At times when we are in the will of God we hear a direct command from the enemy saying, "Leave this place and go somewhere else." The enemy uses frightful words with empty meanings to some how shake us up and regress in our work for the Lord, but we must as children of God take a stand in the territory He has given us.
The Pharisees expected to see a circumstantial Jesus who would run in the sight of danger, but the truth of His word was too powerful to be moved by a crowd of white washed tombs. The response Jesus gave them confirms this.
He replied, "Go tell that fox, I will drive out demons and heal people today and tomorrow, and on the third day I will reach my goal." In any case, I must keep going today and tomorrow and the next day – for surely no prophet can die outside Jerusalem!" (vv 32,33)
No matter what may be said or plotted against us, it will have no effect; for the will of God must be carried out. It was prophesied in Isaiah and Jesus himself proclaimed how the enemy can not penetrate the standards of God.
Isaiah 59:19
So shall they fear the name of the Lord from the west, and his glory from the rising of the sun. When the enemy shall come in like a flood, the Spirit of the LORD shall lift up a standard against him.
And in the midst of opposition Jesus carried out what he said he was going to do. We must have the standards of God in order to stand as Jesus did and move forth in our calling. So today we (the children of God) in the face of adversity will carry out what was spoken in our lives, for the glory of His kingdom, until we have reached our goal.
Mike Creel
