Hi overcomer,
Once after crossing the border into Mozambique with my Dad and a political prisoner…
We stopped for a spot of lunch.
Simple enough.
For Dad...
Aware of the rather tense nature of our mission (plus on account of the blazing midday heat) wisely called us to step aside into a shady hollow.
And so…
Sardine-like, soaked in sweat we slid out of the transporter into the roadside eatery nestling quietly below us.
Well worth it.
Plus inside the brisk ceiling fans and cool cement floors were bliss!
So far so good.
And after suitably reviving fare, everyone started relaxing a little.
Until a while later...
As a plain clothes officer and I walked back to the vehicle... shouting erupted from the little restaurant behind us.
Seconds later Dad tore round the corner purple with rage…
Vamoose!
Our prisoner had simple vanished into thin air.
Like a leaping Thomson gazelle...
He was long gone!
UNBELIEVABLE.
Dad was livid.
Inching our slow bumpy way back up to Malawi, I knew he’d catch it from his bosses. After all it had taken months to round up this fellow.
Eek!
We never spoke of this sorry blip on his resume after this.
Funny what you recall from youth eh?
That aside…
My point is simple.
Be vigilant overcomer.
You finally broke through. You won a battle.
You captured your foes...
Hallelujah!
Now press home your advantage.
Secure your new position in Christ.
And make double sure to sling those demons in prison.
Make sure of it. JAIL THEM SAINT! Don’t let them get away.
Don't sit down and relax until they are in chains.
The angels of GOD will help you. They are waiting for your request to go to GOD so that they may do what you ask Him to do. They will enforce what you agree with Father on your behalf.
You have a royal mandate to do so…
"So that the multifaceted wisdom of God... might now be made known through the church to the rulers and the authorities in the heavenly places."
Ephesians 3:10 NASB
Then after celebrating your win—immediately get back to it again...
More vigilant in prayer.
Fasting. Praying. Sing. Sing. Sing…ing.
24/7/365. Rinse and repeat.
That was the difference between Davids rise and the fall of Saul.
Saul let the enemies of Israel go.
David didn’t.
Bless you.
Dave.
“Deliver thyself, O Zion, that dwellest with the daughter of Babylon.
For thus saith the Lord of hosts; After the glory hath he sent me unto the nations which spoiled you: for he that toucheth you toucheth the apple of his eye.
For, behold, I will shake mine hand upon them, and they shall be a spoil to their servants: and ye shall know that the Lord of hosts hath sent me.”
Zechariah 2:7-9 KJV
"For we do not wrestle against flesh and blood but against principalities, against powers, against the rulers of the darkness of this age, against spiritual hosts of wickedness in the heavenly places."
Ephesians 6: 12 NKJV
"The Lord hath sought him a man after his own heart, and the Lord hath commanded him to be captain over his people."
1 Samuel 13:14 KJV