"...But woe to the earth and the sea because the devil has gone down to you! He is filled with fury,
because he knows that his time is short.” Revelation 12:12
Satan certainly exists in our world and his purpose is to steal, kill, and destroy. He wants to shut you down, lock you up, keep you quiet about the truth of Christ until your death and relentlessly he will try to use the woes of this world to certainly do just that. He will tell you, "You are not worthy, no one cares about you; You are unattractive, undesirable, beyond reconciliation. God let all this happen to you...." And he doesn't stop there.
Scripture says "... he [Satan, himself] masquerades as an angel of light." (2 Corinthian 11:14) So not only does he come at us with fury to destroy our confidence in Christ but he also has the ability to decieve us into thinking that what he is lying to us about is truth, is right (i.e. we have the right to treat others with crudeness and judgement because they have hurt us, are not in our circle of status, take up offenses..so on and so on), and convince us that Christ would be ok with all of it because He doesn't want us to subject ourselves to hurt...right? In Matthew 4, he used scripture to try to trip up Christ Himself and he will certainly pull that on you to try to get you to not walk in the truth.
This all sounds so defeating but here's the kicker...HE HAS ALREADY BEEN DEFEATED!!!
13 When you were dead in your sins and in the uncircumcision of your flesh, God made you[d] alive with Christ. He forgave us all our sins, 14 having canceled the charge of our legal indebtedness, which stood against us and condemned us; he has taken it away, nailing it to the cross. 15 And having disarmed the powers and authorities, he made a public spectacle of them, triumphing over them by the cross.[e] Colossians 2:13-15
The powers and authorities of Satan have been disarmed by the cross! All the accusations he brings against you, all the lies he tells you, the deception, the blame, the shame, all of it has been canceled out by the blood of the lamb for those who believe. Don't give him the power he does not have. Don't let him take your testimony away from you. Don't let him steal the joy and peace that Christ died to give you. You have the power inside of you that defeated your enemy. Recall it, use it, trust it, live it and walk in peace!
