I'm sorry it's been a while since my last little devotion LaLa. I'll try keep it short and simple (Ha, I always say that!!) I continue to find myself in James. It’s such a powerful little book. I rarely pick out a single verse to share. I think that can be dangerous at times…..because some will try to twist the meaning. I encourage my girls to read the entire chapter (even the entire book of James) for the context of this little fragment.
James 4:7
Submit yourselves, then, to God. Resist the devil, and he will flee from you.
It’s such a simple equation.
(Submit to God) + (Resist the Devil) = The Devil flees
Submit: It seems so logical…..yet, it happens to be the last thing we do.
Resist: It seems again so logical……yet, we rarely do consistently.
This must be a life pattern, a daily pattern, a moment-by-moment pattern. I can see areas in my life that God has been glorified by this pattern…..and sadly, other areas that I fail miserably in. The good news is that God is merciful when we fail.
I find it so liberating that I can make the Devil flee (not on my own… in submitting to God, we are letting Him do the fighting for us). It’s so easy to forget that we are powerful as believers. Thru faith, we can even move mountains (Matthew 17:20). Why do we forget that God is our strength, our mighty fortress? I, myself, will wonder why the Devil is really sticking it to me... and I let him. C.S. Lewis's "Screwtape Letters" chronicles this simple life equation much more vividly than I can.
As my redneck uncle would say, "It's open hunting season......and the devil is in my scope....... Watch him run boys!!!"
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