Disarmed!

Today's blog post is contributed by David Trotta:

And having disarmed the powers and authorities, he made a public spectacle of them, triumphing over them by the cross. (Colossians 2:15)

Have you ever watched one of those scenes in a movie where a person is holding up a bank or robbing a store and he puts his finger in his coat pocket to create the illusion he has a gun, but in reality he is unarmed?

Our adversary, the devil, uses this same tactic.  He tries to create the illusion to make us believe he is armed, but in reality he has been stripped of all his power and authority.  He is forever disarmed!

All he has left is to resort to trickery and deception.  For example, he may deceive us into believing that a sin we are struggling with is too difficult to break.  Or, he may get us to focus on our weaknesses and failures to discourage us from walking the path God set before us.  Or, he may try and convince us that we are not worthy to be loved by a God whose love is unconditional and unmerited.

The next time you are struggling to walk victoriously remind yourself that Jesus forever broke the power over sin and death at the cross (1 Corinthians 15:57) and it is not reversible.  We are forever free.

Satan is a toothless lion with no bite left.  The gun he is carrying in his pocket is an illusion. The only power he has is what humanity (you and I) give back to him.

But, if we choose to walk in the victory God provided for us, we honor Him, and through our lives, He will continue to make a public spectacle of the foe He defeated.