The devil looked at the death of Jesus as the ultimate weapon to halt God’s plan of saving humanity from the bondage of sin. But God on the other hand looked at death as the password needed, for His son Jesus to gain access to hell and win back life for mankind, thereby destroying the dominion of sin over man.
In order to halt the Jewish exodus from Egypt to the Promised Land, the pharaoh planned to use the Red Sea as a death trap for the Jews, but God looked at the same Red Sea as the passage way to the Promised Land. In other words, to the pharaoh, water was to bring death to the Jews, but to God the water was to the preserve lives of the Jews.
Therefore, concerning, the trials and tribulations, the temptations we face in our lives, the devil may look at them as his obstacles standing in the way of our progress in the things of God, hindering us from accomplishing God’s purpose for our lives, he may try to use them to destroy us, but God looks at them as major ingredients to further our progress in Him, to usher us into greater glory, so as to make our lives glorious testimonies for the world to see, so that in our glory, He is glorified.
Just like Jesus rose from the dead and was ushered into a new and greater glory, so are we when we overcome all the obstacles Satan throws in our path. This is the same as the great fear that swept through all who had of what God did the Egyptian chariots when he drowned them as they pursued the children of Israel.
Indeed God has turned the tables on the devil’s plan against us. He has not only defeated the devil on our behalf, but has also gone ahead and anointed us with His divine power and authority, so we are able to stand firm and not be shaken every time the devil make his endless come backs.
And as we overcome, God keeps taking us from one level to another, from victory to victory. This means, God uses our victories over the devil’s attacks to usher us into new and greater glory.
Therefore do not despise your self because of what you have been going through, rather celebrate, rejoice for a higher level and greater glory awaits you. Seasons come and go, every season always has a beginning and an end, there is always a time to sow and a time to harvest. So do not lag behind when God ushers you into a new season, do not dwell on the issues in your life when God requires you to step into a new and higher level, a greater glory.
The solutions to the challenges we face in life lie with in the challenges themselves. Just like the anti-venom used to treat snake bites is drawn from the snakes own venom. So do not underestimate your problems, do not look down on you troubles, do not despise the challenges you face in life, for within them is hidden your breakthrough, just like the solution to save man from the bondage of sin and eternal death lay within sin and death themselves. Remember Jesus not only took sin upon himself but also became sin itself; He became the nature of sin, that very thing which makes sin what it is; SIN. Only then was he able to die, and bear in mind we possess eternal life only because in dying for us, Jesus exchanged His life for our, He paid the penalty so we would not have to suffer death; eternal death ceased to have power and dominion over us and He rose to live for us, which why we now live and have the hope of eternal salvation. (Gal.2:20)
It is upon us to stay focused on God so He can show us the way out. Had Jesus taken His focus off God and concentrated on the weight off the Cross (the shame, guilt, pain, tears, mockery, etc), He would have given up the battle, yet having come so close. Remember his prayer in the in the garden of Gethsemane (Matt26:36-46), had Moses chosen to listen to the grumbling Jews instead of God, he would not have known that the door to safety was with in the Red Sea and that the key to unlock this door was right in his own hands( the shepherd’s staff).
So in all we go through life, we should not despair, no matter how much the devil blackmails us, we should never give in (Daniel). Instead we must rejoice in the Lord Jesus who having personally confronted Satan, knows every way there is around all the devil throws at us and only He can lead us to safety.
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