Submit yourselves therefore to God. Resist the devil, and he will flee from you.
– James 4:7
Submit to God and come under His authority, for it’s the only way you can discern the ruthless schemes of evil. You need to stay close to God and within the covering of his protection and care. The devil is very deceptive and dark. God knows how much you need His miraculous covering of power and protection in your life. So, he’s given you special instructions to know how to stand strong against the enemy’s attacks to resist the resistance.
You cannot resist the resistance without persistence. Your adversaries will not give up until they are forced to do so. God delivered you from the power of darkness and translated you to the kingdom of his dear Son, to grow to know the risen Christ. You must resist all the enemies of breakthrough, success, and victory because some of them are not natural but spiritual. There are forces of evil that are scattered all over the world that are resisting progress, success, and joy. They are powers causing misfortune, failure, sadness, stagnation, frustration, death, mental disorder, and depression of people. Therefore, resist them before they resist you.
So shall they fear the name of the Lord from the west, and his glory from the rising of the sun. When the enemy shall come in like a flood, the Spirit of the Lord shall lift up a standard against him.
– Isaiah 59:19
To succeed, you must be ready and prepared to resist failure. Persist in resisting failure until something good or positive happens. You must have this spiritual understanding that God saves you to resist what the enemy raised to reduce you. Don’t see negative things as norms because scripturally you are called to resist the devil. Don’t let the devil deceive you to accept bondage and affliction as temptation. It is a lie from the pit of hell.
Ye are of gods, little children, and have overcome them: because greater is he that is in you than he that is in the world.
– 1 John 4:4.
Never accept failure or defeat. It is not your portion. Challenges or problems in life are not permitted or capable of putting you behind. Therefore, rise and resist everything and anything that is contrary to the plan and purpose of God for your life. May the works of darkness be resisted in your life, and receive grace to live an enviable life in the name of Jesus.