STAKE YOUR CLAIM
Today's reading:  Genesis 32-35

"As Jacob and his household started on their way again, angels of God came to meet him.  When Jacob saw them he exclaimed, This is God's camp!  So he named the place Mahanaim."  Genesis 32:1-2 NLT

I'll guess Jacob recognized them immediately as angels.  Maybe from a distance he could see their halos and their fluttery white wings. 

Maybe he didn't.

Either way, Jacob staked his claim, well, actually God's claim, on the three square feet he was standing on.  He verbalized what he believed to be true.  He professed God's ownership of himself and the camp he had been using.

Why don't we do the same?

Why don't we tell satan what is ours (God's) and what he cannot take hold of?

Why aren't we as outspoken as we should be when it comes to staking our own claims?

Is your family God's?  Then, tell satan!

Is your church God's?  Tell satan the facts!

Is your heart, your emotions and your salvation God's?  Then by all means, let satan know!

Our confessions will set boundaries for satan and remind us of all we've got.

Go ahead, of all you have, what's God's and what can satan have?