“Today I appoint you to stand up against nations and kingdoms. Some you must uproot and tear down, destroy and overthrow. Others you must build up and plant.” Jeremiah 1:10
This scripture is as much for us today as it was in the time of Jeremiah. The sin in Jeremiah’s day is the same sin that we are fighting today. Jeremiah was fighting Satan and we are fighting Satan today. We must uproot and tear down the strong holds of Satan. Satan tempted Jesus. “Then Jesus was led by the Spirit into the wilderness to be tempted there by the devil” (Matthew 4:1). How did Jesus tear down Satan’s temptations. Jesus used the scripture. “But Jesus told him, “No! The Scriptures say, ‘People do not live by bread alone, but by every word that comes from the mouth of God.” (Matthew 4:4) I put a Bible verse on Social Media every day. I do this because God tells us that His Word will not return void. This scripture tells us that we are to destroy and overthrow. We do this by prayer. Prayer is the most important weapon that we have. We always tell people that we will be praying for them, but do we remember the next day what we said. Do we follow through with this promise? I know I did not until God told me to make a prayer list and pray it every day. I have been doing this for the last several months and I feel that God is answering my prayers. We need to build up and plant. We need to be an encourager like Barnabas. “Let us think of ways to motivate one another to acts of love and good works. And let us not neglect our meeting together, as some people do, but encourage one another, especially now that the day of his return is drawing near.” (Hebrews 10:24-25) We need to plants seeds of God’s love. We do this by showing God’s love to everyone. If we do all of this, we will be like the scripture in Revelation. “To all who are victorious, who obey me to the very end, to them I will give authority over all the nations. They will rule the nations with an iron rod and smash them like clay pots. They will have the same authority I received from my Father, and I will also give them the morning star! “Anyone with ears to hear must listen to the Spirit and understand what he is saying to the churches.” (Revelation 2:26-29)