THURSDAY JULY 31, 2014.
'You
have...put a wall of protection around him...' Job 1:10 NLT
A Wall of Protection
When God praised Job for his integrity, Satan
replied, 'You have always put a wall of protection around him...take away
everything he has, and he will surely curse You.' So God gave Satan permission
to test Job, but He placed limits on how far he could go (Job 2:6). There are
times '...When the enemy comes in like a flood...' (Isaiah 59:19 NKJV) to
attack your mind, your marriage, your ministry, and anything that's born of God
in your life. When that happens, Isaiah says, '...The Spirit of the Lord will
lift up a standard [shield] against him.' (Isaiah 59:19 NKJV) When you feel
you're at breaking point and can't handle one more thing, the Holy Spirit lifts
up the wall of the blood of Jesus and tells Satan, 'This far and no further!'
Paul says, 'We are hard pressed on every side, but not crushed; perplexed, but
not in despair; persecuted, but not abandoned; struck down, but not destroyed.'
(2 Corinthians 4:8-9 NIV) There's a wall of protection around you. There's also
a time for your deliverance. '...In the time of My favor I heard you, and in
the day of salvation I helped you.' (2 Corinthians 6:2 NIV) God will step in
and intervene. The Psalmist said, '...When my heart is faint; Lead me to the Rock
that is higher than I.' (Psalm 61:2 NAS) When your resources are depleted and
you think you're going under for the last time, God has provided a refuge
that's higher than your circumstances, a place where you're under divine
protection and the enemy has no jurisdiction. All you have to do is lift your
eyes and heart toward Heaven.
Taken
from the Word for You Today Devotional
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