I made the statement in the
message this morning that “the Devil hates you and has a terrible plan for your
life.” But in retrospect I wonder if that statement gives the Devil more credit
than he deserves. Does he really have a “plan” or does he just take what he
gets and ad-libs.
I’m wondering if he looks for any
opportunity for temptation. As life happens, he’s there to try and make it more
difficult tempting us to take a short cut that would take us away from our pure
devotion to Christ.
Even in Jesus’ case, the Devil
prompts his temptation when things are tough for Jesus. He’s hungry, feeling a
little powerless, and may have been wrestling with the Father’s will as he did
right up through the scene of his struggle in the Garden of Gethsemane. And
when Jesus rebuffs the temptation of the Devil Luke records, “When the devil
had ended every temptation, he departed from him until an opportune time.”
(Luke 4:13)
Let’s not give this diabolical
creature more credence than he deserves!
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