Revelation or maybe Thought for Today

Why does it always amaze me when Jesus reveals himself to me and why is the enemy always waiting in the wings to discourage me?

Last night I was having doubts and fears come before my face like flickers of flames flashing in the fire place. It always appears worse during the darkness and joy always comes in the morning. I began to pray in face of my fears and my restlessness continued and ended with me giving up on sleep at 2 AM and I got up and got on the computer. Here is a red flag! I ultimately gave up on God in some sense and went to read emails. My accuser tells me this.

How many times have emails from friends spoken to my heart? How many times has God used them to speak to my heart in my troublesome times? My new computer would not let me see the WhereGodWantsMe.pps file that my friend sent to me, because I have not yet installed my programs like Microsoft Word. However, I was able to view one photo and as usual she had sent me a word from the Lord. Again frustration and the enemy scored a point. I just came to my old computer and saw the sight. It was indeed a reminder of Who is control. God always has an answer if we are just willing to listen.

This morning as I began my bible study and my faithful Lord began to work a work in me and I do believe it was because I was obedient to study his word. He rewards obedience. It isn't that I was great or I did anything, it was simply because I chose to seek his will.

First of all the study took me to the 38th chapter of Job. Ah! Lord God you have spoken of who you are, how AWESOME you are, how faithful and good and powerful you are. And for me and my fear; you have once again shown me who I am.

The question: Can you see ways the accuser has tried to discredit your testimony? If so, would you be willing to share one?

If Satan can bind me with fear then I cannot please God because it is impossible to please him without faith. If he can convince me I have no faith then he has successfully covered any light that might shine from my life, or successfully killed my testimony would be another way to say it.

My prayer....Lord, let me see my faith in you, reveal to me in my weakness you are made strong. Strengthen my resolve to love you, trust you, obey you and put you always first in my life.

Here was the perfect moment with my Lord. My confidence restored, my endeavor to get up serve him and praise his name prepared to begin and wham! He uses my best friend, my confidant, my other half of my body to discourage me. He who is 99% of the time my encouragement to temporarily crush the victory just given to me. In such a devious way as to have him ask for my opinion knowing full well that I would discourage his impatience in a matter and then turn it as my attitude was bad because I did not agree with his opinion. How better could Satan take my eyes off the Lord? How often does he use me in this same way?

We do not see with our eyes the true battle that is ever before us just beyond that Vail that closes the view from our world to the spiritual world, but I assure you that if you pay close attention you can see it's results working around us.

Greater is he that is in us than he that is in the world. He is the Victor. Let us keep our resolve to remain faithful to him as he has to us.