Humble Yourselves Before The Lord,

And He Will Lift You Up

But he gives us more grace. That is why Scripture says: “God opposes the proud but shows favor to the humble.”

Submit yourselves, then, to God. Resist the devil, and he will flee from you. Come near to God and he will come near to you. Wash your hands, you sinners, and purify your hearts, you double-minded. Grieve, mourn and wail. Change your laughter to mourning and your joy to gloom. Humble yourselves before the Lord, and he will lift you up.

James 4:6-10

God has given us the strength we need to stand against our adversary and the temptations in our lives. The Bible tells us “sin shall no longer be your master” because of God’s loving grace to us through Jesus Christ. As we run to Jesus when temptation comes, He enables us to stand in His strength. Nothing we face in this life can overcome Him, because He has “overcome the world.”

As we submit ourselves to our Savior, yielding our wills to Him in the moment and walking in obedience to God’s Word, He is helping us. When we give in instead of giving in to temptation, He is able to fight our battles. In Him we can overcome.

The prayer of the feeblest saint…is a terror to Satin.

Our Daily Bread – July 11, 2017