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Jesus is for you not against you!

7/19/2019

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Then Job arose, tore his robe, and shaved his head; and he fell to the ground and worshiped. And he said: Naked I came from my mother’s womb, And naked shall I return there. The Lord gave, and the Lord has taken away; Blessed be the name of the Lord. In all this Job did not sin nor charge God with wrong. Job 1:20-22 NKJV
 
It appears that Satan incited God against Job without cause. Job’s children and his servants were killed. All of Job’s possessions were taken from him. God held up Job’s righteousness and threw it in Satan’s face. God showed Satan Job’s heart belonged to the Lord. Nothing Satan did could turn Job away from his God.
 
God loved Job. He was sure of Job’s faithfulness. He used Job to demonstrate His sovereignty over creation. God never explained why He allowed Satan to afflict Job.
 
Job struggled with the fact his heart belonged to God but he still suffered. We will all suffer loss and pain. We may not understand why God allows it. We may not understand why we suffer even when we trust Jesus with our lives.
 
We must focus on what we do know. We know Jesus loves us. We know Jesus is for us and not against us. Jesus is at our side through the trials, struggles and hardships we all suffer. Jesus is with us as we journey through life in a fallen world!
 
God restored all Job lost. He blessed Job more at the end of his life than He did at the beginning of it. God will bless you more at the end of your Earthly life than He did at the beginning of it!
 
The life we live on planet Earth will end. We will live on in eternity. Everyone who lives by faith in the risen Lord will experience an eternal life with no pain or suffering. We will look back from the perspective of heavenly perfection with joy and gladness!
 
Trust Jesus with your trials and hardships. Trust Him with your circumstances. Trust the Lord to give you and take from you exactly what you need!
 
God never promised us a life of green pastures and still waters. Jesus promised we would suffer tribulation. Jesus told us to be of good cheer for He has overcome the world. Jesus has overcome the god of this world. We can do the same by trusting Jesus!
 
At the end of His earthly ministry Jesus told the disciples, “A little while and you will not see me, and again a little while and you will see Me, because I go to the Father.”
 
Do not lose hope when it seems like Jesus is absent from your life. He is not. He is at the right hand of the Father praying for you. Be patient in affliction and hardship. A little while longer and you will see the Lord of Glory. A little while longer and your eternal blessings will be revealed!
 
Job did not blame God for the suffering of his soul or the anguish of his loss. He fell to the ground and worshiped the Lord. Worship Jesus for who He is not for what He gives you. Jesus may allow everything to be taken from you. He will never stop loving you!
 
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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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