During the 7th day of prayer in this 7th month of July during the 7 hour fast (An Urgent Call to Prayer), as I prayed I came upon this verse in Psalm 91.
Psalm 91:13
“You will tread on the lion and the adder; the young lion and the serpent you will trample underfoot.”
What fuel for prayer! We hear the devil referred to in scripture as a roaring lion who prowls about seeking someone to devour (1 Peter 5:8) and as the serpent who deceives the whole world (Revelation 12:9). In Christ we will TREAD on this lion and adder...and even greater still is this: we can quench his handiwork--the sin that threatens our children--by trampling out the seeds of sin that have been birthed in this world before they grow from cub to king of the jungle, from small snake to venomous, strangling, hissing serpent.
Oh to fight on the battle field of prayer, wielding the weapons of Christ in spiritual battle for the souls of the young in our culture, that they would grow up free from the sting of the serpent and roar of the lion. We can trample down the seeds planted before they bring forth fruit in the new souls, lives and hearts of those whose faces look forward into the unknown future of this nation.
Christ is already victorious: We fight a vanquished foe. Let us forge forward on our knees to keep the evil at bay as we stand in the gap for those who walk behind us.
A piece from a puritan prayer from the Valley of Vision:
"O Lord,
I bless Thee that the issue of the battle
between Thyself and Satan
Has never been uncertain
And will end in victory.
Calvary broke the dragon’s head,
And I contend with a vanquished foe,
Who with all his subtlety and strength
has already been overcome.
When I feel the serpent at my heel
May I remember Him whose heel was bruised,
But who, when bruised, broke the devil’s head.
My soul with inward joy extols the mighty Conqueror."
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