Ocean

This last weekend I went to the Coast with my family. I love walking on the beach, but unfortunately the day that we went it was really nasty outside so we could not go on the beach. I had been looking forward to that weekend for awhile. I was under so much stress with school and my relationships. I just wanted to get away from everything. We left on Sunday and I ended up sitting in our hotel room watching the waves tickle the shoreline. As far as I could see there was the ocean. And as I sat there I thought about how powerful the ocean is and how it could easily encompass the land and everyone would die. But God told the ocean exactly where to stop. The waves only come up so far onto the shore before they retreat back into the ocean. As I was watching this I thought about how powerful God is. He had the ability to create this mass of water and all the living organisms in it. I was in awe of God and I felt privelaged that I was able to know the Creator of the Universe. I was grateful to Jesus for dying for me so that I could have a relationship with God. I could not imagine what it would feel like to see the ocean in all its majesty and not know the One who established it.
I kept on dwelling on God and His goodness and it was wonderful. It is funny how God displaying His power in nature can heal a broken heart and give strength to the weary. As I was watching all this I started thinking about Satan. I thought about how he had stolen so many things from my life and how I had let him walk in and just take these things. Satan comes to steal, kill, and destroy and I saw how he was doing this in many areas of my life. I was tired of getting pushed around by the enemy. In those moments that I spent with the Lord I knew in my heart that the enemy was powerful and I was not. But that Christ in me could overcome the enemy. Jesus already defeated Satan at the cross and the victory is mine in EVERY aspect of my life. I am tired of being attacked by the enemy and not standing up to him. I might have fought a little, but too many areas in my life I allowed the enemy to win. I am saying all of this to make a bold statement. I am not afraid anymore. I am tired of living in fear and tired of living in defeat. I am standing on the Word of God. I am going to pray prayers that break the chains of bondage on the nations. I am going to tear down strongholds that the enemy has in my life and in the lives of others. All this I will accomplish in the name of Jesus and for His glory. I will be the woman that He has called me to be, a woman of God. An intercessor and a prayer warrior.
I know that the Church has let the enemy steal so much from it. And today is the day of victory. It is the day to rampage the pits of Hell and take back what the enemy stole from us. We will no longer walk in defeat. Our loved ones will be saved, the lost will know Christ, and the enemy will no longer use our failures and fears to stop us from advancing the kingdom of God.
I don't know about you, but I am tired of being pushed around by an enemy who has already lost.
My friend Carmen, a woman of God, once told me that the Lord showed her what a christian looks like in the spirit realm compared to a demon. And here in the spirit realm a christian is fully armored and stands tall and strong. The enemy looks tiny in comparison as if he were no threat at all. So I keep this picture in my mind and I stand on the promise that greater is He that is in me than He that is in the world.