Stand against the wiles of the devil.

“Put on the whole armour of God, that ye may be able to stand against the wiles of the devil.”
Ephesians 6:11(KJV).


From our opening scripture, the Bible makes it clear that we can all stand against all the wiles of the devil if we put on the whole armour of God.

What are the wiles of the devil? The wile of the devil refers to the trickery and deceits of the devil. So, if you are going into spiritual warfare, you must go into spiritual warfare with truth.

In modern warfare, there are two very important things that you must take note of; the first thing is, you must know your enemy, and secondly, you must understand the antics and the strategies of your enemy.

In 2 Corinthians 2:11, “Lest Satan should get an advantage of us: for we are not ignorant of his devices.”  The word devices here is from the Greek word 'noema' which means, purpose, intellect, thought, etc. So, we can see that the devil intentionally devices plans to flaw the believer and to gain advantage of him. Therefore, if I know how satan schemes and what he does to take advantage of me, then I am going to have victory.

The number one wile I want us to deal with is anger. Ephesians 4:26 says, “Be ye angry, and sin not: let not the sun go down upon your wrath:” So, the Word is saying to us that if you get angry, do not sin in your anger or let the sun go down on your wrath. In other words, if somebody annoys you, don't take the anger into the next day. You must learn to forgive quickly if you are going to have victory over the enemy.

PRAYER
Father, I thank you for giving me the victory over the enemy and all His plans against me.
I thank you Father, for all satan's plans, tricks and deceits against me shall all be brought to naught even as I live in obedience to the truth of your word, in Jesus Name. Amen.

For further study read: 
Psalm 37:8, Ecclesiastes 7:9, 2 Timothy 2:24-26, James 1:19, 1 Peter 5:8.

DOING THE WORD
Release every form of unforgiveness and anger from your heart today.