The Power of spirits, February 01, 2025

Devotional 

Saturday, February 01, 2025

The Power of the spirits 

1Tim.4.1 - Now the Spirit expressly says that in latter times some will depart from the faith, giving heed to deceiving spirits and doctrines of demons,

We live in a world permeated and ruled by spiritual forces. The Lord Himself is a Spirit- John 4:23-24, so is the man He created in His image also carries His breath- Gen. 2:7, a spirit. The world is ruled by spirits and is completely in control of all their affairs. Yes, right from the beginning of the world everything has been influenced by one spirit or the other. Whatever happens physically has firstly been processed and determined in the spiritual realm.  

There are territorial spirits which determine and control the affairs of each environment and society. Every individual and people have spirits and powers by which their lives are channelled and covenanted knowingly or unknowingly. In short, the spiritual controls the physical both at the societal level, family and individual levels. Every group or organisation is connected and subjected to the influence of one unseen power or the other. 

In Genesis, God, whose Spirit hovered around on the waters, created the universe ‘ex-nihilo’- out of nothing. He put His spirit in Man and commanded him to rule and take dominion over the earth and everything made both physical and spiritual. But the serpentine spirit confused the man to break the only rule he was asked to keep. And since then, Man’s spirit has been subjected to the influence of the wrong spirits, the prince of the world and the spiritual wickedness in high places. What you do most times is connected with the kind of spirit in you or the spirit that controls your environment- the territorial spirits. Your thoughts or ideologies, habits and customs, beliefs and traditions, limitations and liberty, successes and failures etc. Rom. 8:19-27.

Thanks to God for a swift intervention which gives man another chance to take his position in the realms of the spirits/gods through Jesus Christ- the son of man and the seed of the woman. Gen. 3:15. The Holy Spirit helps and strengthens us to navigate through the delicate stormy world. The other spirits manipulate and subject the creature to groaning and futility. Both of them abound and available to all. Whichever you submit yourself to becomes your master. Test every spirit to ascertain which one is working in and around you.

HAPPY NEW MONTH 

Further Readings: Gen. 3:1-17; Psalm 8; 82; Rom. 8:19-27.

Prayers:

Oh Lord, the creator of all, guide, guard and preserve me from every spiritual manipulation and subtle craftiness of the wicked ones in the name of Jesus Christ our Lord and Saviour. Amen