KEPT BY THE LOVE OF YEHOVAH ELOHIM - GOD

Satan cannot shake or test the faith of any child of God without Yehovah’s permission. Simply put, Yehovah Elohim - God has a purpose and plan behind every trial that Satan brings to our lives. Jesus gave a warning to the apostle Peter: “Simon, Simon! Indeed, Satan has asked for you, that he may sift you as wheat” (Luke 22:31).

The scriptures make it clear that Satan’s main objective is to destroy the faith of those who serve Yehovah Elohim - God and the Messiah Jesus.

Most Christians remember Peter’s boast about his own faith: “Lord, I am ready to go with you, both to prison and to death” (Luke 22:33). What Peter says here comes across as spiritual boldness, but in truth, it represents a fleshly audacity that the scriptures warn against: “Let him who thinks he stands to take heed lest he falls” (1 Corinthians 10:12). None of us can stand without the enabling Spirit of the living God - Yehovah indwelling us! Without the Spirit of Yehovah enabling us to walk according to His will we are helpless to do anything according to His will. 

When Peter was questioned about his faith in the garden, rather than boldly declaring his allegiance to Jesus, he denied that he knew him. And then, in panic, he ran from the scene of his denial.

However, this once fearless disciple, now broken and anguishing over his failure to acknowledge the lord Jesus, was never for a moment on his own. Jesus had proclaimed earlier, “I have prayed for you, that your faith should not fail” (Luke 22:32).

This is one of the most encouraging verses in all of Scripture. Jesus was telling Peter here that no matter what he faced, no matter what he would go through; even including his denial of the Messiah Jesus; his faith would not fail!

Just as he has done throughout history, Satan demands Yehovah’s permission to sift us today as His did with Job. He wants to attack our homes, our marriages, our children, our health, our jobs and careers, our very belief in Yehovah and His uniquely begotten God Jesus. But be assured, Yehovah has not forsaken you; and He never will. Indeed, right now He is saying to you through His Son Jesus: “I will never leave you. Lo, I am with you, even to the end of the age.”