Daily Devotional

NEVER CHALLENGE OR TAUNT THE DEVIL

August 6

eloved, you must not preoccupy yourself too much with the work of the Evil One. Many of my children subconsciously declare themselves to be warriors against him and his devils, and spend too much time struggling and inviting attacks of the Enemy through their human challenges to the Evil One. As I have spoken before, allow your Father to set the pace of the warfare in your life. "Sufficient for the day is its own trouble." (Matthew 6:34b NKJV) In other words, do not see yourself as progressing through your day warring on every hand with the Devil. It is better for you to see yourself as attending to the things of your Father throughout each day of your life. Set yourself to seek the Lord each step of the way in your daily journey. This will help you to focus on Him, and not on warfare alone. If you are suffering many attacks of the Evil one and evil spirits throughout your day and night, you are probably overbalanced in your challenges to the Evil One. Your Father will deliver you from this type of thinking and He will teach you the proper balance between battling and worshipping. There is a great advantage to you in the development of praise and worship in your life. Reread the old hymns. The fathers and mothers of past days sang their faith before God their Father. Learn spiritual songs which are based in strong worship and praise centering on the Lord Himself. In the singing and offering of praise, you will find that you are issuing a powerful call to the Holy Spirit to surround you and to invade the atmosphere around you. He will supercharge the atmosphere with the Holy Spirit of Faith, dispelling the doubt, fear, and negativism which so often attacks the Child of the King! Also, rejoice! Just plainly and simply offer rejoicing and joyful speaking toward heaven. If you say, "I can't rejoice without a reason," you certainly have multiple reasons in the blood, the cross, His grace and His unconditional love for you!

Prayer

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Father, I will indeed rest in your great love for me! I know that you have sent the precious Holy Spirit to me to gather me to your heart. I will come to you and find comfort and rest under the shadow of your wings. Thank you in Jesus' name, amen!