FIGHT BACK!
One of the weaknesses or rather ignorance of many Holiness believing Christians of this generation is to believe everything bad is the will of God. But I need to tell you that, there are many things happening to children of God that are not God’s will or purpose but the sole work of the power of darkness and if you don’t fight back in the spirit, things will remain the same or get worse.

Do not generalize everything as normal or as wilderness experience. Yes, there is a situation we must endure, there are sufferings we must go through patience and prayer but we need the wisdom of God and the guidance of the Holy Spirit to discern works of the devil and fight back.

IN BUSINESS OR CAREER
If you have good and godly intentions for doing business, a good motive to bring glory to God’s name and you pray and do everything right, but you just see the business is not working well, it may be the devil fighting against the business. The devil can fight against the business if he sees it will support the work of God’s kingdom or if he sees you will use the business for soul winning. So, don’t quickly conclude that maybe that is how God wants the business to fail or it is the general economic situation in the country. As children of God, we are operating above general downfall situation, the Bible says “When they cast you down, and you say, ‘Exaltation will come!’” Job 22:29. That means it is all about what you say or accept.

Now let me tell you something about Psalm 91:7 in a business dimension, it says,
“A thousand may fall at your side,
And ten thousand at your right hand;
But it shall not come near you.”

Listen, the fact that thousands of businesses are falling down and shops are folding up does mean it must come near the businesses of the children of God. The Bible says thousands and ten thousand shall fall but it will not come near you and your business - until you realize this as a child of God, you will just fold your hands and let the power of darkness fold your business under the pretense of “It is general everywhere”

Russia knows its limit. The fact that Russia is freely Bombing some places in Ukraine does not means it will extend to Poland that is under the coverage of NATO. You touch Poland, you see the fight of NATO. The same thing is applicable in spiritual warfare. The fact that the forces of darkness are Bombing people’s lives and businesses just anyhow, people who are not under the coverage of the precious Blood of Jesus Christ, that does not mean they will want to try touching you who is under the coverage of the blood of Jesus Christ, the apple of God’s eyes (except you don’t know the word of God) if they try it, they will see the fight of the Lord of host.  

IN MARRIAGE
Do you know why many Christians are now divorcing easily? It is simply because they accept the defeat of the devil. Many problems in marriage are not ordinary, they are not as a result of incompatibility or wrong choices, but because the couples are ignorant of the devices of the devil, so they keep fighting each other instead of them to fight the devil behind the problems and so when they are tired of fighting each other, they go to court collect their certificate of marriage failure called divorce.  You cannot win in your marriage if you are fighting the wrong person, your spouse. And the devil is quite happy with the ignorance of many Christian couples in marriage today. But you need to wake up and fight back the devil.

What does 2 Corinthians 10:3 say about problems in marriage? It says, “For though we walk in the flesh, we do not war according to the flesh” It means though you married a beautiful looking flesh and blood man or woman but when it comes to warfare in marriage, when it comes to problems in marriage, don’t fight your spouse but fight back the devil behind the scene.

Listen, the devil does not want you to have peace and prosperity in that marriage and he can do anything against your spouse, so fight the devil and spare your spouse, and do not fight your spouse to spare the devil.

IN YOUR HEALTH
Don’t accept sickness as normal or as God’s will, did God tell you that? You must fight back and reject evil reports. Do not normalize the work of the devil against your life.

FIGHT BACK NOW
But how? How do you fight back? Is it by engaging fireful “fall down and die” prayers and marathon fasting or by going from one mountain to another? No! You fight back by first giving your life to Jesus Christ. If you have not genuinely given your life to Jesus Christ, if you are still living in sin and worldliness, you cannot fight the devil, you can only make noise and blast in empty tongues. But when you surrender your life to Jesus Christ and you accept Him as the Commander of your life, He begins to fight the battle for you and your own is to just fight the good fight of faith. You must be listed in the army of the Lord before you can fight in the Lord or before you can use His weapons. The Bible says, “For the weapons of our warfare are not carnal but mighty in God for pulling down strongholds” Genuine salvation through repentance makes us one of the armies of the Lord.

HOW TO FIGHT BACK
After you are saved and enlisted in the soldiers of God, you fight by faith and in faith, that is all. The easiest battle to fight is when God is on your side, He has already conquered for you through Jesus Christ, but you claim your victory through faith in Christ, it means you personalize the victory of Jesus through faith in Him. You need faith in Christ. Spiritual battle is not won by shouting or fasting for a long period, but by fighting. Why many Christians are being defeated is because Satan first defeated their faith.

We must have faith in God, in His words and wisdom and we must not accept the defeat of the devil, no matter how close, in our personal life, marriages, businesses, ministries or over the lives of our children and people. We must fight the good fight of faith by believing and trusting God without giving up to fear or failure.

Listen to what children of God did through faith, “Who through faith subdued kingdoms, worked righteousness, obtained promises, stopped the mouths of lions, quenched the violence of fire, escaped the edge of the sword, out of weakness were made strong, became valiant in battle, turned to flight the armies of the aliens.” Hebrews 11:33,34.

Rise up in faith and fight back, subdue the kingdoms of darkness, work in holiness and righteousness no matter the temptations, receive the promises of God for your life, family and ministries, stop the mouths of the roaring lions, quench the violent fire of the darkness in your marriage, don’t allow the strange fire to burn your marriage, and escape every attack of the enemies, in Jesus name! Amen

God bless you!

Gideon Akande, the Evangelist