"7 That path no bird knows, nor has the falcon’s eye seen it. 8 The proud lions have not trodden it, nor has the fierce lion passed over it. 9 He puts his hand on the flint; He overturns the mountains at the roots. 10 He cuts out channels in the rocks, and his eye sees every precious thing. 11 He dams up the streams from trickling; What is hidden he brings forth to light." (Job 28:7-11).
I believe that this is a prophetic verse that has so much to bless us today. Falcons are systematic hunters and flesh eating birds. Adult falcons have thin tapered wings, which enable them to fly at high speed and to change direction rapidly. Peregrine Falcons have been recorded diving at speeds of 200 miles per hour (320 km/h), making them the fastest-moving creatures on Earth. Spiritually we know that Satan and his demonic cohorts are hunters of human being, Jesus said about this, "The thief [Satan and his demons] does not come except to steal, and to kill, and to destroy." (John 10:10). They have no other purpose but to think sadistically and move rapidly to steal, kill and destroy. Humans are desperate for peace and security because all peacelessness and insecurity in the whole world comes because of constant Satanic work to destroy human lives (1 Thess 5:3). They stir up the sin nature within humans and make them do his purpose of stealing, killing and destroying one another (James 1:14-15). Like a falcon Satan has been going to and fro doing his insidious evil business of wreaking havoc all around the globe right from the beginning of creation (Job 1:7; John 8:44).
Satan himself has been compared by apostle Peter to a lion that walks roaring and roaming here and there to devour the lives of people (1 Peter 5:8). We know the proud lions are his assistants of great power who do his bidding to fulfill his will for their lives (Eph 6:12). There are fierce lion of great wrathful destructive nature within Satan's army of destroyers. Satan destroys people with the lies he and his demonic evil cohorts constantly put inside the mind of men which are totally different from the word, will and ways of God.
But there is a foreordained and customized path of God for all of us within the perfect will of God that no demonic birds know, they have no clue on how to attack people who walk in it (Rev 18:2). God sets the hedge of His Presence and guarding angels around all those who fear Him and run away from evil to walk in obedience to His word and His will (Job 1:9-10; Psa 103:20-21; 34:7). The Holy Spirit who is the shadow of God is the one who helps us dwell and abide within the will of God (Psa 91:1; John 14:26).
Even though Satan was compared by God Himself to be more wise than the prophet Daniel who was the wisest to know and understand all the plans of God for this present age of earth in the Bible (Ezek 28:3), yet when when it comes to Satan knowing the plans of the godly people to attack and destroy their lives, he scores only zero in this. Why? One main thing is because of pride, he has corrupted his wisdom to understand the deep things of God for the future and the present (Ezek 28:17). Now that Satan has been thrown to earth and have become very limited in his wisdom, as the present age of human governments are coming to an end and the kingdom age is taking over it from the spiritual arena to the physical dimension in which the Lord will rule over the entire earth from Jerusalem for a thousand years (Rev 12:10-11, 12-13, 17; Zech 14:9). Praise the Lord!
Only when God allows in His sovereign will for a godly man or a woman of God to be tested by Satan, he will be able to even touch them (Job 1:11-12). And that too Satan cannot go beyond God's command to injure or kill us unexpectedly (Job 2:3, 6-7). Satan is leashed by God and therefore will get chocked automatically when he or his cohorts try to usurp the command of the Lord. God is good to all those who are pure in their heart attitude towards God (Psa 73:1). He will protect their lives from demonic harassment, curses or destruction. When ever we get any kind of trials in our lives, we must understand that the grace of God will be more than enough to face it and overcome for the glory of God (2 Cor 12:9). God will never allow us to be tempted beyond our ability to handle it, and also will always make sure to make a way of escape for all those saints who trust Him to deliver them out of all the evil demonic and satanic influences of sin and the succeeding harassment (1 Cor 10:13; James 1:14-15). The escape route for saints cannot be know by any demons when we are in the will of God because the thoughts of such saints will be ordered by God and will be executed under His protection (Psa 34:19; 37:23). We know how foolishly Satan and his demonic minions crucified the Lord Jesus and got caught in the trap that they spread for Jesus, Paul the apostle said that if the demonic world had known this truth that the death of Jesus would give victory over sin and enslavement of Satan for all people who will believe Jesus as their Lord and Savior, they would not have crucified Jesus on the Cross (1 Cor 2:7-8). The Satanic group rang the death knell for its own demise in crucifying the Lord (Col 2:15). In crucifying Jesus, they destroyed themselves and their authority in the spiritual world over humans.
Another reason that we as God's children can overcome Satanic attacks against us easily by God's grace is because Satan or his minions cannot read our thoughts. They understand our ways only when they see how we react externally and put our thoughts in to action, but as for us at the time of our action within the will of God, we will execute with God's supernatural angelic security standing all around us invisibly (Psa 34:7). All of Satanic hordes cannot break the wall of security that God gives to His children who walk in the will of God. Also, all of God's thoughts are given to us in our deep thoughts and therefore this way is something that no devil can know or understand with their finite ability.
God further revealed in Job 28:10-11 that, "his eye sees every precious thing.....What is hidden he brings forth to light." As God is omniscient to know all things at all times, He will keep telling us about the enemies plan and therefore will burden and tell us to pray to Him about specific things that the evil one has been planning so that we could nullify all of it (Eph 6:18-20). In other words, God chooses not to work without our permission in our lives and we cannot work to success without Him in the spiritual world (John 15:5; Luke 18:1, 7). So just like Elisha revealed the secret of the Syrian enemy king about his plans to attack the people of God every time he planned, so that every time the king of Syria planned to attack the people of God, he became confused and started to look suspiciously at his own servants as the spies who give information to his enemies, in the same way the Holy Spirit will reveal all the strategies of demons and devils against our lives and others around us for prayer, so that each time we will be vigilant enough in prayer, God will crush Satan under our feet by the power of God, each time they come against us (1 Kings 6:8-23; Rom 16:20).
Dear precious saint of God, Pray with me this prayer now : "O Lord, Thank you for that path within the will of God that no demonic bird knows, nor has the Satanic falcon’s eye seen it. Truly the proud lions of demonic power and principalities have not trodden it because it is the high way of holiness that no unclean beings can tread (Isa 35:8; Eph 6:12), nor has Satan the fierce lion passed over it because of his iniquity (1 Peter 5:8; Ezek 28:17-19). I praise you for your omniscience in knowing all things (Psa 50:23). Thank you that you will reveal all the Satanic plans of the enemy and will keep me filled with the spirit of prayer to nullify and make void all the strategies of the evil one. Help me live a life fully pleasing to you my dear Lord! In Jesus wonderful name I pray...AMEN!"
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