Today's Eagle's Wings: Wednesday, March 10, 2010

Have you ever felt your way in prayer or in witnessing blocked by some persistent accusation of the devil? Have you ever known an inward turmoil as some unseen enemy strikes despair into your heart and arouses your conscience to tell you that you can never get through to God, or you have no right to speak on His behalf to men? Who among us has not had this experience? The resurrection of past sins and the reiteration of present unworthiness are potent weapons in the devils arsenal. However, there is a way of victory. He can be effectively silenced. Our text shows how.

First, we must learn that Satans arguments and accusations are silenced by the blood of Christ. That is the objective ground of our victory. The blood has covered our sins from the sight of God and has purchased our entire acceptance with God. We are justified by Christs blood (Rom. 5:9). There is no better way to silence Satan than to plead the blood of Christ.

Second, we must use the Word. The word of their testimony means the Word of God to which they bear testimony. The argument of Scripture has power to silence and subdue every accusation of Satan. Let us learn to preach the truth of Gods Word to our own souls. Testify to its truth and personally stand upon it. It will give victory over Satan.

Finally, this victory is ours in every conceivable circumstance. Even the martyrs are reckoned to have enjoyed it in the loss of their lives. Since the blood gives us victory, we recognize that death is not defeat. Thus we hold loosely to life and the things of time, abandoning ourselves to God and His will. The devil can do nothing to hurt people like that, people who live by faith in the power of the blood of Christ and the Word of God.