Sunday, October 12, 2014

Spiritual Warfare KB:10.12.14

Matthew 4: Jesus Is Tested in the Wilderness
4 Then Jesus was led by the Spirit into the wilderness to be tempted by the devil.2 After fasting forty days and forty nights, he was hungry. 3 The tempter came to him and said, “If you are the Son of God, tell these stones to become bread.”
4 Jesus answered, “It is written: ‘Man shall not live on bread alone, but on every word that comes from the mouth of God.
5 Then the devil took him to the holy city and had him stand on the highest point of the temple. 6 “If you are the Son of God,” he said, “throw yourself down. For it is written:
“‘He will command his angels concerning you,
    and they will lift you up in their hands,
    so that you will not strike your foot against a stone.
7 Jesus answered him, “It is also written: ‘Do not put the Lord your God to the test.
8 Again, the devil took him to a very high mountain and showed him all the kingdoms of the world and their splendor. 9 “All this I will give you,” he said, “if you will bow down and worship me.”
10 Jesus said to him, “Away from me, Satan! For it is written: ‘Worship the Lord your God, and serve him only.
11 Then the devil left him, and angels came and attended him.

I have read this over and over again for  a couple of weeks because I am in the throes of spiritual warfare. I realize that there is a good number of people who will read this and not fully understand what it means to be under the pressure of warfare. I can only describe it by what people remember from cartoons with the angel and the devil sitting on your shoulder; trust me it's an over simplification but you get the gist.

The pressure is at time intense because The Enemy, The Tempter, Satan , whatever you choose to call him, is busy using all your fears, your insecurities and your character defects to dissuade, distract and detract from what God has spoken into my spirit.

My humanity (flesh) naturally rebels against the things of God because faith makes no sense to the flesh. A person has to decide to believe, Faith has to extend beyond your vision and your feelings. Then you have to decide to stand firm in/on the word of God..


Please believe this comes out of personal experience and I may very well have to remind myself again because I have been found guilty of imposing and inserting my will over the will of God to disastrous results. Today, in this moment is time I am following Jesus' lead learning and practicing how to watch, wait and pray

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