by Rogath Henry | 9 October 2020 08:46 pm10
Our enemy, Satan, seeks to devour us day and night, just as the Bible declares:
“Be sober-minded; be watchful. Your adversary the devil prowls around like a roaring lion, seeking someone to devour.”
(1 Peter 5:8)
The enemy has many ways of devouring a person, and every day he invents new ones. However, one of his most common and dangerous methods is through thoughts.
What he does is plant evil seeds in a person’s mind. As those seeds grow, they produce discouragement, despair, and eventually total collapse.
Below are some thoughts which, if you notice them rising within you, you must know they are designed by the devil. Reject them and ignore them completely.
This is one of Satan’s most popular weapons against God’s people. He creates these thoughts in a person’s mind and drains their strength to continue seeking God and living in peace.
Any thought that tells you that you have already blasphemed the Holy Spirit—perhaps because you once spoke careless words, mocked the gospel, committed a very serious sin, or backslid after salvation and now desire to repent—is one hundred percent a lie from the devil.
Ignore such thoughts completely and do not give them even the smallest space in your heart.
No human being who has truly blasphemed the Holy Spirit still fears God. But if you entertain this thought and allow it to stay in your heart, it will grow and eventually stop you from seeking God, robbing you of peace and joy.
This is another weapon Satan uses to destroy God’s people.
If you find yourself thinking that God hates you, does not love you, or only loves certain people or His servants, know that you are already under spiritual attack. The enemy is slowly destroying you.
Understand this clearly: God hates no one, not even the most wicked person. If He hated you, He would not have created you and allowed you to live in this world. The fact that you exist is proof of His love for you.
Therefore, the thought that you are unloved is from the enemy.
God hears the prayers of every human being. If even the cry of sin reaches heaven, how much more prayer?
The difference lies not in whether God hears, but in how and when He answers. Some receive answers exactly as they prayed; others experience delays. When prayers are delayed, there is always a reason—and the loving God ensures that the person comes to understand that reason so they may correct what needs correction and receive their answer.
God never leaves anyone confused or abandoned.
What blocks many people is giving up too easily. When you give up, you stop your journey toward your blessing halfway.
For example, someone may pray for a good husband or wife while still living in immorality. A loving God will not give something precious before first transforming the person. While waiting, God may send a preacher to lead them to salvation and a godly way of life. Once they repent and change, God then releases the answer.
But if they refuse to change, they may continue praying the same words and see no result.
This does not mean God does not hear prayers—He does. His wisdom simply works differently.
If you start thinking that God has never heard your prayers—whether prayed in your room, on the road, or at work—know that you are under spiritual attack. Seek to understand why the answer has not yet come, but never believe that you were not heard.
“Therefore I tell you, whatever you ask in prayer, believe that you have received it, and it will be yours.”
(Mark 11:24)
Brother or sister, if you think holiness means reaching a level where you have absolutely no faults, then you will never be able to serve God. We still live in this world, and we all have many weaknesses—many of which we are not even aware of.
If God counted every hidden fault, the Bible says no one could stand.
After being saved, do not wake up each morning counting your sins. If you do, Satan will torment you constantly with thoughts like: you are bad, unworthy, useless, unacceptable to God.
Instead, wake up counting the good things you have done for God. If you find none, let that stir you to action. In the evening, thank the Lord for the good He enabled you to do and ask forgiveness for any sins you committed unknowingly. If you remember specific sins, correct them the next day.
Once you have repented, do not continue condemning yourself. Self-condemnation opens the door to Satan’s attacks and brings back the same lies—that God was displeased with you yesterday and cannot walk with you today.
Always wear the shield of faith, so you may extinguish the fiery darts of the enemy.
Our loving God does not sit in heaven recording every mistake believers make after salvation. He looks at our good works, as long as we have believed, turned away from sin, and placed our trust in Him.
We are justified by grace, not by works. Little by little, He sanctifies us until we are fully mature before Him.
These are four weapons used by our enemy, Satan.
If this message is new to you and has opened your eyes, it is a sign that you were walking without a shield, allowing the enemy to attack you. This may be because your pursuit of knowing God deeply has been weak, or pressures of life have made it hard to study the Word.
Do not allow yourself to remain oppressed.
Christians who stand firm and are not shaken are those who carry the shield of faith. They overcame these four attacks long ago. Now it is your turn.
Seek God diligently. Read the Word seriously. Do not let a single day pass without touching your Bible. Do not read merely out of duty—read to understand. When the Word lives in you, it builds faith, gives knowledge, and sets you free.
Without this, do not expect to overcome Satan or to serve God effectively. The devil will not allow you to seek God easily—he will fight you first in your thoughts, then in external circumstances.
Know this: we are at war, and you must fight to know God.
“From the days of John the Baptist until now the kingdom of heaven has suffered violence, and the violent take it by force.”
(Matthew 11:12)
May the Lord bless you.
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