Just like with Moses, we also have been given a staff. Our staff is our authority in Christ to stand against the enemy. There are different ways to wage war against him. And the Holy Spirit will not only lead us into battle, but He will lead us how to fight.
Moses answered the people, “Do not be afraid. Stand firm and you will see the deliverance the Lord will bring you today. The Egyptians you see today you will never see again. The Lord will fight for you; you need only to be still.” Then the Lord said to Moses, “Why are you crying out to me? Tell the Israelites to move on. Raise your staff and stretch out your hand over the sea to divide the water so that the Israelites can go through the sea on dry ground.”
Exodus 14:13-16
Taking authority over the enemy is one way to fight.
The enemy works desperately hard to put us in a state of confusion and despair. He aims to rob us of our confidence in knowing who we are in Christ, that we are loved by God and received by Him fully. His plan is always to separate us from God. A plan that has been his only pursuit for the human race beginning all the way back in Genesis with Adam and Eve.
Having already committed our lives to the Lord does not protect us from the enemy taking pleasure in trying to harm our relationship with our Creator today. In fact, he seems relentless in his efforts in doing this. If he can get us on shaky ground, leading us to doubt the faithfulness, goodness and love of God in our lives, then he can easily hold us back from our pursuit of God and walking in our identity in Christ.
Our confidence in our relationship with the Lord and who He truly is is our faith in action.
We are confident that God will move on our behalf, we are confident that His plans are for our good, and we are confident that the promises He provides us in His Word stand strong in our lives as well.
Losing confidence in the Lord equates to us not having faith in what He has told us and what He has already done for us. And we do not take our authority that we rightfully have in Christ if we are easily tossed back and forth in waves of doubt.
We must be determined and resolute in our thinking. We must not shrink back from the authority we have in Christ and from our positions on His wall. We must take up arms in spiritual warfare on a consistent and daily basis.
And we must be mindful of how the enemy works, but not afraid of him.
For in Christ Jesus, we have authority over all the attacks of the enemy against us and against those we intercede for. We have more power and authority than we probably realize and, yet, we live our lives unaware of the threat we really are to the enemy.
Think about it. In order for the enemy to prevent us from coming at him, he would have to do his best to convince us that we have nothing on him? That we are actually unable to fight against him? He taunts us with lies, hoping we would believe them and never come at him.
This is what the enemy does to us. He works against us through deception and intimidation, but in reality he has nothing on us. We take blow after blow and cry out to God for help. But we overlook the help God has already provided us. He has given us a weapon. And we need to stand up and use it and fight.
Our weapon is His Word and our faith in the fact that our victory has been sealed. We just need to stand up and declare this over every area of our lives that does not align with His Word. And we need to take our stand against the enemy and his attacks.