July 1, 2017 WWJWMTD by Steve the son of John

The Roar of a Lion

Have you ever heard lions roar at a zoo? Their roar seem to travel to all corners of the park. Their roar can be intimidating; they make their presence known. The Bible says Satan goes about as a roaring lion. Satan wants to overpower his enemies and tries to instill fear in all who hear him.

We can get use to Satan’s roar. In fact, we often do not listen or realize when he is roaring. The Bible has lots to say about Satan, that devil who only seeks to steal, kill and destroy. He can only lie and hates you and me. He accuses the Children of God and ridicules us before our Father in heaven.

He lost at Calvary and Christ won, but that has not stopped him from doing his evil in all the earth. Revelation says some Christians live “where Satan’s seat is.” I often feel as if that is where I live—in California, where Satan has his headquarters.

Over the past three plus weeks Satan has been roaring at me. He has hindered everything I am doing. Some things that I own have either broke or are now in need of repair. It has been a non-stop effort on the part of Satan to hind Gods will in my life by using things around me.

I asked God what was going on, He said, “Satan is roaring at you.” I would like it to stop, but I remember the opposition that Christ endured in order to do God’s will and how Satan tempted him for 40 days while in the wilderness. The Holy Spirit “drove Him into the wilderness to be tempted by the devil.”

Wow, God wants us to be tempted. We are challenged at every level of our Christian walk and still Christ walks with us. Wisdom is our guide. Proverbs states in verse after verse how evil and good operates in this world. God wants us to recognize evil especially when it is in front of us. We are not to be ignorant of Satan’s ways, Paul says in the Epistles.

We are to “take up a serpent” (Mark 16) and are to succeed with the will of God even in the mist of great evil and darkness. Evil is not to win even though we are confronted by evil each and everyday. Yes, Satan dwells around me and darkness is everywhere, but it is Jesus that I see and His love that sustains me. Because of Christ I can pick up the evil spiritual serpents (not real snakes) and cast them into the fire of God’s judgment. That is God promise for me, and my part & calling in the Kingdom of God.

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Dr. Steven J. Wentland www.wwjwmtd.com

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