LISTEN! LISTEN! LISTEN!

” SO, HUMBLE YOURSELVES BEFORE GOD. RESIST THE DEVIL AND HE WILL FLEE FROM YOU.” JAMES 4:7

” HUMBLE YOURSELVES BEFORE THE LORD, AND HE WILL LIFT YOU UP IN HONOR.” JAMES 4:10

” REMEMBER, IT IS A SIN TO KNOW WHAT YOU OUGHT TO DO AND THEN NOT DO IT.” JAMES 4:17

Our time on this earth is not determined by the number of hours in a day or the number of days in a week. We do not know just when the Lord is going to call us home to be with him. The devil knows this. The devil is very active in the world, working very hard to distract as many people as he can. He knows the bible. He knows the outcome. If he knows what the bible says, and we don’t, then he has a large advantage over us. He is not stupid. Sometimes we like to picture him as the little red guy with a long tail and horns carrying a three-pronged pitchfork. The Lord has made it very clear that the devil is not a fictional character but a truly demonized spirit being. He is in a war with God and God’s children. We need to have nothing to do with him. James tells us that if we resist him, he will flee from us. He tells us to humble ourselves before God and that he will lift us up in honor. We need to get rid of the evil in our lives and begin to focus on the Lord our God and his word. We need to stand up in the face of the devil and tell him, in the name of Jesus, to get out of our lives and out of our way. We need to totally focus on our Lord, listen to him and be doers of the word and not hearers only. As James 4:17 says, ” Remember, it is a sin to know what you ought to do and then not do it.” If we are hearing the word of God but not doing what it says, then we know what to do but are not doing it. We want to be sure we are spreading God’s word while he has given us the opportunity here on this earth. It is not easy, but if we humble ourselves before him and focus on his word and act upon his word we will be helping in the fight against the devil. Don’t let the evil of this world distract you from carrying out God’s instructions for your life. Listen and be a doer of his word. PRAISE THE LORD IN ALL THINGS!