And the God of peace will crush Satan under your feet shortly. The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with you. Amen. - Romans 16:20
Previously, we saw that grace is the only thing against which the devil has no defense. If you are living by your self-effort to earn God's approval, the devil has power over you because he can always point to something that you have not done. This gives him dominion over you. If you claim God's protection and healing based on what you have done, the devil, who is a master accuser, just has to point to one of your failures, and all your faith implodes. You will disqualify yourself mentally and inwardly from receiving whatever you might be trusting the Lord for.
But grace qualifies us for protection. Because Jesus paid the price, we who are in Him have a right to walk in divine health and protection. When the devil accuses you, saying, “How dare you believe God for protection, when you are (he goes on to your list of failures),” you just have to point to Jesus’ blood, which has paid for all your failures. With grace as your basis, the God of peace can reign over your fears and impart to you unshakable faith for His protection!
Something else happens when you understand His grace - you will also grow in your understanding of how perfectly loved you are by your Father in heaven. God so loved you and me, He sent his only begotten Son to die on the cross on our behalf, carrying all our sins upon His own body so that today, we can come boldly to His throne of grace. He did it so that today, we are not as sheep without a shepherd, but we are so deeply loved and cared for by our Abba Father. We are His children and when we call on Him, He WILL answer. We have a God who demonstrated His love for us while we were still sinners - when we had nothing to offer Him but our brokenness, our shame, our sins, and our disqualifications! Oh what perfect love!
The word of God says, “there is no fear in love; but perfect love casts out fear, because fear involves torment. But he who fears has not been made perfect in love. We love Him because He first loved us” (1 John 4:18-19). Are you fearful today? Ask yourself this question: Do you know how much God loves you? You see, you can't reason away fear. But when you have a revelation of His perfect love for you, every fear in your life will be cast out. To the extent that you understand His love for you, you will live fearlessly in dangerous times!
Today's Prayer
Abba, Father, Thank You that the grace of my Lord Jesus qualifies me for the right to walk in health and protection. Thank You for Your perfect love that truly casts out every fear and enables me to live fearlessly. I declare that Jesus' blood has paid for all my failures and is my unshakeable basis for Your protection. Amen.
Today's Thought
It is the grace of God that qualifies me for protection, not anything I have done or will do. It is the perfect love of God that casts out every fear from my life and enables me to live fearlessly.
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Prince, Joseph. The Prayer of Protection Devotional: Daily Strategies for Living Fearlessly In Dangerous Times.