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What Is Authority? 17<br />
from the Lord. When I woke up, I knew immediately what it<br />
meant. (If you don't know the meaning of a dream immediately,<br />
forget it.)<br />
In this dream it seemed that another minister and I were<br />
walking on some kind of parade ground or ball field. There were<br />
stands on either side of us. As we were walking along talking,<br />
the man jumped and exclaimed, "Look!"<br />
I turned and saw two ferocious, roaring lions. The man<br />
started running. I started running with him. Then I stopped and<br />
told him we were too far away from the stands to reach safety.<br />
We'd never escape those lions.<br />
I stopped dead still, turned around, and went back to meet<br />
the lions. They came toward me with their fangs bared, roaring.<br />
I was trembling. I told them, "I resist you in the Name of<br />
Jesus. In Jesus' Name you can't hurt me." I just stood there. They<br />
ran right up to me like a couple of kittens, sniffed around my<br />
ankles, and finally frolicked off, paying no attention to me.<br />
Then I woke up. I knew exactly what God was saying to me.<br />
The Scripture in First Peter 5 came to me. It says, "Be sober, be<br />
vigilant; because your adversary the devil, as a roaring lion,<br />
walketh about, seeking whom he may devour: Whom resist<br />
stedfast in the faith___" (vv. 8,9).<br />
The physical battle I had been fighting was won right then.<br />
Instantly the symptoms disappeared and I was all right. I had<br />
stood my ground. I wouldn't give in. I had won.<br />
Ephesians 6:10 says, "Finally, my brethren, be strong in the<br />
Lord, and in the power of his might." Many people read that<br />
verse and think the Lord is telling them to be strong in<br />
themselves. But the Scripture doesn't say a word about being<br />
strong in yourself. It says to be strong in the Lord.<br />
"I don't know whether I can make it or not," people say.<br />
Certainly you can make it. Don't even think about it. Be<br />
strong in the Lord. Be strong in the power of His might, not your<br />
power or might.