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Hold fast to Jesus’ steps. He will lead you where you need to go!

7/25/2017

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My foot has held fast to His steps; I have kept His way and not turned aside. I have not departed from the commandment of His lips; I have treasured the words of His mouth more than my necessary food. Job 23:11:12 NKJV
 
God incited Satan against Job. He gave the devil permission to attack Job. God used Job to display His power and authority over heaven and earth. He used Job to show His sheep hear His voice and obey Him!
 
God’s is so powerful, His wisdom so unsearchable He can do a limitless number of works with one sovereign act. God can make us do something without violating our free will.
 
Job was a thoughtful and serious man. He left nothing to chance. He offered sacrifices for his children before they sinned. His motives were honorable. He wanted to walk uprightly before the Lord. He wanted to obey the commandments of God.
 
Job was self-reliant. He trusted in his ability to keep the law. He believed God would bless him if obeyed the Lord’s commands. Job argued the unfairness of his pain and suffering. He believed God was treating him unfairly since he had not sinned.
 
God called Job righteous and blameless. It was not because he never sinned. It is because his heart was right before the Lord. He feared God so much he gave the offering for sin on a regular basis. His desire to shun evil fostered an arrogant attitude!
 
Many of us want to live righteously today. We may try so hard we miss the point. We cannot be righteous in our own strength. We can only be righteous through faith in the one who never sinned, Jesus.
 
Many of us want to shun evil. We may begin to look down on people we perceive as sinners. We may start to believe we are better than them.
 
Job is a true hero of the faith. There was more than one reason God allowed him to suffer. He needed to be molded and shaped into the man God created him to be. It was the author and finisher of his faith who made him a hero.
 
Job was a much better man at the end of his trial than he was at the beginning of it.
 
I do not have the patience of Job. You probably do not either. We can have the type of faith Job had. Our faith needs to be in what Jesus has done, not we can do!
 
You will be a better disciple of Christ when your trials and hardships have ended. Trust the author and finisher of your faith to complete the work He is doing in your life!
 
Hold fast to Jesus’ steps. Keep His way and do not turn aside. He will lead you where you need to go!
 
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    ​Jesus can use you to shake the foundations of the prison and set people free!
     
    Now it happened, as we went to prayer, that a certain slave girl possessed with a spirit of divination met us, who brought her masters much profit by fortune telling. This girl followed Paul and us, and cried out, saying, “These men are servants of the Most High God, who proclaim to us the way of salvation.” And this she did for many days. But Paul, greatly annoyed, turned and said to the spirit, I command you in the name of Jesus Christ to come out of her. And he came out that very hour. Acts 16:16-18 NKJV
     
    The slave girl was speaking the truth. She was possessed by an evil spirit. The evil spirit was drawing people away from Christ! 
     
    This attack came as God’s servants went to prayer. The enemy of our souls attacks when we step out in faith. Satan seeks to distract us. He wants us to focus our attention on things other than Jesus.
     
    The devil perverts the truth. He uses it against us. No one can serve two masters. This girl was speaking the truth about Paul and his companions while practicing witchcraft. When people claim to speak for God we must consider how they live.
     
    The girl followed the disciples for several days before they cast the demon out of her. It is important for us to wait on the Lord before stepping out in faith. The bible tells us Paul was greatly annoyed by this girl. Paul was not fearful. The Lord was with Him! 
     
    Paul and Silas were put in jail. The owners of the slave girl were angry at the loss of income when the demon was cast out of her. While Paul and Silas were in jail they shared the gospel with the jailer. His entire household was saved. 
     
    God uses Satan’s attacks for His glory and our salvation!
                       
    Satan is a real being. He takes people captive to do his will. There really are demons who seek to destroy God’s people and bring destruction to our world.
     
    We have nothing to fear from the devil or his demons when we live according to God’s will. We have nothing to fear from anyone or anything when we step out in faith to serve Jesus! 
     
    Jesus wants us to fear Him and Him alone. He wants us to know His power and authority are unequaled in all of creation.
     
    God wants you share the gospel of Jesus Christ with the people in your life. Jesus wants you to walk in great boldness because He is with you everywhere you go!
     
    Jesus can use you to shake the foundations of the prison and set people free!

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