OH YOU SATAN, THE LORD REBUKE YOU (1)

Post date: Nov 18, 2014 4:56:50 AM

“Then the guiding angel showed me Joshua the high priest standing before the Angel of the Lord, and Satan standing at Joshua’s right hand to be his adversary and to accuse him. And the Lord said to Satan, the Lord rebuke you, O Satan. Even the Lord, Who now and habitually chooses Jerusalem, rebukes you. Is not this returned captive Joshua a brand plucked out of the fire? Now Joshua was clothed with filthy garments and was standing before the Angel of the Lord.” Zechariah 3:1-3

Joshua was a special brand plucked out of fire and set aside for the work of God in his time and lift up His name among the people; despite the restrictions of Satan, Joshua had the desire to be a success in what the Lord had assigned for him to and was determined to continue in it till the very day his God will intervene for him. Though still active in his services, Satan in the rage of his wickedness stood up and restricted Joshua from having joy in his work; Satan deliberately kept him in poverty and dressed that same Joshua in tattered clothes with the desire to put him to shame, to discourage him from continuing, to mock his God and ridicule him before men, and discourage others from following him; the restriction was to hinder him from enjoying the fruits of his labor as a faithful minister.

Though Joshua was unable to deliver himself from this Satanic restriction, God in His love did not allow him to remain at the mercy of the devil indefinitely; God had to send His Angel at the appropriate time to go and rebuke that Satan standing to restrict and prevent Joshua; and Satan had no alternative than to obey and leave him alone. When some things are too hard for you to handle; when you have exhausted all your knowledge and strength and yet still consistently active in your services to Him, He will definitely send His angels to guard you, to speak for you, to deliver you and to lead you to the place of His praise and glory. I am praying that in your time and in your life, you will not miss the day that God will send His Angel to rebuke Satan and to enforce His will and His plans in your life thereafter as He did for Joshua and others.

Satan may have refused to obey you when you exercise the authority given to you as a believing Christian in the name of Jesus Christ, but I have no doubt in my mind that he will never refuse to obey when God’s Angels is sent to intervene on your behalf as it was in the case of Joshua; be strong brethren, be courage dear people of God, you will never end this way; that same God who sent His angel to speak for Joshua will also send His Angel to speak for you, to enforce His will and plans for you; to stand against Satan in your life and against all the things he had been using to restrict you and prevent you from manifesting His glory where He had placed you.

Remember Joshua was not weak, but he was unable to stand against the Satan, but God knew His angel will be able and Joshua will be delivered. Your day is coming for God to speak for you; your day is coming for God to send His angel; your day is coming for God to order a permanent and glorious change in your life and situation; your day is coming that Satan and his restricting power will not be before you again but behind you. Your day is coming that people will stand up behind you to praise your God for His goodness in your life.

Our Lord God is rising in the fullness of His power against every form of restrictions that limited your dreams all these years, hindered your aspirations and desire all these years; frustrated His words and work in and through you all these years: withhold your promotion, your freedom, your marriage, your children, your education, and your health. In the word of God, there is the power to change and there is enormous power when spoken in faith. I say: Oh you Satan, the Lord rebuke you in the life of this person reading this message now; the Lord dismantle every restriction you erected on their path to the enjoy the glory destined by God for them in life, as it was done for Joshua, so is it done for them also in Jesus name, Amen. For prayers, Click here