I greet all men and women of good will, the grace of Jesus Christ manifested in each one.
Submit yourselves, then, to God, resist the devil, and he will flee from you. James 4: 7
Resist, action of not giving in, not succumbing, not submitting, remaining firm in its purpose, not obeying what is being imposed by the opponent, staying unchanged in the correct position.
When the word of the Lord tells us that we must resist the devil, it is because it will certainly come to provoke, it will come with the purpose of diverting our steps from the right path, of taking us out of the focus that God planned for our lives. No example that we can use can be greater than that of Jesus, He shows us a test of infallible resistance, the correct method that every Christian should use if he wants to win. The Bible.
Do not oppose the interests of the confronter, sense of his calling, prudence in speaking, knowledge of the enemy's weapons, are the attributes that must be used at the right time. All that the enemy of our souls plans is to separate us from what God has planned for our lives, this is what happened with Jesus, Jesus was led to the desert, that is, Jesus was exposed every moment to torture, and, the adversary, whose objective was to make Jesus oscillate, so that God's plan would be rendered useless. Then Jesus was led by the Spirit into the desert, to be tempted by the devil.
Matthew 4: 1, but Jesus stood his ground, he did not even want to deal with the devil, Jesus did not use to stoop to argue with Satan, He knew that they were the plan of the enemy, and that this was doing his part in trying to frustrating God's projects, Jesus with infinite wisdom, used the word to combat all the frameworks of Satan. Jesus, even being God, used what was written, the right sword that kills and life. This, to say, for me and you, that the power to resist the temptations that arise to turn our lives away from the direction of God, is the word.
There is no other way to resist the attempts of darkness, there is no way to remain positioned against the dark hosts, yes, we do not use the word of God, our human knowledge is mere supposition, it will not be able to invalidate the tricks of the enemy, because he is a spirit and to defeat him we need to be in spirit, Jesus was taken in Spirit to be tempted, Jesus was here as a man, he needed to be in full connection with God.
We are all taken to the desert every day, obviously, our desert is different from Jesus', because the mission of Jesus, no human being could endure, so the temptation of Him was so vehement, however, God never allows if we are tempted beyond what we can bear, temptation did not come upon you, but human; but faithful is God, who will not let you tempt over what you can, before temptation will also give the escape, so that you can endure. 1 Corinthians 10: 13 God will never allow us to go through trials without first reserving the victory for our lives, what we need to know is the word of God, so that, we will use it when necessary, Jesus at that moment needs to use the word , if He used His power, He would submit to the whims of Satan, if He used his knowledge as God, He would be doing the will of the enemy also. Jesus needed to use what God left, is that everyone had knowledge, even satan, more because Jesus acted like this?
To show clearly that, He came to do the will of God, Then He said: Behold, I come (In the beginning of the book it is written of me), To do, O God, your will. Hebrews 10: 7, this evidence, which can only resist temptation if we are subject to the will of God, all the attacks of the enemy in the life of Jesus were frustrated because Jesus submerged the will of God, Jesus was aware of his mission here on earth, He knew what the motive was for here, so, no matter how much the enemy invested, it could not invalidate God's plan, because the will of God always overcomes the forces and strategies of evil over the life of those who are within the desire of God.
We need to understand that the function of the enemy will always be to invest against our lives, he will do everything to destroy himself, to get away from God's will, since the creation of the universe this happens, the work of the devil is to try to damage and stop God's projects , this is his nature, he lives in his favor, plus those who are subject to the action of God, he possesses this knowledge and is also convinced that no evil force can destroy him, because he has tried to follow the plans and goals that God has given him. entrusted, then, Be sober; watch; for the devil, your adversary, walks about, roaring like a lion, seeking whom he may swallow; 1 Peter 5: 8, be strong and courageous, the Lord sent him to a certain mission.
He already reserved your victory, everything is a matter of time, the desert is going to have to end, then the climb to the mountains will begin, if the Lord allowed the devil to surround you, it is because, God knows you have the power of the Word in your life, and at the exact moment, the Spirit of God will give you wisdom and enable you to destroy the works of darkness, because you will not use what is yours, plus what is of God, there is only one, who can destroy the works of evil, whose nature is to be GOOD, And Jesus said to him: Why do you call me good? No one is good but one, who is God.
Mark 10:18, use at any time, that you have the best in your life, the word of God, if you do not know it, get to know already, then you will be a winner and no evil force can disable you, It is in your power the weapon that defeats any enemy, the Bible, read it, and, use in your life.
