Scripture:
Ps. 8:2
Out of the mouth of babes and sucklings hast thou ordained strength because of thine enemies, that thou mightest still the enemy and the avenger.
Comment:
Our enemies, or God’s?
God has ordained strength to His children, because of His enemies. Who then, are His enemies? The devil and his evil spirits are definitively His enemies, and they hate Him. But, why do they attack us? In order to understand why, we need to realize who we are.
We read in Gen. 1:26-27 that God made us in His image. We are His creation, and He loves us. When the devil and one third of the angels rebelled against God, they were cast out of God’s heaven. They didn’t have a chance against God, nor will they ever have. Since the devil cannot hurt God directly, he attacks God’s creation instead. He attacks God’s beloved people, in order to hurt Him that way.
Another reason why we are being attacked by the evil spiritual world is, we are a threat against them. The truth is, they are afraid of us! God has delegated authority to us, in order for us to execute His will on earth. The evil spirits know that if they don’t succeed in stopping us, God will use us to confine them. To the evil spirits, it’s a matter of freedom or captivity.
When a believer understands his position of authority, he, of course becomes a bigger threat against the evil spiritual world. A believer who is ignorant of God’s Word, or chooses not to obey or do what God wants, is not much of a challenge. And, the bigger threat we are, the more attacks we get. This truth alone might be scary, but the complete truth is, God protects those, who do His will. We are in a far more dangerous position if we choose to disobey God, than if we choose to obey God, and get into a bigger battle.
