What do you do with temptation?
Do you believe that everything God created is for God’s Glory?
Does that include Satan?
Then, how do you think Satan is used to glorify God?
John 10:10 says that Satan has come to do ONLY three things…steal, kill and destroy.
Steal our joy, contentment…
Kill our ambitions, goals…
Destroy our life, our destiny our purpose…
The word ONLY needs to be understood. It’s inclusive, all-encompassing and means…ONLY…No more and no less! God has limited Satan in his scope and ability to those three paradigms. Therefore, the big secret to this is, “How do we use Satan, instead of him using us!!
How do you use Satan for the glory of God?
Satan’s means of communicating to us is through temptation, using ideas (my husband calls them thought bombs!). Our job is to acknowledge the temptation and use that as “a springboard to pray”. For instance, a lustful thought comes…we know if we follow it, it leads us too nowhere good or profitable.
Our response needs to be: Take the temptation as a signal (a red flag warning) to pray for the same unsaved person for his/her salvation for each specific temptation. That prayer is using Satan for God’s glory! HOW? By forcing Satan to build our prayer life!
Once you’ve done that, you have neutralized Satan’s power in your life, because he has only come to steal, kill and destroy. So, he has no choice but to leave you alone. Your consistency in resisting him in this way sets you free to serve others.
Most believers spend their time playing Satan’s game… (I tempt you; I make you feel guilty and weak and convince you that God cannot give you victory or the joy of your salvation).
What do you do with Satan’s scheme to destroy you?
The “gates” of hell will not prevail against the church (believers). Matt. 16: 18 The idea is “the door” (that separates the church from hell) does not chase anyone; but now, with Satan in his place; we can open that door and rescue some of the lost.
We are, now, actively using Satan to develop our prayer life and glorify God!
How long did your New Year’s resolutions last?
Do you have a nagging pattern in your life that needs breaking
or a hidden area in your life
that you just can’t seems to get victory?
I challenge you, this week, to use “the springboard for prayer” …
(Study Given by Pastor Ralph Johnson)
~Jackie Johnson - I am a former tribal missionary to the Kuna Indians on the Colombian border in Central America. Fluent in several languages, my husband and I currently pastor a Spanish-speaking church in Southern California. My passion is mentoring and equipping dedicated young women for life, marriage, motherhood, and beyond. I am the mother of two daughters and the grandmother of three Princesses and four young Knights.
