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Sermon #27: THE BATTLE BELONGS TO THE LORD

  “But I know that the king of Egypt will not let you go unless a mighty hand compels him. So I will stretch out my hand …” Exodus 3: 19-20 I know that the king of Egypt will not let you go unless a mighty hand compels him,” God said to Moses. I rephrase this statement as follows: “I know that the devil will not leave you alone unless a mighty hand compels him.” That sounds totally true. Satan has to be compelled to leave you alone, to let you go. He will never willingly let you go. This goes to show the determination that Satan has when it comes to constraining the children of God; he wants to keep them in bondage forever. Christians, therefore, need to be more determined than the devil to free themselves from his shackles. Unfortunately, a number of Christians are too lukewarm or absent-minded to even think of getting their freedom; such Christians, therefore, remain under Satan’s bondage in various areas of their lives. The devil is determined to bind you forever. If the devil i...
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Sermon #27: THE BATTLE BELONGS TO THE LORD

 

“But I know that the king of Egypt will not let you go unless a mighty hand compels him. So I will stretch out my hand …” Exodus 3: 19-20

I know that the king of Egypt will not let you go unless a mighty hand compels him,” God said to Moses.

I rephrase this statement as follows: “I know that the devil will not leave you alone unless a mighty hand compels him.” That sounds totally true. Satan has to be compelled to leave you alone, to let you go. He will never willingly let you go.

This goes to show the determination that Satan has when it comes to constraining the children of God; he wants to keep them in bondage forever. Christians, therefore, need to be more determined than the devil to free themselves from his shackles.

Unfortunately, a number of Christians are too lukewarm or absent-minded to even think of getting their freedom; such Christians, therefore, remain under Satan’s bondage in various areas of their lives.

The devil is determined to bind you forever. If the devil is to leave you, he has to be compelled, not persuaded, to do so. But who compels the devil? Listen to this: “So I will stretch out my hand…,” said the LORD.

So, the battle was not really Moses’ but the LORD’s. Likewise, even in the challenging situations that we face today as Christians, the battle still belongs to the LORD; the battle is not ours to fight.

But it does not mean that we sit back and relax!

Even though the battle belongs to the LORD, we still have an important role to play in the battle. It’s not like we just sit back and watch the LORD fight the battles. I believe that the LORD may fight some of our battles unbeknown to us; I also believe that for some battles, although it is the LORD who fights them for us, we will need to ignite the battles ourselves.

So, what’s our role in these battles?

First, we need to believe in the LORD.

Second, we need to put our complete trust in Him and never doubt both His willingness and His ability to take us out of any difficult situations or circumstances. The Bible teaches that we will not get what we want if we waver through doubt.

Third, we need to walk in total obedience to the LORD. I see that in Exodus, as far as both Moses and the Israelites were concerned, obedience and disobedience took center stage, with each attracting outcomes consistent with it.

Fourth, we will need to pray without fainting, making our petitions known to the LORD. We will need to humble ourselves and confess our sins when we come before Him. We will also need to fast as often as we deem appropriate. If we did this, the LORD would surely stretch out His hand and compel the devil to leave us alone, which would kindle various kinds of breakthroughs in our lives.

The problem that I have noted though is that some Christians take the battles into their hands, in the process misfiring and targeting the wrong ‘enemy’.

Evil is our enemy. The devil is our enemy. People are never our enemies. We should never fight flesh and blood. Our battles are all spiritual, not carnal. We live in the dispensation of the New Testament.

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