Thursday, February 5, 2015

Non-stop spiritual assaults

1Pe 5:5  ...Yea, all of you be subject one to another, and be clothed with humility: for God resisteth the proud, and giveth grace to the humble.
1Pe 5:6  Humble yourselves therefore under the mighty hand of God, that he may exalt you in due time:
1Pe 5:7  Casting all your care upon him; for he careth for you.
1Pe 5:8  Be sober, be vigilant; because your adversary the devil, as a roaring lion, walketh about, seeking whom he may devour:
1Pe 5:9  Whom resist stedfast in the faith, knowing that the same afflictions are accomplished in your brethren that are in the world.
1Pe 5:10  But the God of all grace, who hath called us unto his eternal glory by Christ Jesus, after that ye have suffered a while, make you perfect, stablish, strengthen, settle you.
1Pe 5:11  To him be glory and dominion for ever and ever. Amen.

This is TRUTH!

Clothed with humility.
Humble ourselves under the mighty hand of God.
IN DUE TIME exalted--   not now!

We are not promised instant peace! People need to STOP expecting a life of ease! We need to stop expecting less hardship, less heartache, less pain in our lives. Yes, it would be nice not to live in hardship, in heartache, or in pain but it's not something we must insist upon having in order to believe in our God.

The innocent will suffer, the helpless will suffer,  and we who have compassion for them will suffer and hate the fact the innocent and helpless are feeling such pain, living in such horrific conditions. 

Satan has created societies which promote our distrust of God. Satan has worked hard to warp the truth of God so many will be deceived.  Truly we must follow after the truth in its fullness through Jesus Christ our LORD. 

We must believe in a God who LOVES fully, wholly, without any selfish thought at all.  God created human beings to live in harmony, as counterparts to Him.  The counterpart would be love as He is love, selfless as He is selfless.  All those who are willing to give up self, a true, true fight, will be God's. The willingness to give up, the willingness to let Christ and His grace save us is what God wills. Satan rebels against this and uses any means possible to keep us from giving our will to God. The selfishness within us is used by Satan at every opportunity. Situation after situation will pop up screaming for us to be selfish, non-stop assaults at our spiritual self will take place and we have to recognize this!

We must RESIST the devil so He will flee from us and resisting means recognizing the devil's assaults upon us.  He disguises them so thoroughly that its next to impossible to distinguish them from what most people will call 'just life', but we KNOW BETTER!  Our eyes are OPEN, we are NOT blind. We see the LIGHT that Christ allows us to see by His grace and mercy.

Please, Father, please, help us be Yours in all ways. Help us resist, help us trust in You, in Your grace which is sufficient for us. All to Your glory! All to Your honor! All to Your love!

In the name of Your Son, Jesus Christ our Lord!

Amen!



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