Learn to stand

"Therefore, take up the whole armour of God that you may be able to withstand in the evil day, and having done all, to stand."   Ephesians 6:13.  NKJV

When my kids were young, they had a blow up toy that stood about 3 foot high. It had a funny face on it and was dressed like a small clown. It was round at the bottom and tapered as it reached the neck. If you pushed it, it would topple but spring back again. One could almost hit the thing - which my kids often did. However, even though it could be knocked to the ground, it would instantly spring back up again. It was virtually impossible to get it to lie down.

This is the way God wants us to be. he wants us to keep standing, no matter what comes at us; whatever floors us. He wants us living in this type of victory. 

Bob Gass once said, "When we do the standing - God does the strengthening."

And this is so true. He wants us to resist the enemy and get up, not just lie there. The devil will not stop attacking us. If you think that, I'm afraid you've got that wrong. His ambition is to make our lives a misery and to kill us if he can. Our ambition should be to resist the devil and he will flee (James 4:7). 
Derek Prince often had profound teaching and one of his statements was: 'The devil chooses the weakest moment and the weakest place.' He knows how to hit us and he won't stop. This is why we need to stand and keep standing.

The word Withstand is an interesting one. The Greek variation is antihistami and this is where the medication antihistamine comes from. Antihistamine puts a block on such things as hay fever and certain allergies. Antihistemi tells us that with authority and spiritual weapons, we can withstand evil forces. Therefore, we need the Armour of God, which is recorded in Ephesians 6: 14-18. A lot of Christians verbally pray this over themselves each day. It's a way of confirming that we are clothed in the armour of God, and it does no harm to do this. It's a prayer aid.

Like the toy I mentioned earlier, we need to be able to spring back to our feet whenever the devil tries to floor us. We should stand, and keep on standing.

What are you like at standing when the flak comes against you?

Copyright 2019 Grahame Howard

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