Dear beloved: As we approach the day on which we celebrate the birth of our Savior, ponder the fact that as a believer in the Lord Jesus this is your reality: God is with you! Matthew 1:22-23, Now all this took place that what was spoken by the Lord through the prophet might be fulfilled, saying, v23 "Behold, the virgin shall be with child, and shall bear a Son, and they shall call His name Immanuel," which translated means "God with us". Galatians 2:20 tells us essentially the same thing, as Paul stated it, "for I have been crucified with Christ; and it is no longer I who live but Christ who lives within me; and the life which I now live in the flesh I live by faith in the Son of God, who loved me, and delivered himself up for me." And so as we walk out our daily walk we do so by faith in the One who gave Himself up for us on the cross.
Many people do not know or recognize their identity in Christ, therefore they make all kinds of agreements with the enemy that gradually defeats them and brings them down through depression, addictions, loss of fellowship, broken relationships, and in general just a life of broken dreams and defeat. Thus it is easy for the enemy of our souls to defeat us if we do not walk in the identity of our Savior. Understand this, that the enemy will always try to tear you away from the kingdom of God, that he will never rest and leave you alone to be a child of God, but he will always continually come at you with temptation and trials. But also know that as a child of God, the God that is within you is greater than the god of this world. 1 John 4:4 You are from God, little children, and have overcome them; because greater is He that is in you than he that is in the world. v5 They( the spirit of the antichrist) are from the world; therefore they speak as from the world, and the world listens to them. v6 We are from God; he who knows God listens to us, he who is not from God does not listen to us. By this we know the spirit of truth and the spirit of error.
Before Jesus had even spoken one word the devil was already trying to destroy him, and so to will the devil try to destroy you. Matthew 2:13 Now when they had departed, behold and angel of the Lord appeared in a dream saying, "Arise and take the Child and His mother, and flee to Egypt, and remain there until I tell you; for Herod is going to search for the Child to destroy Him." The devil knows the plans the Lord has for your life, and he will do everything in his power to keep you from fulfilling your destiny in the Lord. But God says when you are doing His will, when you are being a witness to His kingdom and a light for the world, that He will be with you to guide you, strengthen you, and keep you. What better promise could there be than that. Matthew 28:19 "Go therefore, and make disciples of all the nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit, v20 teaching them to observe all that I commanded you; and lo, I AM WITH YOU ALWAYS, EVEN TO THE END OF THE AGE." Rejoice, beloved, for He is with you always! God bless you, in Christ, Jim
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