KEY SCRIPTURE: John 18:11 KJV “Then said Jesus unto Peter, Put up thy sword into the sheath: the cup which my Father hath given me, shall I not drink it?”

When Peter cut off the high priest servant’s ear, the Lord asked Him to put His sword back into its sheath. He asked Peter, should I not drink the cup that the father has given me? Peter was indirectly fighting the will of God. Remember that in Mathew 16:21 this same Peter rebuked the Lord Jesus for saying He would go to the cross and die for all men. The Lord addressed him as Satan, telling him, that he is an offense to the course of God. At this hour, too, Peter took a sword to stop the process of His crucifixion.

In life, one can fight the will of God for his or her life. There are many people who are fighting God over their call into the ministry. There are certain financial sacrifices that the Lord may ask you to make towards the work of God and you may resist it violently. There are certain relationships, that the Holy Spirit may ask one to break. These instructions become a tug of war between those people and the Holy Ghost. There could be certain individuals whom God allows into our lives as instruments of building longsuffering into us. We quickly attack them as Satan or pray all kinds of dangerous prayers against them. All these examples are cases of fighting the will of God.

It is very wrong to see every difficulty as an act of Satan. The scriptures are very clear on issues that Satan raises against you. Anything that opposes our Lord’s atoning sacrifice is satanic and must be opposed. Sin is one of it. Sicknesses are certainly   another, and every form of satanic bondage. There may be certain disappointing events or occasions, which turn out to be God’s way of saving his children. During the September, 11, bombing of the world trade centers, certain brethren, were delayed by events they could not explain, but later realised, God’s hand in saving them from the eminent calamity that took other’s lives. Do not be hasty to attack everything that looks bad, you may directly opposing God, which may cause you a great loss if you do not repent and allow the will of God to prevail.

THOUGHT: STOP ATTACKING EVERYTHING THAT LOOKS BAD, IT MAY BE GOD’S INSTRUMENT TO BLESSING YOU.

FURTHER STUDIES

Rom 8:28 KJV “And we know that all things work together for good to them that love God, to them who are the called according to his purpose.”

James 1:2 KJV ” My brethren, count it all joy when ye fall into divers temptations;”