Trust The Promise

Good Morning!! As believers, we face so many obstacles that can take us out of serving the Lord. We have thoughts that control us, wants that consume us and feelings that move us. Because none of us were born understanding God’s ways, our natural inclinations work against living out a Spirit filled life. Coming to Christ means that we lay aside our natural inclinations and ask the Lord to fill us with His wisdom instead. That process is known as submitting. To submit means to be under obedience. So we take what we want to do, what we feel is right to do, and what we think is best, and put it aside,...telling the Lord that we want His Will instead. Waiting and trusting begins.

Submit yourselves, then, to God. Resist the devil, and he will flee from you.—James 4:7 (NIV)

To resist the devil means that after we have submitted to God, we go to the Word of God to counteract our thoughts, feelings and wants. The devil is fully aware of who we are, and how we think. As a result, he uses our desires to entice us to keep from submitting. We start questioning the love of God, and His motivation. We begin to fear and hold on, instead of trusting and let go. We have to realize that the devil is alive and well. His desire is to use our fleshly desires against us so that we may continue to sin against God.

If Jesus, the Living Word, needed to speak forth the written Word to resist the devil and have him flee,
...then how much more do we need to submit to God, in the same way.

Father God, we know that You know what's best for us. We believe You, we trust You,...and as we become better at submit to You, the devil will flee from us,...this is Your promise. Amen.

"Every saved person this side of heaven owes the gospel to every lost person this side of hell."