FAITH CAPSULE: Have the desire for the power of God over your life.
1 Peter 5
Power belongs to God alone.
Psalm 66:3 testifies, “…How awesome are Your works! Through the greatness of Your power, Your enemies shall submit themselves to You.”
Know that power belongs to God, the perfect creator. The devil is the adversary of man and walks around.
God sits on His throne to oversee all the affairs on earth.
With God, the enemy cannot be more powerful.
The only thing that God cannot do is that: GOD CANNOT FAIL.
Live life by the word of God to gain and retain His presence over your life.
Ask to live life for God.
The book of 2 Chronicles 16:9 encourages all, “For the eyes of the Lord run to and fro throughout the whole earth, to show Himself strong on behalf of those whose heart is loyal to Him.”
Living life by the word of God is a privilege to experience the power of God.
Power God to answer in the life of one that lives life by His word is not to be abused.
The book of 1 Peter 5:8 warns, “Be sober; be vigilant; because your adversary the devil walks about like a roaring lion, seeking whom he may devour.”
God shall not look away from those with focus on Him.
Do you fear God enough to continually focus and acknowledge Him for the protection of His power over your life?
Having a loyal heart knows to rely on God.
Fear God to find Him.
For Satan, it is business as usual to be looking for someone to devour. Since the days of the Bible, Satan has been going to and fro his evil doing.
Today he is still looking for whom to devour, and tomorrow he will continue to look for one to do his evil, but the power of God is able to deliver and preserve.
The power of God is in place to deliver and preserve if one will keep the mind with diligence not to become a victim of the devil.
Proverbs 4:23 warns, “Keep your heart with all diligence, For out of it spring the issues of life.”
Devil was in business to destroy. He gained entrance into the mind of Judas Iscariot, a disciple of Jesus.
John 13:2 testifies to the careless mind of Judas Iscariot in the hand of the devil, “And supper being ended, the devil having already put it into the heart of Judas Iscariot, Simon’s son, to betray Him.”
Indeed, when it was time for Satan to work through Judas, it was in a convenient way to walk through the mind/heart of Judas Iscariot.
Judas gave Jesus up with a kiss.
How are you keeping your heart?
It does not matter who you are or what you do, but live life for God to deny Satan from having a place in your heart to devour you.
Live life for God, and not make yourself available for the devourer.
Prayer for today: Ask God for the grace not to become a victim of the devil.