Yesterday, a speaker came to my church and talk about resisting the Devil. This scripture is found in JAMES 4:7,8. It is amazing how many people today fear the devil so much as though as they are giving credit for his handy works.
Some people even went to the extend to blame everything on the Devil if their life is in a super mess and nothing seems to be working in their life. Some who are super spiritual have all kinds of critics on images or decorative items that if it is placed in the house, the devil will come and live in it and will cause the household troubles! I am not saying here is to let the Devil do what he wants but don't you think by being so super spiritual about the Devil, why don't just focus on the Lord instead? in proverbs it said "The fear of the Lord is the beginning of all wisdom" (Prov. 9:10).
Basically, there are 3 ways that the devil will attack believers or even non-believers. First, physical attack. It is believed that the devil have the power to cause people to be sick and have physical limitation. But even so, sometimes we blame everything to the devil when we are sick. at times these sickness is the cause of our own lifestyle or even because of our own sins. Well, the world solution to this attack or the devil's solution for people is with all kinds of therapy and medication. This causes people to focus on therapies and medicine instead of trusting in God to provide healing. Well, don't get me wrong, medicine and therapies are good but we must not just focus in it and forsaking God.
Secondly, the Devil attack our intellectuals. By this I mean, he attack from the educational point of view. Some people thinks that education is the most important thing in life until they have to forsake God. People have taken so highly of education but is there an improvement in the society we are living in? Malaysia is considered an educational hub in South East Asia, but there are corruptions in Malaysia. Education is to help people to be more advance but as you see today's society it is still in the dump! Even, parents place tuition classes for their children as priority over Worship or even over God! The only way we could resist this is to fear the Lord!
Thirdly, is the attack on Morality. Just look at the news paper! the morality of people is not getting better! it is getting worst, even with the best education provided people are still morally poor. Will the culture of Sodom and Gomorrah come back to the world? just look at the news! you can answer it yourself! the world's solution to this attack is with MONEY.. people think that money will solve all kinds of problems.. they are wrong, you can be filthy rich but morally you are poor!
Do we fall into these attack of the Devil? let us stand firm in the Lord and resist the Devil. James 4:7, 8 says "Submit yourselves, then, to God. Resist the devil, and he will flee from you. Come near to God and He will come near to you..." all we need to do is to submit to God and resist the devil, then God will draw near to us!!
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