No one will do this for you. And mark my words – when you’ve gain a victory, our enemy will try and dilute or diminish what has been accomplished. And even though we might feel this way at times… our lives really aren’t one step forward and two steps back. Remember that we ARE more than conquerors (Romans 8:37).
How do we hold our ground. Use the weapons we’ve been given! One incredibly important weapon is the Word. Remember how Jesus defeated satan when we was being tempted in the desert after his baptism? What was Jesus’ response to each of the temptations satan gave Him? “It is written…” In many respects that’s all we need do – is speak the Word to any temptation.
“No temptation has overtaken you except such as is common to man;
but God is faithful, who will not allow you to be tempted beyond what
you are able, but with the temptation will also make the way of escape,
that you may be able to bear it.” (1Corinthians 10:13, NKJV)
First – nothing new but all men face, Second – God will NOT allow us to be tempted beyond what we can bear. and Third – WILL make a way of escape. That pretty much covers it all. We are able to hold our ground and even continue making inroads into what satan thinks he has.
There is another way as well. We find in Ephesians 6 that God’s armor has been made available to us to:
1. Stand against all the wiles of the devil (v. 10-11)
2. Withstand the evil day (v. 13)
And this is only begins what we are equipped to do. Read verses 10-18 to know that the Lord has done all so that we can hold our ground. I would read this as our foundation. What ground we have succeeded to gaining against our enemy needs to be firmly in our grasp so that we can then proceed even further against him (we wrestle not against flesh and blood – v. 12) and can gain more ground.
I believe as each of us recognizes our role, our call in the Great Commission and we take up our armor and join with others that we do begin to become that great army of God. We begin, though, will holding our ground.
