This is great news that our enemy Satan or the devil is defeated. The sheep with the Good Shepherd are under His protection. This being true, why do we see so many obvious victories of the kingdom of darkness which is Satan? And how on an every day basis is this victory and authority of our Good Shepherd activated against the enemy?
“My son, attend to my words; incline thine ear unto my sayings. Let them not depart from thine eyes ; keep them in the midst of thine heart. For they are life unto those that find them, and health to all their flesh.” Proverbs 4:20-22. So we see here that the very words of the Good Shepherd are life and health to us. So how do we then bring the Shepherd’s rod against that which is not life and health, and everything that Satan brings against us?
Verse 23 shows us how important this really is. “Keep thy heart with all diligence; for out of it are the issues of life.” Guard your heart. Protect and be carefull what is let in and what goes out. Be very diligent about that because that will determine the direction your life will go. Whether you go on and walk under the protection of the Good Shepherd or whether the enemy, Satan, will get the advantage over you depends on this very thing,
The Good Shepherd will always be faithful and fulfil His promises and do His part, but in this matter of the Shepherd’s rod being our protection and comfort, we, also, have a part to fulfill.
Let There Be Life 