Look, I give you the authority to trample on serpents

... and scorpions, and over all the power of the enemy, and nothing shall by any means hurt you (Luke 10:19). Jesus had sent out the seventy two by two to heal the sick (verse 9), and they had returned with joy, saying, “Lord, even the demons are subject to us in Your name” (verse 17). And verse this verse is what Jesus told them. Before we say more, there are two thing in context which we need to take note of. The first is the very next verse where He continues “Nevertheless do not rejoice in this, that the spirits are subject to you, but rather rejoice because your names are written in heaven.” The second is Jesus prayer in verse 21 “I thank You, Father, Lord of heaven and earth, that You have hidden these things from the wise and prudent and revealed them to babes.”

In particular, in order to exercise this authority we need to be firmly established in the assurance of our salvation, and we need to be childlike in our faith. The “look” of verse 19 is about making sure we take note of what He is about to say. Notice that since all authority has already been given to Jesus (Matthew 28:18), it is His to give. And at the risk of being overly repetitive He gives it to those who know they are saved, and who walk in child like faith. Exercising authority over demos without being in Christ is dangerous, as the sons of Sceva found out to their harm (Acts 19:13-16). About being childlike we need, as heirs of the Kingdom, to truly believe that the authority is already ours. We don't need to earn it, indeed we cannot earn it. It is a gift, and a gift needs to be received.

There are admonitions to this effect “Believe that you have received it and you shall have it” (Mark 11:24). When we truly believe these things we can, as little children would, boast in their Daddy, and declare to the universe that the answer to our prayers are already answered. In particular we declare that “nothing from this caronavirus shall by any means harm us, and that this plague will not come near our dwellings (Psalm 91:10), neither near our families, nor our brothers and sister in the Lord, nor on any who are reading this post and declaring the victory.

Father, we need to humble our selves and become as little children, we need to pray, we need to seek Your face, and most of all we need to repent. We need to repent of our self sufficiency, of our disunity, of our prayerlessness and of not spending time with You. Only as we spend time with You in the secret place will be be being transformed from one degree of glory to another. Help us in all these things Lord, for we are weak. We can do nothing without You Father, and our eyes are on You in Jesus Name Amen