The Source of Trials and Temptations !

THE SOURCE OF TRIALS AND TEMPTATIONS : When lightning struck a certain plant in Houston Texas, it blew up, killing several people and injuring many of. The newspapers called it an act of God. No bigger lie has ever been told. Those things are perversions of nature. Satan has perverted the things God created for good. (Genesis 1:31) says, "And God saw everything that he had made, and behold, it was very good." Lightning was what killed Job's cattle. The King James version calls it "fire from heaven." One translation says "lightning." In other words, Satan use the elements of the earth and atmosphere to destroy Job's cattle. But Job said, The Lord giveth and the Lord taketh away, which is actually recorded in the Bible. But Job was not under the anointing when he saw it. He was deceived. He thought it was God, but you can plainly read in Job, chapter 1, that it was the devil who had caused Job's problems. If you believe that God brings these things on you, you cannot use your faith to get rid of them. There is no place in the Bible where it says, "Take the shield of faith and quench all the fiery darts of God" ! You would need their prayed for deliverance from something God is using to perfect you. But when you get the battle line drawn and see that the thief comes to steal, kill, and destroy and that Jesus came to give us abundant life, then you can use your faith. You will be able to prayed accurately. You can come against the evil forces and prevail. "Above all, taking the shield of faith, wherewith you shall be able to quench all the fiery darts of the wicked" (Ephesians 6:16). When we have financial problems, most of the time it is the devils work. Sometimes it is our own fault. It is not God, trying to teach you something ! Remember God does not tempt man with evil neither can he be tempted with evil, when we have problems in areas of the physical body, is an attack of the enemy, because Jesus said for us to pray, "Thy will be done in earth as it is in heaven." God's will is that we walk in health on this earth and that is the way we should pray. "Beloved, I wish above all things that thou mayest prosper and be in health, even as thy soul prospereth." (3 John 2). ACT IN AGREEMENT WITH GOD'S WORD: You know we have sung the song, "When we all get to heaven, will sing and shout the victory." We have put victory off until then; but if we would learn to act on the Word and say what the Word says, we could shout the victory here on earth. Jesus said we are to pray, Thy will be done in earth, as it is in heaven. It is God's will that we have victory here and that we shout it here on earth. But this doesn't come overnight. You could say, "Well, I believe in prayer, then prayer are to work for me," in the same way you could say, "I believe in flight; therefore our two be able to fly." Just because you believe in flying does not mean you can get in that 747 and flight. You might get it off the ground, and you might get in trouble, to say the least !