#DailyDevotion God’s Little Finger Has Overcome Satan’s Kingdom In Jesus
Luke 11:14–28
14He was driving out a demon who was speechless. When the demon had gone out, the speechless man spoke. The people were amazed. 15But some of them said, “He drives out the demons with the help of Beelzebul, who rules over the demons.” 16Others, meaning to test Him, demanded that He show them some miraculous sign from heaven. 17Knowing what they were thinking, He said to them, “If one part of any kingdom fights against another part, it loses its people, and one house falls on another. 18If Satan fights against himself, how can his kingdom stand? I say this because you say Beelzebul helps Me drive out the demons. 19But if Beelzebul helps Me drive out the demons, who helps your sons drive them out? That’s why they’ll be your judges. 20But if God’s finger helps Me drive out the demons, then God’s kingdom has come to you.
Sometimes you just have to wonder about some people. Here Jesus is casting out a demon and a. they attribute this to the power of the devil and b. they want an additional sign as if casting out demons were not enough. On top of that we know Jesus had been performing a number of other miraculous healings besides this. Though I guess it does say they wanted some “sign from heaven.”
Jesus, knowing their hearts, because he is God, confronts them with some logic. If he is casting out demons by the power of Satan then you have one part of one kingdom fighting against another part of the kingdom. If that is the case that kingdom cannot stand. If Jesus if casting out demons by the power of the devil, then the devil’s kingdom cannot stand. He also turns the accusation around asking them who helps their sons drive out demons, i.e. if they don’t believe Jesus can do it how can their sons do it. Jesus lets their sons be their judges as to whose power demons are cast out.
Jesus points out that God’s finger helps him drive out the demons and therefore God’s kingdom has come to them. You might remember it was God’s finger the Egyptian magicians pointed to working in Moses and Aaron as they cast the plagues upon Egypt. Now I find it comforting that God only needs his little finger to handle such thing. He need not bare the strength of his arm to overcome demons or Satan. He just need to point his little finger and voila’, it is done
We may look at this world and think it has all gone to pot. You may get the impression since Christians don’t wield as much power over society, government and countries as we used to that Satan is winning this battle. You would be far from the truth in this believe. What we are experiencing now are the last ditch efforts of an enemy that has already lost the war. They are gasping for any sort of victory in any battles. The Church is operating in a mop up operation. We’re not fighting a war. The war has been won. We’re spreading the news of the victory over the slavery of sin, the slavery over the fear of death and the power of the death. This victory is for all people. It is for you. Satan’s kingdom is not standing. It is crumbling as we read.
Heavenly Father, exercise your finger in our lives that we may overcome the demons that tempt and haunt us and grant us faith to find comfort in Jesus’ victory over the power of the devil. In Jesus’ name we pray. Amen.