If you have been to a
circus performance or watched one on television, you would be familiar with the
act involving a lion and its trainer. But have you ever wondered why, besides
holding a whip, the trainer would arm himself with a stool and point its legs
toward the beast?
The whole idea is to
distract the lion. You see, as powerful as the beast is, it can be immobilized
by distractions. If this man-eater is not distracted from time to time, it
might just decide to maul the trainer to death!
The devil is like the
trainer. He knows that you have God’s power inside you because the Lion of
Judah is in you, and “He who is in you is greater than he who is in the world.”
So what the devil tries to do is immobilize you with distractions.
For example, he may
bring to your attention a pain in your body to distract you. And you find
yourself going to a few medical journals or the Internet to find out more about
the symptoms. You also decide to consult more than one doctor. And because you
know of someone who has the same condition, you talk to him about it.
In the end, you are
distracted by the pain, the symptoms, your findings, the doctors’ reports and
your friend’s experience. And you find it hard to believe and focus on God’s
Word about your healing. You have become immobilized, powerless and fearful.
So the devil’s trick
is to get you to focus on your condition. When you are conscious of the
symptoms in your body and your findings, you will see sickness manifest. But God
wants you to focus on who you are and what you have in Christ. When you are
conscious that you are the healed in Christ, you will see healing manifest.
My friend, what you are conscious of will manifest. So be conscious of Christ, who is all the power of God inside you, and you will see that power manifest! (Article & Picture; courtesy of Joseph Prince Ministries used with kind permission).
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