú ọrun. Éfésù 6:11-12
Olúwa ti pèsè ìhámọ́ra tí ó yẹ jù lọ láti dáàbò bò wá, kí a baà lè gbógun ti “àwọn ètekéte èṣù”. Awọn ilana Ọlọrun dabi ihamọra pipe julọ ti ọmọ ogun ti o ni ihamọra julọ. Ṣùgbọ́n ìhámọ́ra yìí lè dáàbò bò wá bí a bá wọ̀ ọ.Kí ni “ẹ̀kúnrẹ́rẹ́ ìhámọ́ra Ọlọ́run”? Ó jẹ́ “ẹ̀kúnrẹ́rẹ́ àkópọ̀ àwọn ohun ìjà (àwọn ohun ìjà), èyíinì ni, ohun gbogbo tí a nílò láti jagun àṣeyọrí; (iṣapẹẹrẹ) eyi ni, awọn ohun elo kikun ti Oluwa fun awọn onigbagbọ ki wọn le ṣaṣeyọri nínú ijagun ti ẹmi. Ni ọna yii wọn ko ja fun iṣẹgun – ṣugbọn lati inu iṣẹgun Rẹ!” Ija wa kii ṣe lodi si awọn alatako nikan ti a nri pẹlu oju ti ara wa, ṣugbọn a ni lati jagun lodi si awọn agbara ti ẹmi ti o wa lẹhin ohun ti a nba ja ni ojú kò ju.Bibeli tun fihan pe awọn ipo-iṣakoso kan wa ninu ijọba okunkun. Awọn ipo ẹmi-eṣu oriṣiriṣi wa ti o jẹ gaba lori awọn agbegbe ati awọn eniyan ti wọn nlo lati ṣafihan agbara wọn. Nínú Dáníẹ́lì 10:13 àti 20 , a kà pé áńgẹ́lì Olúwa ní láti ṣẹ́gun àwọn ọmọ aládé Páṣíà àti Gíríki, tí wọ́n gbìyànjú láti dá a dúró láti mú ìdáhùn Ọlọ́run wá fún àdúrà Dáníẹ́lì fún orílẹ̀-èdè rẹ̀.Àwọn ẹ̀mí èṣù, láìka ipò wọn sí, kò lè ṣẹ́gun àwọn áńgẹ́lì Ọlọ́run ti Olúwa, wọ́n lè fún wọ́n ní idaduro láti ṣàṣeparí àwọn iṣẹ́ ti à yàn fún wọn. Àwọn áńgẹ́lì jẹ́ “àwọn ẹ̀mí ìránṣẹ́ tí a rán láti ṣe iṣẹ́ òjíṣẹ́ fún àwọn tí yóò jogún ìgbàlà.” ( Hébérù 1:14 ) Nitorí náà, Ọlọ́run rán wọn láti ràn wá lọ́wọ́, gẹ́gẹ́ bí a ṣe kà ní àwọn ibi mélòó kan nínú Bíbélì.
BIBELI KIKA: 2 Kọrinti 10 3-5
ADURA: Mi dupẹ lọwọ Baba wa ọrún ti o fun mi ni gbogbo ohun ti mo nilo lati le ja ija rere ti igbagbọ. O ṣeun fun kikọ mi ninu ọ̀rọ Rẹ ninu ohun ti mo n ja lodi si ati eyi ti emi ko ja fún; “fun iṣẹgun” ṣugbọn “lati inu iṣẹgun Rẹ”! Oluwa jọwọ ran mi lọwọ lati ranti pe emi ko ba awọn eniyan ti o pa mi lara jà, ṣugbọn lodi si awọn ẹmi èṣu ti o ni ipa lori wọn. Ogo ati ọla fun Jesu Kristi nisinsiyi ati laelae. Amin.