Whenever the devil throws something at us, we need not lose
hope. In fact, we can be sure that God will turn it around for our greater
blessing because He is for us.
When God first made man, He gave man dominion over everything on
earth. (Genesis 1:26) But when Adam fell, sin and death entered the world, and
man lost his authority to the devil.
So did the devil win? No, God executed His redemption plan by
sending His Son Jesus to die for us. And He wants us to know that Jesus’ death
did more than just restore us to the same position that Adam had—it placed us
in a much higher position!
When the Father raised Jesus from the dead, we who are in Christ
were raised with Him. In other words, we are now seated with Him at God’s right
hand in the heavenly places, “far above all principality and power and might
and dominion, and every name that is named, not only in this age but also in
that which is to come”! (Ephesians 1:21) Adam never had this position. So
through Jesus’ death and resurrection, we have received so much more.
In the Old Testament, we read of how God brought the Israelites
out of bondage in Egypt into a land flowing with milk and honey. The devil
thought that he could foil God’s plan by putting giants in the promised land to
stop the Israelites from inheriting it. But God outsmarted the devil. He
allowed the giants to build their homes and cities, dig wells and cultivate
crops until the right time came. Then, He brought the Israelites into the land
and evicted the giants!
So the Israelites ended up inheriting large beautiful cities
which they did not build, houses full of all good things which they did not
fill, hewn-out wells which they did not dig, and vineyards and olive trees
which they did not plant! (Deuteronomy 6:10–11) Although the devil tried to
prevent God’s plan for His people from coming to pass, they ended up receiving
so much more!
Beloved, the devil may throw obstacles and evil circumstances at you, but God will turn those evil schemes around for your greater blessing because He is for you! (Article & Picture; courtesy of Joseph Prince Ministries used with kind permission).
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