Sun.’s Devo - Our Authority

Read: Job 1-5
In Job we learn some principles of God. The first one is that Satan was once in heaven and had access to God. He was thrown from heaven when he and one third of the angels rebelled and were thrown to hell. (2 Peter 2:4 “For if God spared not the angels that sinned, but cast them down to hell, and delivered them into chains of darkness, to be reserved unto judgment;”) Satan was and is still under God’s control. He had to report to God when God had his heavenly meetings and was subject to God’s authority. When Jesus died he gave us authority over the devil. In Luke 9: 1-2, Jesus called his twelve disciples together, and gave them power and authority over all devils, and to cure diseases. And he sent them to preach the kingdom of God, and to heal the sick. We are Jesus’ disciples and have the same assignment. Adam was given authority over the earth. If we realized the power we have in the name of Jesus we would walk with much more victory. Job was used by God as an example to heaven and hell. His trial was paramount to God yet all he could see was his circumstances. I wonder if we knew how important our trials are on earth and in heaven. I think our attitudes about them would be different. What if Job had given up and cursed God. God was betting on the fact that he wouldn’t. Job was a type of Jesus in that he went through misunderstanding, persecution, lose, pain and heart-break to gain something really huge with God. All our trials are to make us perfect that we lack nothing. (James 1:4)
Eliphaz came to Job with spiritual insight that was good... only not for Job. We have to be careful that we measure every prophecy and counsel with the spirit of God in our hearts. God will speak to us about our future if we ask and listen.
Lord, teach us to walk in the authority you have given us through the name of Jesus.