LIVING WORD DEVOTIONAL

By Pastor Mensa Otabil
 
Thursday 22nd January 2026

PROCLAIM YOUR VICTORY

Scripture Reading: Deuteronomy 28:1-14
 
The LORD will cause your enemies who rise against you to be defeated before your face; they shall come out against you one way and flee before you seven ways. Deuteronomy 28:7

God does not promise us a life without enemies. What He promises us is victory over the conspiracies of our enemies. Who is an enemy? Webster’s Dictionary describes an enemy in part as ‘one seeking to injure, overthrow, or confound an opponent’.
 
The ultimate enemy for a child of God is Satan. However, there are human beings who off and on, play the role of enemies in our lives. Apart from that, certain conditions of life and situations we encounter may also become our ‘enemies,’’ such as sicknesses, poverty, ignorance,e and low self-esteem.
 
Enemies can either ‘rise against’ us or ‘come out against’ us. Both are postures of challenge. An enemy’s challenge or attack is designed to instil fear in us, causing us to turn and run away.
 
God promises that when we walk in obedience before Him, He will cause two things to happen to our enemies.

‘They will be defeated before your face’.

That means God will give us a visible victory. It will not happen behind our backs but right in front of us.

They shall flee before you seven ways’.

God will rout our enemies in battle and scatter their plans and conspiracies on the winds.
 
Whether your enemy is Satan, people or threatening conditions, there is victory for you. When evil conspiracies multiply against you, fear not. Today your enemies seem formidable; tomorrow they will be defeated and scattered.

Prayer:

Heavenly Father, cause that which rises against your purposes for my life to be defeated and scattered before me. In Jesus’ name, Amen.