Call For Back-up!
When the police get in a jam, what is it that they do to get some help? Very good, that's right, they call for back-up. I was thinking about this yesterday and thought that as christians, we don't do this enough. When we are being harrassed by Satan or even tempted, we need to call for back-up. Stand strong in God's power. James 4:7 says, "Therefore submit to God. Resist the devil and he will flee from you." Notice it doesn't say that we are to submit to God and hang out with Satan from time to time. We want to keep our distance from Satan. We've got to be careful not to give in to him. When you stray from God and continually go down a path that you don't need to go, you are giving Satan ground to influence you and attack. Don't blow it like the Israelites did, they got to see some pretty awesome things that showed the miraculous power of God, but turned from Him anyway, and they had to face some serious judgment for that. Even angels in heaven that turned against God had to become demons in an eternal hell. Sodom and Gomorrah heard the word preched, straight up, and they turned from God and rebelled. Are you in the love of God today? Need some help? Call for back-up.