Judges 6:3-4 Whenever the Israelites planted their crops, the Midianites, Amalekites and other eastern peoples invaded the country. They camped on the land and ruined the crops all the way to Gaza and did not spare a living thing for Israel, neither sheep nor cattle nor donkeys.
The Amalekites and their companions Midianites were ruthless sadists who ruined the crops and ravaged the land of Israel mercilessly. At the time of harvest when the fields were ripe and golden, they would devastate the land and destroy the produce. They were the evil arm that ruined the land and impoverished Israel. Israel sinned against the Lord by worshipping foreign gods and dishonoured the Lord by their idolatry and revelry. Their own sin exposed them to the brutal enemy.
The spirit of Amalek is barbarous, brutal, perverse, vicious and fiendish. It is a callous and cruel evil spirit that is prevalent even today. The spirit of Amalek is lurking to snatch away a promotion that we deserve, a lucrative opportunity and the increase that we should rightfully receive. It is a sadistic spirit that devourers our blessings and takes pleasure in inflicting pain on us. Our battle is not with flesh and blood, though the spirit operates through the wicked and the deceptive generation. Our battle is against the stealing spirit behind the human flesh.
The Lord in His mercy raised Gideon as a leader to deliver His people. The deliverance began by Gideon breaking down the altars of Baal and cutting down the Asherah poles. The detestable practices of adultery, fornication and ritual temple prostitution were part of the idol worship. The line of attack to overthrow the spirit of Amalek is to teardown ungodly altars of generational curses and hidden sins.
The Unseen Enemy:
1. Ripe: Amalekites will attack only when the crop is ripe. Our protection from the barbarous spirit of Amalek is the blood of Jesus.
2. Ricochet: Amalekites spirit is sadistic and draws pleasure by inflicting pain. Sabotage the plans of the Amalekite spirit by prayer and fasting.
3. Righteousness: Righteous living will annihilate the stealing and slithering spirit of the Amalek.
The brutal pilfering hand of the spirit of Amalek will be broken by righteousness and holiness.
Prayer: Father God, I will cover myself with your precious blood and destroy the ferocious hand of the spirit of Amalek. Amen.
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