Submit and resist

“Therefore submit to God. Resist the devil and he will flee from you.” (James 4:7)
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Oftentimes, the battle cry is to immediately say something or do something about it. It is human nature to charge forward, at times without thinking. When we lack the ability to self-regulate there will always be an emotional response and that doesn’t always turn out well. 

Submitting ourselves to the Lord so that we can resist the temptation to act out will result in victory over the situation and victory over ourselves. Although, let us be reminded to stay on the wall, submitting ourselves to the Lord versus our emotions. The enemy is always looking for a way in. 

“David had won one great victory over the Philistines; but he was not permitted to sit down, and congratulate himself upon his triumph. The Philistines were upon him again. Those Philistines took a great deal of beating; and the powers of evil are not content anywhere with being defeated once or twice. They are up and at us again; they challenge us afresh, they hope to overthrow us sooner or later; and again and again must we be ready to resist them, with this as our war-cry, “They compassed me about; yea, they compassed me about: but in the name of the Lord I will destroy them.” There must be war even after victory; and we must stand prepared for it.

Pause! Breathe! Not everything needs a response.

GiGi❤️