I was reading in Luke
chapter 4 today about the temptation of Jesus & something interesting
jumped out at me. At the end of the temptations, verse 13 says that when the
devil had finished every temptation he departed from Jesus until an opportune
time. That can be translated a more convenient time or appropriate time.
From this passage I
learned something really important to help us to keep things in perspective.
Did you know that the
devil doesn't drive the events or the processes that we go thru? He doesn't
have the authority or power to do that. All he can do is seek opportunities and
convenient times to try to disrupt God's plan for our lives. That's because
those things are actually in the Lord's hands.
The devil could only
tempt Jesus because it was an opportune time. Jesus went to the cross when He
did, not because the devil said it was time, but because it was the time that
the Father had set for Him.
So, whether we're going
thru a season of victory, season of discouragement, season of sickness, season
of challenge, season of growth, or a valley & dry time, it's because God is
leading us according to His timetable. In those times the devil may very well
seek opportunities, but they are only in the times that he thinks he might be
able to discourage us or derail us.
But if we're committed to God's plans,
process, & priorities, we can be sure that His plan for us will succeed
according to His timetable.
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