April 22, 2014 Get Away from Me

Get Away from Me!

Matthew 4:10 Jesus said to him, “Away from me, Satan! For it is written: ‘Worship the Lord your God, and serve him only.’”

WHEN you consider Jesus’ life, you may have memorized certain words as a “life verse”—words you can use to help you live in faith every day with Jesus. Matthew 4:10 is a great life verse.

     Have you ever said, “Away from me, Satan! For it is written: ‘Worship the Lord your God, and serve him only.’”  You should. You should say it every day. You should pray it. You should claim it. You should have it on your heart and in your mind. You should make it part of your soul.

     I know. All the “I should’s” sound bossy, but I can’t stress this enough. Satan and his demons are in hot pursuit of your soul. They desperately seek to destroy your relationship with Jesus and your relationship with anything that, as Paul says in Philippians 4:8 is true, whatever is noble, whatever is right, whatever is pure, whatever is lovely, whatever is admirable — if anything is excellent or praiseworthy — think about such things. 

     Yes, when you have evil thoughts, thoughts that oppose Jesus, your family, and whatever is pure, lovely, noble and praiseworthy, say to the devil, “Away from me, Satan! For it is written: ‘Worship the Lord your God, and serve him only.’”

     In the power of Jesus, you are a child of Jesus who has died to pull you from Hell and to point you Heavenward. In response, you must (James 4:7) Submit yourselves, then, to God. Resist the devil, and he will flee from you.

LIFE Link! The devil wants to you. Have life in Jesus’ words.