The Battle for You

1Samuel 22:13

 

Then Saul said to him, "Why have you conspired against me, you and the son of Jesse, in that you have given him bread and a sword, and have inquired of God for him, that he should rise against me, to lie in wait, as it is this day?"

 

King Saul was furious because his own servants did not cater to his jealous rage against David. Saul was so furious that the entire time he spoke with the priest he would not call David by name but referred to him as "the son of Jesse." That's some serious anger. Many of Saul's servants knew that his anger against David was illogical. David was a faithful servant. Saul's anger was because he knew God was going to eventually give the thrown to David. Saul's rage was at the point of desperation and out of control. It was so out of control that he was angry with the priests who went to God on David's behalf, to the point of ordering they be killed.  Anyone who did anything for David that helped to push him forward into what God had for him. Do you remember that the Spirit of the Lord left Saul and God allowed an evil spirit to torture Saul? It was David whom God sent to soothe Saul. What does this have to do with you?

 

Did you know that the very people God may send you to help, may one day turn against you if there is a spirit of jealousy? Do you know that enemy of your soul, Satan, like Saul, does not like it when anyone goes to war on your behalf? Remember, Satan was angry that Jesus went to battle for us and he attempted to ensnare Jesus. But God! Jesus triumphed! Jesus was the ultimate intercessor on our behalf. The men and women of God who He sends to battle in prayer on your behalf become targets for you. Their love and desire for God, love for you, as God's people, cause them to war on your behalf no matter how high the stakes. They put on the whole armor of God as detailed in Ephesians 6. They war and battle on your behalf by the direction of God through the Holy Spirit against principalities and rulers of darkness. They war on your behalf so that what God has for you and desires for your life moves forward. Just like the evil within Saul that brought him to desperation, so Satan works in desperation against you when you desire to be faithful to God. He, like Saul, wants allegiance and soldiers. These men and women of God are under the direction of Christ as intercessors on your behalf. Do not take lightly the battle for your soul. Do not take lightly those who love you enough to war on your behalf in the spirit realm. Like the priests who had to face Saul and the evil spirits within him, they face Satan and the evil spirits in those who do not mean you well.