Yom Sheni, Elul 8, 6003 – August 20, 2018
We Can Beat It
Thinking again on that overwhelming feeling, it is interesting where it shows up. When we are attacked by wrongdoing, we can feel overwhelmed. When we are tempted, we can also feel that sense of being overwhelmed. But there is a slight difference.
James 1:13 Let no man say when he is tempted, I am tempted of God: for God cannot be tempted with evil, neither tempteth he any man:
14 But every man is tempted, when he is drawn away of his own lust, and enticed.
15 Then when lust hath conceived, it bringeth forth sin: and sin, when it is finished, bringeth forth death.
There are stages named here. First, there is the attraction to something that appeals to a certain person. It can be different from one person to another. The word for lust here means craving. The word for enticed means deceitful trap. The word conceived means taken prisoner. We see then that the sense of overwhelming in the case of sin begins with craving. That craving will draw a person to a place of deception that holds them, and then they become a prisoner of the craving. All of this leads to the transgression of the Law (sin), which then leads to death. Since this all has the goal of death, we can assume that the enemy is behind it. There is one way to escape this for sure.
James 4:7 Submit yourselves therefore to God. Resist the devil, and he will flee from you.
Therefore, in that moment of being drawn away, that craving, we must resist. If we do, it will not overtake us. We will rule over it.
Praise YAH!
Prayer
Father, we exalt You. You alone are our King. Praise the name YAH! Let Your kingdom come here in the hearts, minds and bodies of the people here. Let Your will be done here perfectly as it is in heaven. Deliver us from the evil here. Send us Your provision. Forgive us our trespasses and transgressions, and help us all to forgive those that have trespassed or transgressed against us. Wipe away all thoughts and memories of the evil done to us or by us. In their place let there be only thoughts and memories of You and Your love toward us. We need You and Your deliverance from the evil here yet today Father. Show Yourself strong today. Do the might things today. Restore what the worm has eaten of Your people’s prosperity and work. Restore unto Your people one thousandfold all that has been taken or held back in any way from Your people of that which is good, and the more besides. Send in quickly the $423,923,962.53 that we might use it to promote the kingdom of God in the hearts, minds, and bodies of the people here. We ask all these things of You, Father, in the name YAH Yeshuah HaMashiak. Amen.