Daily Devotional:  THE DEVIL FIGHTS YOU HARDER WHEN YOUR BREAKTHROUGH IS READY! FIGHT BACK!
 

Every man is known for something,either good or bad. Our father,Abraham, was and is still known as the Father of faith, we know King David as a man who loved God and was always ready to do God's will, Jesus Christ is known as the man who delivered Man from the power of darkness, Apostle Paul is known as the man who preached the gospel everywhere he went and wrote most of the epistle books. You are also known for something and if you aren't currently known for something, it's only a matter of time because it's a build-up of actions. Whatever you are known for is determined by your repeated actions. In other words, identity is backed by habits. This is not our main focus today but I just thought to mention that and to make you understand this: Even God and the devil are known based on their habits. The Bible clearly explains that the Devil is all about stealing, killing and destroying. This means that these are things he has done over and over again and is his identity. He has a track record of doing bad things and bringing chaos wherever he goes. Stealing involves using cunning or violent means to take what doesn't belong to one, killing has to do with snuffing life out of something and destroying involves damaging something that is considered valuable. From the Bible,there are a lot of instances where the devil used one or more of these methods.


Look at the book of Genesis. At creation,he wanted to destroy the relationship man and God had. He saw that he could never have what God and man had so he wanted to damage the relationship by deceiving Eve but thanks be to God who didn't leave us in our foolishness. Another time,he did the same with Job. At the beginning of Job's story, everything seemed sad and gloomy but we all know how it ended. The Devil was responsible for the sorrow of Job,he stole his joy,killed his children and destroyed his properties but God turned it around for him. There are many other instances in the Bible where his nature is revealed. You can check them out. Over and over again,we see the devil striving hard to make people full of sorrow. Apart from the aforementioned actions, he also lies. The Bible refers to him as the father of lies, which means that the truth is far from him and all that he says is false. So whatever he says will always be a lie and would never be true. Have you ever met someone who lies a lot and seems to be very good at it? The person might even end up trying to convince you of what you already know and it takes knowing the truth to not yield to those lies. How much more the one who is called the father of lies? It simply means that if you don't understand the truth very well,you might fall for his lies. So, what is the truth? God's word is the truth! And who is God's word? Jesus! John tells us that in the beginning was the word,the word was with God and the word was God. Also, Jesus said it himself that he is the way,the truth and the life so a man who knows the the word of God in light of Jesus being the word would not yield to the lies of the devil.


It is very important to take note of these things so as to live a victorious life as a child of God. Once you understand the signs of something,you can tell where it is coming from and you would be able, much more, to walk in understanding. The bible makes it plain that God is good and we always respond by saying: 'all the time' because it is actually true. God is always good and we see from the book of James that every good and perfect gift comes from the father of lights in whom there is no variableness or shadow of turning. It means that any and everything good comes from God. If something good happens to you,give thanks to God because it's from him. It also says that he's the father of light. The devil is known as the father of lies while God is known as the father of lights and lights here means truth or knowledge which means that all truth is found in God and no one else. It also says that there is no variableness or shadow to turning in God, that is,God doesn't change. He doesn't say what he doesn't mean, he's not inconsistent. Rather,he is always consistent.
God wants the best for every man and works things out even when we aren't concious of it. His plans towards every man is good and glorious but what a man needs to do is to believe what God is doing and to receive it. Most times, because God's plan doesn't look like what we imagined,we tend not to recognize what he is doing, which is why a lot of emphasis is placed on understanding God's word for the believer today because therein lies the enlightenment we need to understand how God thinks and his attributes. That is also why we need to pray, especially the Pauline prayers.

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