"His Voice Today"
September 28
🔸️ Overcoming temptation is the Holy life! 🔸️
True holiness is the result of a fierce battle (Ephesians 6:12). True holiness can never be attainable for those Christians sitting in a cushioned chair and dream of a 'flower bed of the heavenly swing'! We attain true holiness only when we fight against our desires and Satan!!
Thus, "If the devil is an obstacle to our holiness, why should not God destroy him?" We may ask this question. The answer is, just as a fiery furnace is needed to purify and refine gold, so also the devil is needed for our spiritual growth! Our muscles gain strength only when they are under intense pressure. Otherwise we would be seemed simply as fatty humans! The spiritual life is similar to this.
If we are to be strong in our spiritual life, we need to face oppositions. That is why, God has allowed Satan to test us! A man who lives a comfortable life without any difficulty will always be weakened and seem as weakened in his spiritual life. He cannot do what God wants him to do! But a man who enters into trials and tribulations and get victory, would be the one who has the strength to do all the perfect will of God!! That is why, God holds Satan intact from being destroyed.
Why did God put a forbidden tree in the garden of Eden? Many of us even think that Adam might hadn't sinned if God had not planted that tree. But the truth is, the tree was necessary for Adam to become holy. Yes, for humans, it's impossible to attain holiness without trials. Because of this, God allowed Satan to enter the Garden of Eden!!
Prayer:
Our heavenly Father! Give us your grace to get victory over the temptations that approaching us and to get "Holiness"! In the name of the Lord Jesus Christ, Amen.
Author:
Brother Zac Poonen
Translated version of the Tamil "Family Meditation Book".
From:-
https://t.me/hisvoicetoday
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