Scripture to Read: Psalm 8:2
As God chooses to use the mouths of infants and babies to tell of His strength, God’s Word continues in Psalm 8:2, “…Because of Your adversaries, to make the enemy and the revengeful cease.” In this verse, God makes it known that He displays His strength in babes, infants, and others who are weak according to this world because as God uses them for His purpose, their praise silences the enemies of God. Satan and all of the rest of the spiritual forces of wickedness and darkness are shut down and silenced when God works so incredibly through those who are weak in this world. Just as the chief priests and the scribes in Matthew 21:14–16 were nothing more than pawns in the hands of the spiritual forces of wickedness, so too today the spiritual forces of wickedness and darkness use lost people to carry out their will (2 Timothy 2:26). How absolutely wonderful that God shuts up Satan and the rest of the demons by using those this world would never choose to exalt. That is why God tells us in James 4:6–7, “…Therefore it says, “God is opposed to the proud, but gives grace to the humble.” 7 Submit therefore to God. Resist the devil and he will flee from you.” When we walk in total submission to our King, we are able to be used by Him in such miraculous ways that the devil runs away, tail tucked and absolutely shut down. Only God can make our enemies cease, but He loves to use us in the process.
Challenge & Application
· What did God teach you today about how He shuts up our adversaries?
· How will you choose to walk in humility today and be a usable tool by our Lord?
Don’t forget to pray using the A.C.T.S. (Adoration, Confession, Thanksgiving, Supplication) method!