"Be sober, be watchful: your adversary, the devil, as a roaring lion, walketh about, seeking whom he may devour" (I Pet. 5:8)
We should never compromise our time with the devil. Our time is valuable and should be used wisely. James 4:14 "Whereas ye know not what shall be on the morrow. For what is your life? It is even a vapour, that appeareth for a little time, and then vanisheth away." We make the devil angry when we spend our time fulfilling the Lord's purpose for us, we do this by building the Lord's heavenly kingdom! When we build God's kingdom we are in return tearing down the enemy's. We read in 2 Tim. 4:18 "At the end of our earthly sojourn, we will have cause for great joy if Satan loses in his quest for our soul and heaven becomes our eternal abode." We defeat the devil every time we take authority over our lives through the power of the Holy Ghost! "Be thou faithful unto death, and I will give thee the crown of life . . . And they overcame him because of the blood of the lamb . . . Blessed are they that wash their robes, that they may have the right to come to the tree of life, and may enter in by the gates into the city" (Rev. 2:10; 12:11; 22:14) This is a promise from the Lord giving to His children!
Our lives and households should be built upon the commandments and principles of God! Except the Lord build the house, they labor in vain that build it" (Psa. 127:1) We will be blessed with the fruit of our labor! My children are the fruit of my labor, and the Lord has been faithful! One of my greatest blessings from the Lord, has been my ability to raise my children in His will. Putting God first and all else behind me has produced holy God fearing children who love the Lord with all their hearts, not to mention protection from anything wicked that seeked out to devour them! Praise the Lord, there are great benefits that come from serving the Lord! I know as long as they never stray from the Lord, the devil can't seize and opportunity to destroy them. Although I am not perfect, I will never quit striving for perfection in my walk with God! It is imperative we take authority over our house holds and refuse the devil an inch of room to dwell within it. Worldly views and standards will never measure up to the Lord's. A life with out God will only produce confusion, troubled hearts and minds, spirits of wickedness, and contention. No one finds comfort nor a resting place from trouble while not serving the Lord."O magnify the Lord with me, and let us exalt his name together" (Psa. 34:3).
The more we do for the Lord, the more the devil will rage against us, doing what ever he can to hinder, discourage or tear us down, and yes he will use anyone who will allow him to carry out his empty, and powerless plans against a child of God. Again comes promise from the Lord; Job 5:12 "He disappointeth the devices of the crafty, so that their hands cannot perform their enterprise." The devil is powerless to a saint of God, His word sheds light in darkness, and gives us divine direction and descernment. If satan is really coming at you from every end, you should rejoice, because you are filling your days with ways that acknowledge and please the Lord!"Walking Worthily of the Lord to Please Him in all Respects"(Col. 1:10a) There is no greater accomplishment than witnessing a soul being saved! What a blessing to know you encouraged that soul and contributed to them knowing the Lord so they may reap an abundance of grace and an eternity with the Lord!
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