RESIST THE
DEVIL – Thursday December 29th 2016
Memorise:
Submit yourselves therefore to God. Resist the devil, and he will flee from
you. James 4:7
Read: James
1:12-16 (KJV)
12 Blessed is the man that endureth temptation: for when he is tried, he
shall receive the crown of life, which the Lord hath promised to them that love
him.
13 Let no man say when he is tempted, I am tempted of God: for God cannot
be tempted with evil, neither tempteth he any man:
14 But every man is tempted, when he is drawn away of his own lust, and
enticed.
15 Then when lust hath conceived, it bringeth forth sin: and sin, when it
is finished, bringeth forth death.
16 Do not err, my beloved brethren.
Bible in one year: Numbers 5-6, Psalms 139:1-16
MESSAGE
The Bible
presents the devil as the accuser of the brethren, but more importantly, the
devil is also in the business of presenting God in a bad light to human beings
at every opportunity he gets. He usually puts questions in the heart of men in
order to cast doubt on God’s acts of love towards humanity. He successfully did
that in the Garden of Eden, and he is still using the same trick today. The
Psalmist, in the midst of his troubles asked questions.
“Why art thou
cast down, O my soul? and why art thou disquieted in me? Hope thou in God: for
I shall yet praise him for the help of his countenance.”
Psalms 42:5
There is a
difference between questions and queries. He asked why his soul was feeling
downcast. In other words, he expected his soul to look up to see the brighter
side in the midst of gloom. Open Heaven Thursday 29 December 2016:- Resist the
devil When you ask God questions, but still demonstrate faith in Him and
His ability, it is okay. But when your questions do not reflect your past
experience of what you enjoyed from God’s mercies and faithfulness, you are
already issuing God a query. Before any child of God issues out a query to God,
the fellow must have changed his view about God and how powerful He is, if not,
he wouldn’t dare query God. After all, you cannot issue a powerful king a
query. Romans 9:20 says,
“Nay but, O
man, who art thou that repliest against God? Shall the thing formed say to him
that formed it, Why hast thou made me thus?”
Similarly, the
one who would query God is in doubt of God’s love and good intentions. He
believes God is negligent, carefree and irresponsible. At such a time, he has
believed the lies of the devil.
Beloved, God
loves you much more than anything else, He is the One who gave Himself for your
salvation and washed you clean in His Blood. No matter the situation, His love
for you will never diminish as long as you remain in His Kingdom. Believe the
best about Him. Believe His good intentions even when you do not understand.
The One who died for you will not work against you when you are in a good
relationship with Him. Never query God; it will worsen your situation. Open
heavens devotional 2016
Prayer Point
Father, please
forgive me for all the queries I have issued through doubt in Jesus’ name.
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