The devil knows your past. The devil knows the stories of your failures, your misunderstandings, your times of ignorance, your weaknesses. The devil is an artist of trickery and illusions. Many times people know there is a better them on the verge of rising. They begin to slowly change their ways, their ways of thinking, also their habits and addictions. Sometimes they try to change quickly. As they begin to have new thoughts of themselves, they wish to share this new idea of them, to family, friends, and others they come in contact with. Soon word begins to spread like a flame in the city about the "new you". Conversations begin to stir up, the devil causes confusion among his workers. People debate has he or she really changed. They begin to bet and place wagers on what has the power over you and your change. Sooner than later, the devil will send a worker to tempt you. They will test you against the very you, you are becoming. It could be a test of your temper, or even a test from a past addiction, maybe a test of seduction. The devil knows you by the test you have failed, and also by observing how you react to daily test or pop quizzes. Life is our greatest teacher. So whether we give the power to GOD for testing us, or we say the devil is testing us, or let's balance it and say that we are ultimately being tested to see who can and will use us in these daily spiritual battles; either way WE WILL BE TESTED and the scores of these test are recorded and rooted in our existence and will coontinue to affect how we perceive the world around us. So remain umovable, like a TREE planted by water, like a mighty stone placed by mother nature in the form of a mountain, like an iceberg that no ship will crack. GOD has no respect of person neither will your past be held over your head when you change in CHRIST today. It is the guilt placed on you by the devil and workers of iniquity. This guilt confines you and entraps you in a web of deception and further sinning.
It may be the very time you are reaching your spiritual breakthrough and everything in life is falling in place rather than falling apart. In this time of darkness, right at the break of your NEW DAY, the devil could enter in a variety of forms.
It could be your relationship that you feel problems are too big for you to solve. So you speak ill of the situation rather than speak prayers over it. Had you been praying and speaking power over the situation it will have began to change in a miracolous way. Yet, let's say that you've been speaking ill about the relationship to everyone around you, even the universe itself will test your relationship in everyway so that it will go ahead and cease or diminish. Imagine telling your family all the negative things about your relatiionship, leaving out all the positive. Soon, no matter how wicked it may be towards your situation, even your family may start speaking out negatively about your relationship and praying you be deliv ered from it. They may even foolishly begin trying to find someone to be that person's replacement. Imagine telling all your coworkers how bad you feel about the relationship, now even they begin telling you, you should remove that "toxic" person out of your life. Now all the coworkers of the opposite sex, have began to flirt more and be extra nice. An illusion of trickery the devil uses, now everytime you have to deal with your relationship and home you feel stressed and everytime you leave home and go around family or to work you feel blessed and relieved. Now let's say the problem in your relationship is not unfaithfulness or abuse, let's say it is something as small but seemingly huge as financial. Let's say it is the man in the relationship who doesn't have a job or good source of income. Now let's go even further to say he was unemployed six months, and his woman just couldn't take it anymore and she puts him out of her house. Now the very next day, he receives a phone call making $21 an hour. Should he rush "home" to her and take his place back at home and pay her back for all the times she held him down, had his back, and was faithful, or should he go on with his life broken hearted but able to fix his broken pockets, in search for a woman with more belief and faith in him as a man. Only for the sake of being positive, we will say, that he called her with the good news and they got married and lived happily ever after and had 12 children and 36 grandchildren. For the sake, of education, what could they both have done differently. First off, words are powerful, don't allow words to let the devil in. GOD, the devil, the universe, people, the birds, everything is listening. Words affect everything around us. Speak highly on your life and your loved ones every chance you get. No matter what you are going through remain unmovable with your faith in your breakthrough, and chance to live prosperous lives together. When we speak strength into our lives and situations, the devil and the workers of evilness have no power over our situation. We must discipline and govern our thoughts and words. When we say negative things to and about our loved ones, our lives, and about the world, we give fuel to hell's fire. We must begin to extuinguish that fire. We must bring the best out of ourselves and others rather than the worse. Let's observe another situation that could allow the devil in.
