You shall tread upon the lion and the cobra,
The young lion and the serpent you shall trample underfoot.
(Psalm 91:13 NKJV)
The focus of today's message is on Psalm 91:13. It focuses on being victorious in the midst of danger. The enemy of our souls is described as being like a lion and a snake. A lion is loud, threatening, visually terrifying, and openly destructive while a snake is stealthy, unseen, and striking suddenly without warning.
Our worst enemy is the devil. He hates God, and therefore humankind because we are made in His image. But since he cannot strike at God directly, he strikes at us to get back at God by hurting His beloved ones. Having an encounter with the devil can be very frightening, but God has promised us that we will be victorious through Him.
Jesus was raised from the dead victorious over the devil. He trampled the serpent (Satan) under His feet. What was true of Jesus will be true of us. As the Apostle Paul writes in his letter to the Romans, "The God of peace will soon crush Satan under your feet. The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with you" (Romans 16:20).
"God will lead you into a deliverance where the means that delivers you will be those who would destroy you." - Edwin Louis Cole