Humbled Sample

Day 4 – Devotional

The spiritual warfare of which many talk about is not a formula or a technique that could be taught as a method. It is not a series of steps that we should learn. Many may use methods and strategies to wage a spiritual battle. However, the truth is that spiritual warfare begins at intercession. It is something that must be birthed in the depths of the heart after seeing people's suffering, and then being able to wage a fight, not against men, but against Satan and his army. 

The battle begins at prayer, during deep intercession. 

We know very well that our battle is not against men or institutions. Many times we Christians get confused and get trapped in debates. But who really sticks the spoke in the wheel of the Church to keep it from moving forward? Satan does. He, the devil, is behind men, laws or governments that seek to obstruct the preaching of the Gospel. 

In each city, there is a principality; powers that oppose God's work over His children.

If you really want to have victory in your life you must wage battle against spirits of unbelief, the demons that try to stop God's blessing. When we understand, in our own flesh, the pain and need of those for who we cry out, pouring our soul into pieces, before the Lord, weeping as we see addicts torn apart by the devil, marriages being destroyed or children being abandoned, God moves His armies and the chains and the barriers set by the devil start to collapse. We have the authority to do it, we can overcome and take back what the devil has stolen. 

We must understand this principle: We have the legal right to reclaim and take back what the devil is holding back. God gave us this right when He defeated him on the cross of Calvary. If we don't achieve victory in prayer and deep intercession over these principalities, the light of Christ will never shine. We will have limited blessings, but never the great blessing that God wants us to conquer. The only way to defeat the devil is humbling ourselves, weeping, asking, reclaiming and declaring: "Devil, release the souls you hold captive, release the drug addicts, release the sinners!", and with authority go and take them back in the name of Jesus.