Submit To God; Resist The Devil

Submit yourselves therefore to God. Resist the devil, and he will flee from you.

James 4:7

In life we are assured of test and temptations, we will experience frustration and misfortune; however, the challenge for every believer in Christ is to stand and faith trusting and believing that God will take care of the very things that are out of our control… This passage taken from the book of James gives us instruction as to how we can overcome the storms and obstacles that plague our lives. In order to be victorious and be taken to another level in Christ, the first thing we must do is to submit ourselves to God, the word submit means to present or offer and this declares to us that if we want to be successful in life and be happy in this world we must present our bodies to the Lord, we must offer our time, gifts and resources to the Most High God. To submit you must humble yourself, you must surrender all; you must completely turn your life over into the hands of God… Understand today that submission requires admission… 

You must admit that your not perfect, that you can’t make it on your own and that you need the Lord to intervene in your life and guide you… You must acknowledge that without Him you are nothing, you will be nothing and hell awaits your arrival… Today let us understand that in order to inherit eternal life, in order to receive the precious promises of God, in order to find peace and happiness we MUST submit TOTALLY to Him… There are doors that will be opened and alteration to your life that will be made when and only if you submit to the Lord… Notice that you must submit first as James tells us and then proceed to the next step which is to resist the devil… You have to change your way of thinking and place a clear focus and perspective on the things of Christ instead of the things of this world if you truly want to receive His bountiful blessings and have life and have it more abundantly… Submission is not a weakness as many have classified it but rather a tool which actually leads to becoming more powerful… You can only resist the devil and make him flee when you have submitted yourself to Christ… It is through your submission that the power of God rest upon you and will provide the resources needed to overcome the temptations and snares that are placed before you… 

James using the word resist shines light on the fact that the Christian journey is not easy, but rather difficult because the Devil does not want to see you offer (submit) you life to the Lord. We must establish a common ground in our thinking today to know that being a child of God comes with trials and struggles; you will endure tough times and be subject to trying circumstances; however, as long as you hold to His unchanging hand you will be able to resist the Devil and through the power of your submission he will have no choice but to flee! In order to resist something you must learn to depreciate its value in your life… Resisting is a learning and growing process, it does not happen over night! This is why its important for you to submit to the Lord first, because you will give into the desires of the flesh otherwise, you will stumble along the way, but when you have turned it over to the Lord, He will come in and refocus your attention, He will shine light on the dark corners of your life and order your steps accordingly! Don’t try to make this journey on your own, the devil will indeed chew you up and spit you out… You must flee to the protective arms of Jesus; you must run to His care, dwell in His tabernacle and know that ONLY through His Grace and Mercy can you be saved! It is by and through Jesus that we have the ability to defeat every attack that we face, so submit to Him (give up everything unto the Lord), so you can gain your blessings and reach the levels of greatness which you were designed uniquely for!

ALL FOR HIS GLORY!