| Daily Thought — April
17, 2008 |
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| LIVING THE
SOLUTION WITH DAILY INSPIRATION |
Submit yourselves,
then, to God. Resist the devil, and he will flee from
you. (James 4:7 — NIV)
So let God work his will in you. Yell a loud no to
the Devil and watch him scamper. (James 4:7— The
Message)
In this verse from James we are instructed
to do something – resist the devil. Then we are given
a promise – he will flee from you. But what happens
if we do not take an active stand against the enemy? Is
he required to flee from us?
Our Christian life is meant just to be that – life.
Life is active, participatory, something we are meant to
actively engage in, not something that we drift through.
We are to read the Word of God daily and think about what
we have read. We are to connect our hearts and minds with
God’s daily by talking with Him and listening to
what He would say to us. And we are to, when needed, take
an active stance against our enemy. If we do not he is
not required to leave us alone.
So what does it mean to “resist” the devil?
We resist the enemy when we refuse to give in to the temptation
that he lays before us. We resist when we verbally rebuke
and bind his activity in our lives. (Keep in mind we can
only do this with regard to our own lives and the life
of someone asking for our help. We cannot do a “blanket” binding
over a school or city). Sometimes we will need to be verbal
in our resistance, speaking the Word and Truth of God to
the enemy. We must remember that He cannot read our minds
so just thinking it our heads will not make him go away;
we must verbalize it. We resist him when we refuse to buy
into or believe the lies he tells us about ourselves or
others. We also resist him when we choose to embrace the
truth of God and His Word. You will notice all of these
things are active and aggressive actions, not passive and
require that we be on our guard. Most of the attacks will
not be major frontal assaults, they will be subtle and
sly deceptions intended to lure us from the truth.
So be vigilant, be active and draw close to God. Resist
the enemy and he will flee from you. You have God’s
Word on it.
Live intentionally, purposely, free and with passion,
Pete Reinbold
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