Genesis 39:12 “And she caught him by his garment, saying, Lie with me: and he left his garment in her hand, and fled, and got him out.”
James 4:7 “Submit yourselves therefore to God. Resist the devil, and he will flee from you.”
Lessons from Joseph and James should inform our lives as Christians and our lives as Americas in our strategy against sin. When faced with sin, Joseph fled. When faced with resistance, the devil flees.
Joseph made clear that he intended to submit himself to God. He wasn’t comfortable lingering around sin, flirting with sin, or accepting sin. He was only comfortable when he was as far away from sin as possible.
The devil isn’t comfortable around righteousness and resistance. He flees from those who resist him and pursues other weaker targets.
In our Christian lives, we often don’t need to mount a heroic and grandiose stand to cause the devil to find another target. We do, however, need to demonstrate that we are willing to resist sin, flee from sin, and submit ourselves to God. Similarly, in our nation’s life, we don’t need to mount a heroic and grandiose stand to cause the devil to find another target. We do, however, need to demonstrate that we are willing to resist sin, flee from sin, and submit ourselves to God.
PLEASE PRAY FOR THE RIGHT FLIGHT, RESISTANCE, AND SUBMISSION IN OUR LIVES. We should all want the devil to flee from us and to flee from our nation.
For a related thought, please see: https://prayatlunch.us/resist/
