News Flash!
News flash! I interrupt this series on revival to bring you an update on last week’s blog series. After writing the series featuring the comprar tadalafil en espana dreaded devilish technique against Christians called Evil Surmisings, this author was targeted with that selfsame strategy by her adversary, not once, not twice, but three times within a few short days!
How could this be? you may wonder. Isn’t anyone who prays and acheter levitra professionnel studies the Bible like you claim you do too mature to be hit by such attacks? I respond, Only in their press releases, and mine haven’t been written yet.
Suffice it to say, rounds one and two hit me back to back, within seconds of one another. I was minding my own business, actually thinking about how good it was to walk in victory, when the first round hit. No biggie, I thought; what I just heard from those people wasn’t directed toward me. Then close on its heels, round two hit. Nope; I’m just imagining this, I said to myself.
And then round three hit hard and fast. Evidence! All my suspicions are undoubtedly dead-on! And that old knot in my stomach which had become a mere memory returned to my gut with a vengeance. Along with it came the old shame and fear of man.
Unfortunately, the bad news is this: you will be the target of evil surmisings—and all their hitchhikers—for the rest of your life on this planet until you finally get to fly home to the Lord.
The good news is this: you do not have to accept those thoughts or their tagalongs.
But, you ask, what about all that evidence you picked up by the Holy Spirit? Did I say it was by the Holy Spirit that I picked it up? To tell the truth, I don’t have a clue if what I sensed was accurate or not. And most of the time, neither will you in similar circumstances.
But don’t you need to protect yourself against the lies and disdain that might be rocketing your way? This is always the concern with evil surmisings, and the answer is…not necessarily. You see, suspicions are, even for the most spiritual man alive, still that—suspicions. They have no substance as far as you know. And along with the evil surmisings, launched by the prince of hell, are the whispered promptings of his “unholy spirit”: follow through, investigate, talk up your side of the deal just in case “those people” are seeking your ruin!
Do we not have a Helper, the Holy Spirit? (See John 14:16.) Has He not been summoned, called to our side, especially called to our aid, as One who pleads our cause before a judge? Is He not a Pleader, a Counsel for our defense, our Legal Assistant, and our Advocate? (See http://www.blueletterbible.org/lang/lexicon/lexicon.cfm?Strongs=G3875&t=KJV )
If I was wrong about “those people” and the motives of their hearts, would I not be guilty of judging them before the throne of God if I took to my own defense? And would I not demonstrate before the One with whom I have to do that I did not trust Him to fight my battles, if indeed a battle actually was in operation?
If I was correct in my suspicions, and I was the object of the disdain of others, even then—why should I fear? The Lord has fought similar battles for me while I remained silent; He is faithful to do it again (see Exodus 14:14).
The Lord provides for you a secret place where you can stay safe from the strife of tongues and the snares of the trapper. He surrounds you with favor as with a shield, and even if your enemy does seek to pit unsuspecting people against you, God can cause all things to turn around for your good if you love Him and are called according to His purposes (see Psalm 31:20, Psalm 91:3, Psalm 5:12, and Romans 8:28). You definitely have an unfair advantage, evil surmisings or not.
As for me, I choose to obey God, throw off the mantle of shame and fear which the devil seeks to drop upon my shoulders, and rejoice in the Lord.
God has your back. He is your sun and tadalafil brand shield and gives you grace and glory (see Psalm 84:11). And evil surmisings—true or false—can’t stand long before you when you refuse to play along.
May God defend you and keep you forever from the strife of tongues and from falling for evil surmisings!
Dorothy
Now know I that the Lord saveth his anointed; he will hear him from his holy heaven with the saving strength of his right hand. Some trust in chariots, and some in horses: but we will remember the name of the Lord our God. They are brought down and fallen: but we are risen, and stand upright. Psalm 20:6-8, KJV