Hello steemians ,today is another beautiful day and i hope you all are doing great in your various work or homes. I just want to motivate one or two people out there with my post this morning,and what i want to actually write on is we should never vow to the devil for no reason ,especially when we are in a serious or critical condition. You know the devil is very cunny it will come to you when you are so down and tempt you with all the good things in life and once you fall for it you partner with the devil.
Joseph story
A quick look at the story of joseph, there is no doubt that we all know that the lord was with him,despite all what his brothers tried and did to get rid of him he still survived. The truth is when God is by your side and he is not done with you yet no man and i mean it no man can cut your life short. They went ahead to sell joseph,their own blood brother to the hands of a wicked man. See what i am driving at now joseph was given a small work to do in Egypt ,he knew fully well that this was not God's plan for his life but he still remained humble. Now look at it temptation came , Portiphar's wife set her eyes on the young boy and decided he must lay go into bed with her ,but since joseph was focused and not carried away by the things of the world he fled. We were made to understand that she reported him and he was locked up but later on God uplifted him and for all those years that was wasted God restored him by giving him a powerful spot in Egypt .Now see how God works the whole scene was engineered for a purpose till he got to the top.
Man today
Some people today find it really hand to resist temptation even after knowing fully well that this is not of God they still fall victim, as i said earlier the devil is a very smart and cunny being. He will come to you when you are in a very severe pain and then he will put you in a tight corner or a dilemma, whereby you have to choose between two unpalatable decisions .During this period of hardship or suffering you are supposed to move your God, that is why i awlays say the bible is complete take a look at this passage :
1 Thessalonians 5:18 In all things give thanks, for this is the will of God in Christ Jesus concerning you.
When this passage was written or when God gave us this to follow he knew what he was saying ,in all situations where we find ourselves give thanks, because when we do we will not give the devil any chance to tempt us with the things of the world .Remember the way our lord Jesus Christ was tempted ,he was also in need since he just finished fasting and so he was very hungry ,the devil decided to try his luck by offering Jesus bread. By now we should be ahead of this so called devil,we should know the next step he wants to take and we should be alert.
Job case
Looking at what job passed through to be sincere a man would have given up but job held unto God because he knew he was serving a living God. Even his wife was no longer in support ,she said "curse God and die" after he lost everything he had with his children . Which pain can be greater than this? But the bible says that job was restored in 100 folds back and at the end he still remained with christ.
In conclusion
Are you passing through a difficult situation right now ? and you have already given up on God ,i will say you should stand up and hold on back unto this God because he never fails, The things of the earth cannot last but heavenly blessings is eternal.
Thanks for reading