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Overcoming Suppression

II Corinthians 2:11 – “Lest Satan should take advantage of us; for we are not ignorant of his devices.”  

One of the enemy’s ploys is to suppress your expression. He desires to shut down your worship.  He seeks to crush your spirit.  His tactics are to steal, kill, and destroy.  When you lose your expression you under an attack of the enemy.  Suppression is defined as “to hold back, to subdue, or to crush.”

He seeks to keep you from God’s highest will and purpose for your life. He attempts to keep you from hearing and understanding God’s Word.  He suppresses God’s Word to cut off your life-line.  Jesus taught in John 6:63, “the words I speak to you are spirit, and they are life.”  You must make the study of the Scriptures are priority in your life.  The Word of God is life.  The Scriptures give us the following descriptions of the Word of God:

  • Philippians 2:16 reveals the Word as the word of life.
  • Hebrews 4:12 says the Word of God is living and active.
  • I Peter 1:23 teaches the Word of God is a source of new life.

The enemy will attempt to suppress your ability to hear the voice of the Lord.  How do you overcome suppression?  You must rise up and shake off the heavy bands through worship.  The Prophet Isaiah gives these important instructions to overcome suppression in Isaiah 61:3, “To console those who mourn in Zion, To give them beauty for ashes, The oil of joy for mourning, The garment of praise for the spirit of heaviness; That they may be called trees of righteousness, The planting of the Lord, that He may be glorified.”  You have authority over the enemy.  Luke 10:19 says, “Luke 10:19 – “Behold, I give you the authority to trample on serpents and scorpions, and over all the power of the enemy, and nothing shall by any means hurt you.”

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