…“SATAN HAS ASKED FOR YOU”…
…“satan has asked for you, that he may sift you as wheat. But I have prayed for you, that your faith should not fail and when you have returned to me, strengthen your brethren” Luke 22: 31 & 32.
That satan is too busy to focus on you is a lie from hell…that he has gotten too much to grapple with, is no reason why he would stay away from you.
The reality of the prince of this world in existence is never the less a reason for you to shudder or scamper away in fear, neither are you meant to be ignorant of his devices.
In all, the old dragon is the chief architect of every confusion in the human life; he is not straightforward – he is a serpent, he moves quietly into places without making any noise. He coils around things and keeps his head away from casual notice – he is very quick to withdraw and lies low for as long as he senses that you or anyone is trying to discover his hideouts. The Scriptures tell volume about his devices; the cunningness of satan.
Right from the fall of lucifer from his afore exaltedness, he has been going to and fro on the earth, walking back and forth in it – Job 1 : 7b. The threefold ministry of satan (his triune nature)has been wickedness, deceit and corruption. Jesus Christ succinctly put ...“to steal, to kill and to destroy” John 10 : 10. Another cognomen (oriki) he bears is “the thief”. He prowls around, up and down, here and there seeking for whom he may devour. He desires none less than “sift you as wheat”.
Now that God had divinely visited us and cleansed our land, The Source of all Grace has planted in you, the seed of righteousness and advancement, more than ever before, you must not give the devil a foothold and a handle with which to wreck his havoc on you. The old serpent is an avowed adversary of man and of anything good that comes his way.
You must be conscious of the fact that you are made in God’s likeness, when sin steals into your live, you lost that glory, but NOW in Christ, you are given the power to become greater than the angels, someday, will be called on to judge angels, you have been given dominion over the earth and every living creature on earth, to execute judgment on all, to convict all who are ungodly of their ungodly deeds. Jude 15. You are the greatest of all God’s creations, in fact the only creature able to think the thoughts of God – You are the object of His love and the one for whose salvation, He sent Jesus on that course at Calvary ! ! !
So beware of the “little foxes that spoil the vine” – a “little” lie now and then, a “little” exaggeration here and there, malice, envy, gossip, slander, e.t.c. The passionate prayer of Jesus “I pray for them…those whom you have given me. For they are yours” John 17 : 9 is that “your faith should not fail”.
Beware that you do not forget God by disregarding His commandments…lest NOW that you have eaten and are full. NOW that you have experienced His divine visitation…and you forget God who brought you out of the land of Egypt (hopelessness, affliction, sorrow, reproach, shame and pain all rolled into one), from the house of bondage… then you say in your heart, “my power and the might of my hand has gained me this wealth, because I am smart, beautiful or handsome”. And you shall remember God, for it is He who gives you power to get wealth” Deuteronomy 8 : 11 – 18.
Beloved covenant child, see to it that you “contend earnestly for the faith which was once for all delivered to the saints” Jude 3. Make sure “that the light you assume that you have gotten in the inside of you is not utter darkness” …“let him who thinks he stands, take heed, lest he fall” 1Corinthians 10 : 12. Be absolutely sure that it is God’s grace and not your human ability that is firmly keeping you in faith – the object of our salvation! The same that satan is aiming that you trade – “he wants to sift you as wheat”. BEWARE!
So now that “you have returned to me, strengthen your brethren”! Jude recommends that you build yourselves up on your most holy faith. …“save others with fear, pulling them out of the fire, hating even the garment defiled with sin” Jude 23.
“Always give thanks to God who gives us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ” 1Corinthians 15 : 57.
“Now to Him who is able to keep you from stumbling and to present you faultless before His Glory with joy. To God, our Savior, who alone is wise, be Glory and Majesty, Dominion and Power, both now and forever – AMEN”. Jude 25.
Beware! satan has asked for you!
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