Many people have been in circumstances where it has felt like the enemy is controlling the outcome.
If you can relate to this in one or more areas, take heart! For the tables are about to be turned.
“The tables are turned”!
It’s a saying we use when a situation is being turned around.
- It speaks of gaining strength and advantage over an opponent
- A circumstance being reversed!
- Someone who was initially weak now has the upper hand
Jesus Turned the Tables on Them
One day, Jesus strode into the outer courts of the temple, where greedy moneylenders were at work.
And He literally overturned their tables!
He declared, “It is written, ‘My house shall be a house of prayer!’ But you have made it a den of robbers!” (Matt 21:12-13)
We read that the next day—in that very place where greedy thieves had set up shop—Jesus taught and a crowd gathered.
He healed the lame and the blind who came to Him (Matt 21:14).
Children ran around the temple courts shouting, “Hosanna!”
Glorious contrast!
By His actions, Jesus declared: “This is what My Father’s house really looks like!”
From Upside Down to Right Side Up
Greed in the temple.
Priests profiting from moneylenders.
It is a picture of the enemy presenting what appears to be a “legitimized” operation, clothed in religion.
But Jesus said, “This is against Scripture, and the heart of my Father!”
While this story is of corruption in high places, it also speaks to us on a personal level.
And perhaps there are some “tables” that are due to be overturned in your life.
- It may be fear, addiction, or a relational issue
- It could be the threat of loss
- Or, a controlling spirit at work
You can face up to that issue and say, “Enemy, you are trespassing here!
You’re not here to stay—that’s a lie—you’ve got to go, in Jesus’ Name!”
3 Ways Jesus has “Turned the Tables” on Your Enemy
When we look for our victory, all we need to do is look back to the cross.
Jesus said, “It is finished!”
He turned the tables on the enemy over 2000 years ago!
1. Life has Overturned Death
It is a threat that Satan wants us to believe.
The fear of death overtaking life.
We see its message in terrorism. In the spread of ungodly ideologies.
In bushfires and disease.
It’s a lie the enemy sells us—it’s the currency he operates in.
But the Bible paints a different picture; that of a River of Life, bringing healing, fruitfulness, and harvest wherever it goes (Ezek 47).
The truth is, God’s Kingdom is the invading, spreading Kingdom. It cannot be contained. It is expanding.
This is the prophetic perspective. This is what God’s Word says:
You are not under threat. You ARE a threat. And you carry a message of life that is unstoppable!
2. Light has Overturned Darkness
“The light shines in the darkness, and the darkness can never extinguish it.” (John 1:5, NLT)
The nature of God’s Kingdom is light.
And the nature of light is to invade darkness, exposing what it hides.
Turn on a light, and darkness flees!
But Kingdom light is not only about exposing evil.
- It’s about revealing good
- It is about shining the light on what God is really like
Jesus overturned the tables of the moneylenders and exposed their greed. But He didn’t stop there.
In that very location, He went on to demonstrate the heart of the Father.
So today, be encouraged!
By faith, see the light of Christ shining through you to others.
3. Holiness and Wholeness, has Overturned Defilement and Disease
Another time, Jesus touched the lifeless body of a young girl—and she sprang from death to life. (Mark 5:41-42)
He touched a leper and said, “Be clean!”
That leper was instantly healed. (Matt 8:2-4)
These were conditions that were “unclean” under the law of Moses.
Touching someone unclean would cause defilement in the Old Testament!
But—a new law was now in operation!
Upon the touch of the Christ, the anointed One, those who were unclean, diseased, or defiled, became clean and whole.
Are you filled and anointed with the Spirit of God?
“…the One who is in you is greater than the one who is in the world.” (1 John 4:4b)
Who and what you carry is contagious—so, don’t fear defilement of sin and sickness and don’t judge those who are ensnared by it.
You are a carrier of life, and Jesus—the source of light and life—lives within you and He is releasing His power through you.
Today, know that at your location, in your life, the Spirit of God is present.
You are the Father’s House!
Now the tables are turned, and the God of the turn-around is your Heavenly Father.
