Your Supply Belongs To You, Not The devil!
(Editor's note: The Hebrew notion of Salvation (Deliverance) included much more than forgiveness and eternal life. Salvation meant freedom from debt, worry, fear and sickness. Power over enemies, total victory and possession of a land was integral to the concept. Today many believers have been put off by hyper-prosperity teaching. This teaching may have been responsible for many believers retreating entirely from the True Gospel, which portrays CREATOR as SUPPLIER!
"Cast all your anxiety on him because he cares for you. Be self-controlled and alert. Your enemy the devil prowls around like a roaring lion looking for someone to devour. Resist him, standing firm in the faith, because you know that your brothers throughout the world are undergoing the same kind of sufferings." 1 Peter 5:7-9 It is all too easy to draw undue conclusions when confronted by the enemy. Here are some examples: EXAMPLE 1: 1. Last Lesson we saw that the Israelites turned away from CREATOR'S Supply by concluding that they could not defeat the enemy. 2. The Israelites would not face Goliath due to being intimidated by Goliath's challenge. 3. The last time you or I received threatening news and we retreated instead of advanced. In example #1, 40 years later the descendants of the Israelites, led by Joshua, defeated the enemy at Jericho without lifting a finger, so to speak. EXAMPLE 2: On the first day that Goliath challenged GOD'S people, who would have believed that a teenager would face him and kill him with a small rock some 40 days later. EXAMPLE 3: Yours to fill in the blanks _________________. Our Scripture for today says that the devil prowls like a roaring lion seeking whom he may devour. Like and May. He's not a roaring lion. JESUS is the LION of the Tribe of Judah! And he May Not devour you! Will you let him intimidate you from receiving your Supply? The answer is "Yes you will!" if you don't challenge him at every turn. Paul told us to Stand after having done All! There is no running, no turning and no backing down. It is life or death, sink or swim, win or lose. Live, Swim and Win! Only if you Stand and challenge the enemy. He has no power over you, no more than did Goliath and Jericho, except for the power of intimidation! And your Supply belongs to You, not him! |