Our adversary, the devil, must be resisted constantly. How? By our daily, moment-by-moment submission to the Lord. His attacks were frequent during these years. I will probably describe some of those episodes when I write further, but here is one of those attacks during the week after Dad went home.
The enemy came along with the temptation that goes something like this: "You let him die, didn't you? You didn't do enough. You didn't try. You just let him go. Did you really care? or was it all a ruse?"
This is a good time to recall James 4:7: "Submit yourselves therefore to God. Resist the devil, and he will flee from you." In Christian circles, the second and third phrases of that verse are often quoted, but scarcely is the first phrase (a command) mentioned, which is the key to fending away the enemy. It is submission to the Lord's will that enables spiritual defenses against the schemes of the devil. Boasts of super spirituality and pompous "rebuke the devil in Jesus' name" claims actually enable his schemes. Whereas, humble and quiet submission to Christ's lordship takes all the weight off of us, and places that weight upon our heavenly Advocate and great High Priest, who will vindicate His name and all of His kids in His time.
January 22, 2018
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