“7 Submit yourselves therefore to God. Resist the devil, and he will flee from you.” James 4:7 (KJV of The HOLY BIBLE)
Submission to GOD comes before resistance.
In order to submit to GOD, a person has to know what GOD HAS SAID AND IS SAYING. (Yes, GOD IS STILL SPEAKING. It is written in GOD’S HOLY WORD in Malachi 3:6 “For I am the Lord, I change not; “. If GOD SPOKE in days past and HE DOES NOT CHANGE, ACCORDING TO GOD, HE IS STILL SPEAKING. Whoever told you that GOD has stopped speaking is Wrong. The question becomes “whose report will you believe?”) Before you start rebuking, binding and otherwise resisting the devil, invest the time needed in GOD’S HOLY WORD, under the guidance of HOLY SPIRIT, to learn what submission to GOD means. Find out or get more clarity yourself because you will be held accountable for your submission or lack of submission to GOD.
Then before you resist, make sure that you submit to GOD and The Truth of HIS WORD, THE HOLY BIBLE, not your opinions, not your thoughts, not the opinions of others, not the thoughts of others and not any other so called “truth”. Otherwise, you could find yourself painfully disappointed, frustrated and defeated in your efforts to stop the devil’s interference in your life. If we want to operate in GOD’S POWER, we must do things GOD’S WAY!