I N F I N I T E S U P P L Y
Monday, September 13, 2004
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Hi Terry,
Today's meditation is taken from:
THE SECRET OF SPIRITUAL POWER by Chip Brogden
http://www.watchman.net/articles/power.html
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"God resists the proud" (James 4:6ff).
The automatic assumption is that anything which resists us or hinders us is
of satanic origin. That is, if we encounter difficulty in our spiritual
walk, our first reaction is to rebuke the devil, or ask the saints to pray
for us to have a clear way. Certainly the devil will attempt to hinder us
from anything we undertake that glorifies God and threatens the darkness.
Yet we learn from James 4:6 that there is Someone else who can resist us.
There is Another Who carefully watches what we do, and frequently hinders us from making progress.
It comes as a shock and surprise to some Christians to see one day that God,
not the devil, is resisting them. The Lord Himself resists us, closes doors,
causes things to be unfruitful, and spoils all our plans. How so? Because "God resists the proud." This resistance from God is insurmountable. It is a fearful thing to fight the Lord. We spend most of our lives wrestling with God instead of cooperating with God, and in the end we have nothing to show for it. So much time and effort is wasted because we proceed in our own,
stubborn way. We attribute all difficulties to the devil, or to other people,
or our circumstances, or our environment, and fail to recognize that the
Lord Himself is resisting us.
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Infinite Supply http://www.watchman.net/daily
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