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DON’T LOSE YOUR POWER
Last week I shared how many of God’s people are imbibing the ways of the world. They don’t realize that these ways are opposite to God’s ways because they are more familiar with the customs of the world than they are with the Bible. Isn’t it interesting that many Christians say they believe the Bible, but they often don’t know what is in the Bible.
One devastating thing about being more in line with the customs of society is that when we begin to live the lifestyle of the world God says: “ye shall have no power to stand before your enemies” (Leviticus 26:37).
Judges 2:1 says: “And the anger of the LORD was hot against Israel, and he delivered them into the hands of spoilers . . . so that they could not any longer stand before their enemies.”
The same thing happened when Achan took the beautiful garments and money from the spoil of the enemy. The Israelites had just rejoiced in their marvelous victory of Jericho. They thought Ai, a much smaller city, would be a piece of cake! But no, they had to flee from the men of Ai.
The reason? One man had been disobedient to God’s command. You know the story but let’s read Joshua 7:12, 13: “Therefore the children of Israel could not stand before their enemies, but turned their backs before their enemies, because they were accursed: neither will I be with you any more . . . Up, sanctify the people, and say, Sanctify yourselves against tomorrow for thus saith the LORD God of Israel, There is an accursed thing in the midst of thee, O Israel, thou canst not stand before thine enemies until ye take away the cursed thing from among you,”
If we want to live in victory, if we want to have power over the enemy, if we want peace and joy in our home, we cannot compromise with worldly standards. It won’t work. The enemy of our souls is always lurking around, seeking whom he may devour. He looks for holes in our walls where he can creep in.
Keep up your walls of protection. Don’t let go of your godly standards. Don’t compromise. Don’t even allow a little opening for the devil to squeeze into your life and your home.
James 4:4 says: “Know ye not that the friendship of the world is enmity with God? Whosoever therefore will be a friend of the world is the enemy of God.” Strong words but straight from the Bible.
Many blessings,
Nancy Campbell
