Surrendering the Crown

Which is harder: preventing someone from taking something that belongs to you, or persuading someone to give you something that belongs to them? The answer should be obvious. If I understand that the thing I desire already belongs to me, I will aggressively defend my right to keep it, which puts me in control. But if I view the thing as possessed by someone else, then my access to it is determined by them. They are in control and I am powerless to obtain it.

Prayer works exactly the same way. When I base my prayers on the truth that WHAT GOD HAS PROMISED IS ALREADY MINE, then my prayers become declarations of my God-given authority, and I stand in a position of power to deny access to the enemy who seeks to rob me. I wear the crown.

…Hold on to what you have, so that no one takes your crown. (Rev 3:11)

However, if I view satan as the one denying me access to the promise or provision of God, and attempt to confront him in prayer to take back what is mine, I have, unwittingly, removed myself from the position of power and, granted that power to satan. In effect, I have surrendered my crown to him, for THE ONE WHO POSSESSES THE PROMISES IS THE ONE WHO POSSESSES THE AUTHORITY.

This is true even when I pray and ask God for things He has already given. By ignorantly asking for such things, I’m audibly confessing that I don’t possess them. If I don’t possess them, WHO DOES? Not God, for He has declared them to be mine. By repeatedly asking for what is already mine, I wear out my faith, and become easy prey for the lies of satan.

In addition to this, since possession of the promises doesn’t rest with God, and I am not laying claim to them because I’m still pleading with God for them, the only head that remains to wear my crown of authority belongs, inescapably, to satan. And, according the book of Revelation, he has seven of them.

Another sign appeared in the sky: a fiery red dragon with seven heads, ten horns, and seven crowns on its heads. (Rev 12:3)

The question we all need to ask is: how did the dragon get his crowns?