“And when He had called His twelve disciples to Him, He gave them power over unclean spirits, to cast them out, and to heal all kinds of sickness and all kinds of disease. Now the names of the twelve apostles are these: first, Simon, who is called Peter, and Andrew his brother; James the son of Zebedee, and John his brother; Philip and Bartholomew; Thomas and Matthew the tax collector; James the son of Alphaeus, and Lebbaeus, whose surname was Thaddaeus; Simon the Cananite, and Judas Iscariot, who also betrayed Him.”
Matthew 10:1-4 [NKJV]
When I read this, my mind was captivated by the word “power” over all kinds of evil things.
Friend, how about persuading you today to go back to the basics of real faith in Jesus, God’s Word and the power of His Holy Spirit?
If you are a born again child of the Most High God, today I want you to rejoice because you have the power over your adversary Satan and nothing whatsoever shall harm you.
Do not be cheated by the Devil, who wants you to think that you are not good enough, strong enough or righteous enough to deal with him. You have the power and Satan knows it, and he is afraid of you. What’s interesting in the passage above is, even Judas who later betrayed Jesus was among them!
After the Lord had finally delivered him from all his enemies, hear what David who knew the kindness and goodness of God, says: “He brought me out into a spacious place; he rescued me because he delighted in me. The LORD has dealt with me according to my righteousness; according to the cleanness of my hands he has rewarded me.”
Psalm 18:19-20 [NIV]
We know that in his moments of weakness well before he was delivered from all his troubles, David killed people including Bathsheba’s husband and took Bathsheba as his wife, etc. Yet in all this, he had the audacity to declare the above delight and righteousness.
Friend, if you have repented of your sins and asked for forgiveness from God, your sins have been washed away by the precious Blood of Jesus. Friend, you are innocent, blessed and have the power to overcome sickness, disease, drug addiction, lack, debt and poverty, etc. You are good enough! Like Abraham be “fully convinced that God is able to do whatever he promises”- Romans 4: 21 [NLT] and that, those who believe shall lay hands on the sick and they shall be healed. Amazing, how the hands we take so much for granted have been anointed with power to prosper us and heal people!
Farai Mutsambiwa
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