I am suspicious of people who don’t like action films; Denzel Washington kind, Mission impossible, Jason Bourne, Bruce Lee, Marvels… I could keep going! Like how can’t all that gbossh gboosh cha and GBA-GA-GA-GA-GA excite you? I love how when it seems like it’s all over for the blowman, he magically grabs a weapon that fayaaaas the killer into thin air.
Weapons and fight sequences fascinate me. I find myself moving to dodge a punch for my favorite character. When a bad guy shows up behind him and is about to take him out by surprise, I’m like “BRRRRRUUUUUUUCCEE!! BRUUUCEEEE eeeiiii! KW3M) OS33!” (Ga for watch your back). I just love gbosh gbash and how it’s influenced the childish excitement I approach spiritual warfare with. In my mind, I imagine entering an evil camp discussing me then opening gba-ga-ga-ga-ga and spraying fa-ya all ova the place. I know it’s not ‘joking stuffs‘ though, because a wrong move and I wake up with a limp, lol. So it’s important that living in a world that’s more spiritual than it is physical, I wield the ultimate weapon. I think I found the biggest bazooka of them all!
Our Ultimate Weapon
I’ve just been reading John 17. It’s where Jesus was intimately chatting up his Dad the night of his arrest. He was really baring his heart out, it’s so touching, you should read it. But the part that gripped the action-loving me was when he said; “Holy Father, Keep them safe by the power of your name, the name that you gave me. …Whilst I was with them, I kept them safe by the power of your name…”
I paused there and thought; The God of all things, he had every weapon conceivable available to him; from tu-t3 to nukes. In protecting his most loved possession, he selected his most deadly most goyiiii weapon. What’s that weapon? ‘The power of your name’?
I remembered all those weird prayer meetings where we’d use ‘spiritual canes doused in the blood of Jesus or spiritual slaps, to attack the enemy. There was also feet stomping as a sign or crushing them, or swinging hands like swords slicing through yam. My favourite was posing like we’re holding guns and shake like they’re firing at our enemies ga-ga-ga-ga. We’d send fire, throw spiritual grenades and implant spiritual land mines in demonic camps, etc. So how come when it came to the blueprint of Christianity, why didn’t he go GANGSTA!? Why did he select a seemingly innocuous….name? Could the biggest bazooka of them all be a name?
What’s in the name?
Have I been using less effective weapons in my warfare all these years? Even when I used His name, was I throwing a bazooka thinking it was a dagger or water pistol? Awurade m’adi nkwaseasem.
Fam, you ever heard that song “I need no other argument, I need no other plea. It is enough that Jesus died, and that he died for me?”. It’s the real day. The death and resurrection of Christ has everything to do with His name being superior to every title of authority in this world and the next. Don’t get it twisted, the power isn’t in the letter or alphabetical construction of the name. There’s a footballer called Jesus who loses matches. The power is in the knowledge and belief in His completed work on the cross and the resulting unmatchable authority and office He’s elevated to. That’s why two people in the exact same situation can scream ‘JESUS!’ and completely different things happen.
Take this with you
I used to think that breaking bottles is more brutal than warring with the power in His name. It seemed too mild, too harmless, I was wrong. When it came to keeping His most loved safe, He did it by the power of His name. Do you know better?
I pray that you understand His name and what it’s embedded with. I pray that the eyes of your understanding are opened to appreciate the inestimable power resident in his name. May you come to know the unmatchable havoc it can wreck on those who contend with you. Realise how sufficient it is in protecting you and your loved ones and seeing you through life.
With that realization, will you join me to do like Sylvester Stallone and his ‘Expendables bunch’ and FA-YA some GBA-GA-GA-GA-GA into the atmosphere? The power in Jesus name is the biggest bazooka of all. Now walk like you are looking for a fight, like you’re looking for someone to try you, to bring his nonsense your way. We are itchy to do GBA-GA-GA-GA-GA! Aloo?
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