satan does have many very real powers but god has all control to limit the influence of satan at any time , in any place for anyone as often as the lord likes so we may pray to god in faith that god does in fact have the ability to overpower satan as the lord wills it for our benefit so that we are not given more than we can handle in life ( although we may choose to give ourselves more than we can handle when we choose to sin by going against god 's plan of happiness .