DOORMAT OR DOORMAN?

James 4:7 So humble yourselves before God. Resist the devil, and he will flee from you.

Back in the 1980s our son had an Action Man Space Ranger and when you pulled the wire coming out of the back of his head he would say “Prepare to repel invaders.” As I was remembering that I realised that as Christians we should also be prepared to repel invaders!🙂 

In the old gangster movies there was always a Doorman or a ‘Bouncer’. He stood on guard and had to give his permission before anyone was allowed to enter. God has made us the Doorman of our own lives. He has given us the authority over the enemy to allow something to come in or not. We get to decide if we’ll ‘bounce him out’ or not!

We all have a choice. We can choose to be a Doormat and allow ourselves to be walked all over by satan and let him steal, kill and destroy us. Or we can be the Doorman, stand our ground with our armour on and resist him, strong in the Lord and in the power of His might.

How does the enemy try to barge into your life? Is it with the ‘what ifs’? Is it with a bad attitude of resentment or complaints, or fear, or prejudice or pride. Maybe he comes knocking with stubbornness, or sickness or complacency, or envy, or lack of confidence? Whatever it is, when the enemy comes knocking, we can be a good Doorman and say “No, I’m not letting you in. Go!”

We can repel those invaders in the name of Jesus! We are not helpless or hopeless! Even if sickness or disease have come in we have the word of God to take authority over them - We can declare by faith “God says by Jesus wounds I am healed. You afflictions, get out!” 

So what are you and I going to choose? Are we going to be a Doormat and allow the enemy to walk all over us and our families, or are we going to be a Doorman? We can remember Jesus has made us Overcomers, He has given us authority over all the works of the enemy(Luke 10:19), we can stand our ground and tell our enemy “Go, you’re not allowed in, get out right now!” God calls it resisting!😊 

Let me encourage you today - go and do some repelling of those invaders in Jesus’ mighty name in the power of the Cross. 

1 Peter 5:9 Stand firm against him, and be strong in your faith…