March 21

John 12:10-11 (NIV)
10 So the chief priests made plans to kill Lazarus as well, 11 for on account of him many of the Jews were going over to Jesus and putting their faith in him.

There is a universal spiritual law – kill the person that is making spiritual progress! Jesus clearly stated and warned us that people would try to kill us because we are bearers of the gospel of God Almighty! When we proclaim His gospel AND people start responding, then we go on the map of the enemy and he tries to kill us. Obviously not many of us westerns have died a physical death because of the gospel, but the enemy will try to kill us in many other ways.

The miraculous is a big area that the enemy has targeted and won significant ground. Why? Because, as the scripture says, many put their faith in Jesus because of the miraculous things He did. The enemy wants to kill healing, both physical and emotional/mental. The enemy wants to kill all supernatural activity and reduce us to nice people who do nice things for others. In fact, he would like us to not be so nice too! He would stress us out, give us worries, have us speak negatively and many other things to “kill” us. It shouldn’t surprise us, but it does, and I fear (concern), that it motivates us to take our foot off the gas pedal. Our motivation comes from God’s heart – we are not people who shrink back!