I Don’t Buy That Lie
Satan doesn’t just temp us on the obvious things like to tell a lie, smoke cigarettes, talk bad about someone, or cheat on a test. He tempts us with less obvious things like when you are facing difficulty in life and everything seems to be falling apart. He comes along and whispers lies into your ear to lure you out onto his slippery pathways with one objective in mind…..for you to fall. Yes, he plays dirty. He kicks you while you’re down.
In those moments in life, that is when Satan runs as fast as he can to get to your ear and fill it with lies and deception. He tries to convince you that God has abandon you and no longer loves you. He tries to convince you that your situation is hopeless and will never change and never get better. He tries to discourage you when you need encouragement the most. He pushes you down, right at that moment you need a helping hand. He tries his best to drag you down as low as he can drag you so you are discouraged and hopeless of your situation.
Satan will drag you as far as you let him!
Yes trials are hard, no doubt, but the Lord has shown me something different in this scripture today. I’ve never thought about it like this before, but the reason we feel so weak, hopeless, fearful, discouraged and faithless is because we haven’t told Satan to step aside!!
James 4:7 “Submit yourselves therefore to God. Resist the devil, and he will flee from you.”
The longer we listen to his lies, the more we begin to believe them. The longer we listen; we will begin to believe our situation is hopeless and become discouraged, depressed and fixated on our situation. That’s exactly what Satan’s intentions are…to get you to fall and stay down.
Refusing to buy Satan’s lies by resisting him, you walk away from the temptation at hand, separating yourself from an opportunity to give in to believing his lies and venturing off on his slippery path ways.
When you’re faced with Satan’s attack of lies, don’t forget this truth Deuteronomy 31:6 and tell him to pack it up and move along!!
Start listening to God and see what he is saying.
Deuteronomy 31:6 “Be strong and courageous. Do not fear or be in dread of them, for it is the Lord your God who goes with you. He will not leave you or forsake you.”
Who have you been listening to?
Blessings,
Krista
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James 4:7 is a great scripture to say out loud whenever we are discouraged or tempted. Thank you for an encouraging message.
Satan is such a liar and often times his sneaky ways catches us off guard. Love the scriptures you shared with us – what a wonderful encouragement to know that no matter what, He is always with us! Love you!
You are right Krista. The devil likes to discourage and destroy us; let us run to Jesus when difficulties are coming.