19 Behold! I have given you authority and power to trample upon serpents and scorpions, and [physical and mental strength and ability] over all the power that the enemy [possesses]; and nothing shall in any way harm you.
When I got married, I inherited three dachshunds. Up until we got married, these dogs had seen me but maybe a handful of times, so I was really nobody to them. Then when they moved in, they quickly learned I was a somebody to them. I started exercising my authority over them. They didn't listen to me for a while, but they soon realized I was the one in authority, not them. Now I could have let those dogs run around, doing whatever they wanted with me "wishing" they would listen to me, but I CHOSE to exercise my authority, and the more I did it, the more they listened.
We have a choice in our daily walk with God. We can either let the enemy run all over us, making us feel defeated, making us feel worthless, stirring up anxiety in us, getting us depressed...well the list goes on and on. OR, we can exercise our God-given authority over the enemy and walk in victory, joy, peace, and contentment. The enemy may push back (and he probably will), but as long as we keep exercising our authority and keep doing it over and over and over, we will walk in the fruit of the Spirit. Wishing for it to happen will not work, you must EXERCISE you authority.
Start exercising your authority over the enemy, and if you don't know how to do it, read the scriptures, find out what God is saying about a situation, then stand your ground, acknowledge the problem and then announce what God says about that problem...and keep doing it!
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