Are you as fed up as I am of playing Whac-a-Mole with the devil? (There’s no “k” in whac — I checked)
It seems that we end up playing a perpetual game of Whac-a-Mole with our enemy as he pops up in this place, draws our fire, and then pops up elsewhere creating a constant series of distractions to the mission. In the case of church leaders and pastors, it is an endless series of attacks on ministries, on the families of ministers, on finances, on relationships… hit him square in the head over here and he pops up over there… and on it goes.
I spend a lot of my time dealing with his endless attempts to harm my staff, and I have to tell you i am fed up. Fed. Up. It seems that we have one leader or family facing a crisis, so we circle around them offering prayer, encouragement, support and practical assistance, and just when things level out for them, another family gets hit. Did I mention I am fed up?
I am tired of playing Whac-a-Mole with a defeated foe when I know that the one that is in me is greater than the one that is in the world. I’m declaring war on the liar who just seeks to kill, steal and destroy, and I am enlisting anyone and everyone who follows Jesus to join me in making war on him. I declare that the plots and schemes of the enemy will be of no effect, because the battle belongs to the Lord! I declare that our God is able to do immeasurably more than all we ask or imagine, according to his power that is at work within us. I declare that Satan has been told, “Do not touch my anointed ones; do my prophets no harm.” I speak in the authority of Jesus that the devil is being issued a Cease and Desist demand tonight! In every area in which he has tried to move in, we issue an Eviction Notice tonight. We draw a line and command him to stay on the other side of it, and it is a line drawn in the Blood of Jesus.
Fed. Up.