The Second Thing That Gives The Devil Fits

A couple of blogs ago, I quoted from Romans 14:17 which says that the kingdom of God is righteousness, peace and joy in the Holy Spirit. I spent a couple of blogs on the subject of righteousness. In essence, righteousness is believing that what God says is true and that He is God enough to bring it to pass.

When we re-train our minds to believe that the Word of God is our future that will overturn our right now, faith will rise in our hearts. (Romans 12:2)  When faith rises to claim that the promises of God are OURS, then our hearts will begin to be at peace with whatever situation we are facing. Why? Because we steadfastly believe that God will override our present situation and bring His Word to pass.

Let's look at Abraham and Sarah. They had to wait 25 years before God brought them Isaac. Yes, He waited a long time but He did what He said He would do, Every year that went by nothing changed except their bodies. They watched as their bodies got older and older and older. The older they grew, the more they realized that only God could bring His promise to life. In other words, they were prime candidates for a miracle. And that is what they got.

How many of you can declare that you are a prime candidate for a miracle? I know that I am. I've waited for and longed for and cried for God to answer several of my prayers. But, to my flesh, it doesn't look like my answers have a snow ball's chance.......in the Sahara desert of ever coming to pass. That doesn't mean that they never will. It just means that they haven't yet.

God doesn't get upset about performing miracles. As a matter of fact, He delights in doing the impossible for His children. Why did God care if the two of them got older? He was the creator. He made their bodies in the first place. It was absolutely nothing for God to reverse the aging process for a moment of time. It was absolutely nothing for God to give Sarah strength.

But, wait a minute! Here's where you have to understand the loving nature of God. Why did He wait so long? Why did He wait until it looked like it was impossible?

Look at it from God's standpoint. If He gave them a child when they were in their 60's and 70's they could almost say that they did it on their own. However, when He waited until it LOOKED impossible to them and everybody else, He knew that the only thing that COULD be said was, "It must have been God."

For God to bless a 30 or 40 year-old couple with a child is not much of a miracle. But, it would take a complete idiot to suggest that a 100-year-old couple just happened to get pregnant. God displayed His great love to the world by holding back childbirth from this couple until He was ready.

Genesis 14 tells us that Abraham  318 trained servants that fought to rescue his nephew Lot. These 318 men, their wives and their children saw a miracle when Isaac was born. Now think about this! When Isaac got old enough to understand the birth process, HE even had to come to the conclusion that he was a miracle baby and was born in a miracle fashion.

GOD KNOWS WHAT HE'S DOING WHEN HE WAITS TO ANSWER YOUR PRAYER. IT WILL MAKE MORE SENSE WHY HE WAITED SO LONG WHEN THE ANSWER DOES ARRIVE. PRAISE GOD AND PRAISE GOD AND PRAISE GOD FOR HONORING HIS OWN WORD.

Would you like to give the devil some t-total, obnoxious, and well deserved hissy fits? Would you like to see him whine and cry BECAUSE OF YOUR actions instead of you crying about his? Did you know that God put absolutely no limit on how much torment you give the devil? Then take Luke 10:19 and Psalm 8:2 as your marching orders from the MOST HIGH GOD and praise God for being faithful to keep His Word.

The more you praise Him for the answer, the more you think about His answer, the more you see yourself enjoying His answer has a direct relationship to the peace that comes from believing God's Word. It's called righteousness. Abraham believed God and God said that believing Him was the right thing to do. Meditation on His Word will bring you peace and peace will bring down the devil's stronghold around your life.

Your answer might not come today but you won't care. You'll walk in peace. Today it might seem impossible but you won't care. You'll walk in peace. And as you walk in peace and refuse to doubt and refuse to fear.....you will rip the devil a new one.

You've got to admit it like I have. I'm going to walk in peace as I believe God's Word NOT just because it brings God's answer. BUT IT GIVES BACK TO THE DEVIL SOME OF THE AGGRAVATION THAT HE HAS GIVEN ME. IT LITERALLY TEARS HIM UP TO HEAR US PRAISING GOD IN ADVANCE. AND, ACCORDING TO PSALM 8 IT VIRTUALLY PARALYZES HIS EFFORTS AGAINST GOD'S PEOPLE.

NOW START BELIEVING AND PRAISING GOD AND LET'S RIP THE DEVIL AND HIS STOOGES ON THIS EARTH A NEW ONE!!!!!