I wanted to point out to you ladies that in the introduction to this chapter, Lisa explains that the machete is a formidable weapon for self-defense, capable of fending off assailants and wild animals and killing venomous snakes <\/b>(pg 140).<\/p>\n
This reminded me of something a\u00a0friend told me last night.\u00a0 I was explaining how sometimes I feel like I am in a tug of war with Satan.\u00a0 I feel him wanting to wrap his slithering body around my arm and try with all of his might to pull me on his side, but God is not pulling my other arm, He is holding me securely in His mighty arms.<\/b><\/p>\n
Her response was this: Satan is first mentioned as a snake in the Scriptures.\u00a0 Did you know that when a snake gets its head cut off, it can still live.\u00a0 They do not know that they are\u00a0slithering around without a head.\u00a0 Satan is walking around with his head cut off, he just doesn\u2019t know it yet.\u00a0 Genesis 3:15 says Satan will strike HIS (referring to Jesus) heels BUT HE (Jesus) WILL CRUSH HIS HEAD.\u00a0 Satan is still trying to have you because he doesn\u2019t know that he is dead, but he is.<\/i><\/p>\n
YES!\u00a0 He sure is dead.\u00a0 There is something more powerful than the machete; the stained cross where our Precious Lamb was slain for you and me.\u00a0 That same cross sliced the head of Satan the day He rose from the dead.\u00a0 Jesus has overcome Satan\u2019s many attempts to strike His heel, with His stained cross and empty tomb<\/span>.\u00a0 Jesus has freely given us this same victory over Satan\u2019s many attempts to pull us on his path!<\/p>\n Satan is slithering around headless, he is dead, and he just doesn\u2019t know it yet.\u00a0 When he tries to wrap around your arm, that is when we, princess-warriors-in-training, MUST slay his grasp with the machete of God\u2019s word.<\/p>\n When we are on God\u2019s path for us, we will encounter the snake in many forms.\u00a0 The snake wants us on his<\/em> path.\u00a0 He will pull out all of his tricks to discourage us on our path for<\/span> God.\u00a0 Lisa tells us on page 150 that even if the snake is not positioned to strike, it must be removed.\u00a0 Snakes are a threat, but not to God.\u00a0 When we are living our life for Christ, snakes lose their threat to us.\u00a0 Especially when you know the snake doesn\u2019t have a head!<\/p>\n We have all power and all authority of God behind us, ready to take on that headless snake!\u00a0 Philippians 3:21<\/strong>\u00a0 “The Lord Jesus Christ, who by the power that enables Him to bring everything under His control will transform our lowly bodies so that they will be like His glorious body.”\u00a0 The same God who raises our bodies to be with Him in Heaven one glorious day, is the same God who has beheaded Satan\u2019s body.\u00a0 We have God\u2019s mighty power behind us, the work has already been done, Satan is already dead.\u00a0\u00a0We must continue on God\u2019s path and be prepared princess warriors with the machete of God\u2019s word in our hands and on our tongues at all times!<\/p>\n