Thursday March 19th, 2026
Meditate on James 4:7 GNT
« So then, submit yourselves to God. Resist the Devil, and he will run away from you »
6 Afterward they traveled from town to town across the entire island until finally they reached Paphos, where they met a Jewish sorcerer, a false prophet named Bar-Jesus.
7 He had attached himself to the governor, Sergius Paulus, who was an intelligent man. The governor invited Barnabas and Saul to visit him, for he wanted to hear the word of God.
8 But Elymas, the sorcerer (as his name means in Greek), interfered and urged the governor to pay no attention to what Barnabas and Saul said. He was trying to keep the governor from believing.
9 Saul, also known as Paul, was filled with the Holy Spirit, and he looked the sorcerer in the eye.
10 Then he said, “You son of the devil, full of every sort of deceit and fraud, and enemy of all that is good! Will you never stop perverting the true ways of the Lord?
11 Watch now, for the Lord has laid his hand of punishment upon you, and you will be struck blind. You will not see the sunlight for some time.” Instantly mist and darkness came over the man’s eyes, and he began groping around begging for someone to take his hand and lead him.
12 When the governor saw what had happened, he became a believer, for he was astonished at the teaching about the Lord
In John 14:12GWT, Jesus Christ said
« “I can guarantee this truth: Those who believe in me will do the things that I am doing. They will do even greater things because I am going to the Father »
In Mark 4:35-41, when a storm arose on the sea while Jesus was sleeping in the boat, the first thing He did was to rebuke the wind.
The passage above therefore means that you will do even greater rebuking of storms.
Our Lord Jesus Christ is the Lamb of God, but He is also the Lion of Judah.
- It is true that you should be as gentle as a dove, but not when dealing with a snake.
He was gentle, but when He got into the temple and saw what should not be there, He overturned tables and drove out the traders.
That certainly wasn’t gentle!
You also are the temple of the Most High God.
When you see someone trying to hinder you from fulfilling your purpose, you must not handle them gently; you must rebuke them.
Isaiah 54:17 says it is your heritage for any tongue raised against you to be condemned.
In other words, it is your heritage to rebuke anything trying to hinder your destiny.
You cannot be gentle with them; you must rebuke them so that they don’t destroy you.
Many years ago, a son of mine was living in a building where a witch doctor also lived. The man often complained that my son’s prayers were disturbing him so, I told him to cast the witch doctor out, but he said, “No Daddy, we are both tenants in the same building; we can live with each other”. I said, “Okay”. The next time I saw my son, he looked very unhealthy. He said the witch doctor got some of his customers, who were police officers, to arrest him because his prayers were disturbing him. The police locked him up for days, and the mosquitoes in the cell dealt with him. I then asked him, “Are you now ready to send that wicked fellow out?” He agreed; we prayed and the man moved out of the house.
Will you let the devil hinder your destiny ?
Prayer focus – Father, paralyse every agent of darkness that tries to hinder me from fulfilling my purpose now, in Jesus’ name.
Author – Bishop Enoch Adejare Adeboye; General Overseer of the RCCG
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