When Satan Calls
There will come a time in your life when Satan will come calling. The question is will you answer? The best thing to do is rebuke the devil. For some in order to rebuke the devil you must first submit yourself to the Lord your God. Once again, I must remind you that Satan is the thief that comes to steal, to kill, and to destroy.
When the devil comes your way; don't give in because with every temptation there is a way of escape. Don't get caught. Satan is calling you to turn from all that you have worked so hard to maintain. Once you loose that relationship that you had with God. It is hard to get it back. Because you will have to battle with yourself and Satan, mostly yourself.
Once you have established that relationship with God; don't let anything or anyone stand in your way. For me, I allowed my flesh to take control and I lost out on what God had in store for me because I was tired and frustrated. Because I yielded to my flesh, I had to way that mush longer to receive what God had for me.
What I am trying to tell you don't answer when Satan calls. Satan doesn't mean you any good. Satan wants to sit on God's throne where God is. Satan will use whomever he pleases to cause you to make God angry with you. Don't give Satan what belongs to God.
When Satan calls; begin to look unto the hills from whence cometh your help. Satan comes when you are at your weakest moment in life. When you are being tried on every hand. Satan comes in like a whirlwind, trying to get you to cheat on God. I must plead with you no matter how hard it gets to sustain yourself, don't cheat on God, the feeling is worse that a man/woman cheating on their spouses.
There is a guilt that will haunt you and haunt you even after God has forgiven you. When Satan calls don't answer. No matter how many times return back to the vomit of sin, you are prolonging what God wants to give you.
Satan wants to keep you in bondage which is your Egypt. Don't get caught in Egypt, you just might die there. Satan only thinks about himself and no one else. Satan doesn't bother those that are on his side, he wants the ones that are living right and trying to maintain so that God can get the glory instead.
Knocked Out!! Only to Stand Even the More
So many times you have been knocked out, not knowing that God is working behind the scenes and preparing you for your destiny, your miracle. God will do all that he has promised you that he would do.
When you have gone through life and there was no one to help you, so it seems; God was there. When you wanted to kill yourself and you couldn't do it; God was there. Remember when you wanted to hurt the one that caused you so much pain but in the end you loved that person still; God was there.
Every time that you cried yourself to sleep because you felt alone and afraid of the dark; God was there. Every time you were hit by the one that says I love you; God was there. Remember when you wanted to go and never to return, God was there.
Every time Satan tried to push you over the edge and you didn't move you only went to God in prayer; God was there. Remember when your father/uncle/cousin/brother, or those that you trusted with your life caused you to hurt and you wanted to make them feel the pain that they had caused; God was there.
Every tear that you shed, every black eye that you carried, every nose bleed that you had, every time you were molested as a child, every time that you were raped, every time someone told you that you are nothing and that you would never amount to anything, God was there comforting you and consoling you and letting you know that it will soon be over.
Every time you decided to what was right only to get knocked out on every end. You still maintained the testimony that God is still in control. Remember the Hebrew boys: they said even if God doesn't do it, He is still able.
Remember when you felt like the world was on your shoulders and there was no way to shake the world off or so it seemed. God was there.
God was there when you started drinking to drown out the pain that was inflicted upon your soul. You know the pain of teenager loosing what is valuable to someone that you trusted with your soul. To a young girl that lost the fight before her life even began. To the young boy you tried so hard only to get beat down day end and day out.
To the young lady that was seeking love only to loose her mind of self respect and love toward herself because all she wanted was love. To the elder lady that wants to be loved and to have family to show them love while left in the nursing home and not to be forgotten until on holidays and birthdays.
Knocked out only to stand even the more.
Most of your life you have been dealt pain and pain and more pain only wanting to go some place and start over not realizing that even though Satan is trying to destroy you, God is using your life to be a testimony to those that are around you.
Let God get the glory out of your life.