TAKE RESPONSIBI​LITY AND KEEP YOURSELF

By Brother Godwin 

Beloved,

Scripture: We know that whosoever is born of God sinneth not; but he that is begotten of God keepeth himself, and that wicked one toucheth him not 1 John 5:18 

The question is this: How do I keep myself so that the enemy will not touch me or anything about me?

Let’s get back to the Word of God. Jude 1:20-21 says: "But ye, beloved, building up yourselves on your most holy faith, praying in the Holy Ghost, keep yourselves in the love of God, looking for the mercy of our Lord Jesus Christ unto eternal life." Did you notice keeping yourself in the love of God?

One of the ways the keep yourself free from the enemy is to keep yourself in the love of God. When you keep yourself in the love of God, the devil cannot touch you. Hallelujah! God is love, when you keep yourself in God who is love, all fears are cast out because a perfected love will cast out all fears (1 John 4:18). Someone may ask, “Godwin how to I keep myself in the love of God”? Jesus provided the answer. "He that hath my commandments, and keepeth them, he it is that loveth me: and he that loveth me shall be loved of my Father, and I will love him, and will manifest myself to him" (John 14:21). You keep yourself in the love of God by keeping God’s word. You can sing “I love you Lord” to eternity; if you do not keep his Word, you are as exposed as when you started singing. You do not sing the love of God, you obey it. God loves you alright, but you have to keep yourself in that love.

The father of the prodigal son loved him, but he consciously took himself out of that love of the father. The truth is this: disobedience to the Word of God is the mark of foolishness. When you do God’s Word, you keep yourself in the love of God and no devil can touch you. Why did Jesus say that the devil came to him and found nothing? (John 14:30) The answer is found in John 8:29: "And he that sent me is with me: the Father hath not left me alone; for I do always those things that please him". This is why the Bible says "But whoso keepeth his word, in him verily is the love of God perfected: hereby know we that we are in him" (1 John 2:5). Remember, perfect love cast out all fear. Putting all these together we see this; obeying God keeps you in the love of God (and God is love) and that perfected love casts out all fears. Since fear opens the way to the enemy, when it is cast off, freedom is established. The enemy will not touch you in the name of Jesus Christ. Amen.

Let us see the second way we can keep ourselves and the enemy cannot touch us. Jude 20 says we should build ourselves up in our most holy faith. Faith is an important force of protection. The Bible says that the victory that over comes the world and anything the enemy can throw at us is faith. This is the victory that overcomes the world, even our faith (1 John5: 4). With faith you can quench all the fiery dart of the enemy: everyone of them (Ephesians 6:16). Let’s look at that scripture. Above all, taking the shield of faith, wherewith ye shall be able to quench all the fiery darts of the wicked (Ephesians 6:16). Friend, with faith in your hands, the enemy is no match for you. The thing you and I need to do is to go look for faith. Faith is only available in one place: the Word of God (Romans 10:17). Consciously take possession of faith, and use it as a tool. Just like you use your pen or spoon or plate, you can use faith same way. A lot of times people just rush to pray. No, that is not correct. You get faith first before you can speak to the mountain (Matthew 21:21). You take faith first if you want to quench the dart of the enemy. The joy is that you and I can do it. We can do all things through Christ who strengthens us (Philippians 4:13). So you keep yourself by taking hold of faith from the Word, and using that faith to stop every attack of the enemy. Amen.
Friend, you and I do not really have any problems. God has put us in dominion here and put the enemy under our foot. What we need to do is to take responsibility by keeping ourselves in the love of God through obedience to him and consciously take the shield of faith with which we stop all the dart of the enemy no matter how fiery they may be. Hallelujah! Obeying God includes saying what he said you should say, thinking what he said we should think and doing what he said we should do.

It is your season of restoration.

God did not leave us at the mercy of the enemy. No! The word says that in God, we have the ability to keep the enemy away from us. Whoever is born of God can keep himself or herself.  At times the way we sing, talk and even pray creates the impression that the enemy can walk in and out of our lives anytime he wants to. Friend, this is only true if we allow it (Ephesians 4:27). If you are born again, you and I have the privilege to the authority of God to stop the enemy. We are given authority over all the authority of the devil (Luke 10:19). He takes only the chance given to him. He will not take any in your life in the name of Jesus Christ. Amen.