If you have been following my discourse on THE STUDY OF SATAN, you will remember how I said earlier that I once disregarded that Satan could come after me. I assumed that Satan does not have my time. That Satan was running after the great and noble only. This was my opinion within year 2000 and year 2002 thereabout. Now, ten years went by since I spoke with my friend about that perspective I had concerning Satan. However, I had the greatest hit (attack) from Satan which came unexpectedly. It was a plot that time would fail me to explain here. I lost everything I had. I was left alone with God. Since, I have learnt right from my childhood that if all you had left is only God; then God will be enough for you. I did not let it bother me.
Since that time, I started taking myself more seriously. I stopped unnecessary argument with fools. I will not allow anybody to waste my time because all I had left is time. I started thinking, talking to myself that I must be very special. Come to think of it, if I was not important in the grand scheme of things, how come Satan had attacked me so much? For him (the devil) to attack me, it means that I am someone special. If I was nobody, he would not have bothered coming after me. If I was carrying nothing within me, he would not have come so much against me the way he had done. The fact that he attacked me when I least expect it was a sign that he (Satan) was scared of me. This is an indication that there is something more, something bigger ahead of me. There is a huge treasure locked up on my inside. And there is something within me that must be taken seriously. This thing called the hidden treasure.
“But we have this treasure in jars of clay to show that this all-surpassing power is from God and not from us” (2 Corinthians 4:7).
It must mean that Satan wanted to steal this very treasure from me. But he could not. And because he was not able to rob me of my treasures (the gospel of grace, the eternity in my heart, the joy of God in my heart which is my strengths, my anointing, and many more!). He has made everything beautiful in its time. He has also set eternity in the hearts of men; yet they cannot fathom what God has done from beginning to end. (Ecclesiastes 3:11). Satan got frustrated and attacked everything he could see on the outside. But the blood of the Lamb of God was the garrison around my heart.
And the peace of God, which transcends all understanding, will guard your hearts and your minds in Christ Jesus (Philippians 4:7).
And let the peace that comes from Christ rule in your hearts. For as members of one body you are called to live in peace. And always be thankful. (Colossians 3:15)
Satan knew that he could not cross the bloodline. Since he was unable to cross that boarder that the Blood of Jesus had created, he launched his worst attack. Now, I know too well that his intention was to get me out of that comfort zone of grace so that he can launch more attack on me. But I refused to lose my peace over everything that Satan stole and destroyed. I am wiser than Satan. He has a strategy which he uses to get people. He almost always aims at their material things. All they have, who they have grown up to become, what status they have achieved. Satan knows the nature of men that; they will almost always want to protect these things. So, he will use that very thing to lure them out of their secret place. And he would launch his worst attack; which is killing! (John 10:10). Satan always kills those who leave their secret-place (their relationship with God) to protect material things! But because the wisdom of God is on my inside, I did not fall for his trap. So, I laughed at Satan’s plots. I scorned his attacks. I fled to the secret place of the most high. I hid myself under the shadow of His wings!
“He that dwelleth in the secret place of the most High shall abide under the shadow of the Almighty.” (Psalm 91:1).
I have learnt to take the world of the spirit more serious since that time. Of course I knew the supernatural exists right from my childhood. But more than ever before; I became more intentional in that regard.
Truth be told, Satan wants to get rid of you! You may not know this. Satan is after your life. He wants to steal all what God has put on your inside. He wants your inner chamber, vault, bank to become empty. Because Satan is a thief, he wants to rob you! He wants to leave you hollow and empty. He wants to steal your joy. You may not even realize that yet. You may not see yourself as someone very important to God and the devil. You may not even realize it that you are carrying something precious. You may not know because the treasure is hidden from ordinary eyes. And only God knows what He has hidden on your inside.
You may have fallen upon hard times. You may have lost your virtue, energies, and vibrancy. You may have lost “your anointing”, your drive to do exploits. But you may also be wrong that it is all over. How do I know? It is because you may have come into new season without knowing it. Just like ten years went by since I viewed Satan at too long, a distance from me. And he came after me because I had joined the league of men and women on his hit-list. Sometimes, you can never tell where you have attained in the spiritual realm. You may not realize that your hair has been growing throughout those years of your afflictions just like Samson. You remember that warrior who was shaven? He lost his eyes. He was made to grind grains in the Mill of the philistines. But while he was in that cave of depression, his hair had been growing slowly.
"..But the hair on his head began to grow again after it had been shaved." (Judges 16:22).
Not rapidly. But slowly, his hair grew again. And the moment his hair grew again, the anointing returned into his life.
Friend! There is a life which you are called to lead. It is a life full of power! It is a life of purpose! It is a life so full of treasures. I do not need to prove it to you because once in a while, you feel it too! You feel that there is something more? You sense that there must be more to your life than mere existence? What you sense is true! What you are feeling is tangible. Do not give it up! Do not waste your afflictions. Do not let the devil steal your joy. Do not allow him to rob you of your treasure!