In this case, let's say that the person you are in a relationship with is going through a period of depression in their life, that is effecting not only them but also your happiness. Let's say for whatever reason it could be, this person, does not have the desire to rise out of bed in the morning. They are in a spiritual and physical slump. Everytime they speak they speak negatively on their situation and have no true vision or belief they will rise out of it. What do you do? Do you take the easy road, and begin to distance yourself from this person? Do you begin to put others in your business saying "All he does is lay around and sleep, he has no ambition and he is lazy" even worse, now with social media so prevalent, let's say you begin ranting and posting statuses about how bored you are, how men should never be weak enough to give up, etc. Let's say you gain a bit of attention and a nice bit of a following in your rants about the unhappiness in your relationship. You have now given room for the devil to creep in. You blindly rush to discourage rather than encourage your partner. To add fuel to the fire, you are getting many likes and shares, on facebook, specifically on the post when you speak negative. Everytime you post about the good and ok days you have you get less and less attention and validation so now subconsciously you begin to be prone to looking for the negative things about your partner and go to social media as a cry out or prayer. Cry out or prayer to whom, to the world and to those even more confused and tested as You. Let's say in your mind you begin to believe and give power to the thought that your partner just isn't good enough for you or is just way to weak and boring. The world and devil begins to cater to your misbelief and tempts you in every way to get far from this person and continue to push this person farther and farther from you. Let's say not only are you catching the attention of men, that would love an opportunity to add a little excitement into your life, but you also are gaining the attention of women, who know your partner and both of your situations. As you are showered with attention and illusions of strength and power in the likes of men even more insecure of your own, who search social media for acceptance; women begin to search for this man who you are throwing out to the world as being trash. Some woman may be imagining how they could clean up this trash, pick it up from the dumpster, and make it worth treasure to them. There is always a parallel when it comes to this universe. There is always a way in or way out forming. There is always a sadness becoming happy or an angry becoming content. As you stumble across the "man" that has presented himself to be the complete opposite of that man you are throwing away, and he woo's you into attraction, flirting, and seduction; you detach yourself spiritually and emotionally from the man you is being prepared by the SPIRIT to be the greatest blessing to enter your life. Just as sure as, you allow him to slip out of your hand into the waste basket, you will see him transcending above every limitation that seemed to be holding him back. The man who was presented as his opposite in turns, is in fact his opposite, he is not successful, he has no true plans for you or his future, he is not faithful, and he is not of GOD or best for your life. That man that you painted as trash or of no use, is now with that woman who paid close attention to every move you made further and further out of his life. The minute you dropped him like a bad habit, she picked him up like a love drug addict. She knew he was ripped and torn apart, so she spent, invested time into healing his emotional wounds, and rebuilding his confidence. She welcomed him in at his lowest and fed him, cleaned him, and soothed him with the spirit of LOVE and HEALING, so much so, that in 3 months, he had gained weight, found a job, and also begin to gain more sources of income, with the energy and motivation acquired by the power of her love. This is purely an example of the pure act of LOVE, Hope, and Consciousness that LOVE and TIME can heal all wounds. Also, to work within your relationship, rather than looking outside for validation, acceptance, or agreeing. Remain unmovable, be aware of your words and actions, and how you speak and feel about your past, present, and future. Especially, when it comes to relationships, the devil knows your past. The devil has a clear resume of your history of works on this world. The devil is questioning and interviewing you daily to trick you into doing work for him, her, it. I am tuning in on relationships at this moment, because relationships; personal and business, escpecially personal are the leading cause of problems and solutions in this physical world, controlled by the Spirit. When searching for a breakthrough in your relationships it begins with how your relationship sincerely is with your GOD, self, and what governs your reality and thoughts of right and wrong. The more mature you become spiritually, you realize how imprtant it is to build long lasting relationships that are unchanging and unmovable. You build these relationships to maintain through all present and future battles and conflicts. Allow your faith, belief, words, and actions to influence the direction of this relationship. Many relationships will fail, in our past, this is natural because everyone isn't designed to last in our lives. Everyone will not make it to our Heaven, or our best life. Every person won't be on vacation with you to Hawaii or Las Vegas, everyone wasn't designed to be on that cruise with you. Sad but true, that you will have some of you happiest moments on earth around a few people that you may not have begin the journey with. You may have a different nickname or even stay in a completely different city or state, before it feels as if Heaven has showered down all around you. This is exactly why, you treat your present relationship as being more precious and valuable than any other relationship of your past. It is not your first love you should refelct on and reminisce on, yet, it is your last love that you will cherish forever and ever. Let's look at our past relationships, the relationships we gave up on, or that gave up on us. Who were we then and who are we now? How quickly did we give up or give in then, was your longest relationship 3 years, maybe you made it to 6 years and it all shattered like a broken mirror, that constantly reflects as pain and insecurities in your mind. Your new relationship keep pushing past 6 years. When that sixth year approaches, push ten times harder with the memory that the devil attacked your last relationship at 6 years. Pray harder, love harder, communicate better, set even more goals, and celebrate even harder with thankfulness that you have come this far by faith.
If you do not study your past, you can not play offense or defense when the devil attacks your present or tries to stop you from achieving future goals. If the devil knows a man, will become sexually bored when dealing with the same woman, from his past of unfaithfulness and infidelites, the devil will attack his sexual desire.
