RESIST THE DEVIL

11/26/2025

“Submit therefore to God. Resist the devil and he will flee from you.”

—James 4:7

The Word of God is our divine recipe for success. If you will take time to study the Word and become an effective producer of it—one who lives it, breathes it, and expresses it—you will inevitably become exactly what the Word describes: a tangible, walking manifestation of Scripture.

For years, one question lingered in my heart:

How can someone fail with the Word of God? Is that even possible?

I could not wrap my mind around it. How can the eternal, incorruptible Word of God produce failure in a man? The answer is simple:it is eternally impossible.

This reminds me of what John said in 1 John 1:6 MSG:

“If we claim that we experience a shared life with him and continue to stumble around in the dark, we’re obviously lying through our teeth—we’re not living what we claim.”

In other words, it isimpossible—impossible, impossible—to truly have the Word in you and not become what it talks about.

Look again at James 4:7:

“Submit therefore to God. Resist the devil and he will flee from you.”

It doesn’t get any clearer than this. What a powerful recipe for living in unbroken victory! Praise God!

But here is the issue:

Many want to do what the Worddid notsay and still hope to receive what the Worddidsay.

That’s like planting an apple tree and expecting to harvest bananas. That is not faith—that is insanity.

Imagine someone crying out for God to “do something about the devil” because they read about a man in the Gospels who brought his son to Jesus after the disciples failed to cast out the demon. What such a person fails to understand is this:

For God to “do something about the devil” today, Jesus would first have toundoHis finished work—His death, burial, resurrection, and the authority He delegated to us.

But He will never do that.

Youare the one with authority to put the devil in his place—not Jesus.

And the Word tells you exactlyhow:

1. “Submit therefore to God.”

To submit to God means to submit to His Word.

To submit to God means to accept the Father’s testimony concerning His Son.

It means yielding your mind to the realities of Christ’s finished work.

2 Corinthians 10:5 says:

“Casting down imaginations, and every high thing that exalteth itself against the knowledge of God…”

This means:

Reject any thought, image, or feeling that does not portray Satan as the defeated, powerless, hopeless being he is in the presence of a child of God. Replace every lie with the truth of your authority.

2. “…Resist the devil and he will flee from you.”

To resist means to forcefully declare your conviction based on Christ’s finished work.

It means standing your ground with bold proclamations of faith.

When you resist him, the devil doesn’t casually walk away—

he flees IN TERROR.

There is something in him that reacts with fear when the Word of God proceeds from your lips.

He cannot stand before a believer who knows and declares their victory in Christ.

Hallelujah!

Faith-Filled Confession

I am God’s reproduction—holy, blameless, and full of His life. His nature flows through me now. There is no fear in me; I fear no man and no evil. I live daily in the revelation of Christ’s finished conquest over hell and death. I am born again—superior to Satan, triumphant in Christ, and forever victorious. Hallelujah!