1 John 4:4 4You are of God, little children, and have overcome them, because He who is in you is greater than he who is in the world.
If you have been to a circus performance or watched one on television, you
would be familiar with the act involving a lion and its trainer. But have you
ever wondered why, besides holding a whip, the trainer would arm himself
with a stool and point its legs toward the beast?
The whole idea is to distract the lion. You see, as powerful as the beast is, it can
be immobilized by distractions. If this man-eater is not distracted from time to
time, it might just decide to maul the trainer to death!
The devil is like the trainer. He knows that you have God’s power inside you
because the Lion of Judah is in you, and “He who is in you is greater than he who
is in the world”. So what the devil tries to do is immobilize you with distractions.
For example, he may bring to your attention a pain in your body to distract
you. And you find yourself going to a few medical journals or the Internet to find
out more about the symptoms. You also decide to consult more than one doctor.
And because you know of someone who has the same condition, you talk to him
about it.
In the end, you are distracted by the pain, the symptoms, your findings, the
doctors’ reports and your friend’s experience. And you find it hard to believe and
focus on God’s Word about your healing. You have become immobilized, powerless
and fearful.
So the devil’s trick is to get you to focus on your condition. When you are
conscious of the symptoms in your body and your findings, you will see sickness
manifest. But God wants you to focus on who you are and what you have
in Christ. When you are conscious that you are the healed in Christ, you will see
healing manifest.
My friend, what you are conscious of will manifest. So be conscious of Christ,
who is all the power of God inside you, and you will see that power manifest!
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