If the devil knows from past relationships that a man is very jealous and has a terrible temper, the devil will attack his mind and also the way he views all contact his partner makes with everyone except him. If he is not prepared, he will fail the test, and remain spiritually confined and emprisoned by his temper. He will continue to fail at every relationship, until he begins to feel, a companion isn't for him on this earth. He will soon feel unable to be loved and feel that ever one he loves, he hurts, because the do not understand or appreciate his love. These are all tricks and deception used by the devil to make us believe horrible truths about ourselves that are not true but are subject to change as long as we decide to follow a new path. The minute we learn new ways and Better ways to deal with life and all situations, we become wiser. We become wise with time. we become wise by remaining unmovable and faithful in the times we would normally throw in the towel, give up, or completely lose our cool and temper. Your past is your business, it is your personal introduction, don't allow anyone or entity to use it against you or to hold you back. If you had a past of drug usage, don't let that stop you from being sober now, it is your choice. When you recieve those late night phone calls, to join with the festivities, you have the power to ignore those calls, or boldly to confront the devil and tell them, the new you, isn't moved by the thought or inspiration of drugs. Stop the devil in the middle of the game! The things of the past, have no power or control over your present and future. The devil will always send people to test and quiz you about your past.
Everytime a man or woman enters into a better relationship, you have people constantly bringing up their past relationships to see if they are weak enought o backslide. I have observed many situations where a woman can simply walk in a store to pay for gas, and people will approach her and just ask have you seen your Ex lately, I saw him the other day he got a real good job. I have observed men at work asking other men are you still dealing with your ex, I saw her dancing on a guy in the club the other day. These examples are times where a weak minded person would begin imagining for a moment being back with that person, or even if things would be different now, or if that person has changed. Truth is, you and that person may have changed for the better, but if you go back in that direction it will restart the cycle, that you both ended. Even if you did, ened the relationship you have now, or say you're single, and decide to give it one last try, you will begin to see the same results, arguments, abuse, or unfaithfulness you dealt with in the past. Truth is it can and will end worse the next time. Next time you break up, there may be no chance of redeeming your love or in some cases, people have lost their life or freedom. It is all a game with the devil and when you play the game with the devil, the devil knows the outcome; pain, confusion, sadness, torment, and ultimately death, spiritually and physically.
YOU ARE STRONG ENOUGH TO NOW BE TEMPTED
Focusing in on remaining unmovable, and that prayer of strength to remain umovable I will begin with a few biblical verses of tests and temptations.
In the book of St. Matthew Chapter 4
Verse 4
But he answered and said, It is written, Man shall not live off bread alone, but by every word that proceedeth out of the mouth of God.
Verse 7
Jesus said unto him, It is written again, Thou shalt no tempt the Lord thy GOD.
Lastly but not least, Verse 10
Then saith Jesus unto him, Get the hence, Satan: for it is written, Thou shalt worship the Lord thy God, and him only shalt thy serve.
It is now your season to be tempted, tested, and be victorious in every battle you face. You have been through many levels of preparation before facing this time in the wilderness of all your thoughts, beliefs, expectations, weaknesses, and strengths.
Do not be afraid, but also be cautious and DO NOT BE weak, because the greatest blessings in your life are right beyond the other side of this wilderness you wander through at this time.
I don't know what your particular tempter or temptation may be, but it is right towards the end of the wilderness.
You've made it this far, through all the ups and downs, times you didn't know where your next meal was coming from, so you can't give in now.
It could be in the form of food to feed yourself, or food to provide for your family.
Is it the idea of how to pay your light bill?
What temptations could present themselves?
Is it near the first of the month and your rent is due?
What dark imaginations arise when you think of not having enough money to pay the rent and have gas to get back and forth to work, and to consider all the things your family may want and need, it is stressful and all the walls are closing in.
You see no way out, but GOD is preparing your way and in a few days an opportunity will present itself to you in the form of legit FAVOR from GOD that will take care of your situation.
It is time for the devil to dance into your life and offer you a brief sense of relief, or a fast way out of the situation. For a man, it could be a quick illegal way to make some cash or it could be someone to rob, or a house or car to steal from. For a woman, it could be an offer of some friendly services for money or drugs. I pray now, in the spirit, that a person realizes no one can judge them, or in no way condemn them especially if no one is helping them or feeding them. Yet, in my sincerest prayers, I want them to realize that at that vulnerable moment, remain umovable, be planted and rooted in keeping that faith that you don't have to lower yourself to accumulate wealth.
Matt 4:4
But he answered and said, It is written, Man shall not live off bread alone, but by every word that proceedeth out of the mouth of God.
I tell you now, man doesn't live off bread alone, but by every word of GOD.
Man does not live off money and material riches alone, but by every word of GOD.
Man does not live off sex alone, but by relationship with GOD.
Man does not live off drugs alone, but by the Power of GOD.
Man does not live off his reputation or even fear or RESPECT alone, but by the Power, Will, Grace, and Mercy of GOD.
These are a few words I know and believe in my heart GOD has spoken to me. As the tempters approach you remember these things. When GOD speaks to you, either through your meditation or by using others, it is always words of truth, words that bring life, and are inflicting, yet, pleasent to a righteous spirit. On the contrary, the devil's game is presented in an illusion as an illusionist of fiction fabrications fables and fake escapes. Also illusions that there are no escapes. Even in the case of a light bill or the rent, to get out of one bad fix it may be resources and agencies set up around the city or in the church to assist you one time. It may be some material possession you own that you can sell to acquire the money.
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