Resisting and Overcoming the Rod of the Wicked
Study Text: Psalms 125: 1-3
Introduction:
- God is always in the business of defending, upholding and providing for the righteous. He surrounds them as mountain surrounds Jerusalem.
- God cannot be explained, God can only be encountered and experienced.
- In order to experience God in Miracles, Signs and Wonders, you need to encounter Him in a Divine Revelation.
- Until your understanding is opened to a particular truth, you cannot enjoy the blessings it is meant to deliver.
- Encountering God through Divine Revelation is not just receiving Information. Information is a function of the mind, but revelation is a function of the spirit. Revelation is what God is saying or revealing now concerning a specific situation.
- Revelation produces faith and faith produces miracles, signs, wonders, healings and breakthroughs.
- The revelation of the Word of God to you today is that the rod of the wicked people is not permitted to rest on the lot of the righteous, either accidentally or coincidentally. Isaiah 54:17
- We shall be discussing the topic under three subheadings:
1. The Rod of the Wicked
2. The Lot of the Righteous
3. The Word of the Saviour
1. The Rod of the Wicked:
- The rod of the wicked represents all devices, weapons, intentions and imaginations of Satanic agents, either as demons or human beings operating under the power of Satan to afflict, oppress and destroy the people of God. John 10:10
- These may include the followings:
1. Satanic Manipulation and Control:
The rod of the wicked represents the authority of the wicked to manipulate and control their victims.
- This is what is known as remote control in the realm of the spirit, where someone is carrying out actions under the control of Satanic powers. John 13:2, John 13:26-28
2. The Chains of Limitations and Demonic Boundaries.
- Boundaries are meant to prevent expansion in one aspect of life or the other. Satan wants to keep you and confine you within the limits he set for you, this sometimes may be for the entire family.
- That is the reason most people are not better than their forefathers within the family.
3. Afflictions and Attack with Strange Sickness and Diseases:
- All forms of afflictions from the Devil and demonically inflicted sickness and disease can be regarded as the rod of the wicked.
- The Woman with the issues of blood spent all her earnings on physician, but the situation was getting worse, until she was liberated by the power of Jesus Christ. Luke 8:43-48
4. Demonic Oppression and Manipulation:
- The rod of the wicked can manifest as demonic oppression of various kinds and the manifestations are seen either in real life or in the dream life or both.
- There are several references in the Bible of diverse demonic oppressions and the Lord said all believers should cast out demons in His name. Mark 16: 17
5. Wicked Intentions, Arrangements and Imaginations:
- The rod of the wicked also includes all evil plans, arrangements, intentions and imaginations against the people of God.
- Peter testifies that God delivered him from the hands of the king and from the expectations of the Jews. They have a solid arrangement and expectations for his death at a particular time, but God nullified it. Acts 12:1-15
6. Attack with a Sin or an Error:
- The Devil is all out to lure the people of God into error and sin, so as to destroy their relationship with God and have access to destroy their life. 1 Peter 5:8
- He succeeded in getting David who was a man after God's heart, to commit adultery and murder.
2. The Lot of the Righteous:
- The lot of the righteous represents all that a believer is, his achievement, possession and involvement. Some of these include the followings:
1. Your Portion or Your Territory.
- Everything that God has placed under your control, meant to be for your blessings and from which you are to be a blessing to others.
2. Your Wealth, Possession and Finances:
- Your lot includes your wealth, finances and your possessions according to the will of God.
3. Your Life and Your Health:
- Your life, especially your new life in Christ and your health and well-being are part of your lot as a Child of God.
- Sickness is a rod of the wicked. It must be removed.
4. Your Family and Loved Ones:
- Your lot also includes your home, your marriage, your spouse and children. And also extended family members, relatives, friends and loved ones.
- Domestic violence is a sign of the presence of a wicked authority over the family. The devil has taken over some families completely with sickness, poverty, quarels, rebellious children, and all sorts of dysfunctions.
5. Your Future and Destiny.
- God has arranged a glorious future and a blessed destiny for you. This is part of your lot in life that the wicked is planning to lay their rod. Jeremiah 22:11
- Many people have got stucked and are not making progress in life. This may be due to demonic powers at work to fight their future and glorious destiny. Mark 5:1-15
3. The Word of the Saviour:
- The Word of the Lord has declared it that the rod of the wicked shall not rest on the lot of the righteous.
- The believers need to receive the Word of God by faith and activate it to be performed in their life and situation as it has been declared. Hebrews 4:12
- Where the rod of the wicked is there is pain, there is hardship, there is lack, shame and reproach, insufficiency, sickness, and all sorts of demonic afflictions.
- God sent His Son Jesus to come and destroy the rod of the wicked and terminate the oppression of the enemy. 1 John 3:8
- When the Bible says: “…shall not rest…” , it means it is programmed to expire. Satan does not come for a temporary stay, he comes to stay permanently. But he is limited by divine authority of the Word of God. John 10:10
- You need to believe and confess by faith that Satan’s tenure in your life has expired. Satan’s tenure and control over your destiny, finances, health, marriage, and all that concern you has expired, in the Name of Jesus.
- Understand your authority in Christ. As a believer and Child of God, you are filled with the Holy Spirit, you have the anointing, use it to destroy the rod of the wicked upon your lot. Acts 1:8
- Do not subscribe to the control and limitations within your family lineage, the Word of God has come to set you free.
- You have to forcefully terminate the rule, the control, the oppression of the enemy over your life and your family. Matthew 11:12
- Confront your problems, challenge your limitations, push boundaries using the Name of Jesus. Plead the Blood of Jesus over you and all that you have. Speak the Word of God.
Conclusion:
- God sent His Son Jesus to terminate and overthrow the government of the devil over your life. He came to put an end to the oppression of the wicked. Hebrews 2:14
- The death of Jesus was a divine strategy for destroying the devil. Jesus did not just destroy the works of the devil, He destroyed him.
