Luke 10: ¹⁶ Then he said to the disciples, “Anyone who accepts your message is also accepting me. And anyone who rejects you is rejecting me. And anyone who rejects me is rejecting God, who sent me.”
¹⁷ When the seventy-two disciples returned, they joyfully reported to him, “Lord, even the demons obey us when we use your name!”

¹⁸ “Yes,” he told them, “I saw Satan fall from heaven like lightning! ¹⁹ Look, I have given you authority over all the power of the enemy, and you can walk among snakes and scorpions and crush them. Nothing will injure you. ²⁰ But don’t rejoice because evil spirits obey you; rejoice because your names are registered in heaven.”

God thinks we take acceptance to personally... He thinks it really is not us that people are or are not accepting to begin with.. if we are a reflection of Him.. and we are accepted.. it is really Him in us that they are accepting... and if we are not accepted.. then it is really Him in us that they are rejecting... Jesus was the greatest man that ever lived yet few people really accepted Him.. He was rejected by multitudes because He is a reflection of Christ...

God has given us authority over the enemy... what if the snakes and scorpions we are coming against are in the form of people... the bible says we have the authority to defeat them... we should not use this authority wrongly.. but when we are attacked.. we have the authority through Christ to cast these spirits out and away... they may come back.. over and over.. and repeatedly we may need to cast them out... but God's protection is over us.. if we are living our lives to bring glory to God.. He will protect us in His mighty right hand...

so we can stop fearing what may happen.. we can stop worrying about people coming against us... we have power through the name of Christ.. and we have the protection of God... thank you Father for these gifts!!