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What do we want to do when things get really hard? We want to run. We want to escape. We want to hide. But God tells us to do quite the opposite. God tells us to RESIST.James The word resist comes from 2 Greek words: Stand and against. So, God’s word is telling us to STAND AGAINST the devil.I don’t know about you, but I often feel very under-qualified for standing against the devil. But here’s what God has shown me … You can be the girl in the room with the least experience, the one who hasn’t memorized a single scripture, doesn’t know how to study her Bible, totally confused by the plan of God, but with a single mustard seed sized bit of faith, you can send Satan and his demons running when you mention the name of Jesus. Our enemy simply cannot stand against the authority of what Jesus did for us individually on the cross.Matthew 17: 20-21, Jesus says, “If you have faith as small as a mustard seed, you can say to this mountain, ‘Move from here to there’ and it will move. Nothing will be impossible for you.'”The problem is, God’s girls have been coming up against mountains and running away from them, giving up their ground. We haven’t been telling those mountains to move, we’ve been assuming that mountain is what it is. Gosh, I really hate that phrase. “It is what it is”. It’s a surrender. It’s a backing down. That mountain is what the devil has used to discourage you and stall your forward progress. Your mountain has you running the other way declaring you can’t. BUT ACTUALLY, YOU CAN. WITH GOD, YOU CAN. Nothing will be impossible. Maybe you just need to tell that mountain to move!So why are you hearing this today? Maybe it’s because God doesn’t want you to run from this. Maybe he’s telling his girl right now, “No, you stand there and resist this!”My sister, the enemy has come after your family. He’s come up against your marriage. He’s salivating over your passion and your purpose. Your confidence, your healing, your calling … it’s all his tasty target. Every single good thing in your life has made the devil lick his lips and come in for the kill.Now God says, STAND AGAINST THIS!You don’t resist the devil when you curl up in a ball and pull the covers over your head. You don’t resist the devil when you give up and walk away. You don’t resist the devil when you self-isolate by putting up your walls to keep everyone out. You don’t resist the devil when you take another drink and ask God why you. No, you resist the devil when you take a stand, and you keep standing there.Why are you giving up the ground God has given you? This is your family! This is your future! These are your dreams planted by your Creator. Don’t you walk away because the devil has shown up with his threats and made his attacks. Girl, you stand your ground and don’t you leave it! With the authority of Jesus, you tell the enemy he MUST flee!Resist the devil and he will flee from you.The definition of resist gives me a superhero image of God’s girls on a mission to fight the forces of evil. Listen to this. Resist: An overt recognition of a threatening force and a positive effort to repel it.So first, it’s an overt recognition, meaning you see it clearly and know precisely what it is.Do you see what the enemy has tried to do to you here? Oh I see the fingerprints of slimy demons all over what is happening here.