Daily Devotional

THE EVIL ONE CANNOT ESCAPE THE CARE OF GOD FOR YOU

October 13

y Child, when the enemy comes to tempt you and tear at you, do you not know that I am always close by awaiting your call for my help? If you are tempted to sin which contains fleshly pleasure, you simply “tune me out.” You have been so accustomed to forgetting me in times of temptation that you repeatedly fall into sin, requiring continuous repentance and restoration. The next time you are tempted to sin in any form say this, “Father, the enemy is here tempting me to do evil. Help me Father. Deliver me in the name of Jesus!” What do you think will happen next? I will be there to destroy the evil one’s power against you! You will be denied the pleasure of the flesh in that moment, but you will certainly gain the pleasure of your Father’s divine approval in that blessed time of victory! Also, you will have the satisfaction of knowing that you have won a great battle! This is such a joyful experience that you will weigh the sin pleasure against that of knowing that you have resisted evil and won a major victory in a former weak area of your life. You will rejoice and say, “Father, this is what it means to “submit yourselves (myself) therefore to God. Resist the devil, and he will flee from you (me)!” (James 4:7) The blessing will lie in the fact that you are no longer weakened in the presence of the devil, but you have called on your Father that was right there waiting for you to do just that! When you call for your Father, in that very moment your call to me weakens Satan’s power against you. You are strengthened, and you feel that strength and joy that goes with it! It is a glorious experience of victory! The Father in Heaven asks, “Why do my children ignore me and move on into a sinful response instead of trusting themselves to me?” It is because of excuses that the child of God uses to indulge the fleshly desires. These same excuses for sin that the child of God has accepted in his/her mind cause sin to be reasonable and acceptable in their life. The scripture teaches, “You are without excuse O man who doth continue in sin.” (Romans 2:1) What are some of these excuses? You might say, “My wife/husband doesn’t understand me (selfishness), so I will indulge myself in uncleanness and impurity with someone else;” “My boss doesn’t pay me enough money, so what I’m doing is not really stealing, he owes it to me;” “They said hurtful things to me and I did nothing to them, so I will despise them and say negative and hurtful things about them in return for their evil.” My child, ask your Father in Heaven what are the lame excuses that you use to continue in sin! Listen in obedient submission and love, and your Father will help you to leave the sins of the flesh and learn to walk in light and cleansing from the precious blood of the Lord Jesus your Savior! You can move on to the next level of victory against the enemy if you will be bold and call upon your father.

Prayer

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Father, I have made my entire life one long string of weak and dumb excuses for my own failures and poor choices to sin. I pray that you will enable me by reminding me of the fact that at any time that the evil one is tempting me to sin, you are also present showing me the “Way of Life” and holiness. I choose that way over the old way of sinful behaviors. Thank you, Father. You do not sleep day or night, but you are always watching over me and my loved ones to teach us to hate evil and love your righteousness. For all this I give you praise and thanksgiving through the great name of Jesus, amen!