Revelation 12
Pastor Wil Mouer
The Way to Overcome
As I read through the book of Revelation, there are verses that jump off the page. Revelation 12:11 is one of them: “They overcame him by the blood of the Lamb and by the word of their testimony.” This verse speaks to the role of believers in this point of history, giving a game plan of how to overcome the enemy and his schemes.
The previous verses describe the intimidation of the enemy coming down to earth as a dragon. This shows his nature to bring about fear and try to push the church into a position of cowering down in defeat. Although this is his objective, he cannot win!
We have all the power to overcome the enemy by being bold in two distinct ways:
• Know the power of the blood of the lamb. The lamb refers to Jesus Christ, and it is through His blood that we have the power to overcome the enemy.
• Speak out by testifying. This has to do with the power of the spoken Word in which God has given us the ability to operate.
It is when we do these things that we can overcome anything the enemy would try to do to us.
Although this is an end-times prophecy, the truth of this verse applies today. Satan has not come to earth in the form of a dragon, but he is working to deceive and cripple the church from being who God has called us to be.
In the midst of any fear or intimidation that you may sense in your life, the remedy is to destroy the work of the devil through symbolically applying the blood of Christ to any situation and testifying through words who God is and who you are as His child. When we do this, we put ourselves in a position of victory.
Live your life as an overcomer!
Pastor Wil’s greatest passion in ministry is “to see young people discover and live out their purpose as Christ-followers. When this happens, the movement of Christianity continues to be effective at changing our world.” He directs student ministries at Grace Covenant Church.
