KEEP RESISTING

And when the devil had completed every temptation, he departed from him for a season. (Luke 4:13). In seeking to afflict the children of God, the enemy never gives up. If he was bold enough to tempt Jesus, the son of God, he will also seek to tempt and even destroy a child of God. In our opening scripture, it says the enemy left him for a season. This means he tried again at a later time. This is one thing most people don’t understand. They think that because they have overcome a negative situation, a temptation, a bad habit, or an affliction, the enemy will not try to bring it up again. This is not true. He always moves about seeking whom he may devour; “Be sober, be vigilant; because your adversary the devil, as a roaring lion, walketh about, seeking whom he may devour:” (1 Peter 5:8). If you don’t keep resisting him, you will fall prey again and again and it will keep getting worse and worse with each attack.

Apostle Peter understood this and tells us, “Whom resist steadfast in the faith…” (I Peter 5:9). The key word in that verse is steadfast.  As a believer, you are supposed to resist and keep resisting. When you do this consistently, you get to a point when the enemy does not bother you with those things he came with previously. James the apostle knew this and so he enjoined the believers, saying, “Be subject therefore unto God; but resist the devil, and he will flee from you.” (James 4:7). He will surely flee when you keep resisting. Start by separating yourself from people, environments and situations that give the enemy easy access and you will make your victory easy.