Monday, May 3, 2021

Seeking to devour --1 Peter 5:8

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It is increasingly familiar to hear people exclaim 'there seems to be so much 'darkness' around us'. Evil seems to be more and more present in the world. The feeling of being oppressed-loss of long held freedoms taken for granted is creeping into the consciousness of folks. Expectation the world should be filled with cookie cutter inhabitants who have no opinion is not held as popular. 

These things, these thoughts and feelings are not limited to folks who believe in Christ, in the Creator, one and the same, or those who believe in GOD. They are also held by people who are more keenly aware of their traditions in family dynamics, in education, in sports, in politics, in history, in future plans, in conversational topics, in social media, in entertainment, in health care. There seems no part of life that has not seen or is currently undergoing change and it is so much change with such rapidity it disrupts the calm, the ease, the status they found timelessly peaceful. 

GOD, through HIS HOLY SPIRIT, has given all who read HIS WORD fair notice that there is an adversarial competitor for our lives. That adversary, known as the devil or Satan, has for eons from the first woman studied human nature in all its epochs, all its alleged progress, all its divisions be it ethnicity, belief systems, skepticisms, cynicism, innovation, its intellectual prowess, alleged progressive motion as it steams rolls through centuries and millennia. HE has adapted from direct attack, as in the case of Eve with a question, to the corruption of all things good that has dawned on humankind as the collection of knowledge, wisdom, engineering, progression. There is nothing the devil holds too sacred to corrupt if it means he reaches his various goals. 

Yet, though we have this warning it is really packed with much information. Firstly, the devil 'seeks' to devour --- yet, the brother of Jesus said this in his letter to fellow believers: " Submit yourselves therefore to God. Resist the devil, and he will flee from you." --James 4:7 

You may ask "How do I resist?"


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Of course, the first step is Prayer. However, you do not know the source of the feeling of being attacked, or you do not know how to get rid of the 'feeling' of darkness you feel is imposing prayer for guidance. Be sure to read GOD'S Word daily as HIS Word is where we find the Holy Spirit helps us to best deal with daily issues. It is a wonderful source of LIGHT. 

When you read the Bible you find these sorts of suggestions:


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NOTICE: If you are feeling inclined or feeling led to want Jesus as your Savior, your leader, your King, your source of Peace and Joy but are feeling woefully inadequate, uninformed on how best to get to know HIM, or find yourself at wit’s end because you believe yourself trapped and in need of GOD, please know Jesus stands ready to welcome you with HIS Holy Spirit. Believe these words: “16 For God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son, that whoever believes in Him should not perish but have everlasting life. “—John 3:16

Repent therefore and be converted, that your sins may be blotted out, so that times of refreshing may come from the presence of the Lord, 20 and that He may send Jesus Christ, who was preached to you before, 21 whom heaven must receive until the times of restoration of all things, which God has spoken by the mouth of all His holy prophets since the world began.” – Acts 3:19-20

“Jesus answered and said to him, “Most assuredly, I say to you, unless one is born [a]again, he cannot see the kingdom of God.” 4 Nicodemus said to Him, “How can a man be born when he is old? Can he enter a second time into his mother’s womb and be born?” 5 Jesus answered, “Most assuredly, I say to you, unless one is born of water and the Spirit, he cannot enter the kingdom of God. 6 That which is born of the flesh is flesh, and that which is born of the Spirit is spirit. 7 Do not marvel that I said to you, ‘You must be born again.’ 8 The wind blows where it wishes, and you hear the sound of it, but cannot tell where it comes from and where it goes. So is everyone who is born of the Spirit.” – John 3:3-8

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