While I was immersing myself in reading the four gospels recently, the Lord spoke:
"The works of men shall be as dead, but the works of God shall prevail! No matter how men may try to undermine you, look to Me, and trust in Me, for My works in your life shall prevail!"
'To undermine', according to the Oxford Dictionary, is 'to weaken (something/somebody) gradually and insidiously'. And that was exactly what the works of flesh and the power of the enemy did against Jesus during the crucial period leading to, during, and even after His crucifixion!
Let's look now at Matthew 27:62-66, and see what happened after Jesus was crucified and buried, 'On the next day, which followed the Day of Preparation, the chief priests and Pharisees gathered together to Pilate, saying, "Sir, we remember while He was still alive, how that deceiver said, 'After three days I will rise.' Therefore command that the tomb be made secure until the third day, lest His disciples come by night and steal Him away, and say to the people, 'He has risen from the dead.' So the last deception will be worse than the first." Pilate said to them, "You have a guard; go your way, make it as secure as you know how." So they went and made the tomb secure, sealing the stone and setting the guard'.
Note: 'The Day of Preparation' mentioned above, in our time and day, is Friday. Mark 15:42 says the Day of Preparation is the day before the onset of Sabbath. It is a day to prepare in advance for Sabbath (rest day), e.g. food being prepared in advance, because cooking on Sabbath day is prohibited by the Jewish Law.
Let's move on to Matthew 28:1-4, 'Now after the Sabbath, as the first day of the week (i.e. our Sunday) began to dawn, Mary Magdalene and the other Mary came to see the tomb. And behold, there was a great earthquake, for an angel of the Lord descended from heaven, and came and rolled back the stone from the door, and sat on it. His countenance was like lightning, and his clothing as white as snow. And the guards shook for fear of him, and became like dead men'.
Notice the statement 'And the guards shook for fear of him, and became like dead men'! In other words, the guards were so 'shaken' by what they saw, that they 'froze' and became as dead men! And behold, the works of God shook the works of men right to the core on that day! Jesus has risen, and He has triumphed over every power of the enemy! He has prevailed against every work of darkness that tried to undermine Him!
Indeed, as the Lord has spoken loud and clear for this time and season, "The works of men shall be as dead, but the works of God shall prevail!" Yes, proclaim it even from the rooftops! Proclaim it over every area of your life! Proclaim it over whatever you put your hands on!
So, rejoice, because He lives in you, and His works in your life shall prevail! The Bible says 'He who is in you is greater than he who is in the world' (1 John 4:4). Know that He is not dead, but He is very much alive in your life right now! And no matter what situation you may be facing at the moment, or how men (or the works of flesh) may try to undermine the works of God in your life, 'no weapon formed against you shall prosper, and every tongue which rises against you in judgment, you shall condemn'! (Isaiah 54:17)
People of God, this is a time to declare the works of darkness shall NOT prevail against you, but they shall be as dead before you! Just as happened in Matthew 28:1-4! The power of God is at hand! He is the same today as He was on that Resurrection Sunday! And as the apostle Paul wrote, 'being confident of this very thing, that He who has begun a good work in you, He shall also bring it to full completion, till the day of our Lord Jesus Christ' (Philippians 1:6). Hallelujah! Amen!
