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Give No Place to Temptation, March 20
In the fear of the Lord is strong confidence: and his children shall
have a place of refuge.
Proverbs 14:26
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God requires that we confess our sins and humble our hearts before
Him; but at the same time we should have confidence in Him as a tender
Father, who will not forsake those who put their trust in Him. We do not
realize how many of us walk by sight and not by faith. We believe the
things that are seen, but do not appreciate the precious promises given us
in His Word. And yet we cannot dishonor God more decidedly than by
showing that we distrust what He says.
Do not for a moment acknowledge Satan’s temptations as being in
harmony with your own mind. Turn from them as you would from the
adversary himself. Satan’s work is to discourage the soul. Christ’s work
is to inspire the heart with faith and hope. Satan seeks to unsettle our
confidence. He tells us that our hopes are built upon false premises, rather
than upon the sure, immutable word of Him who cannot lie.
When he [Satan] suggests doubts as to whether we are really the
people whom God is leading, whom by tests and provings He is preparing
to stand in the great day, be ready to meet his insinuations by presenting
the clear evidence from the Word of God that this is the remnant people
who are keeping the commandments of God and the faith of Jesus.
Let us trust fully, humbly, unselfishly, in God. We are His little
children, and thus He deals with us. When we draw near to Him, He
mercifully preserves us from the assaults of the enemy. Never will He
betray one who trusts in Him as a child trusts in its parents. He sees
the humble, trusting souls drawing near to Him, and in pity and love He
draws near to them, and lifts up for them a standard against the enemy.
“Touch them not,” He says, “for they are mine. I have graven them upon
the palms of my hands.” He teaches them to exercise unquestioning faith
in His power to work in their behalf. With assurance they say, “This is the
victory that overcometh the world, even our faith.”
1 John 5:4
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