Satan checks in with the Father. But, how often do we check in with Him? Now, how much more IMPORTANT are we to check in with our Father and ask Him how we are to endure and defeat the trials that He has set forth.
Our adversary checks in with God to see what he is allowed and not allowed to do. He is collecting the battle plans that God is going to put forth in our lives. We are going to go through a trial/tribulation, it is our responsibility to seek the solution of how we need to endure/defeat it. I think, more often than not, He is testing our faithfulness to Him. Are we going to give up and say the heck with this, or are we going to cry out to our Savior and ask for His strength to endure it.
He shares his teachings with us... store up all your treasures in Heaven. He gives us tools/teachings that we can store in Heaven that we can use to rely on, trust on, be empowered on in the midst of our trials. The Lord has asked our Father to send His Spirit to us, so that He can communicate to our spirit. I will never leave you, nor forsake you. The Holy Spirit dwells in us and He will prompt us on what scripture we can apply to our situation.
I for one, do not claim that I can remember the scriptures, but I am always reminded of them... I will put the words in your mouth at the time of need.
So, what I am saying is that the battle is already won! He says that He will not give us more than we can handle. There are going to be times when we feel that He has pushed us over the edge, beyond our capacities of handling the situation. Its a trial... there is a lot of resource that we can apply that we don't really look to. Peace. Patience. Calm spirit. Praise. Comfort.
It all works together for good. Just as the levels in a computer game get tougher, so do the trials that we face. God will thicken our armor as we grow in Him. The more Satan attacks me, the more I should look to Him; just as my daughter falls, her first immediate response is... DADDY!!!
Father, Son, Holy Spirit. we come before you to ask for your strength to endure YOUR trials for our lives. And we want to thank You for Your mercies for the time that we fail. But, though Your Son, we can be reconciled to You through asking for forgiveness. We know that these trials are for us to grow in You because we are sinners, and that we need to seek you everyday to learn Your teachings. Though, it may be tough, You are the Author of our lives and we trust You will bring us though EVERY trial you put us through. Help us to look to the Holy Spirit's promptings, we ask for Your discernment of what voices we need to listen to, help us to grow together in Your body- to strengthen and uphold each other as brothers and sisters. In Jesus name we pray, Amen.
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Genesis 3:1-7 (New King James Version)
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The Temptation and Fall of Man
1 Now the serpent was more cunning than any beast of the field which the LORD God had made. And he said to the woman, “Has God indeed said, ‘You shall not eat of every tree of the garden’?”
2 And the woman said to the serpent, “We may eat the fruit of the trees of the garden; 3 but of the fruit of the tree which is in the midst of the garden, God has said, ‘You shall not eat it, nor shall you touch it, lest you die.’”
4 Then the serpent said to the woman, “You will not surely die. 5 For God knows that in the day you eat of it your eyes will be opened, and you will be like God, knowing good and evil.”
6 So when the woman saw that the tree was good for food, that it was pleasant to the eyes, and a tree desirable to make one wise, she took of its fruit and ate. She also gave to her husband with her, and he ate. 7 Then the eyes of both of them were opened, and they knew that they were naked; and they sewed fig leaves together and made themselves coverings.
Job 1:6-2:8 (New King James Version)
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6 Now there was a day when the sons of God came to present themselves before the LORD, and Satan[a] also came among them. 7 And the LORD said to Satan, “From where do you come?”
So Satan answered the LORD and said, “From going to and fro on the earth, and from walking back and forth on it.”
8 Then the LORD said to Satan, “Have you considered My servant Job, that there is none like him on the earth, a blameless and upright man, one who fears God and shuns evil?”
9 So Satan answered the LORD and said, “Does Job fear God for nothing? 10 Have You not made a hedge around him, around his household, and around all that he has on every side? You have blessed the work of his hands, and his possessions have increased in the land. 11 But now, stretch out Your hand and touch all that he has, and he will surely curse You to Your face!”
12 And the LORD said to Satan, “Behold, all that he has is in your power; only do not lay a hand on his person.”
So Satan went out from the presence of the LORD.