03/04/2012 - Do not despise this advice!

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Casting all your care upon Him, for He cares for you.

I Peter 5:7

However anxious we might be we will not be able to make the justice of God work if we do not use the weapons that He gives us, nor if we do not follow His guidance. Any action that is not within the boundaries The Word imposes on us, even apparently sounding justified by the ungodly men, happens to be a quite malign and dangerous one. The count of the people performed by David, for instance, was inspired by Satan and so, because of that, he ended up paying too high a price (I Chronicles 21:1; 2 and Psalm 24:1). Do you really think that God only put that record in the Scriptures just for us to be acquainted with the fact that the King of Israel committed an error as well? That is there for sure as a warning to us not to fall into the snares of Satan as well!

Our Father knows all things. If He allows any temptation to come upon our lives there is a purpose for that. God took Jesus to the desert to be tempted by the devil, but Christ did not fall. The Scriptures say that The Almighty does not allow any inhuman temptation to come upon us and, with it, He gives us the way out we need (I Corinthians 10:13). So, it is crystal clear that, at least, The Lord measures the capacity that the enemy has to tempt us and our own capacity to resist to his tricks. If the devil happens to be more empowered to defeat us God will not allow that trial to reach us at all.

Well, let’s get that straight, you are indeed capable of overcoming any temptation whatsoever which you might be going through right now; therefore, do not get the Lord frustrated considering that He is expecting, from you, similar attitudes and decisions to those Jesus had when the devil tempted Him in the desert (Matthew 4: 1-10). If you happen to be in the middle of a massive tribulation you must believe in the fact that God will surely show you the way out of it. Do not get anxious thinking that you need to do something beyond your strength, and do not accept the opponent’s lies which go: “Well, the crises you are going through is endless, don’t you know?” A little bit more and you will see how much your faith in God can perform.

The Lord has everything you need ready in order for you to go through the trial. He is faithful and He will never leave any of His children in the hands of the devil. God has already provided for you and He has put in your life and in your faith everything you need to become a victorious person that the divine wisdom has planned for you. Everything you need for your success has already been granted, that is the reason why The Scriptures declare that, in Christ, you are more than a conqueror (Romans 8: 37). If you believe that to be true what is the point of having doubts then? Don’t you think it is time you made a decision to make your rights worth?

All of our brothers in the biblical days as well as those who came afterwards up to now had to face the same problems with all those attempts from the devil of stealing from them their eternal happiness. A few were carried away by the lies of the trickster and, for that reason, they paid a high price. The same will happen to all those who do not pay any special notice to what God tells them. Those who were faithful in fulfilling the commands of The Lord have been successful managing all the enemy’s traps so far. That serves us as a good example so we will follow suit. Do not let yourself be deceived considering that being a successful person is indeed the will of Our Father for you.

In Christ, with love,

R. R. Soares