Wage War with the Enemy

Too many believers live in spiritual lack, unaware of the enemy’s constant attempts to steal their blessings at the root. This powerful message reminds us of the devil’s long-standing plan to devour the seeds God has sown in our lives—and calls us to wage war with the enemy by standing firm in faith, trusting in God’s provision, and boldly walking in our spiritual authority.

The devil hates God’s principle of seedtime and harvest! Instead of wanting you to enjoy God’s harvest blessings of power, peace, and provision, he comes to “steal, kill, and destroy” (John 10:10). He tries to devour your God-given seed, rob you of your blessings, and leave you in bondage to fear and financial lack.

If you listen to the enemy’s lies, you’ll hear a message like this: “You might as well get used to living in the lands of Not Enough or Barely Enough, because that’s your destiny in life! Don’t bother dreaming of anything better than that.”

But remember God’s original intention for humankind, described in the first chapters of Genesis. Creation was so awesome that “God saw everything that He had made, and indeed it was very good” (Genesis 1:31).

In those early days, God walked with Adam and Eve in the beautiful garden He had made for them. He fulfilled every need and gave them dominion over everything He had made. It was a life without sickness, sadness, strife, poverty, or death.

But Satan was jealous of the favor God showed to the man and woman, and he set out to deceive and control them. Genesis 3:1 says, “The serpent was more cunning than any beast of the field,” and he immediately began raising questions about whether God could be trusted.

Rather than saying, “Get behind me, Satan!” (Matthew 16:23), Adam and Eve took the enemy’s bait—hook, line, and sinker. Doubting God’s faithfulness and His love for them, they ate from the forbidden tree and tried to hide from God. As a result, they suffered the natural consequences of their turning away from Him—losing their previous abundance and intimacy with the Lord.

From the very beginning of creation, we see the devil’s vendetta against humankind. Time and time again, he has used lies and manipulation to rob the people of God of their intended blessings. Too often, we have failed to discern the enemy’s schemes and have neglected to exercise our God-given authority over him.

Put simply, the devil is real, and he doesn’t want you to be blessed. He is a liar and the father of all lies (John 8:44). His goal is to undermine our confidence in the truth of God’s Word. When that happens, we fail to appropriate the covenant blessings that could be ours.

The Attack on Your Seeds

Satan knows that if he can devour your seeds or trick you into hoarding them, you will never receive the harvest blessings God wants you to have. He has utilized this same strategy repeatedly throughout time:

Moses was God’s seed, the deliverer He would raise up to lead the Israelites to freedom in the Promised Land. So when Moses was born, Satan tried to devour God’s seed by killing all the Jewish male babies (Exodus 1:15-17).

Jesus was God’s seed, sent to die for our sins and lead all believers to eternal freedom in our Promised Land in Heaven. So when Jesus was born, Satan tried to devour God’s seed by once again murdering thousands of Jewish male babies (Matthew 2:16-18).

In Revelation 12, we see a similar scene when “the dragon [Satan] stood before the woman was was ready to give birth, to devour her Child as soon as it was born” (v. 4). Again, the devil’s plot to devour this seed was foiled, and we’re later given a powerful formula for our own victory over the enemy: “They overcame him by the blood of the Lamb and by the word of their testimony, and they did not love their lives to the death” (v. 11).

Do you see the recurrent pattern in these examples? Satan repeatedly tries to abort God’s harvest by devouring the seeds He provides. And make no mistake about it, Satan is still trying to devour your God-given seeds and rob you of God’s harvest blessings of power, peace, and provision.

However, the good news is that Satan is a defeated foe. You don’t have to allow him to rob you of your seed and your intended harvest.

Yes, Satan WAS the ruler of this world. He HAD dominion over the earth. But through Jesus’ sinless life, sacrificial death on the cross, and resurrection from the dead, He stripped Satan of his authority and returned to us the authority lost when Adam and Eve sinned in the Garden.

Paul writes that Jesus “disarmed the powers and authorities, he made a public spectacle of them, triumphing over them by the cross” (Colossians 2:15 NIV). This means you don’t have to let the devil push you around. In Christ, you are more than a conqueror (Romans 8:37), destined to live in the land of More Than Enough!

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Excerpt taken from More Than Enough!: Activating God’s Blessings in Your Life Today by David Cerullo

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