LifeLink Devotions for Friday, June 14, 2024

Yesterday we looked at the first of three principles for spiritual success found in this Bible verse:

Proverbs 24:5-6  “A wise man has great power, and a man of knowledge increases strength; for waging war you need guidance, and for victory many advisers.”

Our first principle was this – we must be determined to be a success.

Here are the other two principles.

2.      Surround yourself with spiritual protectors – the Holy Spirit will direct us to people who can encourage us, teach us, train us, and fight for us. Get to know these people intimately. Trust them. Serve them. Develop a common goal and commit to its accomplishment. Study each other’s strengths and weaknesses so you can stand by them no matter what the opposition is. Let’s become a team.

3.      Study the opponent. Even though we have developed a game plan under the guidance of the Holy Spirit and the people that are on our team, we must be aware of what the opponent is going to do to try to stop God’s plan. We must discover where he is and how he will try to stop us, and then run where he isn’t. Then, as we get stronger and more confident in God’s power to protect us, we can start running where the opponent is, and make him run away. James 4:7 says, “Submit yourselves, then, to God. Resist the devil, and he will flee from you.”

It’s a great moment in a football game when the offense decides it is time to run at the strength of the defense because they have worn them down and are determined to overwhelm them. It’s also a great moment in a Christian’s life when they are able do the same. 

Psalm 20:7 says, “Some trust in chariots and some in horses, but we trust in the name of the LORD our God.”

It is not the size of the church, or the money in the bank that make the Body of Christ spiritually powerful; it is the name of the LORD our God. Find in Him all the strength you need for any battle today, because “greater is he that is in you than he that is in the world.”

Pastor John