Satans Trap

I believe one of satans traps set for Christians is this notion that we are not allowed to move without hearing from God. That every descision in life must be met with absolute clarity on the matter or we just can't do anything. Isn't it funny that we generally only apply this to the big things in life. That we trust that we should get out of bed in the morning but changing jobs requires absolute certainty. It seems that we are missing the true freedom of walking with God and having the Holy Spirit within our hearts.

The "Truth" will set us free. It will allow us to live in fellowship with God. It will allow us to live on this planet, with these people, in this circumstance, right now in the knowledge that He is with me. If I have my heart set on Him He is faithful to be with me. Now you may say, wait a minute, what about when bad things happen. What if I move and the time isn't right? What if God wasn't ready for me to get out of bed just yet? Come on. He know the hairs on your head for his sake. Do we really believe that he can't work around whatever we do? The question is not if something bad happens, it is if your heart remains true and faithful.

So much is running through my head right now so I hope to not get to lost, sorry in advance if I do. If we look back in the Bible, the Isrealites continually moved away from God and back to God. When they were away from Him, life got tough. Sometimes when they were near Him life was tough. But the common theme was that God was there with them and when their hearts were set on Him, things worked out. As so as the set their heart on on idol, well back they went to the bad. See, it was not the circumstance that they were in but the condition of their hearts that God was looking at.

Here is another thought. Who did Jesus send to us after He went up to the Father? The Counselor, the Holy Spirit correct? Where does the Spirit reside in all believers? Our hearts! Yes our hearts. Now I am no genious, but what better place for the one who is to guide us to be then the same place where God looks to check our attitude, our hearts. See, the Spirit is there to convict you when you are not focussed on God, when you are not following Jesus. We get instant feedback from the one who knows best. Now if we chose to accept this is up to us, free will.

So following this lets have an example of being in Gods will. Your Boss, gets mad at you, you can either A) get mad back and lose your job or B) realize that e is fallen and broken and having satan rule his world and wittness to him in your kind actions and words? Choose, A or B. Here is a hint, one will be glorifing to God and the other won't. One will be in Gods will and one won't. One choice you will hear the Spirit say "No don't do this" and the other you will heear the "spirit say "this is what Jesus would do".

I'll give you one more, a big one that I hear often. I hate my job, and want to quit but I know this is where God has me right now. If He wants me somewhere else then He will open the doors. this is raught with subtle satan! What if the reason that your jpob sticks is because you bring a terrible attitude to it everyday and use everyone else as your exuse to that attitude? Glorifing to God or not? What if the job really does stick and is not where God wants you but out of fear of the unknown you stay? Glorifing or not? What if you stepped out, in faith, mad ethe best of where you were, no matter where that is, set your heart on Him and moved, either at the current job or in a new venture? Wouldn't you think that He would be there for you?

See, we have become circumstantial in nature. We look at things only from pride, what is in it for me? Yes this is true and at the root of most sin. I will get out of bed without even thinking of the consequences, easy, but worry that God might leave me if I change jobs at the wrong time. God is not that circumstantial, He is loving and caring and want s only fellowship again with us. If you get angry it is ok, as long as it is righteous anger towards injustice. If you want to take a risk in a new job, do it, but realize that no matter how much you try you may end up in the same place, unless your heart changes.

Trust God to be bigger then our little imaginations can fatom. trust that He would not have made this any more complicated then it needs to be. He certainly wouldn't want to cause us agonizing pain in our daily descsions and thus keep us in some bondage with satan. He set us free by allowing us to set our hearts, the well spring of our soul, the place wher ethe spirit lives on Him, and then He says He will take care of everything from there, good and what we think is bad. Trust the Word, trust the one who asks for our burdons, Jesus Christ. Trust God and live.

Lord Jesus, you are the way the truth and the light, may we set our hearts on you in all things and know that the truth will set us free from these simple burdons. Amen