BE WISE TO THE SATAN'S TACTICS

We know from Scripture that storms and great trials come to all who have truly become totally committed to loving Yehovah and walking in obedience to His will: “Many are the afflictions of the righteous, but Yehovah delivers him out of them all” (Psalm 34:19). Moreover, as you hunger after Yehovah; if you are determined to seek Him with your whole heart, setting your mind to obey the words He gave the lord Jesus to give to us to obey; you will continually be a target of the devil’s tactics of deception. The most trying of all spiritual battles takes place in the mind of the believer. Many Christians battle thoughts that are oppressive, fearful, and unspiritual. They battle memories of past failures and end up feeling unworthy of fellowship or of receiving God’s blessings. There aren’t always answers for all the reasons why believers suffer, but one thing is certain. Satan's influence is always around seeking to cause you to fail and fall away from being totally committed to walking in new covenant faithfulness before Yehovah The devil wants to rob Yehovah’s saints of their rest, their intimacy, their hope of entering into the coming Kingdom of God; joining with Jesus as co-rulers, in the Theocratic Government he will establish, when he takes his place on David's throne at Zion. Satan wants to destroy anyone who is filled with the spirit of God; who are new creations in the Messiah, that are going to become glorified man and women when they rise up to meet the lord Jesus in the are at his return. The moment you made a decision to be totally committed to Yehovah, and Yehovah’s concerns became your concerns, you became a target of Satan’s wrath. Even though your faith might be weak right now, Satan will not let up on you. He is determined not to allow any chance for the holy spirit to lead you to enter into the Kingdom of God. For this reason, Paul warns us not to be ignorant of the devil’s wiles: “Lest Satan should take advantage of us; for we are not ignorant of his devices” (2 Corinthians 2:11). If we ignore the enemy’s tactics, we may allow him to gain a foothold, or advantage, over us. We need to be on guard enabled by the spirit of the lord Jesus and of Yehovah to withstand the enemies tactics. Paul writes, “Satan himself transforms himself into an angel of light. Therefore it is no great thing if his ministers also transform themselves into ministers of righteousness” (2 Corinthians 11:14-15). Paul’s warning here is crystal clear: Satan uses ungodly people as messengers of his deception, wrath and envy. And, according to the apostle, these people have infiltrated the called-out Assembly of God. Have you ever met such people? The fact remains that we are all going to be in a fight until we die or Jesus comes back to earth. We may be given seasons of calm, but as long as we’re on earth, we are engaged in spiritual warfare. But we have been given weapons that are mighty to the pulling down of strongholds (see 2 Corinthians 10:3-5). We have been equipped with weapons that Satan cannot withstand: prayer, fasting , faith and the enabling power of God's spirit to help us overcome Satan's tactics. Praise Yehovah - Hallelujah