But the Son of God came to destroy the works of the devil. 1 John 3:8 (NLT)
Our bodies continually resist what doesn’t belong to them. They reject any foreign object, whether in our eyes, lungs, bloodstream or sometimes even on our skin. This resistance is what keeps us healthy. We are designed to only accept what belongs and reject anything that tries to hurt, harm or kill us.
The same principle applies with things that are not of a physical nature. We must learn to maintain this powerful, positive resistance against anything that doesn’t belong in our lives according to God’s Word.
As beings with free will, what we reject or accept is our choice. But problems develop if we start basing this acceptance or rejection on non-Biblical doctrine. For example, I’ve had believers tell me, “Pastor, I don’t know why I got this disease, but I can see God in all of this so I’ve accepted it.” They’ll even begin to own it, referring to it as “my cancer” or “my diabetes.”
The truth is, God won’t bring something into your life that He’s already defeated through Jesus’ sacrifice! Just as our bodies do by God-given design, we must learn to resist what doesn’t belong and submit to God’s will for us in Him—which is victory over every adversity.
As believers, the presence of God within us empowers us to resist and destroy whatever doesn’t belong. Jesus Christ inside of us is resisting sickness, disease, poverty, addiction, unhealthy desires and anything that is not God’s best for us, but we need to get into agreement with His will.
God’s promises show us what’s ours in Christ. You can resist anything that goes against the promises found in God’s Word.