Yesterday I learned an important lesson. Christ came so that I might have life and have it more abudantly but satan has come to lie, steal and destroy. He lies about who we are and who Christ is, he steals our joy and destroys our happiness. I was having an amazing day. My only class for the whole day was cancelled, I spent some awesome time in God's word, I spent hours at my favorite coffee shop and made a new friend there and I even had coffee with another friend and spent some time getting to know her better! I went to bible study, and we sang my favorite worship song. It was an incredibly inspiring and encouraging day until I was driving home from bible study. I was literally turning into my apartment complex and all the sudden I see flashing lights. CRAP! I pull to the side and roll down my window. "License and registration please. Ma'am I pulled you over because you were going 51 in a 35." And there was my cloud for the day. He went back to his car and wrote up my ticket and brought it back to me. He was truly was a nice man but the entire time I was thinking "Man, this sucks, I can't afford this, this was the last thing I needed..." and so on and so forth. I drove (slowly) back to my townhouse with a heavy heart. My almost perfect day seemed to have taken a turn for the worst. But as I sat on my bed it dawned on me... satan was trying to get control of my day and my life. He saw that my cup was filled to the point of overflow, and he wanted to ruin it. So I collected my thoughts and just prayed "God don't let this ticket ruin my awesome day. Let me find the silver lining in the situation and let me concentrate on the good. I want satan to know he has NO power in my life." And you know what? I felt better. Sure my ticket sucks but God is still good and the ticket is my fault. I broke the law and paying a fine is the consequence. And you know something else? It could have been much worse! Four more mph and I would have been driving "recklessly" and I would have had to go to court and pay a much heftier fine! So even in my cloud God was at work! So WABAM silver lining! : ) Satan knew that yesterday I was threat to him, I was completely concentrated on Christ and he wanted to divert my attention. The bible says SO much about satan and his evil ways and about how God will rescue us from him. 1 Peter 5:8-10 says, "Be of sober spirit, be on the alert. Your adversary, the devil, prowls about like a roaring lion, seeking someone to devour. But resist him, firm in your faith, knowing that the same experiences of suffering are being accomplished by your brethren who are in the world. And after you have suffered for a little while, the God of all grace, who called you to His eternal glory in Christ, will himself perfect, confirm, strengthen and establish you." We need to be aware that satan is at work to destroy our lives! The bible promises us that in Christ we are free and He will crush satan! "The God of peace will soon crush satan under your feet. The grace of our Lord Jesus be with you."(Romans 16:20) We just have to set our sights on him because once we lose sight that is when satan sneaks in. It would have been easy for me to just throw a pity party for myself, but I had to force myself to see God even in the "not so great", and I showed satan that he had no power in my life! So next time something comes and rains on your parade don't see it as something normal, it's much more sinister. Give satan credit where credit is due and be prepared to fight.
"The thief comes only to steal and kill and destroy; I came that they might have life, and have it more abundantly."
-John 10:10
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