The Lord Will Drive Out

 Deuteronomy 7-9; Mark 15 

“’Moreover, the Lord your God will send the hornet among them until even the survivors who hide from you have perished. Do not be terrified by them, for the Lord your God, who is among you, is a great and awesome God. The Lord your God will drive out those nations before you, little by little. You will not be allowed to eliminate them all at once, of the wild animals will multiply around you.’”

Deuteronomy 7:20-22

Our greatest weapon in spiritual warfare is the living presence of our great and awesome God. It is the presence of the Lord which drives out the enemy and the wild animals. Jesus faced ‘wild animals’ at the cross, and Paul faced them in his Church planting work in Ephesus. The principle Moses gave the Israelites was that possessing our inheritance is different from receiving our inheritance. To possess our inheritance, we must ‘hold the ground’ and drive out the ‘wild animals’.

What strongholds of sin and unbelief remain in our lives as opposition to the truth of the Gospel?

Our sanctification process is ongoing. As we learn and apply the truth of God’s Word and his ways to our lives, we, too, possess our inheritance by faith.

“Lord Jesus, you make a public spectacle of the powers of darkness, triumphing over them by the cross. By faith, I receive and apply that victory to every sin-battle and temptation, for your glory.”