453. Tread down Wicked
Malachi 4:3 And ye shall tread down the wicked; for they shall be ashes under the soles of your feet in the day that I shall do this, saith the Lord of hosts.
We already have the prophetic promise that the Seed of the Woman shall crush the head of the serpent (Jesus destroys the devil’s power). But because of that historical event on the cross the remarkable promise is this: “you shall tread down the wicked.” Romans 16:20: “The God of peace will soon crush Satan under your feet.” God does the crushing, but He crushes under our feet. Jesus crushed the serpent once for all time, but that crushing must be applied in real life and worked out in real time. It happens when we preach the Gospel.
In the day when God did this, all sin, wickedness, evil, enemies of God, death and the devil have become ashes under our feet. No spiritual enemy will be able to get the upper hand over us and bring us down. They threaten and scare us, but we apply the Word of God and attack, and the wicked must flee. We tread down the wicked in the name of Jesus. Jesus always wins. Jesus never fails. Truth crushes lies; light pushes back darkness; Life defeats death: Love is stronger than hate; Good overcomes evil. The child of God treads down the enemies of God.
We need to believe this promise so that we may exercise the authority of Jesus Christ and speak in His name and tread down wicked temptations, evil thoughts, harsh words, harmful deeds, and all the spiritual forces of evil in the heavenly places. We are sitting with Christ in those heavenly places and ruling with Him in the spiritual world. The promise is: you shall tread down the wicked. Believe it. Do it.