Wednesday, June 9, 2010

When Satan Knocks on Your Door

Just when you are upholding your spiritual man in the Lord.
Just when you are counting your daily blessings,
patient in your spiritual journey.
Just when you are growing again,
striving to be more for Jesus.

Satan pounces in with his claws sharpened to tear up your composure
to press you to the limit to see if you have a crack in your armor he can pry
open to a gapping hole.
He will find a way to needle you, to tell you your not so much
in the Lord, your not walking in the favor of the Lord,
your walking in the curses of God.
Rather than have you count your blessings,
he will strive to divert your attention to the worldly gains
that you do not possess ... He will compare you to someone that has more
than you do... He will tell you; ' you have been weighed you measured
and you have been found wanting...
[I took that line from a flick called the Knights Tale]

By the time he is finished with you, you will be looking at your
lot and instead of a solid rock your standing on...
He has carved out enough holes to look like swiss chess.
Sad to say that's what he does.
The good news is, that place that new pad he cut is a temporary
moment in an ugly place from which we will rise above again.
Depending on our strength in the Lord it may be but a moment
and then we see the devil for what he is and realize we have
just been satanically attacked.

He can speak to us through anyone... He takes us by surprise often
enough when he creeps in through Christians,
particularly Christians of the Luke Warm Church.
These Christians do not seem to grow in the Lord.
They are described in the Character of Men in the Last Days

2 Tim 3:
This know also, that in the last days perilous times shall come.
2 For men shall be lovers of their own selves, covetous, boasters,
proud, blasphemers, disobedient to parents, unthankful, unholy,
3 Without natural affection, trucebreakers, false accusers,
incontinent, fierce, despisers of those that are good,
4 Traitors, heady, highminded, lovers of pleasures more than lovers of God;
5 Having a form of godliness, but denying the power thereof: from such turn away.
6 For of this sort are they which creep into houses, and lead captive silly women
laden with sins, led away with divers lusts,
* 7 Ever learning, and never able to come to the knowledge of the truth.

SEE NUMBER *SEVEN ... EVER LEARNING
AND NEVER ABLE TO COME TO THE KNOWLEDGE OF TRUTH.

Rev 3:
15 I know thy works, that thou art neither cold nor hot: I would thou wert cold or hot.
16 So then because thou art lukewarm, and neither cold nor hot, I will spue thee out of my mouth.

THIS IS THE LUKE WARM CHURCH THAT MAKES GOD TO VOMIT

At this point I want to admittedly say; I am capable of failure yet... I like to believe IM not as capable of failure in the Lord
as I once was...having Grown advanced from the milk through trial, time, the word and the Holy Spirit

Hebrews 5:12 For when for the time ye ought to be teachers,
ye have need that one teach you again
which be the first principles of the oracles of God;
and are become such as have need of milk, and not of strong meat.

Can you and I say; I'm more resistant to Satan and more Christ like and
yet be able to acknowledge potential failure in the Lord?
I can be like Peter the Lord may say to me one moment your a rock
I can build my church upon
and the next moment He is saying to me get thee behind me satan.

See; like Peter verse 18 was a highlight and five verses later a low point.

Mat16:18 And I say also unto thee,
That thou art Peter, and upon this rock I will build my church;
and the gates of hell shall not prevail against it.

Mat 16:23 But he turned, and said unto Peter,
Get thee behind me,
Satan: thou art an offence unto me:
for thou savourest not the things that be of God,
but those that be of men.

We will have our highs and lows in our spiritual growth in the Lord.
One thing we do not want to be is the Luke warm Church
We want to be the Church of Philadelphia

Rev 3: 7 And to the angel of the church in Philadelphia write;
These things saith he that is holy, he that is true,
he that hath the KEY OF DAVID,
he that openeth,
and no man shutteth;
and shutteth,
and no man openeth;

8 I know thy works:
behold, I have set before thee an open door, and no man can shut it:
for thou hast a little strength, and hast kept my word, and hast not denied my name.

The church in Philadelphia has the ((((Key))) it is Truly SAVED
' No Mental Ascent' to Salvation in the Lord.
This is the true Bride of Christ...
This is the church the Lord comes for;
she has little strength and God knows her heart.

Jesus is the reader of hearts...
He said this people draweth nigh unto me with their mouth,
and honoureth me with their lips;
but their heart is far from me.[Mat 15:8 ]

Many will say to me in that day,
Lord, Lord, have we not prophesied in thy name?
And in thy name have cast out devils?
And in thy name done many wonderful works?

