Faith Capsule: With God on your side, enemy cannot be more powerful.

Luke 6:1-19

At every avenue to miracle breakthrough there are adversaries waiting to deny and derail man from possessing God’s promise. Apostle Paul testified in 1 Corinthians 16:9, “For a great and effective door has opened to me, and there are many adversaries.” Adversary is a force or one that opposes or attacks man. Adversary is an enemy that wants no good to have a place in man’s life. However, one thing is clear and that is the truth that the enemy cannot be more powerful. The bible recorded how adversaries attempted to deny a man with the withered hand at his point of miracle encounter, his restoration breakthrough. The book of Luke 6:6 recorded, “Now it happened on another Sabbath, also, that He entered the synagogue and taught. And a man was there whose right hand was withered.”
It was not mentioned how the man with the withered hand came across Jesus but it was a Sabbath day, a time when the Pharisees wanted to put Jesus to test. The Pharisees wanted to find charge against Jesus for healing the man with the withered hand. The man with the withered hand in the presence of Jesus had approached his open door. In his open door, the Pharisees took the position of adversary. In your open door to deliverance or breakthrough is there any adversary in place attempting to deny you your deliverance? The man with the withered hand needed a breakthrough from the state of lack to state of abundance, from mockery to miracle but adversaries have taken a place at his open door waiting to make sure his miracle failed.
To be withered is not to be complete but Jesus the Restorer of the lost; changed the withered man’s story by making him whole. Jesus, the Restorer of man ignored the adversaries“…When He had looked around at them all, He said to the man, “Stretch out your hand.” And he did so, and his hand was restored as whole as the other. But they were filled with rage, and discussed with one another what they might do to Jesus.” (Luke 6:10-11) In your life, what do you need to stretch out from? Before the withered man received his healing, the Bible recorded that Jesus said to him, “…Arise and stand here…” (Luke 6:8) The man with the withered hand answered Jesus with no evidence or demonstration of doubt. He rose and gained wholeness of his hand. By virtue of his miracle, adversaries in his open door, “…Were filed with rage…” (Luke 6:11) Are you willing to take a stand according to Jesus’ word and have your adversaries embrace their shame and disappointment? Stand for Jesus; receive your miracle and have your adversaries become grounded and not rise again.

Prayer for today: Ask God to frustrate all your adversaries.