The Truth As Far As I Can Tell…
James 4:7 – So humble
yourselves before God. Resist the devil,
and he will flee from you.
“What do you mean?” I asked my friend, Ken. Ken Stephens was an experienced Methodist
minister who served a church a few miles down the road from mine. He was patient, faithful, and wise from years
of ‘fighting the good fight’ in the Lord’s Kingdom.
Ken and I and a number of
other pastors in Forsyth, Georgia were planning a community-wide mission event. Unfortunately, we had experienced some minor
setbacks in our plans. It was nothing
major, but enough to make some of us less experienced ministers question if we
were doing the right thing. Was God trying
to tell us we were off track? Were we doing the right thing?
“It’s the green light.” Ken repeated.
“When Satan sees the Church working together and doing the will of God, Satan
feels threatened. He doesn’t like
it. So, he tries his best to disrupt and
discourage God’s people. But that’s the
green light for the Church. It tells us
we are on the right track. We are
making the Devil nervous. So we’ve got
to press on. The Devil’s telling us to
stop, but God’s giving us the green light to go ahead.”
I never forgot Ken’s
advice. Whenever I know I am doing the
right thing, I don’t let Satan discourage me with his minor disruptions. Now, I just see these as the green
light. They are confirmation that I am
on the right track. If Satan is fighting
us, it is only confirmation that we are on the right track. So I pray for God to chase the Devil away and I ask other prayer warriors to
join with me, knowing if we resist the Devil, he will flee from us (James 4:7).
Satan cannot stand against
us. Through Jesus, we have already won
the victory. Of course, I’m no expert
and certainly don’t claim to know everything, but that’s the Truth as far as I
can tell…
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