And then will I profess unto them,
I never knew you:
depart from me,
ye that work iniquity.


CONCLUSION:

Satan will attack us when we feel we are contrite in the Lord.
These are ongoing tests through-ought our soul salvation
growth to reveal to us our Weak areas in Jesus.

Surely if after Satan has spoken and we are not moved or disturbed by him...
then we are above his particular measure of attack.
Hence we can trust he will leave us and return sometime later with a different
method of attack searching for our weakness.

Each of us are as different as the colors of the world.
Satanic attacks are good for us,
they reveal us.
Its through them we can see what we need take to Jesus
in prayer and surrender. Its through them we can know
what we need pray for strength in.

a. WHEN Satan KNOCKS ON YOUR DOOR.
Recognize It is satanic attack


b Ask yourself what test is this.
Strive to determine what spirit it is.
For example a jealous spirit- will be jealous
of what you do have and seek to rob you of your
joy in the Lord over it.

How will it do that?
By taking your focus off what you do have
and showing you what you do not have.

c At this point it would be a good time to recall
worldly possessions do not impress the
King of kings and Lord of lords and
we will not win the heart of God by taking inventory
of the things that thieves can steal, moths can eat and rust destroys.

d. Pray for yourself for strength as well as the person
Satan used as a tool to provoke you.

e. Praise Jesus* He loves you and is rearing you up in Him.
Testing you for temperament, strength and durability.

How do I know this?
I just went through it.
He had me by the collar about 2 hours.
And that is real good compared to taking it bed
and waking up with it in the morning.
Praise Jesus I bounced back quickly.
This is how we can measure our growth in our Christian walk.
Also realize Satan relishes in speaking to us through someone close to us,
some family member or loved one.
This way we can't simply change the channel,
turn down the volume, move easily to turn our back and walk away or blink
and miss his message.
Its clever of him... and Jesus bids us fair warning.

Mat10:16 Behold, I send you forth as sheep in the midst of wolves
: be ye therefore wise as serpents, and harmless as doves.


Praise the Father, Son and Holy Spirit
Praise our three in one God
Praise Jesus Christ our Savior
Amen


A brief final note here...
You and I know God desires to withhold no good thing from us.

John 10:10 The thief cometh not, but for to steal, and to kill, and to destroy:
I am come that they might have life, and that they might have it more abundantly.

Jesus desire is to bless us in spiritual gifts, he also knows we have needs and desires in
this world but we are to seek first the kingdom of God, and his righteousness;
and all these things shall be added unto us.

We need keep all things in proper prospective order in the Lord,
keep the faith, trust and wait on God.
His timing is perfect, that He be glorified not us...


Jesus* Bless your hearts in Him

TAKE THE HITS

Take the Hits
Like a boxer in a ring take the hits.

Fight the Good Fight is not to sit on the side line and wait for a 'cushy way out'... THAT DOES SOUND GOOD TO ME AND PERHAPS TO YOU AS WELL. Thankfully YES we do enjoy those moments of sweatless effort and wonderful newness of great change is upon us. We might consider the moment of Soul Salvation... It was nothing we did to merit it, all we did was ask through faith believing and we were transformed from the walking dead to the new beginning of eternal life in Jesus*

Even still its not a fight of the good fight if we are running from what we must face up to.
Are we seeking to hide what we need to tear down?
Are we in the mental arena of the battle dreading defeat...
Are we in that mental place that bids us to just keep hold of what we need let go of ...
We don't want to experience anything too painful, traumatic or difficult.
We want the victory without the challenge
Out of our rut we cry ' Uh the idea of winning seems impossible before we begin'....

2 Timothy 4:7 I have fought a good fight, I have finished my course, I have kept the faith:

Christians have many things many obstacles to overcome in their climb upward in the Lord Jesus after their Soul Salvation.
Its a lifetime of growth and change and change and growth in the Lord.
Should we say; ' I have arrived, I am all I can be in the Lord'... We then fool ourselves; for who is likened unto the Lord God Almighty?

Greatest of growth spurts in our Christian Climb or walk [however you perceive it to be in your spiritual realm] come out of our pain and through pressure and time.

Through the Holy Spirit of Almighty God ... You will know its time to: let go of something in order to grow in Jesus again.
God pricks our conscience and tells us its time.... How much longer will you hold onto what God wants you to 'cast out' of your life?
He keeps tapping at our hearts door, He keeps talking to us about it, He keeps sending a feeling of guilt where comfort or pleasure once prevailed in our hearts... We know beyond a shadow of doubt God indeed is saying ENOUGH IS ENOUGH...

