Meditation
 
THE CHRISTMAS COALITION         Joseph Stowell
 
“The end will come, when He…has destroyed all dominion, authority and power. For He must reign until He has put all His enemies under His feet.”
1 Corinthians 15:24-25
 
As happy as Christmas may be for all of us, it was not a good day for Satan. The birth of Jesus marked the beginning of the end for him. Jesus came not just as Savior but as conquering King.
 
As loyal subjects of the King, our responsibility is to get our lives in line with the King’s agenda. The ultimate objective of the kingdom of Christ is the final, ultimate, and unchallenged defeat of Satan and his plans.
 
Until that final moment when our King has “put all His enemies under His feet,” Satan creates stealth skirmishes at the borders of our lives. He does so not only to defeat and destroy whatever he can but to use our lives as platforms to demonstrate his power and bring shame and discredit to the name of the King.
 
But every time we marshal the forces of our heart, mind, and strength to defeat Satan’s advances against us, we reflect the glory of the King’s power and the central work of the kingdom. We do this by submitting to the authority of the King.
 
Every time I say yes to the King, Satan is defeated again. Temptations of greed, sensual satisfaction, pride, gain, and the dishonorable use of power create arenas for us to demonstrate our allegiance to Christ. Saying to the adversary in the face of attack, “I would rather serve the King than reach for what you offer,” leads us to conquest in even the strongest of assaults. Though the battle is sometimes intense, overcoming is just as simple as that.

It is a privilege as a kingdom follower to carry the flag of conquest as an early warning to the Enemy that his doom is sure. As Martin Luther said, “One little word shall fell him.” For kingdom persons, that word is yes to the authority of the King.