God has a divine purpose for your life, but your sinful appetites led you to abandon His calling. Your rebellion will sift you and cause you to turn your back on God. When the battle is the toughest, you play right into the hands of the enemy by your refusal to turn from your wicked ways.
This is what the battle of life is all about. It is a battle between truth and deception, rebellion and obedience. The battle is not between God and Satan, for there is no power great enough to threaten God. The struggle occurs between the law of God and the law of man’s sinful nature which rises up and says “I will” when God has said, "Don't do it."
Sin is the exercising of your will to deliberately disregard God and His divine destiny for your life. Satan's sin involved a whole series of "I wills":
Isaiah 14:12-14 "I will ascend into heaven I will exalt my throne above the stars of God, I will sit on the mount of the congregation, I will ascend above the heights of the clouds, I will be like the Most High."
Satan does not attack in areas where you are strong. He usually attacks you at your weakest point. Your weakest point may be lust, drugs, the occult, stealing, lying, cheating, or being unfaithful. Satan will target your weakness and attempt to sift your faith and trust in God.
What are your weaknesses? It is important for you to recognize and acknowledge these so that you can successfully deal with them through the power of the Holy Spirit. If you don't recognize and admit that you have a weakness, then how can you deal with it?
Sifting occurs gradually. A person does not usually turn his back on God all at once. A girl does not suddenly decide to become a prostitute. A person experimenting with drugs does not get up one day and decide to become an addict. People dabble with sin. They enjoy what the world calls pleasurable until they are suddenly no longer playing with sin, but sin is controlling them. They are in bondage and cannot escape without the delivering power of an Almighty God.
Perhaps you are in deep bondage to sex, drugs, alcohol, or some other vice and cannot seem to break your addictions. You did not get in that condition all at once. First, the appeal of these things entered your mind and attacked you at your weakest point. As these lusts absorbed more and more of your thinking, you began to yield to temptation. You began to dabble in sin, and it soon seized control. Today is the day to break the cycle and stop the sifting. The devil is not in control of your life, you are! Give God a chance to heal you today and stop the sifting lies of the enemy.
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