ITS TIME THEN TO STOP IT ... and that means get in the ring, get in the arena and fight
the good fight. Don't toss in the towel before you were willing to take the hits.
God has a challenge for you today... ITS - TAKE THE HITS, take the pain. Often times many of us have the tendency to make things worse in our own minds than they truly are.
Take a look back in your own life and see what you have overcome.
Can you recall that it was not as bad as you imagined it would be?... If your freaking out right now saying; 'NO ... IT WAS WORSE !'
You can still say you past through and what does not kill us makes us stronger.
Trust God does indeed aid us.
We are never alone, With God all things are possible.

Matthew 19:26 But Jesus beheld them, and said unto them, With men this is impossible; but with God all things are possible.

BELIEVE: believe the unbelievable

1 Samuel 17:34 And David said unto Saul, Thy servant kept his father's sheep, and there came a lion, and a bear, and took a out of the flock:
35 And I went out after him, and smote him, and delivered it out of his mouth: and when he arose against me, I caught him by his beard, and smote him, and slew him.
36 Thy servant slew both the lion and the bear: and this uncircumcised Philistine shall be as one of them, seeing he hath defied the armies of the living God.
37 David said moreover, The Lord that delivered me out of the paw of the lion, and out of the paw of the bear, HE WILL DELIVER ME OUT OF the hand of this Philistine. And Saul said unto David,
Go, and the Lord be with thee.

FAITH: David drew on his past to increase his faith for the battle at hand.

David had great faith in God and went to face his giant with his weapons of choice...
1 Samuel 17:40 And he took his staff in his hand, and chose him five smooth stones out of the brook, and put them in a shepherd's bag which he had, even in a scrip; and his sling was in his hand: and he drew near to the Philistine.

ACTION; The mere act of choosing his weapons, reaffirms to his mind and heart ...I Am going to do this...I AM GOING TO DO THIS!!!

...Again Drawing from his past walk in the Lord God Almighty ... David calculated; HE [God] will deliver me out of the hand of this. Things we run from or want to put off to a later date only serve to unnerve us.

What has the Lord pressed upon your heart to let go of?
You know exactly what you need to do...
The Lord has told you or shown you in advance so just do it.
You have imagined walking through the challenge
you have mentally seen your victory and rejoiced in the positive outcome.
Yes mentally you have punched through to victory many times.
Now its time to do it for real.
Trust God keep the faith and just do it.
You alone are weak but with God all things are possible... Amen...

I pray this helps someone ... The Lord Jesus* has aided me in putting this together through the Holy Spirit for someone ...
Possibly you.

Jesus* Bless your heart in Him and the Holy Spirit said; "The other side is so much better"

Transformation: to transform - a to change in composition or structure b : to change the outward form or appearance of c : to change in character or condition : convert
2 : to subject to mathematical transformation
3 : to cause (a cell) to undergo genetic transformationintransitive verb : to become transformed : change [http://www.merriam-webster.com/netdict/transform]

ICor. 12:
7. But the manifestation of the Spirit is given to every man to profit withal.
31. But covet earnestly the best gifts: and yet shew I unto you a more excellent way.


Note: when we let go of ... We encourage some new transformation in the spirit world that we may not be certain of at the time as to exactly what it is. Yet with Jesus we can know for certain its for our very best in Christ Jesus, whom makes all things work together for our good.

A suitable ending for this is be made aware that if we choose to let the moments of change and encourage new spiritual growth in the Lord come upon us .... That we might be used by the Lord God Almighty for a greater purpose then we can be certain God will not sweat our decision to sit on the sideline ... He will find a willing heart to favor over you and they will pick up and run with the torch that you were to comfortable to reach for.

We all reap what we sow.

Ask yourself if your willing to put God off again?
This may be His last calls to you...
Then He moves onward to a more fruitful eager heart for Him.
I encourage you don't suffer that great lose...
Recall we can never out give the Lord.
Give unto Him and He will out pour a blessing your walls cannot contain {Luke 6:38.

Romans 8:28 And we know that all things work together for good to them that love God,
to them who are the called according to his purpose.

As always not that we be glorified but that He be glorified.
To God be the Glory for the Great Things He has done.. Amen
All Praise to the Father, Son and Holy Spirit ... our great three in one God.. Amen
Jesus* Blessings to your efforts in Him.