Having the truth to overcome
Having the truth to overcome Satan's lies on generational issues
Ultimately Satan would love to deceive us that some genetic structure in us is so strong or dominant that we're doomed in whatever area - physical health, mental health or social behavior. Don't buy such lies.
Satan works through deception, taking advantage of our weaknesses, temptation (making something sinful look great), and trying to have us assume we're still in chains when God has freed us. His only power is lies. Anything beyond that God has to specifically grant him permission to fulfill it.
So our defense against Satan is not going after him and commanding him to break any generational curses, break generational sins, break generational illnesses, break generational poverty, binding generational spirits, making generational prayers, proclaiming family generational blessings, etc. These are empty, erroneous and harmful religious rituals some have resorted to for lack of knowledge.
Some in prominent circles may have biblical understanding in so many areas yet have little in this area. Gathering some nice scriptures and throwing them out of context to resolve matters won't generate any results. It's not a lottery or a guessing game.
We're all God's children in the body of Christ yet what we know or don't know will influence our outcomes in this life. That is why it's not worth being stubborn about holding on to teachings that have been found to be in err or misinterpretations of scripture.
Our defense against Satan and against ignorance is therefore in acquiring the appropriate knowledge in the area needing deliverance. The most important way of acquiring the needed knowledge is in seeking God to reveal his truths in the areas we're ignorant. We ask him to give us light so that we do not stumble in darkness or in ignorance.
“The path of the righteous is like the first gleam of dawn, shining ever brighter till the full light of day. But the way of the wicked is like deep darkness; they do not know what makes them stumble,” Proverbs 4:18-19.
We're his children, the redeemed, the righteous through the righteousness of Christ. We're not the wicked or those under condemnation. It's therefore God's desire that we're equipped with appropriate knowledge in the areas needing deliverance.
“Show me your ways, O Lord, teach me your paths; guide me in your truth and teach me, for you are God my Savior, and my hope is in you all day long,” Psalms 25:4-5.
The second most important way of acquiring the needed knowledge is by us doing our part. Each of us has a personal responsibility that God expects us to work on. It's like meeting God halfway – though he does the major part. If we don't work on our expected areas of input God keeps waiting. He's faithful to do his part once we fulfill our expected parts. “If we are faithless, he will remain faithful, for he cannot disown himself,” 2 Timothy 2:13.
That is why in Hosea he says, “My people are destroyed from lack of knowledge,” Hosea 4:6.
Some of his people, Christ's blood bought and heaven destined people, settle for far tool little in their Christian lives. They assume they've “arrived” simply because they regularly attend church, help some in need, say their devotional prayers, listen to Christian music and flip through a few Christian channels a week.
The Christian life in the bible is described as a race, a battle, a journey, a vocation, a discipleship training, and so on. The only time the race ends, the battle ends and so on, is when we die. As long as we're here there's no “arriving.”
The only person we know of in the bible that “arrived” is the rich fool. He said to himself: “You have plenty of good things laid up for many years. Take life easy; eat, drink and be merry,” Luke 12:19.
The very day he proclaimed his arrival God took his life. “You fool! This very night your life will be demanded from you. Then who will get what you have prepared for yourself?” Luke 12:20.
So there's no arriving in this life. We keep fighting the good fight of faith, running the race, doing our good Christian vocational work, in being disciples graduating from one level of truth to another, traveling the journey of obedience, patience, forgiveness, faithfulness and love, etc.