Secure from slaughter!
Verse for Today: Friday, December 28, 2012
Psalms 44:22 – Yet for Your
sake we face death all day long; we are considered as sheep to be slaughtered.
Those who desire to live for the
glory of God are always brutally dealt with by the enemy of their souls. Our
enemy is a murderer, a thief and a destroyer. He manipulates situations,
circumstances and people to fight us. He is a great schemer and an accuser. He
spends all his energies to find fault with God’s children. He even goes to the
presence of God to accuse us. How much more will he go to our fellow humans
with accusations against us! This cunning manipulator goes to our dearest and nearest
to distort and misinterpret our words and expressions. He creates doubts and
confusions in the minds of our associates in all spheres. He is specialized in
making false evidences against us and then he will go from people to people to
malign their hearts to believe him. He is the one who makes us doubt the truths
that we have understood and experienced from the Word. But sadly we do not
realize how he uses us against our dearest people. He comes into our homes and fellowships
to sow the seeds of contempt, conflicts, confusions, unkind criticisms and
distortions in the minds of those who love us deeply. He uses people to come up
with unfounded arguments against us. He uses the tongues of people to slaughter
us all day long. Often he will not come to us directly, but will work behind
our back to clutter and poison the minds of others. The children of Korah saw such
behaviors in the lives of their father who had to receive harsh punishment form
God. They saw how their father was used by the enemy to assassinate the
character of Moses. They also experienced it in their lives. But we need to encourage
ourselves that our Lord knows all about it and He will guard the reputation and
honor of His children.
Dear friend, are you lately going
through a time of character assassination? Is the enemy using your dearest and nearest against
you to make false accusations and allegations? Remember, these are attempts to
uproot you from your faith and standing. He tried this weapon against Joseph,
Daniel, Nehemiah and Paul on several occasions and failed. But he still uses
this potent weapon against God’s people and scores of God’s children fall prey
to it. Many have fallen away because they couldn’t withstand the pressures of false
accusations. He creates false evidences and uses gossip to strengthen his case
against us. His tactics often find partial success because he prepares the
hearts of some of our dear ones to believe and propagate falsehood. His
ultimate purpose is to weaken our faith and make us drift. He wants to
discourage us from getting involved in spiritual matters. So we must fight the
enemy by using the whole armor of God. We must pray for ourselves and for
others who face such intense trials. We can be rest assured that our Lord Jesus
who prayed for the protection of Peter from sifting by the enemy will continue
to intercede for us before the Father. God covers us with His glory for our
safety. His angels encompass around us to protect us. It is to circumvent these
divine firewalls that the enemy often comes into our own circle of fellowship
to slaughter us. But as in the case of Joseph and Daniel, one of these days our
Lord will show the world our innocence and He will exonerate us. He will remind
our detractors that when they touch us, they are touching the Lord Jesus which
will not go unpunished. Let us draw closer to the Lord during these perilous times
and pray, watch and be vigilant. Let us also keep our hearts form baffling and our
devotion from distraction.
2 Timothy 4:18 – The Lord will
rescue me form every evil attack and will bring me safely to His heavenly
kingdom. To Him be glory forever and ever. Amen.
Thought for Today
The Balm of Gilead heals us of all the wounds that the enemy inflicts
upon us.
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