It is in your mind where Satan is unleashing his all-out war. The war you are fighting is
not against flesh and blood. It is not a mental battle fought through the power of positive
thinking, head knowledge, psychological techniques, or your limited mental abilities. It
is a spiritual battle in your mind which must be fought and won in the power of the Holy
Spirit.
Satan’s strategy is to bombard your mind with fiery darts of unbelief, fear, worry,
confusion, temptation, depression, oppression, and deception. He will try to fill your
mind with evil desires and lusts of the flesh. Anxiety, fear, defeat, and discouragement
concerning the circumstances in your life are all mental tactics that result in a heart filled
with hopelessness and despair.
But Satan’s power over your mind can been broken! God has made total provision so you
can be victorious in every battle, just as He did for the nation of Israel. Israel had all the
power they needed to overcome their enemies and claim their inheritance. As you
prepare to fulfill your divine destiny, God has provided you with everything you need
also.
You are facing an enemy that has already been defeated. Two thousand years ago when
Jesus cried, “It is finished,” the war against Satan was won. Through His precious blood
that was shed on the cross, you are totally delivered out of Satan’s hands and that
deliverance includes your heart and mind.
Satan has no claims over you whatsoever! “For sin shall not have dominion over you…”
(Romans 6:14). You are no longer living in the kingdom of darkness under Satan’s
dominion as “prince of this world.” You are a joint-heir with Christ in the Kingdom of
God. Satan has no power over you other than what you yield to him.
God does not expect you to face Satan and the evil forces of wickedness in your own
strength. He has given you authority over all the power of the enemy through the Holy
Spirit within you. He has provided powerful spiritual armor that makes you invulnerable
and invincible against all of Satan’s attacks. He has armed you with weapons of warfare,
enabling you to pull down every stronghold of the enemy (2 Corinthians 10:4-5).
God has given the power to you to pull down Satan’s strongholds and totally demolish
them. But your victory over Satan is not automatic. Victory is yours only as you put on
the armor of God, use your spiritual weapons of warfare, resist Satan, and enforce the
victory Jesus secured on the cross. Your mind is Satan’s major arena of attack where
spiritual battles must be fought and won. You must learn to enforce the victory which
Christ has secured for you–right there, on the major battlefield of your life.