Nothing Shall Hurt You

 

Luke 10:19(ESV)
“Behold, I have given you authority to tread on serpents and scorpions, and over all the power of the enemy, and nothing shall hurt you.”

I learned over the summer that a good friend had been going through a difficult season in her life. Everyone that knows her is quick to say how outspoken and brazen she is, but for the last few months she’d been noticeably more withdrawn and isolated. My friend and her teenage daughter moved in with her grandmother after being evicted from their apartment. In her words, nothing was going right. She was too embarrassed to tell anyone about the financial hardship she’d been having after her divorce two years ago.

My friend is not alone in her struggle. Many of God’s children are facing troubling times and feeling ashamed that their lives are so far from what they used to be. We shouldn’t walk in shame about any of our struggles, because the reality is that we all have hard days, and sometimes they last a lot longer than we’d like. During those difficult times, we might want to pull the covers over our heads and isolate ourselves from everything and everyone, but Jesus Christ offers us a better solution. If we trust him, he will lead us to a path of strength and wisdom. There, on the path with our blessed Lord, we need to increase our confidence in who God is and what He has promised us. On this path, we surrender to the Lord Jesus Christ. We let him lead, because when we place our hope in him, Romans 5:5(NLT) tells us, “…this hope will not lead to disappointment. For we know how dearly God loves us, because he has given us the Holy Spirit to fill our hearts with his love.”

Through Jesus Christ, God has given us authority and power to live victoriously! Our Heavenly Father wants us to be happy and whole, and He has equipped us spiritually through Jesus Christ to stand strong. Romans 8:37 tells us that we are more than conquerors through Jesus Christ who loves us. No matter what we face in life, we are overcomers. Our problem is that when our conditions, situations, and circumstances look troubling, we forget that God is our fortress. We forget His Word tells us that He’s our refuge and shield. The psalmist said in Psalm 3:3(ESV), “But you, O LORD, are a shield around me; you are my glory, the one who holds my head high.” When we don’t feel like even trying anymore, this is the truth on which we must anchor our hearts and confess with our mouths.

Our minds and hearts must be drenched in faith towards our God. As Psalm 3:3 tells us, He’s the lifter of our heads. Sure, things sometimes look very bleak, and we don’t think we’re going to make it through. We don’t want people to see our sadness and disappointment, but it’s on our faces. It’s in the way we move, and we can’t hide it. God desires to connect with us, especially when we’re in pain. Even though we may feel shame, we need to remind ourselves that He will lift our heads above it if we cling to Him and trust in His power.

Jesus Christ showed us the heart of God when he carried out his ministry on earth. He helped and healed the hearts, minds, and bodies of people, because he loved everyone, and it pleased the Father to restore them. God wants to do this in our lives. When He lifts our heads out of the muck and mire of our troubling circumstances, our perspective should change from one of despair and shame to greater understanding and faith. We will see that we’ve been stuck in one place for too long, and through Christ, we can gain a greater vision of the future that God has in store for us.

In Luke 10:19, Jesus Christ blessed the disciples with absolute authority to carry out the ministry he had given them. He gave them power over the enemy, satan, and he declared, “nothing shall hurt you.” Because he finished the mission that God gave him through his sacrifice and resurrection, we can walk with this same authority, dominion, and power when we honor God with our lives and have faith in all that He is. We are God’s children, and He lifts our heads high, not with arrogance, but with the humility and confidence of being members of His spiritual family. The choice to believe God and lean totally on Him is the right one to make. We must pray that as we choose to believe the truth, God will speak to our hearts and remind us that we are strong through the Lord Jesus Christ. He will keep us through our darkest hour as we remain anchored in His faithfulness, deliverance, and strength. ■

Scripture quotations marked (NLT) are taken from the Holy Bible, New Living Translation, copyright © 1996. Used by permission of Tyndale House Publishers, Inc., Wheaton, Illinois 60189. All rights reserved.

"Nothing Shall Hurt You”, written by Kim for https://rescuefromdomesticviolence.blogspot.com© 2023. All rights reserved. All praise and honor to God through Jesus Christ, our Lord and Savior.