When the Enemy Comes in Like a Flood

When the enemy comes in like a flood to wipe you out… Speak God’s Word. Cry out to God. Ask God to fight the battle! Trust in Him to hear your prayer and to come through for you.

“After all that Hezekiah had so faithfully done, Sennacherib king of Assyria came and invaded Judah. He laid siege to the fortified cities, thinking to conquer them for himself.” [1]

Sennacherib was an agent of the devil. Hezekiah was a man of God. God had worked through Hezekiah to bring His kingdom to earth. The god of the carnal world (the devil) was furious and wanted to wipe Hezekiah and his people off the face of this earth.

Hezekiah encouraged his people with these words: “Be strong and courageous. Do not be afraid or discouraged because of the king of Assyria and the vast army with him, for there is a greater power with us than with him. With him is only the arm of flesh, but with us is the Lord our God to help us and to fight our battles.” [2]

Then, “King Hezekiah and the prophet Isaiah son of Amoz cried out in prayer to heaven about this. And the Lord sent an angel, who annihilated all the fighting men and the commanders and officers in the camp of the Assyrian king. So he withdrew to his own land in disgrace. And when he went into the temple of his god, some of his sons, his own flesh and blood, cut him down with the sword.” [3]

The Lord says, “So shall they fear The Name of the Lord from the west, and His glory from the rising of the sun; when the enemy comes in like a flood, the Spirit of the Lord will lift up a standard against him.” [4]

The standard that the Spirit lifts up is Messiah. Jesus canceled all Satan’s claims against us when He died on the cross for our sins. We overcome the evil one by the blood of the Lamb. [5]

[1] 2 Chronicles 32:1
[2] 2 Chronicles 32:6-8
[3] 2 Chronicles 32:20-21
[4] Isaiah 59:19
[5] Revelation 12:11