| Spiritual Warfare Lesson #8 A Closed Door Does Not Mean Failure Regardless of what the devil tries to do to you, your family, bills, trials, sickness your church or ministry, if you stand in faith, God will turn it around to work for the advancement of the kingdom of God! Even if your finances are assaulted, and even if the plan of God appears to come under siege in your life, God is able to take these wicked devices and turn them to work for your good! As Paul said, "And we know that all things work together for good to them that love God, to them who are the called according to His purpose" (Rom 8:28). A closed door does not mean failure! If a door slams shut in your face and it looks like everything is over, hold tight, and refrain from making a judgment call about the situation! What the devil did to hurt you, God will use to bless you! God may be preparing to open the largest, most effectual door of opportunity that has ever been made available to you! Paul suffered many blows from the enemy that, naturally speaking, should have mortally wounded him. Yet he was still alive and well and was still in the ministry. Having seen God's faithfulness on so many occasions, he confidently looked trouble in the face and said, "Nay, in all these things we are more than conquerors through Him that loved us" (Rom 8:37). The word conqueror is from the word nikos, It describes an overcomer, champion, victor, or master. It is the picture of a overwhelming prevailing force. With the power of Jesus Christ at our disposal we can be certain of Romans 8:38-39 which says, For I am persuaded, that neither death, nor life, nor angels, nor principalities, nor powers, nor things present, nor things to come, Nor height, nor depth, nor any other creature, shall be able to separate us from the love of God, which is in Christ Jesus our Lord. Lets look at this same Scripture in the Living Bible For I am convinced that nothing can ever separate us from his love. Death can't, and life can't. The angels won't, and all the powers of hell itself cannot keep God's love away. Our fears for today, our worries about tomorrow, or where we are--high above the sky, or in the deepest ocean--nothing will ever be able to separate us from the love of God demonstrated by our Lord Jesus Christ when he died for us. It doesn't matter what your attacks are now or how they have been In the past, the bottom line is that all of satans attacks will utterly fail. Isaiah 54:17 plainly says, No weapon that is formed against thee shall prosper; and every tongue that shall rise against thee in judgment thou shalt condemn. This is the heritage of the servants of the Lord, and their righteousness is of me, saith the Lord. Satan is so dumb, he doesn't even realize that he is fighting a losing battle. In the end, we shall win. No! put it this way. We have already won, because on what Christ Jesus did on Calvary. Praise His Holy Name!!!! |