We face many things in life, both naturally and spiritually.  When the enemy is hindering us, the way to do away with him is not simply by saying be gone.  The same is true regarding hindrances and situations in the natural.

When Jesus told John to baptize him and gave him the reason for it when Jesus came up out of the water, He was led into the wilderness by the Holy Spirit, where The devil tempted him. Each time the devil tempted Jesus, Jesus would say it is written.

Jesus knew the word of God and fought the enemy based on it.

I see that, and it causes me to realize how important it is for me to know the word of God and especially what it says regarding me.

Another time, when speaking to His disciples about John the Baptist, Jesus says, “For this is he of whom it is written:”

When Jesus was filled with righteous indignation at the money changers and turned over their tables, He declared, “It is written, My house shall be called a house of prayer, but you have made it a den of thieves.”

When Jesus spoke of His death, He stated, “The Son of Man indeed goes just as it is written of Him.”

Before the disciples scattered at His betrayal, Jesus said, “All of you will be made to stumble because of Me this night, for it is written, I will strike the Shepherd, and the sheep of the flock will be scattered.”

When dealing with the hypocrites, Jesus said, “Well did Isaiah prophesy of you hypocrites, as it is written:  This people honors Me with their lips, but their heart is far from Me.”

Jesus often spoke things and acknowledged that it was written in Scripture.  We see Him handling situations and then declaring He did it the way He did because of what was written in the Scriptures.  Yes, He was being led by the Holy Spirit in all of it!  But the Holy Spirit was not denying or contradicting the testimony of the word spoken that applied to the situations.

If Jesus based decisions and handled tough situations and even the enemy based on the word of God, how much more should we discipline ourselves to know the word of the New Covenant Jesus established so that we might fight the good fight of faith by it?

Do you know what is written in the New Testament regarding your relationship with the Father and how it is secured?  Do you know what the Scripture says regarding your work life, marriage, relationship with other believers, or the government you are under wherever you live?  Do you know what it says about your enemy?  How about prayer or life in the Spirit?  Do you know what it says to you as a parent, son, or daughter?  Do you know what it says about money, the value of others, or your calling to be a witness for Christ?

If these things are unknown, one remains ignorant, and ignorance sows bad seed in the soul. The word of truth concerning the New Covenant Jesus established and is now how God is relating with us is of utmost importance for anyone desiring to walk in the victory secured for them at the cross.  I encourage you today to let His word get into you as you get into it.  You will not regret it.