If You Know Who You Are in Christ, the Devil Has Nothing Left
Why Agreement with God Ends the Enemy’s Influence Every Time
Here’s the simple truth:
Jesus already did everything. It’s finished. No loose ends. No extra hoops for you to jump through later. He didn’t leave some “spiritual chores” behind for you to complete on your own.
And yet, somehow, a lot of us still live like we’re stuck. Like freedom is something we have to earn or chase or perform well enough to keep. We talk about the cross like it was a clean break from the old life, but when real life hits, we often start thinking and acting like not much has changed at all.
That gap between what God says is true and what we believe about ourselves is the place the enemy loves to camp out. He doesn’t need to kick down the door when he can just quietly talk you into sitting in the corner with the chains you already dropped.
The Lie Isn’t That You’re Not Saved. The Lie Is That You’re Still Stuck.
Satan’s not dumb. He knows he can’t undo the cross. He can’t reverse the resurrection. He can’t un-adopt you from the family of God. So instead, he works on getting you to live like none of that actually happened.
He does that by going after your identity. Not in some big obvious way, but through quiet suggestions. Thoughts that seem like your own. Feelings that sound convincing. Circumstances that “confirm” the lie.
And the lie usually sounds like this:
“You haven’t changed.”
“This struggle means you’re still a mess.”
“If you were really free, you wouldn’t be thinking that.”
“Look at you. Same old story.”
He doesn’t need to force you to believe it. He just needs you to agree with it. That’s it. Just a little mental shrug, a quiet internal “maybe,” and the hook is in.
From there, it snowballs. You start interpreting your life through the lens of that lie. You might still go to church. You might still pray. But deep down, you’re operating from the belief that you’re somehow still trapped.
And that’s how the enemy “wins”. Not because he has power. But because you handed it to him in the form of agreement.
The Work Is Finished, But Your Mind Needs to Catch Up
This is why Romans 12:2 matters so much.
“Do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind.”
Paul isn’t telling you to transform yourself by trying harder. He’s not saying you need more spiritual grit. He’s saying your life changes when your mind lines up with the truth of God’s Word.
It’s not about becoming something new. You already are new. You’re a new creation in Christ. But you need to start thinking like it. And that doesn’t happen accidentally.
Because if your mind is still trained by lies, even though your spirit has been made new, you’ll live from the old patterns. That’s how someone who is already free can still walk around like a prisoner. Not because the chains are real, but because the identity is off.
And if the identity is off, everything else gets weird too. You start striving for what you already have. You fight battles Jesus already won. You treat every failure like it proves the gospel didn’t stick.
Cognitive Dissonance Isn’t Just a Psychology Term. It’s a Spiritual Trap.
The enemy uses it like a scalpel. He gets you to say you believe one thing but act like the opposite is true. And the more you live in that tension, the more exhausted you get. The more exhausted you get, the more vulnerable you are to suggestion. And the cycle keeps going.
But here’s the key: you don’t need to fight your way out of that trap. You just need to stop agreeing with it.
That’s what truth does. It doesn’t shout. It doesn’t push. It just stands. And when you stand with it, everything that’s built on lies starts to lose its grip.
God isn’t asking you to win the battle. He’s asking you to live like it’s already won.. because it is.
The enemy will throw everything he can at your identity because he knows how powerful it is when you actually believe what God says about you.
*If you really believe you’re free, then shame can’t manipulate you.
*If you really believe you’re loved, then fear has nowhere to land.
*If you really believe you’re seated with Christ, then insecurity doesn’t get a say anymore.
But as long as the enemy can convince you that you’re still earning, still waiting, still “not quite there,” he can keep you stuck in cycles Jesus already broke.
That’s why agreement is such a big deal. It’s not just mental. It’s spiritual. Your life starts to move in the direction of whatever you believe is true about you.
Proverbs 23:7 says, “As a man thinks in his heart, so is he.”
That doesn’t mean you think yourself into a new reality. It means your life will begin to reflect whatever identity you’re believing. So if your mind says, “I’m still stuck,” you’ll act stuck. If your heart says, “I’m still broken,” you’ll live like something’s wrong even when everything’s already been made right.
But when you start agreeing with God, that dissonance breaks. That inner tension dissolves. Not because you fixed it, but because truth finally settled it.
So What’s the Actual Strategy Here?
It’s not complicated. But it does take practice.
Submit to God — not just in a general religious way, but by agreeing with what He says about you.
Resist the enemy — not by yelling at him, but by refusing to agree with anything that contradicts God’s truth.
Watch him flee — because he has no foothold if you don’t give him one.
Walk in What’s Already Yours
The enemy isn’t coming up with anything new. He’s just recycling the same tired lies, hoping you’ll forget who you are. That’s the whole strategy. He can’t take your freedom, but he’ll work hard to convince you to live like you never had it.
And honestly, it works—when you forget. When you start striving to earn what Jesus already paid for. When you let fear and shame have the final word. When you wait for some future version of yourself to finally be “enough.”
But everything shifts when you remember that the fight is already finished.
You stop performing for freedom and start walking in it.
You stop letting insecurity narrate your story.
You stop handing your identity over to thoughts and feelings that were never true to begin with.
Because here’s the truth:
You are already loved.
Already redeemed.
Already seated with Christ.
You don’t need a breakthrough to become free. You just need to believe that you are because He says you are. And then live like it.
So the next time the enemy starts whispering, you don’t need to panic or overthink it. You don’t even need to fight. You just need to not agree. Let the truth speak for you.
If you’ve been living under an old name, here’s your reminder:
You don’t have to fight to earn what Jesus already gave you.
You just have to stop giving it away.
You don’t need to achieve your freedom.
You already have it.
Now believe it..
not casually, not once a week,
but day by day,
choice by choice,
thought by thought.
Because if the enemy can’t change what’s true, his last shot is to convince you that truth isn’t enough.
But he’s wrong. And you don’t have to listen.
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