Notes:
These “3 Ways Jesus Has Turned the Tables On Your Enemy” were first published on Enliven Blog in 2015:
“Is Your Perspective Prophetic? Check it Against These Three Truths”
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Helen Calder is a prophetic minister and writer, and founder of Enliven Ministries. Helen has a unique gift of equipping in prophetic ministry and prayer. She is known for Enliven Blog (est. 2009), an online resource that reaches thousands of people globally.
I and my family we need tables to turn around. We’ve been struggled in our home for so long there is no peace.due to the situation we’re passing through,i and my brothers
we’ve even failed to complete schools,my father works but it’s as if he doesn’t work.my mothers health is not okay.everything seems ups and down.please pray for our spiritual revival, breakthrough and testimony.
I do believe that the same God that raised Jesus Christ from the dead will turn tables around for me,my family and everyone in the world.. Amen
Father, thank You for a season of interventions and miracles for Gift’s family. Saturate them in Your Word and let Your power and goodness be seen! In Jesus Name
Amen and Amen. Thank you for ‘my word’ .I really need tables to be turned around in my marriage. My husband is staying with another woman for the past two years. He left me with our sons taking with him our company which is now being controlled by his mistress despite me being one of the directors. I need a financial turnaround and tables be turned against bloodline sickness of hypertension that has claimed the life of many including my mother. Am holding firm to God’s promises concerning my marriage, health and business.
Lord we lift up Elizabeth in prayer. You know the situation and you know the answers. The promises that you have previously brought forward, we stand with Elizabeth and claim Yes and Amen to them. Remind Elizabeth constantly that “…the One who is in her is greater than the one who is in the world.” (1 John 4:4b). Thank you Father for what you are yet to do. Amen.
Karen Stuckey
Enliven Ministries Team Member
Thank you for your messages. I need the table to turn around for my family. My husband and I need a profitable job with a sustainable income. . I am so worried because as our kids grow the financial demand is huge but we earn very little because we don’t really have a means of income yet. We need a miracle job that will enable us to be financially capable, indepent,stable and debt-free. Please put us in your prayers. I believe in God so much.
Thank you Father for this family. Thank you for their faith in you. Give them peace in knowing and trusting that You will fully supply every need according to his glorious riches in the Messiah Jesus. (Philippians 4:19) Help them to keep their eyes focused on You and stand on the truth You have given them. Amen.
Karen Stuckey
Enliven Ministries Team Member
Type here..Good evening My pastor, please I’m facing very difficult time now, I need all to help me in prayers that God should heal my brother and my mother. That God should send helper to help me pay for my school fees and I should graduate successful
Lord, we pray for Elsie right now. We ask that you will heal her brother and mother from all disease. Meet their needs physically, spiritually, emotionally and financially. May they look to You to meet each need and not on other people or things. Help them to grow closer to You. Amen.
Karen Stuckey
Enliven Ministries Team Member
This word touched me in the very core of my heart and caused me to continue to weep. I been discerning brakethroughs but the enemy attacking my family and myself. More because I fasted. We need favor from sentators office and thanking God for apartment help. For my bipolar oldest and my young gran for peace and hope. For whole family to turn to Christ again. Yesterday someone ripped off our wireless doorbell now we can’t know if anyone comes or if deliveries come. Please pray for open door. We still greiving the passing of dad and my mom to covit. Please pray for our president and his family/administration and all pastors, believers and Churches. For your ministry is a blessings. Thank you!!!!
Thank you Lord that You do not allow the light to be distinguished but continue to burn, no matter what the circumstances. Thank you for allowing Elizabeth to see the breakthroughs and the attacks. We confirm Helen’s prayer, as she wrote in her blog:
In Jesus’ Name, we take authority over every ungodly assignment and device of the enemy that has sought to oppress God’s people.
We push back now, in Jesus name.
We say the tables are turned!
We address and tear down every lie, every attitude and mindset, opposing the Word of God.
We decree that finances are being released.
Breakthroughs are being set up.
Prodigals are being wooed home by the Holy Spirit.
Situations where the enemy has sought to rob and steal our inheritance, physical and spiritual, are being reversed.
Angels are at work in answer to these prayers and decrees!
Amen.
Karen Stuckey
Enliven Ministries Team Member
Thank You Lord!!! May your name be glorified in Jesus name! Amen